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Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
earnestness noun The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
ear-piercer noun The earwig.
earthenware noun Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.
earthliness noun The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
earth shine See Earth light, under Earth.
easternmost adjective Most eastern.
east indian Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies., A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
eccaleobion noun A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.
eccentrical adjective See Eccentric.
ecclesiarch noun An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.
echauguette noun A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.
echiuroidea noun pl. A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.
eclecticism noun Theory or practice of an eclectic.
economizing present participle & vb. noun of Economize
ectoplastic adjective Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.
ectorganism noun An external parasitic organism.
edification noun 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., A building or edifice.
edificatory adjective Tending to edification.
edingtonite noun A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
editorially adverb In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
educability noun Capability of being educated.
educational adjective Of or pertaining to education.
edulcorated imp. & past participle of Edulcorate
edulcorator noun A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.
effascinate verb t. To charm; to bewitch.
effectively adverb With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
effectually adverb With effect; efficaciously., Actually; in effect.
effectuated imp. & past participle of Effectuate
effeminated imp. & past participle of Effeminate
effervesced imp. & past participle of Effervesce
efficacious noun Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.
efficiently adverb With effect; effectively.
effigiation noun The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.
efflagitate verb t. To ask urgently.
effloresced imp. & past participle of Effloresce
effluviable adjective Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
efformation noun The act of giving shape or form.
effranchise verb t. To enfranchise.
effrenation noun Unbridled license; unruliness.
effulgently adverb In an effulgent manner.
eglandulose adjective Alt. of Eglandulous
eglandulous adjective Destitute of glands.
egotistical adjective Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.
egregiously adverb Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.
egyptologer noun Alt. of Egyptologist
eightetethe adjective Eighteenth.
ejaculating present participle & vb. noun of Ejaculate
ejaculation noun The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight., The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered., The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
ejaculatory adjective Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels., Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition., Sudden; hasty.
ekaluminium noun The name given to a hypothetical element, — later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.
elaborating present participle & vb. noun of Elaborate
elaboration noun The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement., 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 adjective Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.
elaboratory adjective Tending to elaborate., A laboratory.
elapidation noun A clearing away of stones.
elastically adverb In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
elasticness noun The quality of being elastic; elasticity.
elatrometer noun An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
el doradoes plural of El Dorado
electioneer verb i. To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.
electorship noun The office or status of an elector.
electrician noun An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
electricity noun A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause., The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science., Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.
electrified imp. & past participle of Electrify
electrition noun The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.
electrizing present participle & vb. noun of Electrize
electrocute verb t. To execute or put to death by electricity. — E*lec`tro*cu”tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]
electrogeny noun A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.
electrolier noun A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.
electrology noun That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.
electrolyte noun A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.
electrolyze verb t. To decompose by the direct action of electricity.
electrotype noun A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively., To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.
electrotypy noun The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n.
electuaries plural of Electuary
elementally adverb According to elements; literally; as, the words, “Take, eat; this is my body,” elementally understood.
elenchtical adjective Same as Elenctic.
elephantiac adjective Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
elephantine adjective Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
elephantoid adjective Alt. of Elephantoidal
elicitation noun The act of eliciting.
eligibility noun The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.
eliminating present participle & vb. noun of Eliminate
elimination noun The act of expelling or throwing off, the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories., Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities., The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]
eliminative adjective Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
elinguation noun Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
elizabethan adjective Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature., One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
ellengeness n Alt. of Ellingeness
ellingeness n See Elenge, Elengeness.
ellipsoidal adjective Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.
ellipticity noun Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /.
elmo’s fire See Corposant; also Saint Elmo’s Fire, under Saint.
elsewhither adverb To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it.
elucidating present participle & vb. noun of Elucidate
elucidation noun A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
elucidative adjective Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.
elucidatory adjective Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
elutriating present participle & vb. noun of Elutriate
elutriation noun The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
emaceration noun Emaciation.
emaculation noun The act of clearing from spots.
emanatively adverb By an emanation.
emancipated imp. & past participle of Emancipate
emancipator noun One who emancipates.
emarginated adjective Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus., Notched at the summit., Having the edges truncated.
emasculated imp. & past participle of Emasculate
emasculator noun One who, or that which, emasculates.
embarcation noun Same as Embarkation.
embarkation noun The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops., That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.
embarrassed imp. & past participle of Embarrass
embellished imp. & past participle of Embellish
embellisher noun One who embellishes.
ember-goose noun The loon or great northern diver. See Loon.
embiotocoid adjective Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidae., One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; — also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.
emblazoning present participle & vb. noun of Emblazon, The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
emblematist noun A writer or inventor of emblems.
emblematize verb t. To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.
emblemizing present participle & vb. noun of Emblemize
emboitement noun The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preexisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.
emboldening present participle & vb. noun of Embolden
embowelling of Embowel
embowelment noun Disembowelment.
embracement noun A clasp in the arms; embrace., State of being contained; inclosure., Willing acceptance.
embrocating present participle & vb. noun of Embrocate
embrocation noun The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc., The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
embroidered imp. & past participle of Embroider
embroiderer noun One who embroiders.
embroilment noun The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.
embryogenic adjective Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
embryologic adjective Alt. of Embryological
embryonated adjective In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
embryotroph noun The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
emergencies plural of Emergency
emissitious adjective Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.
emmenagogue noun A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
emolliating present participle & vb. noun of Emolliate
emolumental adjective Pertaining to an emolument; profitable.
emotiveness noun Susceptibility to emotion.
empanoplied adjective Completely armed; panoplied.
emperorship noun The rank or office of an emperor.
emphasizing present participle & vb. noun of Emphasize
emphyteusis noun A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.
emphyteutic adjective Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.
empirically adverb By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
emporetical adjective Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise.
emulatively adverb In an emulative manner; with emulation.
emulousness noun The quality of being emulous.
emunctories plural of Emunctory
enarthrodia noun See Enarthrosis.
enarthrosis noun A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
encarnalize verb t. To carnalize; to make gross.
encephaloid adjective Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform., An encephaloid cancer.
encephalous adjective Having a head; — said of most Mollusca; — opposed to acephalous.
enchainment noun The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
enchantment noun The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation., The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment., That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.
enchantress noun A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates.
enchiridion noun Handbook; a manual of devotions.
enchondroma noun A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.
enclavement noun The state of being an enclave.
encomiastic adjective Alt. of Encomiastical, A panegyric.
encompassed imp. & past participle of Encompass
encorporing noun Incorporation.
encountered imp. & past participle of Encounter
encounterer noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
encouraging present participle & vb. noun of Encourage, Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
encrinoidea noun pl. That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; — also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
encroaching present participle & vb. noun of Encroach
encrustment noun That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.
encumbering present participle & vb. noun of Encumber
encumbrance noun That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance., Same as Incumbrance.
encystation noun Encystment.
endangering present participle & vb. noun of Endanger
endaspidean adjective Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; — said of certain birds.
endeavoring present participle & vb. noun of Endeavor
endemically adverb In an endemic manner.
endemiology noun The science which treats of endemic affections.
endlessness noun The quality of being endless; perpetuity.
endoblastic adjective Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.
endocardiac adjective Alt. of Endocardial
endocardial adjective Pertaining to the endocardium., Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.
endocardium noun The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.
endogenesis noun Endogeny.
endogenetic adjective Endogenous.
endognathal adjective Pertaining to the endognath.
endometrium noun The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
endoneurium noun The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
endophloeum noun The inner layer of the bark of trees.
endophragma noun A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.
endorhizous adjective Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
endorsement noun Same as Indorsement.
endosmosmic adjective Endosmotic.
endospermic adjective Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.
endosporous adjective Having the spores contained in a case; — applied to fungi.
endothecium noun The inner lining of an anther cell.
endothelial adjective Of, or relating to, endothelium.
endothelium noun The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.
endotheloid adjective Like endothelium.
enepidermic adjective Applied to the skin without friction; — said of medicines.
energetical adjective Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active., Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.
enfeoffment noun The act of enfeoffing., The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
enflowering present participle & vb. noun of Enflower
enforceable adjective Capable of being enforced.
enforcement noun The act of enforcing; compulsion., A giving force to; a putting in execution., That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
enfranchise verb t. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power., To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman., To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.
engagedness noun The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
engendering present participle & vb. noun of Engender
engineering present participle & vb. noun of Engineer, Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
englishable adjective Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
engorgement noun The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting., An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion., The clogging of a blast furnace.
engraffment noun See Ingraftment.
engraftment noun The act of ingrafting; ingraftment.
engrailment noun The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc., Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.
engravement noun Engraving., Engraved work.
engrossment noun The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed., That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
enhancement noun The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
enigmatical adjective Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
enigmatized imp. & past participle of Enigmatize
enlargement noun The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion., Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection., A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty., Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
enlightener noun One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.
enneagynous adjective Having or producing nine pistils or styles; — said of a flower or plant.
enheahedral adjective Having nine sides.
enheahedria noun Alt. of Enheahedron
enheahedron noun A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.
enneandrian adjective Alt. of Enneandrous
enneandrous adjective Having nine stamens.
ennoblement noun The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility., That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.
enoptomancy noun Divination by the use of a mirror.
enouncement noun Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.
enrapturing present participle & vb. noun of Enrapture
enslavement noun The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
entablature noun The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
entablement noun See Entablature.
enterocoele noun A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.
enteropathy noun Disease of the intestines.
enterpriser noun One who undertakes enterprises.
entertained imp. & past participle of Entertain
entertainer noun One who entertains.
enthronized imp. & past participle of Enthronize
entogastric adjective Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; — applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.
entoglossal adjective Within the tongue; — applied to the glossohyal bone.
entomologic adjective Alt. of Entomological
entomophaga noun pl. One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2., A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum., A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.
entoplastic adjective Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.
entoplastra plural of Entoplastron
entorganism noun An internal parasitic organism.
entosternum noun See Entoplastron.
entreatable adjective That may be entreated.
entreatance noun Entreaty.
entreatment noun Entreaty; invitation.
entwinement noun A twining or twisting together or round; union.
enucleating present participle & vb. noun of Enucleate
enucleation noun The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
enumerating present participle & vb. noun of Enumerate
enumeration noun The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting., A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed., A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
enumerative adjective Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.
enunciating present participle & vb. noun of Enunciate
enunciation noun The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth., Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation., That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.
enunciative adjective Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
enunciatory adjective Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.
envelopment noun The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides., That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
environment noun Act of environing; state of being environed., That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.
epanalepsis noun A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.
ephemerides plural of Ephemeris
epicerastic adjective Lenient; assuaging.
epicleidium noun A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.
epicondylar noun Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
epicoracoid noun A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.
epidermatic adjective Epidermal.
epidermeous adjective Epidermal.
epidermical adjective Epidermal.
epidermidal adjective Epidermal.
epidictical adjective Serving to explain; demonstrative.
epigastrial adjective Epigastric.
epigastrium noun The upper part of the abdomen.
epigenesist noun One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.
epignathous adjective Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.
epigrammist noun An epigrammatist.
epigraphics noun The science or study of epigraphs.
epigraphist noun A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.
epileptical adjective Epileptic.
epilogation noun A summing up in a brief account.
epilogistic adjective Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue.
epipetalous adjective Borne on the petals or corolla.
epiphyllous adjective Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.
epiphytical adjective Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte.
epiplastron noun One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
epipodialia plural of Epipodiale
episcopally adverb By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.
episcopated imp. & past participle of Episcopate
episepalous adjective Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
episkeletal adjective Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
epistilbite noun A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
epistolical adjective Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
epistolizer noun A writer of epistles.
epithalamic adjective Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
epithalamia plural of Epithalamium
epithelioid adjective Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.
epithelioma noun A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; — called also epithelial cancer.
epitheliums plural of Epithelium
epithetical adjective Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets.
epithumetic adjective Epithumetical.
epitithides noun The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
epitomizing present participle & vb. noun of Epitomize
epitrochlea noun A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
epitrochoid noun A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.
epsom salts Alt. of salt
equableness noun Quality or state of being equable.
equiangular adjective Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular.
equibalance noun Equal weight; equiponderance., To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
equidistant adjective Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.
equidiurnal adjective Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; — applied to the equinoctial line.
equilateral adjective Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon., A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.
equilibrate verb t. To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.
equilibrist noun One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.
equilibrity noun The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
equilibrium noun Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces., A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body., A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.
equinoctial adjective Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line., Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun., Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world., The equinoctial line.
equiparable adjective Comparable.
equipensate verb t. To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
equipollent adjective Having equal power or force; equivalent., Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.
equiradical adjective Equally radical.
equisonance noun An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.
equivalence noun The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions., Equal power or force; equivalent amount., The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence., The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2., To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
equivalency noun Same as Equivalence.
equivocally adverb In an equivocal manner.
equivocated imp. & past participle of Equivocate
equivocator noun One who equivocates.
eradicating present participle & vb. noun of Eradicate
eradication noun The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction., The state of being plucked up by the roots.
eradicative adjective Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil., A medicine that effects a radical cure.
erastianism noun The principles of the Erastains.
eremacausis noun A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.
errableness noun Liability to error.
erubescence noun Alt. of Erubescency
erubescency noun The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
erysipelous adjective Erysipelatous.
erythematic adjective Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.
erythroleic adjective Having a red color and oily appearance; — applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.
erythrolein noun A red substance obtained from litmus.
erythronium noun A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
erythrozyme noun A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.
escarbuncle noun See Carbuncle, 3.
eschatology noun The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.
escheatable adjective Liable to escheat.
escritorial adjective Of or pertaining to an escritoire.
esemplastic adjective Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.
esotericism noun Esoteric doctrine or principles.
espaliering present participle & vb. noun of Espalier
espousement noun The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.
essentiated imp. & past participle of Essentiate
established imp. & past participle of Establish
establisher noun One who establishes.
estrepement noun A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
eterminable adjective Interminable.
eterniziing present participle & vb. noun of Eternize
etherealism noun Ethereality.
ethereality noun The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
etherealize verb t. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether., To render ethereal or spiritlike.
ethnography noun That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.
ethnologist noun One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.
ethological a treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character.
etiological adjective Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; aetiological.
etymologist noun One who investigates the derivation of words.
etymologize verb t. To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word., To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
etymologies plural of Etymology
eucharistic adjective Alt. of Eucharistical
euchologion noun Alt. of Euchology
eudaemonics noun That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; — contrasted with aretaics.
eudaemonism noun That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.
eudaemonist noun One who believes in eudemonism.
eudiometric adjective Alt. of Eudiometrical
euphemistic adjective Alt. of Euphemistical
euphemizing present participle & vb. noun of Euphemize
euplectella noun A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; — called also Venus’s flower-basket.
europeanize verb t. To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
eurypteroid adjective Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
evagination noun The act of unsheathing.
evanescence noun The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.
evangelical adjective Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history., Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion., Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; — technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of “Justification by Faith alone”; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox., One of evangelical principles.
evangelized imp. & past participle of Evangelize
evanishment noun A vanishing; disappearance.
evaporating present participle & vb. noun of Evaporate
evaporation noun The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor., The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence., That which is evaporated; vapor., See Vaporization.
eventration noun A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen., A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude., The act af disemboweling.
eventuality noun The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence., Disposition to take cognizance of events.
eventuating present participle & vb. noun of Eventuate
eventuation noun The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.
everlasting adjective Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal., Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
enerlasting noun Eternal duration, past of future; eternity., (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God., A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc., A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting.
evesdropper noun See Eavesdropper.
evidentiary adjective Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.
evidentness noun State of being evident.
evigilation noun A waking up or awakening.
evil-minded adjective Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.
eviscerated imp. & past participle of Eviscerate
evolutility noun The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure.
evolutional adjective Relating to evolution.
exacerrated imp. & past participle of Exacerbate
exacination noun Removal of the kernel.
exaggerated imp. & past participle of Exaggerate, Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.
exaggerator noun One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration.
exagitation noun Agitation.
examination noun The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment., A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
exampleless adjective Without or above example.
exanimation noun Deprivation of life or of spirits.
exanthemata plural of Exanthema
exantlation noun Act of drawing out ; exhaustion.
exasperater noun One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.
exauctorate verb t. See Exauthorate.
exauthorate verb t. To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge.
exauthorize verb t. To deprive of uthority., To deprive of authority.
excantation noun Disenchantment by a countercharm.
excarnation noun The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; — opposed to incarnation.
exceedingly adverb To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.
excellently adverb In an excellent manner; well in a high degree., In a high or superior degree; — in this literal use, not implying worthiness.
excentrical adjective Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical., One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
exceptional adjective Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.
exceptioner noun One who takes exceptions or makes objections.
excerebrose adjective Brainless.
exchequered imp. & past participle of Exchequer
exclamation noun A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc., A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief., A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; — called also exclamation point.
exclamative adjective Exclamatory.
exclamatory adjective Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.
exclusivism noun The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.
exclusivist noun One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism.
excogitated imp. & past participle of Excogitate
excommunion A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
excoriating present participle & vb. noun of Eccoriate
excoriation noun The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion., Stripping of possession; spoliation.
excorticate verb t. To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate.
excremental adjective Of or pertaining to excrement.
excrescence noun An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
excrescency noun Excrescence.
excruciable adjective Liable to torment.
excruciated imp. & past participle of Excruciate
exculpating of Exculpate
exculpation noun The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
exculpatory Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.
executioner noun One who executes; an executer., One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
executively adverb In the way of executing or performing.
executorial adjective Of or pertaining to an executive.
exemplarily adverb In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.
exemplarity noun Exemplariness.
exemplifier noun One who exemplifies by following a pattern.
exemplified imp. & past participle of Exemplify
exercisable adjective That may be exercised, used, or exerted.
exercisible adjective Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.
exestuation noun A boiling up; effervescence.
exfoliating present participle & vb. noun of Exfoliate
exfoliation noun The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
exfoliative adjective Having the power of causing exfoliation., An exfoliative agent.
exhaustible adjective Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.
exhaustless adjective Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.
exhaustment noun Exhaustion; drain.
exhilarated imp. & past participle of Exhilarate
exilarating present participle & vb. noun of Exhilarate
exhortation noun The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable., Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.
exhortative adjective Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.
exhortatory adjective Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.
exinanition noun An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
existential adjective Having existence.
exoccipital adjective Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull., The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.
ex-official adjective Proceeding from office or authority.
ex officiis plural of Ex officio
exonerating present participle & vb. noun of Exonerate
exoneration noun The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
exonerative adjective Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
exophthalmy noun Exophthalmia.
exophyllous adjective Not sheathed in another leaf.
exorbitance noun Alt. of Exorbitancy
exorbitancy noun A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands.
exoskeletal adjective Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.
exoskeleton noun The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.
expariating present participle & vb. noun of Expatiate
expatiation noun Act of expatiating.
expatiatory adjective Expansive; diffusive.
expatriated imp. & past participle of Expatriate
expectation noun The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen., That which is expected or looked for., The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank., The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event., The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
expectative adjective Constituting an object of expectation; contingent., Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.
expectingly adverb In a state of expectation.
expectorant adjective Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat., An expectorant medicine.
expectorate verb t. To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth., To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
expediently adverb In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently., With expedition; quickly.
expeditious adjective Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger.
expenditure noun The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement., That which is expended or paid out; expense.
expensefull adjective Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
expenseless adjective Without cost or expense.
experienced imp. & past participle of Exrerience, Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.
experiencer noun One who experiences., An experimenter.
expiscation noun The act of expiscating; a fishing.
expiscatory adjective Tending to fish out; searching out
explainable adjective Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.
explanation noun The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty., That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation., The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense., A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.
explanative adjective Explanatory.
explanatory adjective Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes.
expletively adverb In the manner of an expletive.
explicating present participle & vb. noun of Explicate
explication noun The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation., The sense given by an expositor.
explicative adjective Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
explicatory adjective Explicative.
exploration noun The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries, physical examination.
explorative adjective Exploratory.
exploratory adjective Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
explorement noun The act of exploring; exploration.
explosively adverb In an explosive manner.
expoliation noun See Exspoliation.
exponential adjective Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.
exportation noun The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce., Commodity exported; an export., The act of carrying out.
exposedness noun The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
expostulate verb i. To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; — followed by with., To discuss; to examine.
expressible adjective Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.
expressness noun The state or quality of being express; definiteness.
expropriate verb t. To put out of one’s possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
expugnation noun The act of taking by assault; conquest.
expurgating present participle & vb. noun of Expurgate
expurgation noun The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgatory adjective Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
exquisitely adverb In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
exquisitive adjective Eager to discover or learn; curious.
exsanguious adjective Destitute of blood., Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.
exsiccating present participle & vb. noun of Exsiccate
exsiccation noun The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
exsiccative adjective Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
exstipulate adjective Having no stipules.
exsuscitate verb t. To rouse; to excite.
extemporary adjective Extemporaneous., Made for the occasion; for the time being.
extemporize verb i. To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address., To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.
extensional adjective Having great extent.
extensively adverb To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
extenuating present participle & vb. noun of Extenuate
extenuation noun The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
extenuatory adjective Tending to extenuate or palliate.
exteriority noun Surface; superficies; externality.
exterminate verb t. To drive out or away; to expel., To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice., To eliminate, as unknown quantities.
externalism noun The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals., That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
externality noun State of being external; exteriority, separation from the perceiving mind.
externalize verb t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.
extillation noun Distillation.
extirpating present participle & vb. noun of Extirpate
extirpation noun The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
extirpative adjective Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.
extirpatory adjective Extirpative.
extortioner noun One who practices extortion.
extractable adjective Alt. of Extractible
extractible adjective Capable of being extracted.
extraditing present participle & vb. noun of Extradite
extradition noun The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
extravagant adjective Wandering beyond one’s bounds; roving; hence, foreign., Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse., Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man., One who is confined to no general rule., Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
extravagate verb i. To rove.
extravasate verb t. To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.
extravenate adjective Let out of the veins.
extremeless adjective Having no extremes; infinite.
extremities plural of Extremity
extricating present participle & vb. noun of Extricate
extrication noun The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement., The act of sending out or evolving.
extrinsical adjective Extrinsic.
extuberance noun A swelling or rising; protuberance.
extuberancy noun Extuberance.
exungulated imp. & past participle of Exungulate
exuperation noun The act of rising or coming into view.
eye-spotted adjective Marked with spots like eyes.