| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| ecbasis | noun | A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences. |
| ecbatic | adjective | Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if rendered “so that it was fulfilled,” is ecbatic; if rendered “in order that it might be.” etc., is telic. |
| ecbolic | noun | A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus. |
| ecderon | noun | See Ecteron. |
| ecdyses | plural | of Ecdysis |
| ecdysis | noun | The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation. |
| echelon | noun | An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance., An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation., To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon., To take position in echelon. |
| echidna | noun | A monster, half maid and half serpent., A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; — called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater. |
| echinid | adjective & noun | Same as Echinoid. |
| echinus | noun | A hedgehog., A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe., The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature., The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column, A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin. |
| echoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Echo |
| eclipse | noun | An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth’s shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet., The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness., To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; — said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun., To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing., To suffer an eclipse. |
| eclogue | noun | A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established. |
| economy | noun | The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy., Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy., The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy., Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. |
| ecorche | noun | A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study. |
| ecstasy | noun | The state of being beside one’s self or rapt out of one’s self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries., Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight., Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness., A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected., To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. |
| ectasia | noun | A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal. |
| ectasis | noun | The lengthening of a syllable from short to long. |
| ecteron | noun | The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. |
| ecthyma | noun | A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. |
| ectopia | noun | A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder. |
| ectopic | adjective | Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ. |
| ectozoa | plural | of Ectozoon |
| ectypal | adjective | Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model. |