Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
entasia |
noun |
Tonic spasm; — applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc. |
entasis |
noun |
A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column., Same as Entasia. |
entered |
imp. & past participle |
of Enter |
enterer |
noun |
One who makes an entrance or beginning. |
enteric |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal. |
enteron |
noun |
The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal. |
entheal |
adjective |
Alt. of Enthean |
enthean |
adjective |
Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. |
entheat |
adjective |
Divinely inspired. |
entheic |
adjective |
Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis. |
enthuse |
verb t. & i. |
To make or become enthusiastic. |
enticed |
imp. & past participle |
of Entice |
enticer |
noun |
One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil. |
entitle |
verb t. |
To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book “Commentaries;” to entitle a man “Honorable.”, To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer’s talents entitle him to command., To attribute; to ascribe. |
entomic |
adjective |
Alt. of Entomical |
entonic |
adjective |
Having great tension, or exaggerated action. |
entotic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the interior of the ear. |
entozoa |
noun pl. |
A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes., An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others., of Entozoon |
entrail |
verb t. |
To interweave; to intertwine., Entanglement; fold. |
entrain |
verb t. |
To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam., To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment., To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station. |
entrant |
noun |
One who enters; a beginner., An applicant for admission. |
entreat |
verb t. |
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use., To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune., To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade., To invite; to entertain., To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty., To make an earnest petition or request., Entreaty. |
entrick |
verb t. |
To trick, to perplex. |
entropy |
noun |
A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function. |
entrust |
verb t. |
See Intrust. |
entries |
plural |
of Entry |
entryng |
noun |
Am entrance. |
entwine |
verb t. |
To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round., To be twisted or twined. |
entwist |
verb t. |
To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. |