| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| erased | imp. & past participle | of Erase, Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated., Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; — used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped. |
| eraser | noun | One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc. |
| erbium | noun | A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia. |
| erebus | noun | A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Book II., line 883., The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. |
| eriach | noun | Alt. of Eric |
| eringo | noun | The sea holly. See Eryngo. |
| erinys | noun | An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. |
| ermine | noun | A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black., The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white., By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain., One of the furs. See Fur (Her.), To clothe with, or as with, ermine. |
| ernest | noun | See Earnest. |
| eroded | imp. & past participle | of Erode, Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away., Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed. |
| erotic | adjective | Alt. of Erotical, An amorous composition or poem. |
| erring | present participle & vb. noun | of Err |
| errand | noun | A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one’s purpose in going anywhere. |
| errant | adjective | Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving., Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant., Journeying; itinerant; — formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large., One who wanders about. |
| errata | noun pl. | See Erratum., of Erratum |
| erucae | plural | of Eruca |
| erucic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc. |
| eryngo | noun | A plant of the genus Eryngium. |