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Ear-minded
Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; -- opposed to .
Earpick
An instrument for removing wax from the ear.
Ecstatical
Ecstatic.
Edelweiss
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the national flower of Austria.
Edema
Same as .
Edificatory
Tending to edification.
Eduction
The act of drawing out or bringing into view.
Effascinate
To charm; to bewitch.
Eglatere
Eglantine.
Electively
In an elective manner; by choice.
Electrepeter
An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.
Elenge
Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble.
Elephantiac
Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
Eleuthero-petalous
Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.
Eliminant
The result of eliminating variables between homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also .
Ell
A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
Ellachick
A fresh-water tortoise () of California; -- used as food.
Embark
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Embryoniform
Like an embryo in form.
Emerald
A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See .
Emmew
To mew or coop up.
Empyesis
An eruption of pustules.
Emulatress
A female emulator.
Encaustic
The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
Enchest
To inclose in a chest.
Endocarp
The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
Endostyle
A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See .
Endowment
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
Endurance
A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.
energising
Same as .
Enormous
Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
En route
On the way or road.
Entoil
To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.
Entozon
One of the Entozoa.
Entreatable
That may be entreated.
Entremets
A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.
Environment
Act of environing; state of being environed.
Envyned
Stored or furnished with wine.
Epiclinal
Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
Epicoele
A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
Epicurely
Luxuriously.
Epileptic
Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
Epipolized
Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; .
Epitithides
The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
Equicrure
Equicrural.
Equilibrity
The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
Ergat
To deduce logically, as conclusions.
Ernestful
Serious.
erudition
The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
Espousage
Espousal.
Esquire
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below and above ; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to .
-ess
A suffix used to form feminine nouns; .
Estuate
To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Eulogize
To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
Eurythmy
Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.
Evangelicity
Evangelicism.
Evaporator
An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.
evening bag
a small dressy handbag, richly decorated, carried by women for formal occasions in the evening.
Exaggerating
That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds.
Excoct
To boil out; to produce by boiling.
Execute
To do one's work; to act one's part or purpose.
exhaling
breathing out; exhalation{1}.
Exhume
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
Existence
The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being;
Exotic
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign;
Expede
To expedite; to hasten.
Expiatist
An expiator.
Explodent
An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
Export
The act of exporting; exportation; .
expurgated
having material deleted; -- of books; .
Exteriorly
Outwardly; externally; on the exterior.
extrasensory perception
the ability to perceive or gain information about external facts or events by means other than the senses.
Extravaganza
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
Exude
To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Exuvia
of .