English Language Dictionary

E () The fifth letter of the English alphabet.

E () E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

E- () A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.

Each (a. / a. pron.) Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you.

Each (a. / a. pron.) Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.

Eachwhere (adv.) Everywhere.

Eadish (n.) See Eddish.

Eager (a.) Sharp; sour; acid.

Eager (a.) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

Eager (a.) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

Eager (n.) Same as Eagre.

Eagerly (adv.) In an eager manner.

Eagerness (n.) The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

Eagerness (n.) Tartness; sourness.

Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.

Eagle (n.) A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.

Eagle (n.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.

Eagle (n.) The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.

Eagle-eyed (a.) Sharp-sighted as an eagle.

Eagle-sighted (a.) Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.

Eagless (n.) A female or hen eagle.

Eaglestone (n.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.

Eaglet (n.) A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

Eagle-winged (a.) Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.

Eaglewood (n.) A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

Eagrass (n.) See Eddish.

Eagre (n.) A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.

Ealderman (n.) Alt. of Ealdorman

Ealdorman (n.) An alderman.

Eale (n.) Ale.

Eame (n.) Uncle.

Ean (v. t. & i.) To bring forth, as young; to yean.

Eanling (n.) A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.

Ear (n.) The organ of hearing; the external ear.

Ear (n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.

Ear (n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

Ear (n.) Same as Acroterium.

Ear (n.) Same as Crossette.

Ear (n.) Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

Eared (imp. & p. p.) of Ear

Earing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ear

Ear (v. t.) To take in with the ears; to hear.

Ear (n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.

Ear (v. i.) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

Ear (v. t.) To plow or till; to cultivate.

Earable (a.) Arable; tillable.

Earache (n.) Ache or pain in the ear.

Earal (a.) Receiving by the ear.

Ear-bored (a.) Having the ear perforated.

Earcap (n.) A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.

Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.

Eardrop (n.) A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops.

Eardrop (n.) A species of primrose. See Auricula.

Eardrum (n.) The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

Eared (a.) Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.

Eared (a.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.

Eariness (n.) Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.

Earing (n.) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.

Earing (n.) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.

Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.

Earing (n.) Coming into ear, as corn.

Earing (n.) A plowing of land.

Earl (n.) A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

Earl (n.) The needlefish.

Earlap (n.) The lobe of the ear.

Earldom (n.) The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

Earldom (n.) The status, title, or dignity of an earl.

Earldorman (n.) Alderman.

Earlduck (n.) The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.

Earless (a.) Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.

Earlet (n.) An earring.

Earliness (n.) The state of being early or forward; promptness.

Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.

Earlock (n.) A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.

Early (adv.) Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

Early (adv.) In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.

Early (adv.) Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.

Earmark (n.) A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

Earmark (n.) A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

Earmarked (imp. & p. p.) of Earmark

Earmarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earmark

Earmark (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

Earn (n.) See Ern, n.

Earned (imp. & p. p.) of Earn

Earning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earn

Earn (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.

Earn (v. t. & i.) To grieve.

Earn (v. i.) To long; to yearn.

Earn (v. i.) To curdle, as milk.

Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.

Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.

Earnest (a.) Serious; important.

Earnest (v. t.) To use in earnest.

Earnest (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.

Earnest (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.

Earnestful (a.) Serious.

Earnestly (adv.) In an earnest manner.

Earnestness (n.) The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

Earnful (a.) Full of anxiety or yearning.

Earnings (pl. ) of Earning

Earning (n.) That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

Earpick (n.) An instrument for removing wax from the ear.

Ear-piercer (n.) The earwig.

Earreach (n.) Earshot.

Earring (n.) An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.

Earsh (n.) See Arrish.

Ear-shell (n.) A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.

Earshot (n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.

Earshrift (n.) A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

Earsore (n.) An annoyance to the ear.

Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.

Earst (adv.) See Erst.

Earth (n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.

Earth (n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.

Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.

Earth (n.) A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.

Earth (n.) Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.

Earth (n.) The people on the globe.

Earth (n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.

Earth (n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.

Earth (n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.

Earthed (imp. & p. p.) of Earth

Earthing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earth

Earth (v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

Earth (v. t.) To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.

Earth (v. i.) To burrow.

Earth (n.) A plowing.

Earthbag (n.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.

Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.

Earthboard (n.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

Earthborn (a.) Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.

Earthborn (a.) Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.

Earthbred (a.) Low; grovelling; vulgar.

Earthdin (n.) An earthquake.

Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.

Earthen (a.) Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Earthen-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.

Earthenware (n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

Earth flax () A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.

Earthfork (n.) A pronged fork for turning up the earth.

Earthiness (n.) The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

Earthliness (n.) The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

Earthling (n.) An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.

Earthly (a.) Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise.

Earthly (a.) Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.

Earthly (a.) Made of earth; earthy.

Earthly (adv.) In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.

Earthly-minded (a.) Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded.

Earthmad (n.) The earthworm.

Earthnut (n.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground

Earthnut (n.) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum.

Earthnut (n.) The peanut. See Peanut.

Earthpea (n.) A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.

Earthquake (a.) Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.

Earthquave (n.) An earthquake.

Earth shine () See Earth light, under Earth.

Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.

Earthstar (n.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

Earthward (adv.) Alt. of Earthwards

Earthwards (adv.) Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

Earthwork (n.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.

Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Earthworm (n.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

Earthworm (n.) A mean, sordid person; a niggard.

Earthy (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

Earthy (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.

Earthy (a.) Gross; low; unrefined.

Earthy (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.

Earwax (n.) See Cerumen.

Earwig (n.) Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.

Earwig (n.) In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.

Earwig (n.) A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.

Earwigged (imp. & p. p.) of Earwig

Earwigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earwig

Earwig (v. t.) To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.

Earwitness (n.) A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer.

Ease (n.) Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

Ease (n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

Ease (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

Ease (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

Eased (imp. & p. p.) of Ease

Easing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ease

Ease (n.) To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

Ease (n.) To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Easeful (a.) Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.

Easel (n.) A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.

Easeless (a.) Without ease.

Easement (n.) That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

Easement (n.) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude.

Easement (n.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Easily (adv.) With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.

Easily (adv.) Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily.

Easily (adv.) Readily; without reluctance; willingly.

Easily (adv.) Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without /umult or discord.

Easily (adv.) Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.

Easiness (n.) The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.

Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.

East (n.) The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.

East (n.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West.

East (a.) Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.

East (adv.) Eastward.

East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.

Easter (n.) An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask.

Easter (n.) The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.

Easter (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.

Easterling (n.) A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.

Easterling (n.) A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.

Easterling (n.) The smew.

Easterling (a.) Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.

Easterly (a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

Easterly (a.) Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.

Easterly (adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east.

Eastern (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.

Eastern (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.

Easternmost (a.) Most eastern.

East Indian () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.

East Indian (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.

Easting (n.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

East-insular (a.) Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.

Eastward (adv.) Alt. of Eastwards

Eastwards (adv.) Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

Easy (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

Easy (v. t.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.

Easy (v. t.) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.

Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.

Easy (v. t.) Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.

Easy (v. t.) Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

Easy (v. t.) Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

Easy (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

Easy (v. t.) Moderate; sparing; frugal.

Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.

Easy-chair (n.) An armchair for ease or repose.

Easy-going (a.) Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.

Ate (imp.) of Eat

Eat () of Eat

Eaten (p. p.) of Eat

Eat () of Eat

Eating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eat

Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.

Eat (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.

Eat (v. i.) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

Eat (v. i.) To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

Eat (v. i.) To make one's way slowly.

Eatable (a.) Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.

Eatable (n.) Something fit to be eaten.

Eatage (n.) Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

Eater (n.) One who, or that which, eats.

Eath (a. & adv.) Easy or easily.

Eating (n.) The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.

Eating (n.) Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.

Eau de Cologne () Same as Cologne.

Eau de vie () French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitae, under Aqua.

Eavedrop (n.) A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop.

Eaves (n. pl.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.

Eaves (n. pl.) Brow; ridge.

Eaves (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.

Eavesdrop (v. i.) To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.

Eavesdrop (n.) The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.

Eavesdropper (n.) One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.

Eavesdropping (n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.

Ebb (n.) The European bunting.

Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.

Ebb (n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.

Ebbed (imp. & p. p.) of Ebb

Ebbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ebb

Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.

Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

Ebb (v. t.) To cause to flow back.

Ebb (a.) Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

Ebb tide () The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.

Ebionite (n.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.

Ebionitism (n.) The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.

Eblanin (n.) See Pyroxanthin.

Eblis (n.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.

Ebon (a.) Consisting of ebony.

Ebon (a.) Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

Ebon (n.) Ebony.

Ebonist (n.) One who works in ebony.

Ebonite (n.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

Ebonized (imp. & p. p.) of Ebonize

Ebonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ebonize

Ebonize (v. t.) To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.

Ebonies (pl. ) of Ebony

Ebony (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

Ebony (a.) Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

Ebracteate (a.) Without bracts.

Ebracteolate (a.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.

Ebrauke (a.) Hebrew.

Ebrieties (pl. ) of Ebriety

Ebriety (n.) Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.

Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.

Ebriosity (n.) Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.

Ebrious (a.) Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.

Ebulliate (v. i.) To boil or bubble up.

Ebullience (n.) Alt. of Ebulliency

Ebulliency (n.) A boiling up or over; effervescence.

Ebullient (a.) Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.

Ebullioscope (n.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.

Ebullition (n.) A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

Ebullition (n.) Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.

Ebullition (n.) A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.

Eburin (n.) A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.

Eburnation (n.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

Eburnean (a.) Made of or relating to ivory.

Eburnification (n.) The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

Eburnine (a.) Of or pertaining to ivory.

Ecardines (n. pl.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.

Ecarte (n.) A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.

Ecaudate (a.) Without a tail or spur.

Ecaudate (a.) Tailless.

Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.

Ecbasis (n.) A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.

Ecbatic (a.) Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if rendered "so that it was fulfilled," is ecbatic; if rendered "in order that it might be." etc., is telic.

Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.

Ecbolic (n.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

Ecboline (n.) An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.

Eccaleobion (n.) A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

Ecce homo () A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.

Eccentric (a.) Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

Eccentric (a.) Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric.

Eccentric (a.) Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

Eccentric (a.) Not coincident as to motive or end.

Eccentric (a.) Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct.

Eccentric (n.) A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

Eccentric (n.) One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.

Eccentric (n.) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.

Eccentric (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius.

Eccentric (n.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.

Eccentrical (a.) See Eccentric.

Eccentrically (adv.) In an eccentric manner.

Eccentricities (pl. ) of Eccentricity

Eccentricity (n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

Eccentricity (n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

Ecchymose (v. t.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.

Ecchymoses (pl. ) of Ecchymosis

Ecchymosis (n.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.

Ecchymotic (a.) Pertaining to ecchymosis.

Eccle (n.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle.

Ecclesiae (pl. ) of Ecclesia

Ecclesia (n.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

Ecclesia (n.) A church, either as a body or as a building.

Ecclesial (a.) Ecclesiastical.

Ecclesiarch (n.) An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.

Ecclesiast (n.) An ecclesiastic.

Ecclesiast (n.) The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.

Ecclesiastes (a.) One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

Ecclesiastic (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.

Ecclesiastical (a.) Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.

Ecclesiastically (adv.) In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.

Ecclesiasticism (n.) Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

Ecclesiasticus (n.) A book of the Apocrypha.

Ecclesiological (a.) Belonging to ecclesiology.

Ecclesiologist (n.) One versed in ecclesiology.

Ecclesiology (n.) The science or theory of church building and decoration.

Eccritic (n.) A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

Ecderon (n.) See Ecteron.

Ecdyses (pl. ) of Ecdysis

Ecdysis (n.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.

Ecgonine (n.) A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.

Echauguette (n.) A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

Eche (a. / a. pron.) Each.

Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.

Echelon (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.

Echelon (v. t.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.

Echelon (v. i.) To take position in echelon.

Echidna (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.

Echidna (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

Echidnine (n.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.

Echinate (a.) Alt. of Echinated

Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Echinid (a. & n.) Same as Echinoid.

Echinidan (n.) One the Echinoidea.

Echinital (a.) Of, or like, an echinite.

Echinite (n.) A fossil echinoid.

Echinococcus (n.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

Echinoderm (n.) One of the Echinodermata.

Echinodermal (a.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

Echinodermata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.

Echinodermatous (a.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

Echinoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.

Echinoid (n.) One of the Echinoidea.

Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.

Echinozoa (n. pl.) The Echinodermata.

Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.

Echini (pl. ) of Echinus

Echinus (n.) A hedgehog.

Echinus (n.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.

Echinus (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

Echinus (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column

Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.

Echiuroidea (n. pl.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.

Echoes (pl. ) of Echo

Echo (n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

Echo (n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

Echo (n.) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.

Echo (n.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.

Echoed (imp. & p. p.) of Echo

Echoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Echo

Echoes (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Echo

Echo (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.

Echo (v. t.) To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.

Echo (v. i.) To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.

Echoer (n.) One who, or that which, echoes.

Echoless (a.) Without echo or response.

Echometer (n.) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.

Echometry (n.) The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.

Echometry (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

Echon (pron.) Alt. of Echoon

Echoon (pron.) Each one.

Echoscope (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

Eclair (n.) A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.

Eclaircise (v. t.) To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.

Eclaircissement (v. t.) The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.

Eclampsia (n.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

Eclampsy (n.) Same as Eclampsia.

Eclat (n.) Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.

Eclat (n.) Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.

Eclectic (a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

Eclectic (a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.

Eclectic (n.) One who follows an eclectic method.

Eclectically (adv.) In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.

Eclecticism (n.) Theory or practice of an eclectic.

Eclegm (n.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.

Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.

Eclipse (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

Eclipsed (imp. & p. p.) of Eclipse

Eclipsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eclipse

Eclipse (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.

Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.

Eclipse (v. i.) To suffer an eclipse.

Ecliptic (a.) A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.

Ecliptic (a.) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

Ecliptic (a.) Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.

Ecliptic (a.) Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.

Eclogite (n.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.

Economic (a.) Alt. of Economical

Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.

Economical (a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.

Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.

Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.

Economical (a.) Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.

Economical (a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.

Economically (adv.) With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.

Economics (n.) The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

Economics (n.) Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political.

Economist (n.) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.

Economist (n.) One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.

Economization (n.) The act or practice of using to the best effect.

Economized (imp. & p. p.) of Economize

Economizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Economize

Economize (v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.

Economize (v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.

Economizer (n.) One who, or that which, economizes.

Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.

Economies (pl. ) of Economy

Economy (n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.

Economy (n.) Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.

Economy (n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.

Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.

Ecorche (n.) A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

Ecossaise (n.) A dancing tune in the Scotch style.

Ecostate (a.) Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

Ecoute (n.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.

Ecphasis (n.) An explicit declaration.

Ecphonema (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.

Ecphoneme (n.) A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.

Ecphonesis (n.) An animated or passionate exclamation.

Ecphractic (a.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.

Ecphractic (n.) An ecphractic medicine.

Ecrasement (n.) The operation performed with an ecraseur.

Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

Ecru (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.

Ecstasies (pl. ) of Ecstasy

Ecstasy (n.) The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

Ecstasy (n.) Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

Ecstasy (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.

Ecstasy (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.

Ecstasy (v. t.) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

Ecstatic (n.) Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.

Ecstatic (n.) Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.

Ecstatic (n.) An enthusiast.

Ecstatical (a.) Ecstatic.

Ecstatical (a.) Tending to external objects.

Ecstatically (adv.) Rapturously; ravishingly.

Ect- () Alt. of Ecto-

Ecto- () A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

Ectad (adv.) Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad.

Ectal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental.

Ectasia (n.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

Ectasis (n.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Ectental (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum.

Ecteron (n.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.

Ectethmoid (a.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.

Ecthlipsis (n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

Ecthlipsis (n.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

Ecthorea (pl. ) of Ecthoreum

Ecthoreum (n.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.

Ecthymata (pl. ) of Ecthyma

Ecthyma (n.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.

Ecto- () See Ect-.

Ectoblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.

Ectoblast (n.) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.

Ectobronchia (pl. ) of Ectobronchium

Ectobronchium (n.) One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

Ectocuneriform (n.) Alt. of Ectocuniform

Ectocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Ectocyst (n.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

Ectoderm (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.

Ectoderm (n.) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.

Ectodermal (a.) Alt. of Ectodermic

Ectodermic (a.) Of or relating to the ectoderm.

Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.

Ectomere (n.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Ectoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.

Ectopia (n.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Ectopic (a.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

Ectoplasm (n.) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

Ectoplasm (n.) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.

Ectoplasm (n.) The ectosarc of protozoan.

Ectoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.

Ectoprocta (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

Ectopy (n.) Same as Ectopia.

Ectorganism (n.) An external parasitic organism.

Ectosarc (n.) The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

Ectosteal (a.) Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

Ectostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Ectozoic (a.) See Epizoic.

Ectozoa (pl. ) of Ectozoon

Ectozoon (n.) See Epizoon.

Ectropion (n.) An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

Ectropium (n.) Same as Ectropion.

Ectrotic (a.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.

Ectypal (a.) Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

Ectype (n.) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:

Ectype (n.) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

Ectype (n.) A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.

Ectypography (n.) A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Ecumenic (a.) Alt. of Ecumenical

Ecumenical (a.) General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.

Ecurie (n.) A stable.

Eczema (n.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

Eczematous (a.) Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.

-ed () The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.

Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Edacity (n.) Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.

Eddas (pl. ) of Edda

Edda (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

Eddaic (a.) Alt. of Eddic

Eddic (a.) Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.

Edder (n.) An adder or serpent.

Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

Edder (v. t.) To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge.

Eddish (n.) Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish.

Eddoes (n. pl.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.

Eddies (pl. ) of Eddy

Eddy (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

Eddy (n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.

Eddied (imp. & p. p.) of Eddy

Eddying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eddy

Eddy (v. i.) To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

Eddy (v. t.) To collect as into an eddy.

Edelweiss (n.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.

Edema (n.) Same as oedema.

Edematous (a.) Alt. of Edematose

Edematose (a.) Same as oedematous.

Eden (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Edenic (a.) Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.

Edenite (n.) A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.

Edenized (a.) Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.

Edental (a.) See Edentate, a.

Edental (n.) One of the Edentata.

Edentalous (a.) See Edentate, a.

Edentata (n. pl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

Edentate (a.) Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

Edentate (a.) Belonging to the Edentata.

Edentate (n.) One of the Edentata.

Edentated (a.) Same as Edentate, a.

Edentation (n.) A depriving of teeth.

Edentulous (a.) Toothless.

Edge (v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

Edge (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Edge (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

Edge (v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

Edged (imp. & p. p.) of Edge

Edging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edge

Edge (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

Edge (v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Edge (v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

Edge (v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.

Edge (v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

Edge (v. i.) To sail close to the wind.

Edgebone (n.) Same as Aitchbone.

Edgeless (a.) Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

Edgelong (adv.) In the direction of the edge.

Edgeshot (a.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.

Edgeways (adv.) Alt. of Edgewise

Edgewise (adv.) With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

Edging (n.) That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.

Edging (n.) The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.

Edgingly (adv.) Gradually; gingerly.

Edgy (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

Edgy (a.) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.

Edh (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as "English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth."

Edibility (n.) Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.

Edible (a.) Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.

Edible (n.) Anything edible.

Edibleness (n.) Suitableness for being eaten.

Edict (n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.

Edictal (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

Edificant (a.) Building; constructing.

Edification (n.) The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.

Edification (n.) A building or edifice.

Edificatory (a.) Tending to edification.

Edifice (n.) A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.

Edificial (a.) Pertaining to an edifice; structural.

Edifier (n.) One who builds.

Edifier (n.) One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

Edified (imp. & p. p.) of Edify

Edifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edify

Edify (v. i.) To build; to construct.

Edify (v. i.) To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.

Edify (v. i.) To teach or persuade.

Edify (v. i.) To improve.

Edifying (a.) Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.

Edile (n.) See Aedile.

Edileship (n.) The office of aedile.

Edingtonite (n.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.

Edited (imp. & p. p.) of Edit

Editing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edit

Edit (v. t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

Edition (n.) A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

Edition (n.) The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

Edition de luxe () See Luxe.

Editioner (n.) An editor.

Editor (n.) One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Editorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.

Editorial (n.) A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

Editorially (adv.) In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

Editorship (n.) The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

Editress (n.) A female editor.

Edituate (v. t.) To guard as a churchwarden does.

Edomite (n.) One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.

Edriophthalma (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

Edriophthalmous (a.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.

Educability (n.) Capability of being educated.

Educable (a.) Capable of being educated.

Educated (imp. & p. p.) of Educate

Educating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Educate

Educate (v. t.) To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

Educated (a.) Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

Education (n.) The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

Educational (a.) Of or pertaining to education.

Educationist (n.) One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Educative (a.) Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

Educator (n.) One who educates; a teacher.

Educed (imp. & p. p.) of Educe

Educing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Educe

Educe (v. t.) To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

Educible (a.) Capable of being educed.

Educt (n.) That which is educed, as by analysis.

Eduction (n.) The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

Eductive (a.) Tending to draw out; extractive.

Eductor (n.) One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.

Edulcorant (a.) Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.

Edulcorant (n.) An edulcorant remedy.

Edulcorated (imp. & p. p.) of Edulcorate

Edulcorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edulcorate

Edulcorate (v. t.) To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.

Edulcorate (v. t.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.

Edulcoration (n.) The act of sweetening or edulcorating.

Edulcoration (n.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water.

Edulcorative (a.) Tending to /weeten or purify by affusions of water.

Edulcorator (n.) A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.

Edulious (a.) Edible.

-ee () A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

Eek (v. t.) Alt. of Eeke

Eeke (v. t.) See Eke.

Eel (n.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

Eelbuck (n.) An eelpot or eel basket.

Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.

Eelgrass (n.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

Eel-mother (n.) The eelpout.

Eelpot (n.) A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

Eelpout (n.) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.

Eelpout (n.) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

Eelspear (n.) A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.

E'en (adv.) A contraction for even. See Even.

Een (n.) The old plural of Eye.

E'er (adv.) A contraction for ever. See Ever.

Eerie (a.) Alt. of Eery

Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.

Eery (a.) Affected with fear; affrighted.

Eerily (adv.) In a strange, unearthly way.

Eerisome (a.) Causing fear; eerie.

Eet (obs. imp.) of Eat.

Effable (a.) Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.

Effaced (imp. & p. p.) of Efface

Effacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Efface

Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.

Efface (v. t.) To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.

Effaceable (a.) Capable of being effaced.

Effacement (n.) The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.

Effascinate (v. t.) To charm; to bewitch.

Effascination (n.) A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.

Effect (n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

Effect (n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.

Effect (n.) In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.

Effect (n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Effect (n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

Effect (n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.

Effect (n.) The purport; the sum and substance.

Effect (n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

Effect (n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

Effected (imp. & p. p.) of Effect

Effecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effect

Effect (v. t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

Effect (v. t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

Effecter (n.) One who effects.

Effectible (a.) Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.

Effection (n.) Creation; a doing.

Effective (a.) Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.

Effective (n.) That which produces a given effect; a cause.

Effective (n.) One who is capable of active service.

Effective (n.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.

Effectively (adv.) With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

Effectiveness (n.) The quality of being effective.

Effectless (a.) Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.

Effector (n.) An effecter.

Effectual (n.) Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Effectually (adv.) With effect; efficaciously.

Effectually (adv.) Actually; in effect.

Effectualness (n.) The quality of being effectual.

Effectuated (imp. & p. p.) of Effectuate

Effectuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effectuate

Effectuate (v. t.) To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

Effectuation (n.) Act of effectuating.

Effectuose (a.) Alt. of Effectuous

Effectuous (a.) Effective.

Effectuously (adv.) Effectively.

Effeminacies (pl. ) of Effeminacy

Effeminacy (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.

Effeminate (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

Effeminate (a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

Effeminated (imp. & p. p.) of Effeminate

Effeminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effeminate

Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Effeminate (v. i.) To grow womanish or weak.

Effeminately (adv.) In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.

Effeminately (adv.) By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.

Effeminateness (n.) The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

Effemination (n.) Effeminacy; womanishness.

Effeminize (v. t.) To make effeminate.

Effendi (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

Efferent (a.) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

Efferent (a.) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.

Efferent (n.) An efferent duct or stream.

Efferous (a.) Like a wild beast; fierce.

Effervesced (imp. & p. p.) of Effervesce

Effervescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effervesce

Effervesce (v. i.) To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

Effervescence (n.) Alt. of Effervescency

Effervescency (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Effervescent (a.) Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

Effervescible (a.) Capable of effervescing.

Effervescive (a.) Tending to produce effervescence.

Effet (n.) The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.

Effete (a.) No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

Efficacious (n.) Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

Efficacity (n.) Efficacy.

Efficacy (n.) Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.

Efficience (n.) Alt. of Efficiency

Efficiency (n.) The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

Efficiency (n.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Efficient (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.

Efficient (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.

Efficiently (adv.) With effect; effectively.

Effierce (v. t.) To make fierce.

Effigial (a.) Relating to an effigy.

Effigiate (v. t.) To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.

Effigiation (n.) The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.

Effigies (n.) See Effigy.

Effigies (pl. ) of Effigy

Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.

Efflagitate (v. t.) To ask urgently.

Efflate (v. t.) To fill with breath; to puff up.

Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

Effloresced (imp. & p. p.) of Effloresce

Efflorescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effloresce

Effloresce (v. i.) To blossom forth.

Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.

Efflorescence (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

Efflorescence (n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.

Efflorescence (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.

Efflorescency (n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.

Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.

Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.

Effluence (n.) A flowing out, or emanation.

Effluence (n.) That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.

Effluency (n.) Effluence.

Effluent (a.) Flowing out; as, effluent beams.

Effluent (n.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Effluviable (a.) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.

Effluvial (a.) Belonging to effluvia.

Effluviate (v. i.) To give forth effluvium.

Effluvia (pl. ) of Effluvium

Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

Efflux (n.) The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.

Efflux (n.) That which flows out; emanation; effluence.

Efflux (v. i.) To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.

Effluxion (n.) The act of flowing out; effusion.

Effluxion (n.) That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.

Effodient (a.) Digging up.

Efforced (imp. & p. p.) of Efforce

Efforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Efforce

Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.

Efform (v. t.) To form; to shape.

Efformation (n.) The act of giving shape or form.

Effort (n.) An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.

Effort (n.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

Effort (v. t.) To stimulate.

Effortless (a.) Making no effort.

Effossion (n.) A digging out or up.

Effranchise (v. t.) To enfranchise.

Effray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare.

Effrayable (a.) Frightful.

Effrenation (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness.

Effront (v. t.) To give assurance to.

Effronteries (pl. ) of Effrontery

Effrontery (n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

Effrontit (a.) Marked by impudence.

Effrontuously (adv.) Impudently.

Effulged (imp. & p. p.) of Effulge

Effulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effulge

Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.

Effulge (v. i.) To shine forth; to beam.

Effulgence (n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

Effulgent (a.) Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.

Effulgently (adv.) In an effulgent manner.

Effumability (n.) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor.

Effume (v. t.) To breathe or puff out.

Effund (v. t.) To pour out.

Effuse (a.) Poured out freely; profuse.

Effuse (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.

Effuse (a.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.

Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.

Effuse (n.) Effusion; loss.

Effused (imp. & p. p.) of Effuse

Effusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effuse

Effuse (v. t.) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.

Effuse (v. i.) To emanate; to issue.

Effusion (n.) The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

Effusion (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.

Effusion (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.

Effusion (n.) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Effusive (a.) Pouring out; pouring forth freely.

Efreet (n.) See Afrit.

Eft (n.) A European lizard of the genus Seps.

Eft (n.) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).

Eft (adv.) Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.

Eftsoon (adv.) Alt. of Eftsoons

Eftsoons (adv.) Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.

Egad (interj.) An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.

Egal (a.) Equal; impartial.

Egality (n.) Equality.

Egean (a.) See Aegean.

Egence (n.) The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.

Eger (a.) Alt. of Egre

Egre (a.) Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.

Eger (n.) An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.

Egerminate (v. i.) To germinate.

Egest (v. t.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.

Egesta (n. pl.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.

Egestion (n.) Act or process of egesting; a voiding.

Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

Egg (n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

Egg (n.) Anything resembling an egg in form.

Egged (imp. & p. p.) of Egg

Egging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egg

Egg (v. t.) To urge on; to instigate; to incite/

Eggar (n.) Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

Egg-bird (n.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris.

Egg-cup (n.) A cup used for holding an egg, at table.

Eggement (n.) Instigation; incitement.

Egger (n.) One who gathers eggs; an eggler.

Egger (v. t.) One who eggs or incites.

Eggery (n.) A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.

Egg-glass (n.) A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.

Egghot (n.) A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.

Eggler (n.) One who gathers, or deals in, eggs.

Eggnog (n.) A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits.

Eggplant (n.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.

Egg-shaped (a.) Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

Eggshell (n.) The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

Eggshell (n.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.

Egg squash () A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

Eghen (n. pl.) Eyes.

Egilopical (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an aegilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

Egilops (n.) See Aegilops.

Eglandulose (a.) Alt. of Eglandulous

Eglandulous (a.) Destitute of glands.

Eglantine (n.) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

Eglantine (n.) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).

Eglatere (n.) Eglantine.

Egling (n.) The European perch when two years old.

Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball.

Ego (n.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.

Egoical (a.) Pertaining to egoism.

Egoism (n.) The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.

Egoism (n.) Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.

Egoist (n.) One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.

Egoist (n.) A believer in egoism.

Egoistic (a.) Alt. of Egoistical

Egoistical (a.) Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.

Egoistically (adv.) In an egoistic manner.

Egoity (n.) Personality.

Egomism (n.) Egoism.

Egophonic (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.

Egophony (n.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.

Egotheism (n.) The deification of self.

Egotism (n.) The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.

Egotist (n.) One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.

Egotistic (a.) Alt. of Egotistical

Egotistical (a.) Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.

Egotistically (adv.) With egotism.

Egotized (imp. & p. p.) of Egotize

Egotizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egotize

Egotize (v. i.) To talk or write as an egotist.

Egranulose (a.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions.

Egre (a. & n.) See Eager, and Eagre.

Egregious (a.) Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.

Egregiously (adv.) Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

Egregiousness (n.) The state of being egregious.

Egremoin (n.) Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria).

Egress (n.) The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

Egress (v. i.) To go out; to depart; to leave.

Egression (n.) The act of going; egress.

Egressor (n.) One who goes out.

Egret (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).

Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

Egret (n.) A kind of ape.

Egrette (n.) Same as Egret, n., 2.

Egrimony () The herb agrimony.

Egrimony (n.) Sorrow.

Egriot (n.) A kind of sour cherry.

Egritude (n.) Sickness; ailment; sorrow.

Egyptian (a.) Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

Egyptian (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.

Egyptian (n.) A gypsy.

Egyptized (imp. & p. p.) of Egyptize

Egyptizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egyptize

Egyptize (v. t.) To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.

Egyptologer (n.) Alt. of Egyptologist

Egyptologist (n.) One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.

Egyptological (a.) Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.

Egyptology (n.) The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.

Eh (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.

Ehlite (n.) A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.

Eider (n.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.

Eidograph (n.) An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

Eidolon (n.) An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.

Eigh (interj.) An exclamation expressing delight.

Eight (n.) An island in a river; an ait.

Eight (a.) Seven and one; as, eight years.

Eight (n.) The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

Eight (n.) A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

Eighteen (a.) Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

Eighteen (n.) The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

Eighteen (n.) A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.

Eighteenmo (a. & n.) See Octodecimo.

Eighteenth (a.) Next in order after the seventeenth.

Eighteenth (a.) Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Eighteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

Eighteenth (n.) The eighth after the tenth.

Eightetethe (a.) Eighteenth.

Eightfold (a.) Eight times a quantity.

Eighth (a.) Next in order after the seventh.

Eighth (a.) Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

Eighth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

Eighth (n.) The interval of an octave.

Eighthly (adv.) As the eighth in order.

Eightieth (a.) The next in order after seventy-ninth.

Eightieth (a.) Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.

Eightieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.

Eightling (n.) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.

Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

Eighty (a.) Eight times ten; fourscore.

Eighty (n.) The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

Eighty (n.) A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

Eigne (a.) Eldest; firstborn.

Eigne (a.) Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.

Eiking (n.) See Eking.

Eikon (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

Eikosane (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

Eikosylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.

Eild (n.) Age.

Eire (n.) Air.

Eirenarch (n.) A justice of the peace; irenarch.

Eirenic (a.) Pacific. See Irenic.

Eirie (n.) See Aerie, and Eyrie.

Eisel (n.) Vinegar; verjuice.

Eisteddfod (n.) Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.

Either (a. & pron.) One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.

Either (a. & pron.) Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.

Either (conj. Either) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.

Ejaculated (imp. & p. p.) of Ejaculate

Ejaculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ejaculate

Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

Ejaculate (v. i.) To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.

Ejaculation (n.) The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

Ejaculation (n.) The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

Ejaculation (n.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

Ejaculator (n.) A muscle which helps ejaculation.

Ejaculatory (a.) Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.

Ejaculatory (a.) Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.

Ejaculatory (a.) Sudden; hasty.

Ejected (imp. & p. p.) of Eject

Ejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eject

Eject (v. t.) To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language.

Eject (v. t.) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

Ejection (n.) The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

Ejection (n.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.

Ejection (n.) The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

Ejectment (n.) A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

Ejectment (n.) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.

Ejector (n.) One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

Ejector (n.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.

Ejoo (n.) Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti.

Ejulation (n.) A wailing; lamentation.

Ekabor (n.) Alt. of Ekaboron

Ekaboron (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.

Ekaluminium (n.) The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.

Ekasilicon (n.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.

Eked (imp. & p. p.) of Eke

Eking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eke

Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.

Eke (adv.) In addition; also; likewise.

Eke (n.) An addition.

Ekebergite (n.) A variety of scapolite.

Ekename (n.) An additional or epithet name; a nickname.

Eking (v. t.) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.

Eking (v. t.) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.

E-la (n.) Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.

Elaborate (a.) Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.

Elaborated (imp. & p. p.) of Elaborate

Elaborating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elaborate

Elaborate (v. t.) To produce with labor

Elaborate (v. t.) To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.

Elaboration (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

Elaboration (n.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

Elaborative (a.) Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.

Elaborator (n.) One who, or that which, elaborates.

Elaboratory (a.) Tending to elaborate.

Elaboratory (n.) A laboratory.

Elaeagnus (n.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

Elaeis (n.) A genus of palms.

Elaeolite (n.) A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.

Elaeoptene (n.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.

Elaidate (n.) A salt of elaidic acid.

Elaidic (a.) Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.

Elaidin (n.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

Elaine (n.) Alt. of Elain

Elain (n.) Same as Olein.

Elaiodic (a.) Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.

Elaiometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.

Elamite (n.) A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

Elamping (a.) Shining.

Elan (b.) Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

Elanced (imp. & p. p.) of Elance

Elancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elance

Elance (v. t.) To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.

Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

Eland (n.) The elk or moose.

Elanet (n.) A kite of the genus Elanus.

Elaolite (n.) See Elaeolite.

Elaoptene (n.) See Elaeoptene.

Elaphine (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.

Elaphure (n.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

Elapidation (n.) A clearing away of stones.

Elapine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.

Elaps (n.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.

Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elapse

Elapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elapse

Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

Elapsion (n.) The act of elapsing.

Elaqueate (v. t.) To disentangle.

Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.

Elasmobranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranch (n.) One of the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchiate (n.) One of the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchii (n. pl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.

Elasmosaurus (n.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.

Elastic (a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.

Elastic (n.) An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.

Elastical (a.) Elastic.

Elastically (adv.) In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.

Elasticity (n.) The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.

Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork.

Elasticness (n.) The quality of being elastic; elasticity.

Elastin (n.) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.

Elate (a.) Lifted up; raised; elevated.

Elate (a.) Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.

Elated (imp. & p. p.) of Elate

Elating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elate

Elate (v. t.) To raise; to exalt.

Elate (v. t.) To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.

Elatedly (adv.) With elation.

Elatedness (n.) The state of being elated.

Elater (n.) One who, or that which, elates.

Elater (n.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.

Elater (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.

Elater (n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.

Elaterite (n.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Elaterium (n.) A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).

Elaterometer (n.) Same as Elatrometer.

Elatery (n.) Acting force; elasticity.

Elation (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

Elatrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.

Elayl (n.) Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.

Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.

Elbowed (imp. & p. p.) of Elbow

Elbowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elbow

Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.

Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

Elbow (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.

Elbowboard (n.) The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.

Elbowchair (n.) A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.

Elbowroom (n.) Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.

Elcaja (n.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

Elcesaite (n.) One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

Eld (a.) Old.

Eld (n.) Age; esp., old age.

Eld (n.) Old times; former days; antiquity.

Eld (v. i.) To age; to grow old.

Eld (v. t.) To make old or ancient.

Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer.

Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.

Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.

Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.

Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.

Elder (n.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

Elderish (a.) Somewhat old; elderly.

Elderly (a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

Eldern (a.) Made of elder.

Eldership (n.) The state of being older; seniority.

Eldership (n.) Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.

Elderwort (n.) Danewort.

Eldest (a.) Oldest; longest in duration.

Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.

Elding (n.) Fuel.

El Doradoes (pl. ) of El Dorado

El Dorado () A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.

El Dorado () Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.

Eldritch (a.) Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.

Eleatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.

Eleatic (n.) A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Eleaticism (n.) The Eleatic doctrine.

Elecampane (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

Elecampane (n.) A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.

Elect (a.) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Elect (a.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.

Elect (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

Elect (n.) One chosen or set apart.

Elect (n.) Those who are chosen for salvation.

Elected (imp. & p. p.) of Elect

Electing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elect

Elect (v. t.) To pick out; to select; to choose.

Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

Elect (v. t.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

Electant (n.) One who has the power of choosing; an elector.

Electary (n.) See Electuary.

Electic (a.) See Eclectic.

Electicism (n.) See Eclecticism.

Election (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.

Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.

Election (a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.

Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.

Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.

Election (a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

Election (a.) Those who are elected.

Electionered (imp. & p. p.) of Electioneer

Electioneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electioneer

Electioneer (v. i.) To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.

Electioneerer (n.) One who electioneers.

Elective (a.) Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

Elective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.

Elective (a.) Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.

Elective (n.) In an American college, an optional study or course of study.

Electively (adv.) In an elective manner; by choice.

Elector (n.) One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.

Elector (n.) Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.

Elector (n.) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

Elector (n.) One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.

Elector (a.) Pertaining to an election or to electors.

Electorality (n.) The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.

Electorate (n.) The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

Electorate (n.) The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.

Electoress (n.) An electress.

Electorial (a.) Electoral.

Electorship (n.) The office or status of an elector.

Electre (n.) Alt. of Electer

Electer (n.) Amber. See Electrum.

Electer (n.) A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.

Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.

Electric (a.) Alt. of Electrical

Electrical (a.) Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.

Electrical (a.) Capable