Excretive
11secretive — I adj reticent, reserved, close, taciturn, quiet, silent, close mouthed, tight lipped, uncommunicative, mum, mute, speechless; self contained, standoffish, unconversable, unconversational, unsociable; clandestine, covert, hole and corner, furtive …
12excrete — /əksˈkrit / (say uhks kreet), /ɛks / (say eks ) verb (t) (excreted, excreting) to separate and eliminate from an organic body; separate and expel from the blood or tissues, as waste or harmful matters. {Latin excrētus, past participle, sifted out …
13excrete — v.t. discharge from body. ♦ excreta, n.pl. excrements. ♦ excretal, a. ♦ excretion, n. ♦ excretionary, ♦ excretive, ♦ excretory, a …
14excrete — v.tr. (of an animal or plant) separate and expel waste matter as a result of metabolism. Derivatives: excreter n. excretion n. excretive adj. excretory adj. Etymology: L excernere excret (as EX (1), cernere sift) …
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