excrescent
/ɪkˈskrɛs(ə)nt
/ /ɛkˈskrɛs(ə)nt/adjective
1Forming or constituting an excrescence.One hour's light to be left and there's the excrescent moon sponging off the last of it.
2(Of a speech sound) added without etymological justification (e.g. the -t at the end of the surname Bryant).
Rhymes
- depend
- dependability
- dependable
- dependably
- dependant
- dependence
- dependency
- dependency culture
- dependent
- dependently
- dependent variable
- depending on
- depersonalisation
- depersonalise
- depersonalization
- depersonalize
- dephlogisticated
- depict
- depicter
- depiction
- depictive
- depigment
- depigmentation
- depilate
- depilation