Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
edacity |
noun |
Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. |
eddying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Eddy |
edenite |
noun |
A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole. |
edental |
adjective |
See Edentate, a., One of the Edentata. |
edictal |
adjective |
Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law. |
edifice |
noun |
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; — chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse. |
edifier |
noun |
One who builds., One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction. |
edified |
imp. & past participle |
of Edify |
editing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Edit |
edition |
noun |
A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers’ edition of Shakespeare., The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold. |
edomite |
noun |
One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean. |
educate |
verb t. |
To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste. |
educing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Educe |
eductor |
noun |
One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts. |