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exaltant: thrilling, exhilarating
exaltation: exaltation
exalter: to elate, thrill; to be elated
exam: Short for examen
examen: examination, inspection, study, analysis; exam, test
examen blanc: a mock exam
examen d'admission: entrance examination
examen d'entrée: entrance examination
examen de conscience: examination of conscience; soul-searching, self-reflection
examen de passage: resit, retake exam (examination taken a second time)
examen médical: a medical test
examinateur: examiner
examiner: to examine
exanimé: exanimate, lifeless
exanthème: exanthem, exanthema
exanthématique: exanthematic
exaoctet: exabyte
exarchal: exarchal
exarchat: exarchate
exarque: exarch
exaspérant: exasperating
exaspération: exasperation, an exasperated feeling of annoyance, aggravation; exasperation (due to actions that cause great irritation or anger)
exaspérer: to exasperate (to frustrate)
exaucement: fulfilment
exaucer: to fulfil the wish of a prayer
exbioctet: exbibyte
excardiner: to excardinate
excavateur: excavator (vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe)
excavation: excavation
excavatrice: excavator
excaver: to excavate
excellement: alternative spelling of excellemment
excellemment: excellently; brilliantly
excellence: excellence; excellency (term of address)
excellent: excellent; splendid
excellentissime: superexcellent
excellentissimement: very excellently
exceller: to excel
excentration: offsetting
excentrer: to offset
excentricité: eccentricity (ratio between distances in a conic section); eccentricity (quality of being eccentric); eccentricity (eccentric behaviour)
excentrique: eccentric (away from the centre); eccentric (not having the same centre); eccentric (characterized by unusual behaviour), oddball
excentriquement: eccentrically
excepter: to exclude (not to count, to make an exception for)
exception: exception; exception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition)
exception faite de: except for, with the exception of
exception qui confirme la règle: exception that proves the rule
exceptionnalisme: exceptionalism
exceptionnalité: exceptionality
exceptionnel: exceptional; outstanding (not yet solved)
exceptionnellement: exceptionally
excepté: except
excessif: excessive
excessivement: excessively
excimère: excimer
exciper: to plea
excipient: excipient
exciser: to excise
excision: excision
excitabilité: excitability