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Showing words for EXFOLIATE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Exfoliate

exfoliate

7 Letter Words for Exfoliate

elixate, foliate, foxtail, oxalite, telefax

6 Letter Words for Exfoliate

etoile, exalte, fetial, filate, fixate, flaite, folate, foxite, leafit, oflete, oleate, oxeate, oxtail, tofile

5 Letter Words for Exfoliate

aleft, alfet, aliet, alife, alite, aloft, atelo, atlee, atole, axile, axite, elate, elite, exalt, exeat, exile, exite, extol, fatil, felix, fetal, filao, filea, filet, fleet, flexo, flite, float, floit, flota, flote, foeti, folia, folie, foxie, ixtle, laeti, latex, lefte, lexia, loxia, oelet, talio, taxol, telex, telia, teloi, toile

4 Letter Words for Exfoliate

aiel, aile, alee, alef, alif, aloe, alto, aoli, atef, atle, atli, axel, axil, axle, eale, eila, elix, eole, exit, exla, exta, fail, fait, faix, falx, fate, feal, feat, feel, feet, feil, fele, felt, feta, fete, fiat, fiel, fila, file, filo, filt, fixe, fixt, flat, flax, flea, flee, flet, flex, flit, flix, floe, flot, foal, foil, fole, ilea, ilex, ilot, iota, ital, itel, laet, laft, lait, late, lati, leaf, leat, leef, leet, left, lete, leto, lief, life, lifo, lift, lite, loaf, loft, lota, lote, loti, olea, otxi, oxea, tael, tail, tale, tali, taxi, teal, teel, teil, tela, tele, teli, tiao, tile, toea, toil, tola, tole, toxa

3 Letter Words for Exfoliate

aft, ail, ait, aix, ale, alf, alo, alt, ate, eat, eel, efl, eft, ela, elf, eli, elt, eof, eta, ext, fao, fat, fax, fee, fei, fet, fie, fil, fit, fix, flo, flt, foe, fol, fot, fox, iao, ife, ile, ilo, iof, ita, lai, lao, lat, lax, lea, lee, lei, leo, let, lex, lie, lif, lit, loa, loe, lof, lot, lox, oaf, oat, oft, oie, oil, ola, ole, tai, tal, tao, tax, tea, tee, tef, tel, tex, tie, til, tlo, toa, toe, toi, tol, tox, xat

Definitions for Exfoliate

[1] to throw off in scales, splinters, etc.
[2] to remove the surface of (a bone, the skin, etc.) in scales or laminae.
[3] to throw off scales or flakes; peel off in thin fragments: The bark of some trees exfoliates.
[4] Geology . to split or swell into a scaly aggregate, as certain minerals when heated. to separate into rudely concentric layers or sheets, as certain rocks during weathering.
[5] Medicine/Medical . to separate and come off in scales, as scaling skin or any structure separating in flakes.
[6] (tr) to wash (a part of the body) with a granular cosmetic preparation in order to remove dead cells from the skin's surface
[7] (of bark, skin, etc) to peel off in (layers, flakes, or scales)
[8] (intr) (of rocks or minerals) to shed the thin outermost layer because of weathering or heating
[9] (of some minerals, esp mica) to split or cause to split into thin flakes a factory to exfoliate vermiculite

Words related to Exfoliate

shed, doff, desquamate

Words nearby Exfoliate

exeter, exeunt, exeunt omnes, exfiltrate, exfoliant, exfoliate, exfoliation, exfoliative, exfoliative cytology, exfoliative dermatitis, exfoliative gastritis

Origin of Exfoliate

1605–15; < Late Latin exfoliātus past participle of exfoliāre to strip off leaves. See ex-1, foliate

Other words from Exfoliate

ex·fo·li·a·tive [eks-foh -lee-ey-tiv, -uh -tiv] /ɛksˈfoʊ liˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv/ , adjective

Word origin for Exfoliate

C17: from Late Latin exfoliāre to strip off leaves, from Latin folium leaf

Synonyms for Exfoliate

desquamate, doff, shed, flake off, scale off