Words Containing: E,C,E,S,S

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• a quantity much larger than is needed

• immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

• the state of being more than full

• excessive indulgence

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• an elaborate and systematic plan of action

• a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

• an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

• devise a system or form a scheme for

• periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

• grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

• a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances