Phrase Hound found 134 phrases and 579 compound words that contain ex. The most common are listed below. Open ex in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 134
- ex officioBy virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
- ex postactual
- ex parteOf, relating to, or characteristic of a proceeding where one of the involved parties is not present.
- ex antepredicted; forecast
- ex-wifeA former wife (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- ex-gayOf or pertaining to the movement that considers homosexuality a disease and claims it can be cured by conversion therapy.
- ex-husbandA former husband (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- ex-serviceRelating to veterans or those who used to be in the armed forces.
- Ex Rel.
- ex-conA former prisoner.
- ex-partnerSomeone who was once a partner (any sense) but is not one any more.
- ex-slaveA former or emancipated slave.
- ex vivoOutside the living organism.
- ex-presidentA former president.
- ex-girlfriendA former girlfriend.
- ex-directoryOf a telephone number or its owner: not in the directory; unlisted.
- ex-boyfriendA former boyfriend.
- Ex-ImExport-Import Bank of the United States
- ex librisA bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.
- ex-teacherFormer teacher.
- Ex WorksMeaning the buyer pays for all insurance and transportation from the seller's premises, and the seller's only responsibility is making the goods available at the seller's premises.
- ex-communicationAlternative spelling of excommunication: The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of …
- ex-friendsplural of ex-friend: One who is no longer a friend; a former friend.
- ex-spouseA former spouse (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- ex gratiaGiven as a favour; given as a gift.
Compound words 579
- squareA polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- kleenexA disposable tissue.
- exhortTo urge; to advise earnestly.
- ArtexA surface coating used for interior decorating, most often found on ceilings, allowing the decorator to add a texture. It formerly contained asbestos, now known to be harmful.
- excentricOne-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
- excruciateTo inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- excircleAn escribed circle; a circle outside a polygon (especially a triangle, but also sometimes a quadrilateral) that is tangent to each of the lines on which the sides of the polygon lie.
- egestionThe act or result of egesting
- extubationThe removal of a tube inserted by intubation.
- exarticulationLuxation; the dislocation of a joint