ex·ten·u·ate 
(ĭk-stĕny-āt′)
(ĭk-stĕny-āt′)tr.v. ex·ten·u·at·ed, ex·ten·u·at·ing, ex·ten·u·ates
1. To lessen or appear to lessen the seriousness or extent of (an offense, for example), especially by providing partial excuses: extenuated his crime as part of his testimony.
2. Archaic
a. To make thin or emaciated.
b. To mitigate or lessen.
c. To belittle; disparage.
[Latin extenuāre, extenuāt- : ex-, ex- + tenuāre, to make thin (from tenuis, thin; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
ex·tenu·a′tive adj. & n.
ex·tenu·a′tor n.
ex·tenu·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.
- pyromancy
- pyromania
- pyromaniac
- pyromaniacal
- pyromantic
- pyrometallurgical
- pyrometallurgy
- pyrometer
- pyrometric
- pyrometrical
- pyrometrically
- pyrometry
- pyromorphite
- pyronin
- pyronine
- pyrope
- pyrophoric
- pyrophosphate
- pyrophosphatic
- pyrophosphoric acid
- pyrophyllite
- pyrosis
- pyrostat
- pyrosulfate
- pyrosulfuric acid