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Eagle-sighted
Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
Earl
A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a () in France, and in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See .
Earthlight
The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or the old moon in the arms of the new.
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.
Echoscope
An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.
Ecthyma
A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.
Eczema
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also , , and .
Eddish
Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See .
Education
The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline;
Effigiate
To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.
Eggler
One who gathers, or deals in, eggs.
Egilopical
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an gilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.
electrocutioner
an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person.
Eleemosynary
Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; .
Elephansy
Elephantiasis.
Eleutheromania
A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.
Embarkment
Embarkation.
Emictory
Diuretic.
Emmarble
To turn to marble; to harden.
Empty
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.;
Empyema
A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
Emulsin
The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.
Encnia
same as .
Enclave
A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See .
Enclothe
To clothe.
Encomiastic
A panegyric.
Endeavorment
Act of endeavoring; endeavor.
Endite
See .
Endophyllous
Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
Engraft
See .
Enhalo
To surround with a halo.
Enigmatize
To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.
Enmove
See .
Ennoble
To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.
enough
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of .
Ensis
a genus of bivalve mollusks consisting of razor clams.
Enteradenology
The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.
Entreat
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
Epidemic
An epidemic disease.
Epigastrium
The upper part of the abdomen.
Epigrammatizer
One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.
Episcopalianism
The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.
Epitaphic
Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian.
Epitasis
That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to .
Equatorial
An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, the one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an .
Equiangled
Equiangular.
Equitancy
Horsemanship.
Eragrostis
a genus of annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.
Erbium
A rare earth element of the lanthanide series associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. It has atomic number 68 and an atomic weight of 167.26. The pure element is metallic with a bright, silvery luster. It is relatively stable in air, not oxidizing as quickly as some other rare earths. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra, and the pink oxide has been added as a colorant in glass and porcelain enamel glazes. Its sesquioxide is called .
Erinys
An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.
Eriophyllum
a genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of Western North America.
Escalade
A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
Eskimo
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
Espadon
A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
Esperanto
An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym Dr. Esperanto in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult. A revised and simplified form, called was developed in 1907, but remained at the end of the 20th century the most popular aritficial language designed for normal human linguistic communication.
Ethereally
In an ethereal manner.
Euphony
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Euroclydon
A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See .
evacuated
of .
Evaporator
An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.
Evesdropper
See .
Evil eye
See under ,
Evince
To conquer; to subdue.
Examining
Having power to examine; appointed to examine; .
Excitant
Tending to excite; exciting.
Excreate
To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
Excusation
Excuse; apology.
Excuse
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
Executrix
A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
Exequious
Funereal.
Expellable
Capable of being expelled or driven out.
Expropriation
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.
Extracapsular
Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.