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Eagle-eyed
Sharp-sighted as an eagle.
EBCDIC
a 8-bit code for representing alphanumerical information in a digital information storage medium. It was used expecially on IBM mainframes, and differed substantially from the ASCII code.
Eburnean
Made of or relating to ivory.
Ecthyma
A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.
Edgebone
Same as .
Effascinate
To charm; to bewitch.
Effierce
To make fierce.
egg-shaped
Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
Egoist
One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.
Eight
The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
Electro-dynamics
The phenomena of electricity in motion.
Electrology
That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.
Electro-motion
The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.
Electro-polar
Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.
Elemental
Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; .
Elementality
The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.
Eleusine
a genus of annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
Elide
To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; .
Elimate
To render smooth; to polish.
Elizabethan
Pertaining to or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; .
Elzevir
Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.
Embezzler
One who embezzles.
Embroil
See .
Embrue
See , .
Emotive
Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.
Employ
To inclose; to infold.
Employer
One who employs another; .
Empty
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; .
Enamelar
Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.
Encounterer
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Encrinoidea
That order of the which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called and . See . under and .
Enfester
To fester.
enlisted
designating to those members of the armed forces not commissioned as an officer; .
Enstatite
A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.
Entassment
A heap; accumulation.
Enterprise
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
Enthymeme
An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.
Entoplastic
Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; .
Entrap
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; .
entrepreneurial
of or pertaining to an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship; .
Enure
See .
Envisage
To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.
Eparchy
A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
Ependyma
The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
Epipharyngeal
Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
Epipodiale
One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.
Epitheca
A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
Epitomist
One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
Eringo
The sea holly. See .
Erlking
A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit or natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
erumpent
Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
Erythroid
Of a red color; reddish; .
Escaper
One who escapes.
Especial
Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; .
Established suit
A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.
Etch
A variant of .
ethyl mercaptan
A gaseous substance () used as an odorant in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection and serve as a warning of leaks.
Etiology
The science of causes. Same as.
Etymological
Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.
Etymology
That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
Eurypteroid
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
Evocative
Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
Example
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
Exhortatory
Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.
Expanse
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
Expletive
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
Extemporal
Extemporaneous; unpremeditated.
Extensively
To a great extent; widely; largely; .
Extensometer
An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.
Extermination
The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; .
Extirpator
One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Exustion
The act or operation of burning up.
Eyestalk
One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.