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expansive

Psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work

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No references found			So that when I shall hereafter detail to you all the specialities and concentrations of potency everywhere lurking in this expansive monster; when I shall show you some of his more inconsiderable braining feats; I trust you will have renounced all ignorant incredulity, and be ready to abide by this; that though the Sperm Whale stove a passage through the Isthmus of Darien, and mixed the Atlantic with the Pacific, you would not elevate one hair of your eye-brow. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context Perhaps if they were more humorous they would not be so true to the British life and character present in them in the whole length and breadth of its expansive commonplaceness. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context Near them sat a Chinaman, with a yellow face and an expansive smile, who was studying Western conditions at the University. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			expansion fastener expansion fissures expansion fit expansion fitting expansion joint expansion joint cover expansion joint filler expansion loop Expansion of Functions expansion opening expansion ratio expansion reamer expansion rollers expansion scab expansion shield expansion sleeve expansion slot expansion strip expansion system expansion tank Expansion Valve expansion wave Expansion, Economic expansion-compression joint expansionism expansive expansive bit Expansive Cement expansive hydraulic cement expansive soil expansive-cement concrete expansivity Expatriation expect expectancy expectant Expectant Treatment expectation expectation value Expectation, Mathematical expected approach clearance time expected utility expected value Expectorant expectorate Expedition of Humphrey Clinker, The Expedition of the Russian Navy to America in 1863–64 Expedition of the Russian Navy to the Bosporus in 1833 Expedition, Scientific Expeditionary Forces expendable pattern			expansion slots expansion strip expansion strip expansion system Expansion tank Expansion tank Expansion valve Expansion valve expansion wave Expansion, Economic expansion-compression joint expansion-compression joint expansionary Expansionary Fiscal Policy Expansionary Fiscal Policy Expansionary Fiscal Policy expansionism expansionism expansionist expansionist Expansionist Universe Theory expansionistic expansionistic expansionists expansionists Expansions Expansions Expansions Expansions Expansions expansive expansive bit expansive bit expansive cement Expansive cooling Expansive cooling Expansive cooling Expansive homeomorphism Expansive homeomorphism Expansive homeomorphism expansive hydraulic cement expansive soil Expansive Vertical Vortex Combustion expansive-cement concrete expansively expansively expansively expansiveness expansiveness expansiveness expansivity expansivity expansivity Expansivity (dyanmical systems) Expansivity (dyanmical systems) Expansivity (dyanmical systems) Expansivity constant Expansivity constant Expansivity constant Expansure expantion board

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