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Ea
the Akkadian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki.
Ear
To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; .
Eariness
Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
Earlock
A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See .
Earthshock
An earthquake.
Earthstar
A curious fungus of the genus , in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
Eatage
Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
Eccentricity
The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
Echo
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; .
Edder
An adder or serpent.
egg-and-tongue
same as .
Ekasilicon
The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named ; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See , and cf. .
Elastical
Elastic.
Elbow
The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
Electorate
The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
Electorship
The office or status of an elector.
Electricalness
The state or quality of being electrical.
Electro-capillarity
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.
Eligible
That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
Elmo's fire
See ; also , under .
Eloignate
To remove.
Elutriation
The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
Elwand
See .
emasculation
The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
Embankment
The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
Emboldener
One who emboldens.
embroidered
decorated with embroidery.
embroideress
a woman who embroiders; a woman embroiderer.
Embroidery
Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
Embryogony
The formation of an embryo.
Embryologist
One skilled in embryology.
Empugn
See .
Encephalic
Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
Encumbrance
That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See .
Endosmosmic
Endosmotic.
Enervate
To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
Enfester
To fester.
Englut
To swallow or gulp down.
Enomoty
A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
Enrank
To place in ranks or in order.
En rapport
In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.
Enround
To surround.
Enter-
A prefix signifying , , .
Enterobacteriaceae
a natural family of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria, most of which occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals, and some of which grow in plants. The type genus is . They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, and may be motile or non-motile. Most are easily cultured on artificial growth media. Both pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains exist.
Enterocele
A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
Entertain
Entertainment.
Entonic
Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
Entwine
To be twisted or twined.
Environ
To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
Epiglottis
A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.
Epulotic
Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; .
Equability
The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity;
Equestrian
Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; .
Equisetaceous
Belonging to the , or Horsetail family.
Equivocal
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Erwinia
a genus of rod-shaped motile bacteria, classed among the , that may attack plants. Species of may also be cultured on artificial growth media.
Erythric
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.
Esoterically
In an esoteric manner.
etched
Cut or impressed into a surface.
Ethe
Easy.
Ethene
Ethylene; olefiant gas.
Euctical
Expecting a wish; supplicatory.
Eumycota
a division consisting of the true fungi, eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms distinguished from the (funguslike slime molds). It comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi).
Euonymin
A principle or mixture of principles derived from , or spindle tree.
Euphausiacea
an order of small, commonly luminescent crustaceans: krill.
Eupna
Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from , in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.
Evagation
A wandering about; excursion; a roving.
Eventuate
To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
Everse
To overthrow or subvert.
Evisceration
A disemboweling.
Excarnification
The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation.
Except
With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
Excommunicate
To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
Excoriable
Capable of being excoriated.
Excruciating
Torturing; racking.
Exequious
Funereal.
exonerated
same as .
Exorable
Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
expelling
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.
Experiment
To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with , , or , referring to the subject of an experiment; , referring to the ; and , referring to the means;
Expertness
Skill derived from practice; readiness; .
Explain
To give an explanation.
Exquire
To search into or out.
Extemporizer
One who extemporizes.
Extense
Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Extenuate
Thin; slender.
Extuberance
A swelling or rising; protuberance.
eyecup
A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also .