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1. Tending to elude (a danger, argument, law, etc.); of the nature of an evasion or subterfuge.
2. As an object of thought; that which eludes the mental grasp; that which one cannot "get hold of".

1. That which exclaims or cries out loudly; that which utters exclamations. Of a feeling, etc. that vents itself in exclamation; noisy, outspoken.
2. Of or pertaining to exclamation; of the nature of or resembling an exclamation; containing, expressing, or marking an exclamation.

1. Clearing someone of guilt or blame.
2. Clearing or tending to clear someone from an alleged legal fault or guilt; excusing.
3. Applied to evidence which may justify or excuse an accused defendant's actions and which will tend to show the defendant is not guilty or has no criminal intent.
4. Etymology: from Middle Latin exculpatus, past particple of exculpare, from Latin ex culpa, from ex-, "from" + culpa, "blame".

Something exculpatory frees a person from accusations; in other words, exculpatory evidence helps to prove that an accused individual is not guilty.

1. Beyond the normal function of the usual senses; additional sensory abilities.
2. Without the need for hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, or smelling.

1. The process of fecundating; fertilization, impregnation.
2. The act of rendering fertile.

1. Pertaining to rope-walking.
2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.
3. Performing like a rope dancer.

Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion (mistaken perception of reality).

A world without color appears to be missing crucial elements

Colors not only enable us to see the world more precisely, they also create emergent qualities that would not exist without them.

Many people believe that color is a defining and essential property of objects, one depending entirely on the specific wavelengths of light reflected from them.

• Color is a sensation created in the brain.
• If the colors we perceived depended only on the wavelength of reflected light, an object's color would appear to change dramatically with variations in illumination throughout the day and in shadows.
• Instead, patterns of activity in the brain render an object's color relatively stable despite changes in its environment.
• The pathway in the brain that serves navigation and movement is essentially color-blind.
• People who become color-blind after a stroke appear to have normal visual perception otherwise.
• The study of illusory colors (colors that the brain is tricked into seeing) demonstrates that color processing in the brain occurs hand in hand with processing of other properties; such as, shape and boundary.
• Visual perception begins with the absorption of light; or, more precisely, the absorption of discrete packets of energy called photons; by the cones and rods located in the retinas of the eyes.
• A cone photoreceptor responds according to the number of photons it captures, and its response is transmitted to two different types of neurons, termed on and off bipolar cells.
• These neurons in turn provide input to on and off ganglion cells that sit side by side in the retina.
• About 40 percent or more of the human brain is thought to be involved in vision.
• Visual signals disperse to more than 30 different areas, interconnected by more than 300 circuits.
• The complexity of color illusion suggests that it is unlikely to result from a single unitary process, but may represent an attempt by the brain to reconcile competing signals from multiple specialized pathways.
• The study of illusory colors demonstrates that the perception of color in the brain generates emergent properties of form and depth.
• Ongoing research about illusory colors will continue to offer a tantalizing portal into the complexities of the human visual system.

1. To incriminate.
2. Causing blame to be imputed to.

1. Pertaining to or characterized by inflammation.
2. Tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: "The politician kept making inflammatory speeches against the President."
3. Medical conditions caused by inflammation.

Serving, or used, to introduce; preliminary; beginning: "The professor presented his introductory course in linguistics."

1. A detailed list of articles, such as goods and chattels, or parcels of land, found to have been in the possession of a person at his decease or conviction, sometimes with a statement of the nature and value of each; hence any such detailed statement of the property of a person, of the goods or furniture in a house or messuage, or the like.
2. A company’s assets as a whole, or the value of them.

1. A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it.
2. Pertaining to, or causing the production and shedding of tears.

1. Full of or giving praise: "He was quick to make a laudatory remark about her work."
2. Expressing praise or admiration.
3. Expressing or conferring praise: "The critic wrote a laudatory review of the new play."
4. Containing or expressing praise: "He was overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks regarding his volunteer work.