| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| epicedial | adjective | Elegiac; funereal. |
| epicedian | adjective | Epicedial., An epicede. |
| epicedium | noun | An epicede. |
| epiclinal | adjective | Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower. |
| epicurean | adjective | Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy., Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating., A follower or Epicurus., One given to epicurean indulgence. |
| epicurely | adverb | Luxuriously. |
| epicurism | noun | The doctrines of Epicurus., Epicurean habits of living; luxury. |
| epicurize | verb i. | To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus., To feed or indulge like an epicure. |
| epicyclic | adjective | Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle. |
| epidermal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular. |
| epidermic | adjective | Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. |
| epidermis | verb t. | The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis., The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced. |
| epidictic | adjective | Alt. of Epidictical |
| epigaeous | adjective | Growing on, or close to, the ground. |
| epigraphy | noun | The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them. |
| epigynous | adjective | Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; — said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk. |
| epileptic | adjective | Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy., One affected with epilepsy., A medicine for the cure of epilepsy. |
| epilogism | noun | Enumeration; computation. |
| epilogize | verb i. & t. | To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue. |
| epimachus | noun | A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise. |
| epinastic | adjective | A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic. |
| epineural | adjective | Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra. |
| epinicial | adjective | Relating to victory. |
| epinicion | noun | A song of triumph. |
| epinikian | adjective | Epinicial. |
| epiphragm | noun | A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation. |
| epiphyses | plural | of Epiphysis |
| epiphysis | noun | The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis., The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal. |
| epiphytal | adjective | Pertaining to an epiphyte. |
| epiphytic | adjective | Alt. of Epiphytical |
| epiplexis | noun | A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding. |
| epipodial | adjective | Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong., Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca. |
| epipodite | noun | The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped. |
| epipodium | noun | One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods. |
| epipolism | noun | See Fluorescence. |
| epipteric | adjective | Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid., The epipteric bone. |
| episcopal | adjective | Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church., Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. |
| episodial | adjective | Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic. |
| epistaxis | noun | Bleeding at the nose. |
| episterna | plural | of Episternum |
| epistolar | adjective | Epistolary. |
| epistoler | noun | One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler. |
| epistolet | noun | A little epistle. |
| epistolic | adjective | Alt. of Epistolical |
| epitapher | noun | A writer of epitaphs. |
| epitaphic | adjective | Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian., An epitaph. |
| epithelia | plural | of Epithelium |
| epithesis | noun | The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles. |
| epithetic | adjective | Alt. of Epithetical |
| epitomist | noun | One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer. |
| epitomize | verb t. | To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin., To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words. |
| epizeuxis | noun | A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: – |
| epizootic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an epizoon., Containing fossil remains; — said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like., Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; — corresponding to epidemic diseases among men., An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses. |