Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
eteostic |
noun |
A kind of chronogram. |
eternify |
verb t. |
To make eternal. |
eternity |
noun |
Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time., Condition which begins at death; immortality. |
eternize |
verb t. |
To make eternal or endless., To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one’s self, a name, exploits. |
ethereal |
adjective |
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions., Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc., Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. |
etherize |
verb t. |
To convert into ether., To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient. |
ethicist |
noun |
One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics. |
ethidene |
noun |
Ethylidene. |
ethionic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called. |
ethiopic |
adjective |
Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians., The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez. |
ethnarch |
noun |
The governor of a province or people. |
ethnical |
adjective |
Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological., Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; — opposed to Jewish and Christian. |
ethology |
noun |
A treatise on morality; ethics., The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. |
ethylate |
noun |
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K. |
ethylene |
noun |
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), — hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen. |
etiolate |
verb i. |
To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants., To become pale through disease or absence of light., To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun’s rays., To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light., Alt. of Etiolated |
etiology |
noun |
The science of causes. Same as /tiology. |
etrurian |
adjective |
Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy., A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria. |
etruscan |
noun |
Of or relating to Etruria., A native or inhabitant of Etruria. |
etypical |
adjective |
Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type. |