| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |