| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| elaborate | adjective | Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research., To produce with labor, To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work. |
| elaeagnus | noun | A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster. |
| elaeolite | noun | A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color. |
| elaoptene | noun | See Elaeoptene. |
| elaqueate | verb t. | To disentangle. |
| elasipoda | noun pl. | An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. |
| elastical | adjective | Elastic. |
| elaterite | noun | A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; — called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen. |
| elaterium | noun | A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium). |
| elbowroom | noun | Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope. |
| elcesaite | noun | One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan. |
| eldership | noun | The state of being older; seniority., Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders. |
| elderwort | noun | Danewort. |
| el dorado | A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones., Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. | |
| electress | noun | The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. |
| electrify | verb t. | To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar., To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body., To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience., To become electric. |
| electrine | adjective | Belonging to, or made of, amber., Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients. |
| electrize | verb t. | To electricity. |
| electrode | noun | The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current. |
| electuary | noun | A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection. |
| elegantly | adverb | In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly. |
| elegiacal | adjective | Elegiac. |
| elemental | adjective | Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air., Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. |
| elementar | adjective | Elementary. |
| elenchize | verb i. | To dispute. |
| elenchtic | adjective | Alt. of Elenchtical |
| elephansy | noun | Elephantiasis. |
| elevating | present participle & vb. noun | of Elevate |
| elevation | noun | The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; — said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character., Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation., That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill., The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star., The angle which the style makes with the substylar line., The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; — distinguished from direction., A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; — called by the ancients the orthography. |
| elevatory | adjective | Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces., See Elevator, n. (e). |
| eliciting | present participle & vb. noun | of Elicit |
| elicitate | verb t. | To elicit. |
| eliminant | noun | The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; — called also resultant. |
| eliminate | verb t. | To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty., To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity., To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration., To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion., To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system. |
| elinguate | verb t. | To deprive of the tongue. |
| elixation | noun | A seething; digestion. |
| ellachick | noun | A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; — used as food. |
| elleborin | noun | See Helleborin. |
| ellipsoid | noun | A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a)., Alt. of Ellipsoidal |
| elocation | noun | A removal from the usual place of residence., Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy. |
| elocution | noun | Utterance by speech., Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution., Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. |
| elocutive | adjective | Pertaining to oratorical expression. |
| elohistic | adjective | Relating to Elohim as a name of God; — said of passages in the Old Testament. |
| eloigning | present participle & vb. noun | of Eloign |
| eloignate | verb t. | To remove. |
| eloinment | noun | See Eloignment. |
| elongated | imp. & past participle | of Elongate |
| elopement | noun | The act of eloping; secret departure; — said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation. |
| eloquence | noun | Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion., Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech., That which is eloquently uttered or written. |
| elsewhere | adverb | In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere., In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere. |
| elucidate | verb t. | To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject. |
| elumbated | adjective | Weak or lame in the loins. |
| elutriate | verb t. | To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing. |
| eluxation | noun | Dislocation; luxation. |