| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| eagle-winged | adjective | Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. |
| earles penny | Earnest money. Same as Arles penny. | |
| earl marshal | An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald’s office or college of arms. | |
| earth-tongue | noun | A fungus of the genus Geoglossum. |
| east-insular | adjective | Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. |
| eavesdropper | noun | One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener. |
| ebracteolate | adjective | Without bracteoles, or little bracts; — said of a pedicel or flower stalk. |
| ebullioscope | noun | An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils. |
| eccentricity | noun | The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity., The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis., The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit., The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. |
| ecclesiastes | adjective | One of the canonical books of the Old Testament. |
| ecclesiastic | verb t. | Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical., A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. |
| ecclesiology | noun | The science or theory of church building and decoration. |
| echinococcus | noun | A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. |
| echinodermal | adjective | Relating or belonging to the echinoderms. |
| eclectically | adverb | In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method. |
| economically | adverb | With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure. |
| ecstatically | adverb | Rapturously; ravishingly. |
| ectobronchia | plural | of Ectobronchium |
| ectocuniform | noun | One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. |
| ectolecithal | adjective | Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova. |
| ectoparasite | noun | Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; — opposed to endoparasite. |
| ectypography | noun | A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief. |
| educationist | noun | One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education. |
| edulcorating | present participle & vb. noun | of Edulcorate |
| edulcoration | noun | The act of sweetening or edulcorating., The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. |
| edulcorative | adjective | Tending to /weeten or purify by affusions of water. |
| effectuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Effectuate |
| effectuation | noun | Act of effectuating. |
| effectuously | adverb | Effectively. |
| effeminacies | plural | of Effeminacy |
| effeminating | present participle & vb. noun | of Effeminate |
| effeminately | adverb | In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately., By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. |
| effemination | noun | Effeminacy; womanishness. |
| effervescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Effervesce |
| effervescent | adjective | Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas |
| effervescive | adjective | Tending to produce effervescence. |
| efflorescing | present participle & vb. noun | of Effloresce |
| efflorescent | verb i. | That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt., Covered with an efflorescence. |
| effronteries | plural | of Effrontery |
| effumability | noun | The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. |
| egoistically | adverb | In an egoistic manner. |
| egyptologist | noun | One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology. |
| elasmobranch | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii., One of the Elasmobranchii. |
| elasmosaurus | noun | An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus. |
| elaterometer | noun | Same as Elatrometer. |
| electionered | imp. & past participle | of Electioneer |
| electorality | noun | The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. |
| electrepeter | noun | An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator. |
| electrically | adverb | In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly. |
| electrifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Electrify |
| electrogenic | adjective | Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition. |
| electro-gilt | adjective | Gilded by means of voltaic electricity. |
| electrograph | noun | A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity. |
| electrolysis | noun | The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water. |
| electrolytic | adjective | Alt. of Electrolytical |
| electrolyzed | imp. & past participle | of Electrolyze |
| electrometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope). |
| elextrometry | noun | The art or process of making electrical measurements. |
| electromotor | noun | A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity., An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine. |
| electropathy | noun | The treatment of disease by electricity. |
| electrophone | noun | An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents. |
| electrophori | plural | of Electrophorus |
| electroplate | verb t. | To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis. |
| electroscope | noun | An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. |
| electro-tint | noun | A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing. |
| electrotonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to electrical tension; — said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary., Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve. |
| electrotonus | noun | The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus. |
| electrotyped | imp. & past participle | of Electrotype |
| electrotyper | noun | One who electrotypes. |
| electrotypic | adjective | Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy. |
| eleemosynary | adjective | Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation., Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance., Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor., One who subsists on charity; a dependent. |
| elementalism | adjective | The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers. |
| elementality | noun | The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed. |
| elementarity | noun | Elementariness. |
| elementation | noun | Instruction in the elements or first principles. |
| elenchically | adverb | By means of an elench. |
| elevatedness | noun | The quality of being elevated. |
| eligibleness | noun | The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness. |
| ellipsograph | noun | An instrument for describing ellipses; — called also trammel. |
| elliptically | adverb | In the form of an ellipse., With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed. |
| elliptograph | noun | Same as Ellipsograph. |
| elocutionary | adjective | Pertaining to elocution. |
| elocutionist | noun | One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution. |
| elucubration | noun | See Lucubration. |
| emancipating | present participle & vb. noun | of Emancipate |
| emancipation | noun | The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection. |
| emancipatory | adjective | Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. |
| emarginately | adverb | In an emarginate manner. |
| emargination | noun | The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin. |
| emasculating | present participle & vb. noun | of Emasculate |
| emasculation | noun | The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration., The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness. |
| emasculatory | adjective | Serving or tending to emasculate. |
| embarrassing | present participle & vb. noun | of Embarrass |
| embassadress | noun | Same as Ambassadress. |
| embastardize | verb t. | To bastardize. |
| embattlement | noun | An intended parapet; a battlement., The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements. |
| embellishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Embellish |
| embezzlement | noun | The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer’s; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. |
| embitterment | noun | The act of embittering; also, that which embitters. |
| emblazonment | noun | An emblazoning. |
| emblazonries | plural | of Emblazonry |
| emblematical | adjective | Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. |
| emblematized | imp. & past participle | of Emblematize |
| embolismatic | adjective | Alt. of Embolismatical |
| embolismical | adjective | Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation. |
| emboyssement | noun | An ambush. |
| embranchment | noun | The branching forth, as of trees. |
| embroidering | present participle & vb. noun | of Embroider |
| embroideries | plural | of Embroidery |
| embryography | noun | The general description of embryos. |
| embryologist | noun | One skilled in embryology. |
| embryoniform | adjective | Like an embryo in form. |
| emigrational | adjective | Relating to emigration. |
| emissaryship | noun | The office of an emissary. |
| emollescence | noun | That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility. |
| emotionalism | noun | The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner. |
| emotionalize | verb t. | To give an emotional character to. |
| empassionate | adjective | Strongly affected. |
| emphatically | adverb | With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently., Not really, but apparently. |
| empoisonment | noun | The act of poisoning. |
| empyreumatic | adjective | Alt. of Empyreumatical |
| enaliosauria | noun pl. | An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. |
| enantiopathy | noun | An opposite passion or affection., Allopathy; — a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists. |
| encephalitis | noun | Inflammation of the brain. |
| enclitically | adverb | In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. |
| encomberment | noun | Hindrance; molestation. |
| encompassing | present participle & vb. noun | of Encompass |
| encountering | present participle & vb. noun | of Encounter |
| encrinitical | adjective | Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal. |
| encroachment | noun | The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion., That which is taken by encroaching on another., An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another. |
| encumberment | noun | Encumbrance. |
| encumbrancer | noun | Same as Incumbrancer. |
| encyclopedia | noun | Alt. of Encyclopaedia |
| encyclopedic | adjective | Alt. of Encyclopedical |
| endamageable | adjective | Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. |
| endamagement | noun | Damage; injury; harm. |
| endangerment | noun | Hazard; peril. |
| endearedness | noun | State of being endeared. |
| endeavorment | noun | Act of endeavoring; endeavor. |
| endecagynous | adjective | Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower. |
| endenization | noun | The act of naturalizing. |
| endermically | adverb | By the endermic method; as, applied endermically. |
| endocarditis | noun | Inflammation of the endocardium. |
| endochondral | adjective | Growing or developing within cartilage; — applied esp. to developing bone. |
| endogenously | adverb | By endogenous growth. |
| endometritis | noun | Inflammation of the endometrium. |
| endoparasite | noun | Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; — opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon. |
| endophragmal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the endophragma. |
| endophyllous | adjective | Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath. |
| endoplastica | noun pl. | A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba. |
| endoplastule | noun | See Nucleolus. |
| endopleurite | noun | The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans. |
| endoskeletal | adjective | Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles. |
| endoskeleton | noun | The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton. |
| endosmometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action. |
| endosternite | noun | The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects. |
| enfeeblement | noun | The act of weakening; enervation; weakness. |
| enfranchised | imp. & past participle | of Enfranchise |
| enfranchiser | noun | One who enfranchises. |
| engastrimuth | noun | An ventriloquist. |
| engine-sized | adjective | Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; — said of paper. |
| englishwomen | plural | of Englishwoman |
| englishwoman | noun | Fem. of Englishman. |
| engraftation | noun | Alt. of Engraftment |
| enharmonical | adjective | Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate., Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/., Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys. |
| enigmatizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enigmatize |
| enigmatology | noun | The art of making or of solving enigmas. |
| enkerchiefed | adjective | Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. |
| enormousness | noun | The state of being enormous. |
| enorthotrope | noun | An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope. |
| enravishment | noun | The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. |
| enslavedness | noun | State of being enslaved. |
| enswathement | noun | The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed. |
| entanglement | noun | State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity. |
| enterography | noun | A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology. |
| enterprising | adjective | Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm. |
| entertaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Entertain, Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. |
| entertissued | adjective | Same as Intertissued. |
| enthelmintha | noun pl. | Alt. of Enthelminthes |
| enthrallment | noun | The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment. |
| enthronement | noun | The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. |
| enthronizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Enthronize |
| enthusiastic | adjective | Alt. of Enthusiastical, An enthusiast; a zealot. |
| enthymematic | adjective | Alt. of Enthymematical |
| entobronchia | plural | of Entobronchium |
| entocuniform | noun | One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. |
| entomologist | noun | One versed in entomology. |
| entomologize | verb i. | To collect specimens in the study of entomology. |
| entomologies | plural | of Entomology |
| entomophagan | adjective | Relating to the Entomophaga., One of the Entomophaga. |
| entomostraca | noun pl. | One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera. |
| entomotomist | noun | One who practices entomotomy. |
| entoplastron | noun | The median plate of the plastron of turtles; — called also entosternum. |
| entrancement | noun | The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy. |
| entreatingly | adverb | In an entreating manner. |
| entrepreneur | noun | One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. |
| envisagement | noun | The act of envisaging. |
| epanastrophe | noun | Same as Anadiplosis. |
| epanorthosis | noun | A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act! |
| epencephalic | adjective | Pertaining to the epencephalon., Situated on or over the brain. |
| epencephalon | noun | The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen. |
| epexegetical | adjective | Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical. |
| epibranchial | adjective | Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch., An epibranchial cartilage or bone. |
| epichiremata | plural | of Epichirema |
| epicureanism | noun | Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus. |
| epicycloidal | adjective | Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties. |
| epidemically | adverb | In an epidemic manner. |
| epidemiology | noun | That branch of science which treats of epidemics. |
| epidermatoid | adjective | Epidermoid. |
| epididymitis | noun | Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea. |
| epigrammatic | Alt. of Epigrammatical | |
| epigraphical | adjective | Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies. |
| epileptiform | adjective | Resembling epilepsy. |
| epipedometry | noun | The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. |
| epipterygoid | adjective | Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone., An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards. |
| episcopalian | adjective | Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church., One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. |
| episcoparian | adjective | Episcopal. |
| episcopating | present participle & vb. noun | of Episcopate |
| episcopicide | noun | The killing of a bishop. |
| epistemology | noun | The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge. |
| episyllogism | noun | A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism. |
| epithalamium | noun | A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom. |
| epithalamies | plural | of Epithalamy |
| epitrochlear | adjective | Relating to the epitrochlea. |
| equalitarian | noun | One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler. |
| equalization | noun | The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized. |
| equatorially | adverb | So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator. |
| equestrienne | noun | A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman. |
| equibalanced | imp. & past participle | of Equibalance |
| equicrescent | adjective | Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable. |
| equidistance | noun | Equal distance. |
| equilibrated | imp. & past participle | of Equilibrate |
| equilibrious | adjective | Evenly poised; balanced. |
| equilibriums | plural | of Equilibrium |
| equimomental | adjective | Having equal moments of inertia. |
| equimultiple | adjective | Multiplied by the same number or quantity., One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4. |
| equinumerant | adjective | Equal as to number. |
| equipendency | noun | The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. |
| equipollence | noun | Alt. of Equipollency |
| equipollency | noun | Equality of power, force, signification, or application., Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language. |
| equipondious | adjective | Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. |
| equisetiform | adjective | Having the form of the equisetum. |
| equivalently | adverb | In an equal manner. |
| equivalvular | adjective | Same as Equivalve or Equivalved. |
| equivocating | present participle & vb. noun | of Equivocate |
| equivocation | noun | The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead. |
| equivocatory | adjective | Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation. |
| erpetologist | noun | Herpetologist. |
| erythematous | adjective | Relating to, or causing, erythema. |
| erythrophyll | noun | Alt. of Erythrophyllin |
| erythroxylon | noun | A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca. |
| escargatoire | noun | A nursery of snails. |
| escutcheoned | adjective | Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. |
| esophagotomy | noun | The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. |
| esoterically | adverb | In an esoteric manner. |
| especialness | noun | The state of being especial. |
| essentiality | noun | The quality of being essential; the essential part. |
| esentialness | noun | Essentiality. |
| essentiating | present participle & vb. noun | of Essentiate |
| establishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Establish |
| estrangement | noun | The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. |
| eternization | noun | The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous. |
| etheostomoid | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma., Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; — also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter. |
| etherealness | noun | Ethereality. |
| etherization | noun | The administration of ether to produce insensibility., The state of the system under the influence of ether. |
| ethnographer | noun | One who investigates ethnography. |
| ethnographic | adjective | Alt. of Ethnographical |
| ethnological | a | Of or pertaining to ethnology. |
| etymological | adjective | Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. |
| etymologicon | noun | An etymological dictionary or manual. |
| eudemonistic | adjective | Alt. of Eudaemonistic |
| euhemeristic | adjective | Of or pertaining to euhemerism. |
| eulogistical | adjective | Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. |
| euplexoptera | noun pl. | An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig. |
| euthiochroic | adjective | Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called. |
| eutychianism | noun | The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers. |
| evanescently | adverb in a vanishing manner | |
| evangelicism | noun | Evangelical principles; evangelism. |
| evangelicity | noun | Evangelicism. |
| evangelistic | adjective | Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts. |
| evangelizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Evangelize |
| evaporometer | noun | An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer. |
| eventilation | noun | The act of eventilating; discussion. |
| eventognathi | noun pl. | An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc. |
| evil-favored | adjective | Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. |
| eviscerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Eviscerate |
| evisceration | adjective | A disemboweling. |
| evolutionary | adjective | Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions. |
| evolutionism | noun | The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7. |
| evolutionist | noun | One skilled in evolutions., one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. |
| exacerrating | present participle & vb. noun | of Exacerbate |
| exacerbation | noun | The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion., A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action. |
| exacervation | noun | The act of heaping up. |
| exaggerating | present participle & vb. noun | of Exaggerate, That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. |
| exaggeration | noun | The act of heaping or piling up., The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement., A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. |
| exaggerative | adjective | Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. |
| exaggeratory | adjective | Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative. |
| exalbuminous | adjective | Having no albumen about the embryo; — said of certain seeds. |
| examinership | noun | The office or rank of an examiner. |
| exanthematic | adjective | Alt. of Exanthematous |
| exarticulate | adjective | Having but one joint; — said of certain insects. |
| exsasperated | imp. & past participle | of Exasperate |
| exasperating | present participle & vb. noun | of Exasperate |
| exasperation | noun | The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger., Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. |
| exauguration | noun | The act of exaugurating; desecration. |
| excalceation | noun | The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. |
| excalfaction | noun | A heating or warming; calefaction. |
| excalfactive | adjective | Serving to heat; warming. |
| excalfactory | adjective | Heating; warming. |
| excandescent | adjective | White or glowing with heat. |
| excellencies | plural | of Excellency |
| excentricity | Same as Eccentricity. | |
| exchangeable | adjective | Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged., Available for making exchanges; ratable. |
| exchangeably | adverb | By way of exchange. |
| exchequering | present participle & vb. noun | of Exchequer |
| excitability | noun | The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes., The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability. |
| excito-motor | adjective | Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes. |
| exclusionary | adjective | Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive. |
| exclusionism | noun | The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist. |
| exclusionist | noun | One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles II. |
| excogitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Excogitate |
| excogitation | noun | The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance. |
| excrementive | adjective | Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. |
| excrementize | verb i. | To void excrement. |
| excruciating | present participle & vb. noun | of Excruciate, Torturing; racking. |
| excruciation | noun | The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. |
| excubitorium | noun | A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night. |
| excursionist | noun | One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip. |
| executorship | noun | The office of an executor. |
| exemplifying | present participle &. vb. noun | of Exemplify |
| exemptitious | adjective | Separable. |
| exenteration | noun | Act of exenterating. |
| exercitation | noun | exercise; practice; use. |
| exheredation | noun | A disinheriting; disherisor. |
| exhibitioner | noun | One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. |
| exhilarating | adjective | That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. |
| exhilaration | noun | The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening., The state of being enlivened or cheerful. |
| existimation | noun | Esteem; opinion; reputation. |
| exophthalmia | noun | The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease. |
| exophthalmic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia. |
| exophthalmos | noun | Alt. of Exophthalmus |
| exophthalmus | noun | Same as Exophthalmia. |
| exorbitantly | adverb | In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously. |
| expatriating | present participle & vb. noun | of Expatriate |
| expatriation | noun | The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one’s own country with a renunciation of allegiance. |
| expectorated | imp. & past participle | of Expectorate |
| expediential | Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. | |
| expediteness | noun | Quality of being expedite. |
| experiencing | present participle & vb. noun | of Exrerience |
| experiential | adjective | Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. |
| experimented | imp. & past participle | of Experiment |
| experimental | adjective | Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher., Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion. |
| experimenter | noun | One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments. |
| experrection | noun | A waking up or arousing. |
| expiatorious | adjective | Of an expiatory nature; expiatory. |
| explicitness | noun | The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. |
| exploitation | noun | The act of exploiting or utilizing. |
| ex postfacto | From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective. | |
| expostulated | imp. & past participle | of Expostulate |
| expostulator | noun | One who expostulates. |
| expressional | adjective | Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment. |
| exprobration | noun | Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. |
| exprobrative | adjective | Alt. of Exprobratory |
| exprobratory | adjective | Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. |
| exsanguinity | noun | Privation or destitution of blood; — opposed to plethora. |
| exsanguinous | adjective | See Exsanguious. |
| exscriptural | adjective | Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural. |
| exscutellate | adjective | Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; — said of certain insects. |
| exspoliation | noun | Spoliation. |
| exsufflation | noun | A blast from beneath., A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath., A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. |
| exsufflicate | adjective | Empty; frivolous. |
| extemporized | imp. & past participle | of Extemporize |
| extemporizer | noun | One who extemporizes. |
| extensionist | noun | One who favors or advocates extension. |
| extensometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force. |
| exterminated | imp. & past participle | of Exterminate |
| exterminator | noun | One who, or that which, exterminates. |
| exterraneous | adjective | Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad. |
| extimulation | noun | Stimulation. |
| extinguished | imp. & past participle | of Extinguish |
| extinguisher | noun | One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle. |
| extispicious | adjective | Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication. |
| extortionary | adjective | Extortionate. |
| extortionate | adjective | Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard. |
| extraaxillar | adjective | Alt. of Extraaxillary |
| extractiform | adjective | Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract. |
| extraditable | adjective | Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice., Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses. |
| extrageneous | adjective | Belonging to another race or kind. |
| extralogical | adjective | Lying outside of the domain of logic. |
| extramission | noun | A sending out; emission. |
| extramundane | adjective | Beyond the material world. |
| extra-ocular | adjective | Inserted exterior to the eyes; — said of the antennae of certain insects. |
| extraregular | adjective | Not comprehended within a rule or rules. |
| extravagance | noun | A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit., The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands. |
| extravagancy | noun | Extravagance. |
| extravaganza | noun | A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature., An extravagant flight of sentiment or language. |
| extravasated | imp. & past participle | of Extravasate |
| extraversion | noun | The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. |
| extroversion | noun | The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. |
| extuberation | noun | Protuberance. |
| extumescence | noun | A swelling or rising. |
| exulceration | noun | Ulceration., A fretting; a festering; soreness. |
| exulcerative | adjective | Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. |
| exulceratory | adjective | Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous. |
| exungulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Exungulate |
| exuviability | noun | Capability of shedding the skin periodically. |