| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| embassador | noun | A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country., An official messenger and representative., Same as Ambassador. |
| eagle-eyed | adjective | Sharp-sighted as an eagle. |
| eaglestone | noun | 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. |
| earldorman | noun | Alderman. |
| earmarking | present participle & vb. noun | of Earmark |
| earnestful | adjective | Serious. |
| earthboard | noun | The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard. |
| earthdrake | noun | A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. |
| earth flax | A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. | |
| earthiness | noun | The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness. |
| earthquake | noun | 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., Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling. |
| earthquave | noun | An earthquake. |
| earthshock | noun | An earthquake. |
| earthwards | adverb | Toward the earth; — opposed to heavenward or skyward. |
| earwigging | present participle & vb. noun | of Earwig |
| earwitness | noun | A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer. |
| easterling | noun | A native of a country eastward of another; — used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic., A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England., The smew., Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling. |
| easy-chair | noun | An armchair for ease or repose. |
| easy-going | adjective | Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive. |
| eau de vie | French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitae, under Aqua. | |
| ebionitism | noun | The system or doctrine of the Ebionites. |
| ebracteate | adjective | Without bracts. |
| ebullience | noun | Alt. of Ebulliency |
| ebulliency | noun | A boiling up or over; effervescence. |
| ebullition | noun | A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor., 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., A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper. |
| eburnation | noun | A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory. |
| ecchymoses | plural | of Ecchymosis |
| ecchymosis | noun | A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion. |
| ecchymotic | adjective | Pertaining to ecchymosis. |
| ecclesiast | noun | An ecclesiastic., The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. |
| echinoderm | noun | One of the Echinodermata. |
| echinoidea | noun 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. |
| echinulate | adjective | Set with small spines or prickles. |
| eclaircise | verb t. | To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain. |
| economical | adjective | Pertaining to the household; domestic., Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs., Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; — said of character or habits., Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; — said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time., Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths., Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. |
| economized | imp. & past participle | of Economize |
| economizer | noun | One who, or that which, economizes., Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney. |
| ecphonesis | noun | An animated or passionate exclamation. |
| ecphractic | adjective | Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent., An ecphractic medicine. |
| ecrasement | noun | The operation performed with an ecraseur. |
| ecstatical | adjective | Ecstatic., Tending to external objects. |
| ectethmoid | adjective | External to the ethmoid; prefrontal. |
| ecthlipsis | noun | The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel., The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. |
| ectodermal | adjective | Alt. of Ectodermic |
| ectodermic | adjective | Of or relating to the ectoderm. |
| ectoprocta | noun pl. | An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles. |
| ectostosis | noun | A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage. |
| ecumenical | adjective | General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. |
| eczematous | adjective | Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema. |
| edentalous | adjective | See Edentate, a. |
| edentation | noun | A depriving of teeth. |
| edentulous | adjective | Toothless. |
| edibleness | noun | Suitableness for being eaten. |
| editorship | noun | The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication. |
| edulcorant | adjective | Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony., An edulcorant remedy. |
| edulcorate | verb t. | To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity., To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. |
| eel-mother | noun | The eelpout. |
| effaceable | adjective | Capable of being effaced. |
| effacement | noun | The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. |
| effectible | adjective | Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. |
| effectless | adjective | Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. |
| effectuate | verb t. | To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill. |
| effectuose | adjective | Alt. of Effectuous |
| effectuous | adjective | Effective. |
| effeminacy | noun | 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 | adjective | Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak., Womanlike; womanly; tender; — in a good sense., To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken., To grow womanish or weak. |
| effeminize | verb t. | To make effeminate. |
| effervesce | verb 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., To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment. |
| efficacity | noun | Efficacy. |
| efficience | noun | Alt. of Efficiency |
| efficiency | noun | The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency., The ratio of useful work to energy expended. |
| effloresce | verb i. | To blossom forth., 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., 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. |
| effluviate | verb i. | To give forth effluvium. |
| effortless | adjective | Making no effort. |
| effrayable | adjective | Frightful. |
| effrontery | noun | Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. |
| effulgence | noun | The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor. |
| egerminate | verb i. | To germinate. |
| egg-shaped | adjective | Resembling an egg in form; ovoid. |
| egg squash | A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit. | |
| egilopical | adjective | Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an aegilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye. |
| eglomerate | verb t. | To unwind, as a thread from a ball. |
| egoistical | adjective | Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving. |
| egranulose | adjective | Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. |
| egyptizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Egyptize |
| egyptology | noun | The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. |
| eighteenmo | adjective & noun | See Octodecimo. |
| eighteenth | adjective | Next in order after the seventeenth., Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing., The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions., The eighth after the tenth. |
| eightscore | adjective & noun | Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty. |
| eikosylene | noun | A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal. |
| eisteddfod | noun | 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. |
| ejaculated | imp. & past participle | of Ejaculate |
| ejaculator | noun | A muscle which helps ejaculation. |
| ekasilicon | noun | 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. |
| ekebergite | noun | A variety of scapolite. |
| elaborated | imp. & past participle | of Elaborate |
| elaborator | noun | One who, or that which, elaborates. |
| elaeoptene | noun | The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. |
| elaiometer | noun | An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil. |
| elasticity | noun | 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., Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork. |
| elatedness | noun | The state of being elated. |
| elbowboard | noun | The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest. |
| elbowchair | noun | A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair. |
| eleaticism | noun | The Eleatic doctrine. |
| elecampane | noun | 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., A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant. |
| electicism | noun | See Eclecticism. |
| electively | adverb | In an elective manner; by choice. |
| electorate | noun | The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire., 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 | noun | An electress. |
| electorial | adjective | Electoral. |
| electrical | adjective | 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., Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance., Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. |
| electrized | imp. & past participle | of Electrize |
| electrizer | noun | One who, or that which, electrizes. |
| elementary | adjective | Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance., Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise., Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. |
| elementoid | adjective | Resembling an element. |
| elenchical | adjective | Pertaining to an elench. |
| elenctical | adjective | Serving to refute; refutative; — applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic. |
| elengeness | noun | Loneliness; misery. |
| eleusinian | adjective | Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals. |
| elfishness | noun | The quality of being elfish. |
| eliminated | imp. & past participle | of Eliminate |
| eliquament | noun | A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure. |
| eliquation | noun | The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. |
| elliptical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends., Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. |
| eloignment | noun | Removal to a distance; withdrawal. |
| elongating | present participle & vb. noun | of Elongate |
| elongation | noun | The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension., That which lengthens out; continuation., Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance., The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury. |
| eloquently | adverb | In an eloquent manner. |
| elucidated | imp. & past participle | of Elucidate |
| elucidator | noun | One who explains or elucidates; an expositor. |
| eluctation | noun | A struggling out of any difficulty. |
| elucubrate | verb i. | See Lucubrate. |
| elutriated | imp. & past participle | of Elutriate |
| elytriform | adjective | Having the form, or structure, of an elytron. |
| emaciating | present participle & vb. noun | of Emaciate |
| emaciation | noun | The act of making very lean., The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. |
| emancipate | verb t. | To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country., To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error., Set at liberty. |
| emancipist | noun | A freed convict. |
| emarginate | verb t. | To take away the margin of., Alt. of Emarginated |
| emasculate | verb t. | To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld., To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness., Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. |
| embalmment | noun | The act of embalming. |
| embankment | noun | The act of surrounding or defending with a bank., A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc. |
| embargoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Embargo |
| embarkment | noun | Embarkation. |
| embasement | verb t. | Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. |
| embassadry | noun | Embassy. |
| embattling | present participle & vb. noun | of Embattle |
| embezzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Embezzle |
| emblazoned | imp. & past participle | of Emblazon |
| emblazoner | noun | One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp. |
| emblazonry | noun | The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. |
| emblematic | adjective | Alt. of Emblematical |
| emblemized | imp. & past participle | of Emblemize |
| embodiment | noun | The act of embodying; the state of being embodied., That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety. |
| emboldened | imp. & past participle | of Embolden |
| emboldener | noun | One who emboldens. |
| embolismal | adjective | Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months. |
| embolismic | adjective | Alt. of Embolismical |
| embonpoint | noun | Plumpness of person; — said especially of persons somewhat corpulent. |
| embossment | noun | The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed., A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. |
| embouchure | noun | The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon., The mouthpiece of a wind instrument., The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure. |
| embowelled | of Embowel | |
| emboweling | present participle & vb. noun | of Embowel |
| embrocated | imp. & past participle | of Embrocate |
| embroidery | noun | Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering., Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. |
| embroiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Embroil |
| embryogeny | noun | The production and development of an embryo. |
| embryogony | noun | The formation of an embryo. |
| embryology | noun | The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage. |
| embryonary | adjective | Embryonic. |
| embryonate | adjective | Alt. of Embryonated |
| embryo sac | See under Embryonic. | |
| embryotomy | noun | The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
| embushment | noun | An ambush. |
| emenagogue | noun | See Emmenagogue. |
| emendately | adverb | Without fault; correctly. |
| emendation | noun | The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement., Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations. |
| emendatory | adjective | Pertaining to emendation; corrective. |
| emendicate | verb t. | To beg. |
| emeraldine | noun | A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid. |
| emergences | plural | of Emergence |
| emigrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Emigrate |
| emigration | noun | The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western., A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration. |
| emissaries | plural | of Emissary |
| emissivity | noun | Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body. |
| emmetropia | noun | That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; — opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism. |
| emmetropic | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. |
| emolliated | imp. & past participle | of Emolliate |
| emollition | noun | The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. |
| empalement | noun | A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes., A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body., Same as Impalement. |
| emparadise | verb t. | Same as Imparadise. |
| emparlance | noun | Parley; imparlance. |
| emperished | adjective | Perished; decayed. |
| emphasized | imp. & past participle | of Emphasize |
| emphatical | adjective | Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning., Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. |
| emphractic | adjective | Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. |
| empiricism | noun | The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment., Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery., The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience. |
| empiricist | noun | An empiric. |
| empiristic | adjective | Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; — opposed to nativistic. |
| emplection | noun | See Emplecton. |
| employable | adjective | Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. |
| employment | noun | The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed., That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. |
| empoisoner | noun | Poisoner. |
| empoverish | verb t. | See Impoverish. |
| empowering | present participle & vb. noun | of Empower |
| empurpling | present participle & vb. noun | of Empurple |
| emulatress | noun | A female emulator. |
| emuscation | noun | A freeing from moss. |
| enablement | noun | The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. |
| enaliosaur | noun | One of the Enaliosauria. |
| enamelling | of Enamel | |
| enamorment | noun | The state of being enamored. |
| enantiosis | noun | A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries. |
| enarration | noun | A detailed exposition; relation. |
| encalendar | verb t. | To register in a calendar; to calendar. |
| encampment | noun | The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest., The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. |
| encasement | noun | The act of encasing; also, that which encases., An old theory of generation similar to embo/tement. See Ovulist. |
| encashment | noun | The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc. |
| encephalic | adjective | Pertaining to the encephalon or brain. |
| encephalon | noun | The contents of the cranium; the brain. |
| encephalos | noun | The encephalon. |
| enchanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Enchant, Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. |
| encharging | present participle & vb. noun | of Encharge |
| enchylemma | noun | The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded. |
| encincture | noun | A cincture. |
| encindered | adjective | Burnt to cinders. |
| encircling | present participle & vb. noun | of Encircle |
| enclitical | verb i. | Affixed; subjoined; — said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word. |
| encloister | verb t. | To shut up in a cloister; to cloister. |
| encouraged | imp. & past participle | of Encourage |
| encourager | noun | One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. |
| encrinital | adjective | Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone. |
| encrinitic | adjective | Alt. of Encrinitical |
| encroached | imp. & past participle | of Encroach |
| encroacher | noun | One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own. |
| encumbered | imp. & past participle | of Encumber |
| encyclical | adjective | Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope., An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. |
| encystment | noun | A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc., A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. |
| endamaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Endamage |
| endangered | imp. & past participle | of Endanger |
| endearedly | adverb | With affection or endearment; dearly. |
| endearment | noun | The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. |
| endeavored | imp. & past participle | of Endeavor |
| endeavorer | noun | One who makes an effort or attempt. |
| endermatic | adjective | Endermic. |
| endiademed | adjective | Diademed. |
| endictment | noun | See Indictment. |
| endochrome | noun | The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color. |
| endoctrine | verb t. | To teach; to indoctrinate. |
| endodermal | adjective | Alt. of Endodermic |
| endodermic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the endoderm. |
| endodermis | noun | A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle. |
| endogamous | adjective | Marrying within the same tribe; — opposed to exogamous. |
| endogenous | adjective | Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk., Originating from within; increasing by internal growth. |
| endomysium | noun | The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers. |
| endoplasma | noun | Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc. |
| endopleura | noun | The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen. |
| endopodite | noun | The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped. |
| endorhizae | plural | of Endorhiza |
| endorhizal | adjective | Alt. of Endorhizous |
| endosmosis | noun | The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose. |
| endosmotic | adjective | Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. |
| endostosis | noun | A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage. |
| endothelia | plural | of Endothelium |
| endothorax | noun | An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects. |
| endurement | noun | Endurance. |
| energetics | noun | That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. |
| energizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Energize, Capable of imparting or exercising energy. |
| enervating | present participle & vb. noun | of Enervate |
| enervation | noun | The act of weakening, or reducing strength., The state of being weakened; effeminacy. |
| enervative | adjective | Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. |
| enfeebling | present participle & vb. noun | of Enfeeble |
| enfeeblish | verb i. | To enfeeble. |
| enfeoffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enfeoff |
| enfiercing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enfierce |
| enfilading | present participle & vb. noun | of Enfilade |
| enflowered | imp. & past participle | of Enflower |
| enfoldment | noun | The act of infolding. See Infoldment. |
| enforcible | adjective | That may be enforced. |
| enfouldred | adjective | Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. |
| engagement | noun | The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest., The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife., That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office., An action; a fight; a battle., The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part. |
| engarrison | verb t. | To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. |
| engendered | imp. & past participle | of Engender |
| engendrure | noun | The act of generation. |
| engineered | imp. & past participle | of Engineer |
| englishing | present participle & vb. noun | of English |
| englishism | noun | A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English., A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism. |
| englishmen | plural | of Englishman |
| englishman | noun | A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England. |
| englutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Englut |
| engrailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Engrail |
| engraining | present participle & vb. noun | of Engrain |
| engrasping | present participle & vb. noun | of Engrasp |
| engrossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Engross |
| engulfment | noun | A swallowing up as if in a gulf. |
| enharmonic | adjective | Alt. of Enharmonical |
| enigmatist | noun | One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. |
| enigmatize | verb i. | To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles. |
| enjoinment | noun | Direction; command; authoritative admonition. |
| enkindling | present participle & vb. noun | of Enkindle |
| enlacement | noun | The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace. |
| enlengthen | verb t. | To lengthen. |
| enlistment | noun | The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor., The writing by which an enlisted man is bound. |
| enlivening | present participle & vb. noun | of Enliven |
| enneagonal | adjective | Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles. |
| enneandria | noun | A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens. |
| enneatical | adjective | Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. |
| enomotarch | noun | The commander of an enomoty. |
| enormities | plural | of Enormity |
| enormously | adverb | In an enormous degree. |
| enragement | noun | Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. |
| enraptured | imp. & past participle | of Enrapture |
| enregister | verb t. | To register; to enroll or record; to inregister. |
| enrichment | noun | The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment. |
| enrockment | noun | A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc. |
| enrollment | noun | The act of enrolling; registration., A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. |
| ensanguine | verb t. | To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. |
| ensconcing | imp. & past participle | of Ensconce |
| enshrining | present participle & vb. noun | of Enshrine |
| ensiferous | adjective | Bearing a sword. |
| ensigncies | plural | of Ensigncy |
| ensignship | noun | The state or rank of an ensign. |
| ensilaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Ensilage |
| enstatitic | adjective | Relating to enstatite. |
| entailment | noun | The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent., The condition of being entailed., A thing entailed. |
| entangling | present participle & vb. noun | of Entangle |
| entassment | noun | A heap; accumulation. |
| enteralgia | noun | Pain in the intestines; colic. |
| entermewer | noun | A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year. |
| enterocele | noun | A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine. |
| enterolith | noun | An intestinal concretion. |
| enterology | noun | The science which treats of the viscera of the body. |
| enterotome | noun | A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations. |
| enterotomy | noun | Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia. |
| enterplead | verb i. | Same as Interplead. |
| enterprise | noun | That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise., Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise., To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon., To treat with hospitality; to entertain., To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. |
| entheastic | adjective | Of godlike energy; inspired. |
| enthronize | verb t. | To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop. |
| enthusiasm | noun | Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse., A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm., Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm., Lively manifestation of joy or zeal. |
| enthusiast | noun | One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person. |
| enticeable | adjective | Capable of being enticed. |
| enticement | noun | The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions., That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin. |
| enticingly | adverb | In an enticing manner; charmingly. |
| entireness | noun | The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge., Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty., Oneness; unity; — applied to a condition of intimacy or close association., of Entirety |
| entitative | adjective | Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances. |
| entodermal | adjective | Alt. of Entodermic |
| entodermic | adjective | Relating to the entoderm. |
| entogenous | adjective | See Endogenous. |
| entombment | noun | The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. |
| entomolite | noun | A fossil insect. |
| entomology | noun | That part of zoology which treats of insects., A treatise on the science of entomology. |
| entomotomy | noun | The science of the dissection of insects. |
| entophytic | adjective | Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease. |
| entoprocta | noun pl. | A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina. |
| entosterna | plural | of Entosternum |
| entothorax | noun | See Endothorax. |
| entrancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Entrance |
| entrapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Entrap |
| entreating | present participle & vb. noun | of Entreat |
| entreatful | adjective | Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful. |
| entreative | adjective | Used in entreaty; pleading. |
| entreaties | plural | of Entreaty |
| entrochite | noun | A fossil joint of a crinoid stem. |
| enucleated | imp. & past participle | of Enucleate |
| enumerated | imp. & past participle | of Enumerate |
| enumerator | noun | One who enumerates. |
| enunciable | adjective | Capable of being enunciated or expressed. |
| enunciated | imp. & past participle | of Enunciate |
| enunciator | noun | One who enunciates or proclaims. |
| enveloping | present participle & vb. noun | of Envelop |
| envenoming | present participle & vb. noun | of Envenom |
| environing | present participle & vb. noun | of Environ |
| envisaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Envisage |
| enwrapment | noun | Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. |
| eosphorite | noun | A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, — whence the name. |
| epanaphora | noun | Same as Anaphora. |
| eparterial | adjective | Situated upon or above an artery; — applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus. |
| epaulement | noun | A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy. |
| epauletted | adjective | Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets. |
| epentheses | plural | of Epenthesis |
| epenthesis | noun | The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in “nimble” from AS. n/mol. |
| epenthetic | adjective | Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound. |
| epexegesis | noun | A full or additional explanation; exegesis. |
| ephemerist | noun | One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets., One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist. |
| ephemerous | adjective | Ephemeral. |
| epiblastic | adjective | Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast. |
| epicardiac | adjective | Of or relating to the epicardium. |
| epicardium | noun | That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium. |
| epicarican | noun | An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps. |
| epicentral | adjective | Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. |
| epichirema | noun | A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. |
| epichordal | adjective | Upon or above the notochord; — applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it. |
| epichorial | adjective | In or of the country. |
| epicondyle | noun | A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle. |
| epicranial | adjective | Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles. |
| epicranium | noun | The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc., The dorsal wall of the head of insects. |
| epictetain | adjective | Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances. |
| epicureous | adjective | Epicurean. |
| epicycloid | noun | A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle. |
| epideictic | adjective | Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; — applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade. |
| epidemical | adjective | Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; — applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic., Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil. |
| epidermoid | adjective | Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis. |
| epidermose | noun | Keratin. |
| epididymis | noun | An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. |
| epigastric | adjective | Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region., Over the stomach; — applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. |
| epigenesis | noun | The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis. |
| epigenetic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis. |
| epiglottic | adjective | Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis. |
| epiglottis | noun | A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx. |
| epigraphic | adjective | Alt. of Epigraphical |
| epileptoid | adjective | Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions. |
| epilogical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an epilogue. |
| epiloguize | verb i. & t. | Same as Epilogize. |
| epineurium | noun | The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium. |
| epinglette | noun | An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming. |
| epipharynx | noun | A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects. |
| epiphonema | noun | An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse. |
| epiphoneme | noun | Epiphonema. |
| epiphyllum | noun | A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation. |
| epiphyseal | Alt. of Epiphysial | |
| epiphysial | Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis. | |
| epiplastra | plural | of Epiplastron |
| epipleural | adjective | Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. |
| epipodiale | noun | One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula. |
| epipolized | adjective | Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light. |
| episcopacy | noun | Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers — bishops, priests, and deacons — of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind. |
| episcopant | noun | A bishop. |
| episcopate | noun | A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop., The collective body of bishops., The time of a bishop’s rule., To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. |
| episcopize | verb t. | To make a bishop of by consecration., To perform the duties of a bishop. |
| episodical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. |
| epispadias | noun | A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity. |
| epispastic | adjective | Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering., An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory. |
| epispermic | adjective | Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed. |
| episternal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the episternum. |
| episternum | noun | A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle., Same as Epiplastron., One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects. |
| epistolary | adjective | Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style., Contained in letters; carried on by letters. |
| epistolean | noun | One who writes epistles; a correspondent. |
| epistolize | verb i. | To write epistles. |
| epistrophe | noun | A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.” |
| epitaphial | adjective | Alt. of Epitaphian |
| epitaphian | adjective | Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. |
| epitaphist | noun | An epitapher. |
| epithalamy | noun | Epithalamium. |
| epithelial | adjective | Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer. |
| epithelium | noun | The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, — the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. |
| epitheloid | adjective | Epithelioid. |
| epitomator | noun | An epitomist. |
| epitomized | imp. & past participle | of Epitomize |
| epitomizer | noun | An epitomist. |
| epoophoron | noun | See Parovarium. |
| eprouvette | noun | An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder. |
| equability | noun | The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. |
| equalities | plural | of Equality |
| equalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Equalize |
| equangular | adjective | Having equal angles; equiangular. |
| equanimity | noun | Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity. |
| equanimous | adjective | Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. |
| equatorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument., An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, the one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an equatorial telescope. |
| equestrian | adjective | Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games., Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue., Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order., One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider. |
| equiangled | adjective | Equiangular. |
| equicrural | adjective | Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. |
| equilibria | plural | of Equilibrium |
| equiparate | verb t. | To compare. |
| equisonant | adjective | Of the same or like sound. |
| equitation | noun | A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship. |
| equivalent | adjective | Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning., Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; — applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle., Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries., Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done., That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16., A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base., To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. |
| equivalved | adjective | Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells. |
| equivocacy | noun | Equivocalness. |
| equivocate | adjective | To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one’s opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity., To render equivocal or ambiguous. |
| equivorous | adjective | Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars. |
| eradiating | present participle & vb. noun | of Eradiate |
| eradiation | noun | Emission of radiance. |
| eradicable | adjective | Capable of being eradicated. |
| eradicated | imp. & past participle | of Eradicate |
| erectility | noun | The quality or state of being erectile. |
| eremitical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. |
| erethistic | adjective | Relating to erethism. |
| ericaceous | adjective | Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats. |
| erinaceous | adjective | Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog. |
| erpetology | noun | Herpetology. |
| erubescent | adjective | Red, or reddish; blushing. |
| erubescite | noun | See Bornite. |
| eructation | noun | The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch., A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc. |
| eruptional | adjective | Eruptive. |
| erysipelas | noun | St. Anthony’s fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically. |
| erythraean | adjective | Red in color. |
| erythrogen | noun | Carbon disulphide; — so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances., A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers., A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia. |
| erythrosin | noun | A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin., A red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine. |
| escalading | present participle & vb. noun | of Escalade |
| escalloped | adjective | See Escaloped. |
| escapement | noun | The act of escaping; escape., Way of escape; vent., The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; — so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration. |
| escarpment | noun | A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp. |
| escharotic | adjective | Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic., A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic. |
| escheating | present participle & vb. noun | of Escheat |
| escheatage | noun | The right of succeeding to an escheat. |
| eschewment | noun | The act of eschewing. |
| escritoire | noun | A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk. |
| esculapian | noun | Aesculapian. |
| esculapius | noun | Same as Aesculapius. |
| escutcheon | noun | The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister., A marking upon the back of a cow’s udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities., That part of a vessel’s stern on which her name is written., A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole., The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. |
| esophageal | adjective | Pertaining to the esophagus. |
| esophagean | adjective | Esophageal. |
| esoterical | adjective | Esoteric. |
| espaliered | imp. & past participle | of Espalier |
| espauliere | noun | A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; — the origin of the modern epaulette. |
| especially | adverb | In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree. |
| espressivo | adjective | With expression. |
| esentially | adverb | In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different. |
| essentiate | verb t. | To form or constitute the essence or being of., To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence. |
| esteemable | adjective | Worthy of esteem; estimable. |
| esthetical | noun | Alt. of Esthetics |
| estiferous | adjective | Producing heat. |
| estimating | present participle & vb. noun | of Estimate |
| estimation | verb t. | The act of estimating., An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities., Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor., Supposition; conjecture. |
| estimative | adjective | Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating., Pertaining to an estimate. |
| estivation | noun | Same as Aestival, Aestivate, etc. |
| estramacon | noun | A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries., A blow with edge of a sword. |
| estranging | present participle & vb. noun | of Estrange |
| estreating | present participle & vb. noun | of Estreat |
| etat major | The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers. | |
| et caetera | Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; — used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c). | |
| eternalist | noun | One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. |
| eternalize | verb t. | To make eternal. |
| eternities | plural | of Eternity |
| ethereally | adverb | In an ethereal manner. |
| etheriform | adjective | Having the form of ether. |
| etherizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Etherize |
| ethnically | adverb | In an ethnical manner. |
| ethnologic | a | Alt. of Ethnological |
| ethologist | noun | One who studies or writes upon ethology. |
| ethopoetic | Expressing character. | |
| ethylamine | noun | A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane. |
| ethylidene | An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene. | |
| etiolating | present participle & vb. n | of Etiolate |
| etiolation | noun | The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant., Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. |
| etter pike | noun | The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera). |
| etymologer | noun | An etymologist. |
| eucalyptol | noun | A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene. |
| eucalyptus | noun | A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia. |
| euchlorine | noun | A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine. |
| euchologue | noun | Euchology. |
| eucopepoda | noun pl. | A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans. |
| eudemonics | noun | Alt. of Eudaemonics |
| eudemonism | noun | Alt. of Eudaemonism |
| eudemonist | noun | Alt. of Eudaemonist |
| eudiometer | noun | An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; — so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air. |
| eudiometry | noun | The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it. |
| eudipleura | noun pl. | The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves. |
| euganoidei | noun pl. | A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes. |
| euharmonic | adjective | Producing mathematically perfect harmony or concord; sweetly or perfectly harmonious. |
| euhemerism | noun | The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts. |
| euhemerist | noun | One who advocates euhemerism. |
| euhemerize | verb t. | To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism. |
| eulogistic | adjective | Alt. of Eulogistical |
| eulogizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Eulogize |
| euornithes | noun pl. | The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form. |
| eupatorium | noun | A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc. |
| euphemized | imp. & past participle | of Euphemize |
| euphonical | adjective | Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography. |
| euphonicon | noun | A kind of upright piano. |
| euphonious | adjective | Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. |
| euphorbial | adjective | Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family. |
| euphorbium | noun | An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned. |
| euphuistic | adjective | Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined. |
| eupittonic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone. |
| eurasiatio | adjective | Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined. |
| euroclydon | noun | A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. |
| eurycerous | adjective | Having broad horns. |
| eurypterus | noun | A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long. |
| eustachian | adjective | Discovered by Eustachius., Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. |
| euthanasia | noun | An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. |
| euthyneura | noun pl. | A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata. |
| evacuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Evacuate |
| evacuation | noun | The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging., Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc., Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means., That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means., Abolition; nullification. |
| evacuative | adjective | Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative. |
| evacuatory | noun | A purgative. |
| evaluation | noun | Valuation; appraisement. |
| evanescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Evanesce |
| evanescent | adjective | Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys., Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. |
| evangelian | adjective | Rendering thanks for favors. |
| evangelism | noun | The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. |
| evangelist | noun | A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. |
| evangelize | verb t. | To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world., To preach the gospel. |
| evaporable | adjective | Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation. |
| evaporated | imp. & past participle | of Evaporate |
| evaporaive | adjective | Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process. |
| evaporator | noun | An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat. |
| evenhanded | adjective | Fair or impartial; unbiased. |
| evenminded | adjective | Having equanimity. |
| eventerate | verb t. | To rip open; todisembowel. |
| eventilate | verb t. | To winnow out; to fan., To discuss; to ventilate. |
| eventually | adverb | In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately. |
| eventuated | imp. & past participle | of Eventuate |
| everduring | adjective | Everlasting. |
| everliving | adjective | Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God., Continual; incessant; unintermitted. |
| everything | noun | Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things. |
| everywhere | adverb | In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether. |
| evestigate | verb t. | To investigate. |
| evidencing | p, pr. & vb. noun | of Evidence |
| evidential | adjective | Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity. |
| evincement | noun | The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced. |
| eviscerate | verb t. | To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut. |
| eviternity | noun | Eternity. |
| evolatical | adjective | Apt to fly away. |
| evolvement | noun | The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution. |
| evulgation | noun | A divulging. |
| ewe-necked | adjective | Having a neck like a ewe; — said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. |
| exacerbate | verb t. | To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. |
| exacritude | noun | The quality of being exact; exactness. |
| exaggerate | verb t. | To heap up; to accumulate., To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning. |
| exaltation | noun | The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation., The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property., That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence. |
| examinable | adjective | Capable of being examined or inquired into. |
| examinator | noun | An examiner. |
| exanguious | adjective | Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious. |
| exangulous | adjective | Having no corners; without angles. |
| exannulate | adjective | Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; — said of certain genera of ferns. |
| exanthesis | noun | An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence. |
| exarillate | adjective | Having no aril; — said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them. |
| exasperate | adjective | Exasperated; imbittered., To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings., To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity. |
| exaspidean | adjective | Having the anterior scute/ extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; — said of certain birds. |
| exaugurate | verb t. | To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. |
| excalceate | verb t. | To deprive of shoes. |
| excavating | present participle & vb. noun | of Excavate |
| excavation | noun | The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass., A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping., An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel., The material dug out in making a channel or cavity. |
| excecation | noun | The act of making blind. |
| exceedable | adjective | Capable of exceeding or surpassing. |
| excellence | noun | The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue., An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue., A title of honor or respect; — more common in the form excellency. |
| excellency | noun | Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority., A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes. |
| exceptious | adjective | Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. |
| exceptless | adjective | Not exceptional; usual. |
| excerpting | present participle & vb. noun | of Excerpt |
| excerption | noun | The act of excerpting or selecting., That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. |
| excerptive | adjective | That excerpts, selects, or chooses. |
| exchanging | present participle & vb. noun | of Exchange |
| excitation | noun | The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening., The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced. |
| excitative | adjective | Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. |
| excitatory | adjective | Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative. |
| excitement | noun | The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people., That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive., A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues. |
| exclaiming | present participle & vb. noun | of Exclaim |
| excogitate | verb t. | To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive., To cogitate. |
| excoriable | Capable of being excoriated. | |
| excoriated | imp. & past participle | of Eccoriate |
| excreation | noun | Act of spitting out. |
| excrescent | adjective | Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. |
| excruciate | adjective | Excruciated; tortured., To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. |
| excubation | noun | A keeping watch. |
| exculpable | Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. | |
| exculpated | imp. & past participle | of Exculpate |
| excusation | noun | Excuse; apology. |
| excusatory | adjective | Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea. |
| excuseless | adjective | Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. |
| excusement | noun | Excuse. |
| execrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Execrate |
| execration | noun | The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed., That which is execrated; a detested thing. |
| execrative | adjective | Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying., A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. |
| execratory | adjective | Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory., A formulary of execrations. |
| executable | adjective | Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. |
| executress | noun | An executrix. |
| exegetical | adjective | Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. |
| exemptible | adjective | That may be exempted. |
| exenterate | verb t. | To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. |
| exercising | present participle & vb. noun | of Exercise |
| exfetation | n | Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation. |
| exfoliated | imp. & past participle | of Exfoliate |
| exhalation | noun | The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation., That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc., A bright phenomenon; a meteor. |
| exhalement | noun | Exhalation. |
| exhausting | present participle & vb. noun | of Exhaust, Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. |
| exhaustion | noun | The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents., The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits., An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. |
| exhaustive | adjective | Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. |
| exhausture | noun | Exhaustion. |
| exheredate | verb t. | To disinherit. |
| exhibiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Exhibit |
| exhibition | noun | The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display., That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition., Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars., The act of administering a remedy. |
| exhibitive | adjective | Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. |
| exhibitory | adjective | Exhibiting; publicly showing. |
| exhilarant | adjective | Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure., That which exhilarates. |
| exhilarate | verb t. | To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man., To become joyous. |
| exhumation | noun | The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body. |
| exiccation | noun | See Exsiccation. |
| exigencies | plural | of Exigency |
| exigendary | noun | See Exigenter. |
| exocardiac | adjective | Alt. of Exocardial |
| exocardial | adjective | Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; — opposed to endocardiac. |
| ex officio | From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially. | |
| exogenetic | adjective | Arising or growing from without; exogenous. |
| exonerated | imp. & past participle | of Exonerate |
| exonerator | noun | One who exonerates or frees from obligation. |
| exorbitant | adjective | Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims., Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous. |
| exorbitate | verb i. | To go out of the track; to deviate. |
| exorcising | present participle & vb. noun | of Exorcise |
| exorhizous | adjective | Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza. |
| exornation | noun | Ornament; decoration; embellishment. |
| exosculate | verb t. | To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly. |
| exossation | noun | A depriving of bone or of fruit stones. |
| exosse-ous | adjective | Boneless. |
| exoterical | adjective | External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; — opposed to esoteric, or secret. |
| exothecium | noun | The outer coat of the anther. |
| expansible | adjective | Capable of being expanded or spread out widely. |
| expatiated | imp. & past participle | of Expatiate |
| expatriate | verb t. | To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of., Reflexively, as To expatriate one’s self: To withdraw from one’s native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country. |
| expectable | adjective | That may be expected or looked for. |
| expectance | noun | Alt. of Expectancy |
| expectancy | noun | The act of expecting ; expectation., That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. |
| expectedly | adverb | In conformity with expectation. |
| expedience | noun | Alt. of Expediency |
| expediency | noun | The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; — sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude., Expedition; haste; dispatch., An expedition; enterprise; adventure. |
| expediment | noun | An expedient. |
| expeditate | verb t. | To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer. |
| expediting | present participle & vb. noun | of Expedite |
| expeditely | adverb | In expedite manner; expeditiously. |
| expedition | noun | The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition., A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress., An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion. |
| expeditive | adjective | Performing with speed. |
| expellable | adjective | Capable of being expelled or driven out. |
| experience | noun | Trial, as a test or experiment., The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering., An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war. |
| exrerience | verb t. | To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views., To exercise; to train by practice. |
| experiment | noun | Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof., Experience., To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; — often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power., To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. |
| expertness | noun | Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning. |
| expilation | noun | The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. |
| expiration | noun | The act of expiring, The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; — opposed to inspiration., Emission of volatile matter; exhalation., The last emission of breath; death., A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end., That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound. |
| expiratory | adjective | Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles. |
| explaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Explain |
| explicable | adjective | Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation. |
| explicated | imp. & past participle | of Explicate |
| explicator | noun | One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer. |
| explicitly | adverb | In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention. |
| exploiture | noun | The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement., Exploitation. |
| explorable | adjective | That may be explored; as, an explorable region. |
| explorator | noun | One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher. |
| exportable | adjective | Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products. |
| exposition | noun | The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view., The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary., Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun., A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. |
| expositive | adjective | Serving to explain; expository. |
| expository | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical. |
| expounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Expound |
| expressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Express |
| expressage | noun | The charge for carrying a parcel by express. |
| expression | noun | The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth., The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will., Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression., That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling., A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression., The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. |
| expressive | adjective | Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; — followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude., Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. |
| expressmen | plural | of Expressman |
| expressman | noun | A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. |
| expressure | noun | The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. |
| exprobrate | verb t. | To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. |
| expugnable | adjective | Capable of being expugned. |
| expunction | noun | The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged. |
| expurgated | imp. & past participle | of Expurgate |
| expurgator | noun | One who expurgates or purifies. |
| exsanguine | adjective | Bloodless. |
| exscinding | present participle & vb. noun | of Exscind |
| exsiccated | imp. & past participle | of Exsiccate |
| exsiccator | noun | An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid. |
| exsiliency | noun | A leaping out. |
| exsolution | noun | Relaxation. |
| exspuition | noun | A discharge of saliva by spitting. |
| exsudation | noun | Exudation. |
| exsufflate | verb t. | To exorcise or renounce by blowing. |
| extemporal | adjective | Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. |
| extendedly | adverb | In an extended manner. |
| extendible | adjective | Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded., Liable to be taken by a writ of extent. |
| extensible | adjective | Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; — the opposite of contractible or compressible. |
| extenuated | imp. & past participle | of Extenuate |
| extenuator | noun | One who extenuates. |
| exteriorly | adverb | Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. |
| externally | adverb | In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly. |
| extimulate | verb t. | To stimulate. |
| extinction | noun | The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc., State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim. |
| extinguish | verb t. | To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right., To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. |
| extirpable | adjective | Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. |
| extirpated | imp. & past participle | of Extirpate |
| extirpator | noun | One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer. |
| extogenous | adjective | Exogenous. |
| extortious | adjective | Extortionate. |
| extracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Extract |
| extraction | noun | The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture., Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended., That which is extracted; extract; essence. |
| extractive | adjective | Capable of being extracted., Tending or serving to extract or draw out., Anything extracted; an extract., A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts., Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue. |
| extradited | imp. & past participle | of Extradite |
| extradotal | adjective | Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property. |
| extramural | adjective | Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city. |
| extraneity | noun | State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. |
| extraneous | adjective | Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. |
| extricable | adjective | Capable of being extricated. |
| extricated | imp. & past participle | of Extricate |
| extroitive | adjective | Seeking or going out after external objects. |
| extruction | noun | A building up; construction. |
| extructive | adjective | Constructive. |
| extuberant | adjective | Swollen out; protuberant. |
| extuberate | verb i. | To swell out. |
| exuberance | noun | The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage. |
| exuberancy | noun | Exuberance. |
| exulcerate | verb t. & i. | To ulcerate., To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame., Very sore; ulcerated. |
| exultation | noun | The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph. |
| exundation | noun | An overflow, or overflowing abundance. |
| exungulate | verb t. | To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. |
| exuperable | adjective | Surmountable; superable. |
| exuperance | noun | Superiority; superfluity. |
| exuscitate | verb t. | See Exsuscitate |
| exuviating | present participle & vb. noun | of Exuviate |
| exuviation | noun | The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis. |
| eyasmusket | noun | An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. |
| eyeservant | noun | A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched. |
| eyeservice | noun | Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. |
| eye-splice | noun | A splice formed by bending a rope’s end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice. |
| eyewitness | noun | One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything. |