+
enforce
v.t.
To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
+
evincement
n.
The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.
+
entailment
n.
The condition of being entailed.
+
ecstatic
n.
An enthusiast.
+
exemplariness
n.
The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.
+
explain
a.
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
+
exsufflation
n.
A blast from beneath.
+
effectuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effectuate
+
excluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exclude
+
estival
n.
Alt. of Estivation
+
expire
v.i.
To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
+
exult
v.i.
To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.
+
edulious
a.
Edible.
+
ennui
n.
A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
+
eloinate
v.t.
See Eloignate.
+
exaeresis
n.
In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.
+
ese
n.
Ease; pleasure.
+
espadon
n.
A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
+
ennobler
n.
One who ennobles.
+
experimental
a.
Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.
+
exalbuminous
a.
Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.
+
earning
n.
That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
+
effervescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effervesce
+
esoterics
n.
Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.
+
epicurize
v.i.
To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.
+
emplastration
n.
The application of a plaster or salve.
+
electricity
n.
Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.
+
emblazon
v.t.
To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
+
etrurian
a.
Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy.
+
eskimo
n.
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
+
exculpated
imp.|p.p.
of Exculpate
+
enthelmintha
n.pl.
Alt. of Enthelminthes
+
enhanced
imp.|p.p.
of Enhance
+
eanling
n.
A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.
+
entertainer
n.
One who entertains.
+
equity
n.
An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.
+
exegesis
n.
Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
+
entire
a.
Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
+
encephalology
n.
The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.
+
exostome
n.
The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
+
escarping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Escarp
+
englutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Englut
+
exauthoration
n.
Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration.
+
electrobiology
n.
That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.
+
exploitation
n.
The act of exploiting or utilizing.
+
enmity
n.
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
+
exoticism
n.
The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.
+
epistome
n.
The region between the antennae and the mouth, in Crustacea.
+
euphemizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Euphemize
+
ecto

A combining form signifying without, outside, external.
+
encarnalize
v.t.
To carnalize; to make gross.
+
efferent
a.
Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.
+
especialness
n.
The state of being especial.
+
expedite
a.
Free of impediment; unimpeded.
+
enfeoff
v.t.
To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment.
+
enigmatize
v.i.
To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.
+
empowered
imp.|p.p.
of Empower
+
emulsive
a.
Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.
+
effigiation
n.
The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.
+
encamped
imp.|p.p.
of Encamp
+
extendible
a.
Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.
+
echinozoa
n.pl.
The Echinodermata.
+
enmity
n.
A state of opposition; hostility.
+
examining
a.
Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.
+
encurtain
v.t.
To inclose with curtains.
+
encephaloid
a.
Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.
+
electrovital
a.
Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.
+
enfeeblish
v.i.
To enfeeble.
+
exegeses
pl.
of Exegesis
+
execute
v.t.
Too put to death illegally; to kill.
+
estrange
v.t.
To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
+
eyelash
n.
A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.
+
eightetethe
a.
Eighteenth.
+
enforce
v.i.
To prove; to evince.
+
edulcorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Edulcorate
+
egret
n.
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
+
executioner
n.
One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
+
extravaganza
n.
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
+
emphasize
v.t.
To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
+
eccoriate
v.t.
To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
+
elegiacal
a.
Elegiac.
+
esthetic
n.
Alt. of Esthetics
+
enigma
n.
An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.
+
escheat
v.i.
To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.
+
exchange
n.
A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
+
empierce
v.t.
To pierce; to impierce.
+
erector
n.
An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.
+
epizootic
a.
Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.
+
experimentarian
a.
Relying on experiment or experience.
+
epigene
a.
Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.
+
ecru
a.
Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.
+
extract
v.t.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence.  Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
+
epulose
a.
Feasting to excess.
+
evacuant
a.
Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.
+
earnest
a.
Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
+
earnest
a.
Serious; important.
+
epipharynx
n.
A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
+
equimultiple
n.
One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or  14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.
+
eye
n.
A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress.
+
ending
n.
Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
+
evangelicism
n.
Evangelical principles; evangelism.
+
expugnable
a.
Capable of being expugned.
+
excandescence
n.
Violent anger; a growing angry.
+
eulogies
pl.
of Eulogy
+
eugeny

Nobleness of birth.
+
eulogium
n.
A formal eulogy.
+
englishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of English
+
external
a.
Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
+
epipodiale
n.
One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.
+
error
n.
A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
+
eye
n.
That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
+
euritic
a.
Of or pelating to eurite.
+
edit
v.t.
To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
+
eclipsed
imp.|p.p.
of Eclipse
+
expiatorious
a.
Of an expiatory nature; expiatory.
+
escopet
n.
Alt. of Escopette
+
elknut
n.
The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo.
+
empery
n.
Empire; sovereignty; dominion.
+
exact
v.i.
To practice exaction.
+
exulcerate
v.t.|i.
To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
+
eunomy
n.
Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government.
+
element
n.
One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
+
eternally
adv.
In an eternal manner.
+
equipollent
a.
Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.
+
emmet
n.
An ant.
+
evil
n.
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.
+
exhortation
n.
Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.
+
engild
v.t.
To gild; to make splendent.
+
editing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Edit
+
emicant
a.
Beaming forth; flashing.
+
enroot
v.t.
To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep.
+
energetical
a.
Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.
+
exit

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
+
earthboard
n.
The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.
+
enhancer
n.
One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
+
entreater
n.
One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.
+
erst
adv.
First.
+
eyght
n.
An island. See Eyot.
+
equities
pl.
of Equity
+
exuperant
a.
Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting.
+
earthenhearted
a.
Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.
+
emaciation
n.
The act of making very lean.
+
excuse
v.t.
To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
+
exaggerated
imp.|p.p.
of Exaggerate
+
euonymus
n.
A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.
+
epispastic
a.
Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
+
else
adv.|conj.
Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
+
exocardial
a.
Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.
+
ecstasy
n.
The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.
+
effaced
imp.|p.p.
of Efface
+
eating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eat
+
endlessly
adv.
In an endless manner.
+
encage
v.t.
To confine in a cage; to coop up.
+
emplunge
v.t.
To plunge; to implunge.
+
embayment
n.
A bay.
+
earthnut
n.
The peanut. See Peanut.
+
egritude
n.
Sickness; ailment; sorrow.
+
extend
v.t.
To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
+
entoglossal
a.
Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.
+
eridanus
n.
A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.
+
embodying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embody
+
eternal
a.
Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
+
epizooty
n.
Alt. of Epizootic
+
eclampsy
n.
Same as Eclampsia.
+
engarland
v.t.
To encircle with a garland, or with garlands.
+
escort
n.
A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
+
existent
a.
Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.
+
existed
imp.|p.p.
of Exist
+
economical
a.
Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
+
enter
v.t.
To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
+
eriometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
+
enpatron
v.t.
To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
+
expend
v.i.
To be laid out, used, or consumed.
+
elysium
n.
Hence, any delightful place.
+
espy
v.i.
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
+
explained
imp.|p.p.
of Explain
+
evolatical
a.
Apt to fly away.
+
egret
n.
The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).
+
even
a.
At the very time; in the very case.
+
engrapple
v.t.|i.
To grapple.
+
enwoman
v.t.
To endow with the qualities of a woman.
+
easy
v.t.
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.
+
exhaustion
n.
An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.
+
exoptable
a.
Very desirable.
+
express
a.
Exactly representing; exact.
+
epidermeous
a.
Epidermal.
+
examined
imp.|p.p.
of Examine
+
electrotonus
n.
The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.
+
economical
a.
Pertaining to the household; domestic.
+
equitableness
n.
The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.
+
erubescency
n.
The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
+
exocetus
n.
Alt. of Exocoetus
+
exceed
v.i.
To be more or greater; to be paramount.
+
ellipses
pl.
of Ellipsis
+
enjoined
imp.|p.p.
of Enjoin
+
ensemble
adv.
All at once; together.
+
energetical
a.
Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.
+
earing
n.
Coming into ear, as corn.
+
eurypterus
n.
A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.
+
ejection
n.
The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.
+
elect
a.
Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
+
entomophaga
n.pl.
A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.
+
extraofficial
a.
Not prescribed by official duty.
+
equivalency
n.
Same as Equivalence.
+
enclose
v.t.
To inclose. See Inclose.
+
entertain
v.t.
To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
+
extractor
n.
A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.
+
enjoyer
n.
One who enjoys.
+
elevator
n.
A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
+
enfold
v.t.
To infold. See Infold.
+
explat
v.t.
Alt. of Explate
+
entrance
n.
Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
+
evaluation
n.
Valuation; appraisement.
+
embace
v.t.
See Embase.
+
extorted
imp.|p.p.
of Extort
+
endocarditis
n.
Inflammation of the endocardium.
+
esential
n.
That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.
+
embrace
n.
To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
+
exemplary
n.
An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.
+
edental
n.
One of the Edentata.
+
excess
n.
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
+
encampment
n.
The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.
+
ecrasement
n.
The operation performed with an ecraseur.
+
epistilbite
n.
A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
+
economizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Economize
+
epileptic
n.
One affected with epilepsy.
+
ellipsis
n.
An ellipse.
+
electrotypy
n.
The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n.
+
expurgatorial
a.
Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
+
ethine
n.
Acetylene.
+
embolismic
a.
Alt. of Embolismical
+
edacious
a.
Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
+
elasticity
n.
Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork.
+
epidictical
a.
Serving to explain; demonstrative.
+
excuse
v.t.
To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.
+
embosser
n.
One who embosses.
+
explicate
a.
Evolved; unfolded.
+
epistyle
n.
A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
+
endosmotic
a.
Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic.
+
egilops
n.
See Aegilops.
+
elocular
a.
Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.
+
estatly
a.
Stately; dignified.
+
exhaustion
n.
The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.
+
exsiccative
a.
Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
+
edible
a.
Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
+
elastic
a.
Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution.
+
earshrift
n.
A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.
+
escheat
n.
That which falls to one; a reversion or return
+
exhibit
n.
Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
+
embroidering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embroider
+
earmarking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Earmark
+
erect
v.t.
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
+
earth
n.
A plowing.
+
expounder
n.
One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.
+
eye
n.
Tinge; shade of color.
+
error
n.
A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
+
epithumetic
a.
Epithumetical.
+
engross
v.t.
To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
+
editorship
n.
The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.
+
earache
n.
Ache or pain in the ear.
+
esophagean
a.
Esophageal.
+
excellency
n.
A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
+
emptying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Empty
+
eczema
n.
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 tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
+
eliciting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elicit
+
eavedrop
n.
A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop.
+
epibranchial
a.
Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.
+
exemplification
n.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
+
entertain
v.t.
To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
+
excuse
v.t.
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.
+
executive
a.
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.
+
eighth
n.
The interval of an octave.
+
electrology
n.
That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.
+
energizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Energize
+
ependyma
n.
The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
+
emication
n.
A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.
+
errorist
n.
One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.
+
essoin
n.
To excuse for nonappearance in court.
+
empanoplied
a.
Completely armed; panoplied.
+
etruscan
n.
Of or relating to Etruria.
+
epicurean
n.
A follower or Epicurus.
+
elaolite
n.
See Elaeolite.
+
essential
a.
Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
+
enfever
v.t.
To excite fever in.
+
extraught
p.p.
Extracted; descended.
+
esteem
v.t.
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
+
exangulous
a.
Having no corners; without angles.
+
exultation
n.
The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
+
escallop
n.
See Escalop.
+
endowed
imp.|p.p.
of Endow
+
eucrasy

Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness.
+
elaborate
v.t.
To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.
+
effected
imp.|p.p.
of Effect
+
emptiness
n.
Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
+
enact
v.t.
To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
+
essaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Essay
+
elixation
n.
A seething; digestion.
+
exsuccous
a.
Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.
+
entomostracan
a.
Relating to the Entomostraca.
+
ecdysis
n.
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.
+
escalop
n.
A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop.
+
exostosis
n.
A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
+
endued
imp.|p.p.
of Endue
+
expostulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expostulate
+
expertness
n.
Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.
+
erect
a.
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
+
epiplexis
n.
A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.
+
eruptive
a.
Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.
+
embarrassed
imp.|p.p.
of Embarrass
+
economical
a.
Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.
+
erudite
a.
Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
+
elucidatory
a.
Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
+
elevation
n.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/  sight; -- distinguished from direction.
+
etcher
n.
One who etches.
+
entrap
v.t.
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; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.
+
etesian
a.
Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
+
electrine
a.
Belonging to, or made of, amber.
+
edition
n.
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.
+
exaggeration
n.
A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
+
extrication
n.
The act of sending out or evolving.
+
entreat
v.t.
To invite; to entertain.
+
encoach
v.t.
To carry in a coach.
+
exceeder
n.
One who exceeds.
+
emotionalize
v.t.
To give an emotional character to.
+
economical
a.
Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
+
excruciating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excruciate
+
excitement
n.
A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.
+
endostome
n.
And endostoma.
+
episcopal
a.
Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.
+
embraid
v.t.
To upbraid.
+
expostulate
v.t.
To discuss; to examine.
+
eradicate
v.t.
To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
+
extrabranchial
a.
Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
+
ebrauke
a.
Hebrew.
+
elevate
v.t.
To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
+
exundate
v.i.
To overflow; to inundate.
+
extractiform
a.
Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.
+
exestuation
n.
A boiling up; effervescence.
+
epopt
n.
One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.
+
exuberancy
n.
Exuberance.
+
excarnation
n.
The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation.
+
exquisitive
a.
Eager to discover or learn; curious.
+
euganoidei
n.pl.
A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes.
+
economist
n.
One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.
+
entities
pl.
of Entity
+
ate
imp.
of Eat
+
edriophthalmous
a.
Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.
+
entogenous
a.
See Endogenous.
+
earth
v.t.
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
+
escaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Escape
+
exemplar
n.
A copy of a book or writing.
+
egyptizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Egyptize
+
escutcheoned
a.
Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
+
ergotized
a.
Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
+
extravaganza
n.
An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.
+
ephemera
pl.
of Ephemeron
+
elatrometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
+
escroll
n.
A scroll.
+
evaporation
n.
That which is evaporated; vapor.
+
enameler
n.
Alt. of Enamelist
+
establishment
n.
The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.
+
evicting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evict
+
exceeded
imp.|p.p.
of Exceed
+
enclasp
v.t.
To clasp. See Inclasp.
+
empower
v.t.
To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.
+
ephippium
n.
A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
+
effector
n.
An effecter.
+
eutaxy
n.
Good or established order or arrangement.
+
eternal
n.
That which is endless and immortal.
+
escape
n.
An apophyge.
+
elaborating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elaborate
+
expecter
n.
One who expects.
+
electrophori
pl.
of Electrophorus
+
eponymic
a.
Same as Eponymous.
+
enforce
v.i.
To attempt by force.
+
evet
n.
The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders.
+
earthborn
a.
Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.
+
extreme
n.
An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.
+
exordiums
pl.
of Exordium
+
excalibur
n.
The name of King Arthur's mythical sword.
+
epigeum
n.
See Perigee.
+
emulsic
a.
Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.
+
evidenced
imp.|p.p.
of Evidence
+
exhaust
a.
Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
+
evil
a.
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
+
epizeuxis
n.
A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -
+
elk
n.
Alt. of Elke
+
ejectment
n.
A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
+
exposture
n.
Exposure.
+
enveloping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Envelop
+
ensiform
a.
Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
+
eclaircissement
v.t.
The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.
+
egregiously
adv.
Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.
+
episcopal
a.
Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.
+
empiricism
n.
Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.
+
enginery
n.
Engines, in general; instruments of war.
+
elect
n.
Those who are chosen for salvation.
+
endless
a.
Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.
+
ermine
v.t.
To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
+
elasticness
n.
The quality of being elastic; elasticity.
+
excised
imp.|p.p.
of Excise
+
emarginated
a.
Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
+
echinus
n.
A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.
+
emancipating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emancipate
+
evaluate
v.t.
To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
+
erectly
adv.
In an erect manner or posture.
+
effulge
v.i.
To shine forth; to beam.
+
eversion
n.
The act of eversing; destruction.
+
extatic
a.
See Ecstatic, a.
+
epipolized
a.
Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light.
+
enlay
v.t.
See Inlay.
+
escheator
n.
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
+
echoed
imp.|p.p.
of Echo
+
expression
n.
Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.
+
excentral
a.
Out of the center.
+
epacris
n.
A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
+
espouse
v.t.
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
+
edentulous
a.
Toothless.
+
egrimony

The herb agrimony.
+
expression
n.
The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
+
essential
a.
Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.
+
endoderm
n.
The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
+
excoriated
imp.|p.p.
of Eccoriate
+
ephemeris
n.
A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."
+
earpiercer
n.
The earwig.
+
examinant
n.
One who is to be examined.
+
erroneous
a.
Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.
+
enactor
n.
One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
+
exemplar
n.
A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.
+
element
n.
The whole material composing the world.
+
establishment
n.
The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
+
enforce
v.t.
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
+
expectoration
n.
The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
+
ecto

See Ect-.
+
equiponderate
v.t.
To make equal in weight; to counterbalance.
+
encumber
v.t.
To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.
+
echoon
pron.
Each one.
+
enough
n.
A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
+
empair
v.t.
To impair.
+
eclipse
v.t.
To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
+
ephippium
n.
A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.
+
emboldened
imp.|p.p.
of Embolden
+
excursion

Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
+
emperess
n.
See Empress.
+
eftsoons
adv.
Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.
+
excommunicate
n.
One excommunicated.
+
effluent
n.
A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
+
epanody
n.
The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.
+
effeminated
imp.|p.p.
of Effeminate
+
expounded
imp.|p.p.
of Expound
+
eleaticism
n.
The Eleatic doctrine.
+
eve
n.
The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.
+
equality
n.
Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.
+
empowering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Empower
+
erect
v.i.
To rise upright.
+
extorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extort
+
extermination
n.
The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
+
excommunicable
a.
Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper.
+
excogitate
v.i.
To cogitate.
+
effeminate
a.
Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
+
electromagnetism
n.
The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.
+
exempt
a.
To remove; to set apart.
+
expectation
n.
The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
+
entire
n.
A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.
+
enwreathe
v.t.
See Inwreathe.
+
exhorter
n.
One who exhorts or incites.
+
epistle
v.t.
To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
+
exuding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exude
+
extendant
a.
Displaced.
+
emunctory
n.
Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
+
earing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ear
+
etymology
n.
That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
+
exigence
n.
Exigency.
+
eclipse
v.i.
To suffer an eclipse.
+
entirety
n.
That which is entire; the whole.
+
emule
v.t.
To emulate.
+
eventration
n.
A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.
+
evinced
imp.|p.p.
of Evince
+
equinoctial
a.
Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
+
envenime
v.t.
To envenom.
+
epigrammatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Epigrammatize
+
enstyle
v.t.
To style; to name.
+
enraptured
imp.|p.p.
of Enrapture
+
epimere
n.
One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.
+
enemata
pl.
of Enema
+
eightieth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.
+
enaliosaurian
n.
One of the Enaliosauria.
+
experientialism
n.
The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists.
+
egyptological
a.
Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.
+
encoubert
n.
One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
+
egoical
a.
Pertaining to egoism.
+
epanodos
n.
A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order
+
enounce
v.t.
To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.
+
eddies
pl.
of Eddy
+
ebionite
n.
One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.
+
epidemy
n.
An epidemic disease.
+
egregious
a.
Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.
+
eardrop
n.
A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops.
+
ecstatical
a.
Ecstatic.
+
envy
v.t.
To hate.
+
eucharistic
a.
Alt. of Eucharistical
+
export
n.
That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports.
+
entelechy
n.
An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
+
encored
imp.|p.p.
of Encore
+
emanant
a.
Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.
+
epitheca
n.
A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
+
equidifferent
a.
Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent.
+
eloquently
adv.
In an eloquent manner.
+
elding
n.
Fuel.
+
encrinitical
a.
Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.
+
eponymist
n.
One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.
+
education
n.
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; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
+
expansion
n.
The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
+
enfranchisement
n.
Releasing from slavery or custody.
+
eupathy
n.
Right feeling.
+
eardrum
n.
The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.
+
exempt
n.
One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
+
ephemera
n.
A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
+
entodermal
a.
Alt. of Entodermic
+
encroached
imp.|p.p.
of Encroach
+
expressive
a.
Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
+
eliding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elide
+
excoriation
n.
The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
+
elmos fire

See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint.
+
extraneous
a.
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
+
examinate
n.
A person subjected to examination.
+
eyebar
n.
A bar with an eye at one or both ends.
+
ether
n.
Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
+
embracery
n.
An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
+
embraid
v.t.
To braid up, as hair.
+
empress
n.
A sovereign mistress.
+
exterritoriality
n.
The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
+
executorship
n.
The office of an executor.
+
estuation
n.
The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.
+
endearing
a.
Making dear or beloved; causing love.
+
enigmatology
n.
The art of making or of solving enigmas.
+
eternal
a.
Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.
+
effrayable
a.
Frightful.
+
engineering
n.
Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
+
embranchment
n.
The branching forth, as of trees.
+
expede
v.t.
To expedite; to hasten.
+
elastical
a.
Elastic.
+
endemic
n.
An endemic disease.
+
expiator
n.
One who makes expiation or atonement.
+
engulfment
n.
A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
+
euharmonic
a.
Producing mathematically perfect harmony or concord; sweetly or perfectly harmonious.
+
epitrochlea
n.
A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
+
ectropium
n.
Same as Ectropion.
+
epithelial
a.
Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
+
ecstasies
pl.
of Ecstasy
+
ermine
n.
The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.
+
elzevir
a.
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.
+
extirpate
v.t.
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
+
enormity
n.
The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
+
eperlan
n.
The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
+
eozoa
pl.
of Eozoon
+
eozoic
a.
Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoon has been found.
+
exerting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exert
+
explaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Explain
+
engrave
v.t.
To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
+
explanation
n.
That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.
+
euphonical
a.
Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
+
edge
v.i.
To sail close to the wind.
+
exhibitory
a.
Exhibiting; publicly showing.
+
eddaic
a.
Alt. of Eddic
+
eddic
a.
Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.
+
en

The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.
+
exsuscitate
v.t.
To rouse; to excite.
+
epinastic
a.
A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.
+
engaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engage
+
eddoes
n.pl.
The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.
+
epiloguize
v.i.|t.
Same as Epilogize.
+
estoppel
n.
A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission.
+
eneid
n.
Same as Aeneid.
+
egyptized
imp.|p.p.
of Egyptize
+
exsputory
a.
Spit out, or as if spit out.
+
extravagancy
n.
Extravagance.
+
extrajudicial
a.
Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required.
+
eking
v.t.
The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
+
engender
v.i.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
+
euphotide
n.
A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.
+
evening
n.
The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.
+
event
n.
An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
+
embalmed
imp.|p.p.
of Embalm
+
equipollence
n.
Alt. of Equipollency
+
ecphonema
n.
A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
+
extuberant
a.
Swollen out; protuberant.
+
equimomental
a.
Having equal moments of inertia.
+
ecbatic
a.
Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if rendered "so that it was fulfilled," is ecbatic; if rendered "in order that it might be." etc., is telic.
+
edentata
n.pl.
An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
+
ethule

Ethyl.
+
ergotin
n.
An extract made from ergot.
+
effierce
v.t.
To make fierce.
+
exigent
n.
Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.
+
evolution
n.
The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
+
equery
n.
Same as Equerry.
+
eared
a.
Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.
+
emeriti
pl.
of Emeritus
+
ensigncies
pl.
of Ensigncy
+
epispore
n.
The thickish outer coat of certain spores.
+
eyesore
n.
Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
+
expostulate
v.i.
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
+
effection
n.
Creation; a doing.
+
expect
n.
Expectation.
+
encroachingly
adv.
By way of encroachment.
+
emove
v.t.
To move.
+
ecclesiasticism
n.
Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
+
escaladed
imp.|p.p.
of Escalade
+
euritte
n.
A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.
+
extensile
a.
Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.
+
ethology
n.
A treatise on morality; ethics.
+
earn
v.i.
To curdle, as milk.
+
expectant
n.
One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
+
ecphonesis
n.
An animated or passionate exclamation.
+
emiction
n.
The voiding of urine.
+
epipubes
pl.
of Epipubis
+
epen
n.
See Epencephalon.
+
enshrine
v.t.
To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
+
extensive
a.
Capable of being extended.
+
endosteum
n.
The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
+
ekabor
n.
Alt. of Ekaboron
+
enchisel
v.t.
To cut with a chisel.
+
emporetic
a.
Alt. of Emporetical
+
enflowering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enflower
+
ectobronchium
n.
One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
+
evidentiary
a.
Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.
+
eclipse
v.t.
To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
+
enable
v.t.
To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
+
endorhizous
a.
Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
+
edification
n.
A building or edifice.
+
emerald
n.
A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.
+
ensued
imp.|p.p.
of Ensue
+
elegance
n.
Alt. of Elegancy
+
ecthyma
n.
A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.
+
executing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Execute
+
eristical
a.
Controversial.
+
entitle
v.t.
To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;"  to entitle a man "Honorable."
+
emictory
a.|n.
Diuretic.
+
empyrosis
n.
A general fire; a conflagration.
+
earth
n.
The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.
+
enjoy
v.i.
To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.
+
empiricist
n.
An empiric.
+
estate
n.
A person of high rank.
+
embarrass
v.t.
Embarrassment.
+
emulously
adv.
In an emulous manner.
+
entomostraca
n.pl.
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.
+
eutrophy
n.
Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
+
entrail
n.
Entanglement; fold.
+
eye
n.
A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
+
entheastic
a.
Of godlike energy; inspired.
+
extraordinary
a.
Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.
+
exploration
n.
The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries
+
eelpout
n.
A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
+
emulatively
adv.
In an emulative manner; with emulation.
+
exemplary
a.
Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
+
engoulee
a.
Same as Engouled.
+
epiglottidean
a.
Same as Epiglottic.
+
emphases
pl.
of Emphasis
+
elate
v.t.
To raise; to exalt.
+
earth shine

See Earth light, under Earth.
+
elfland
n.
Fairyland.
+
emblazonry
n.
The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.
+
eteostic
n.
A kind of chronogram.
+
exacervation
n.
The act of heaping up.
+
exorbitate
v.i.
To go out of the track; to deviate.
+
enravishment
n.
The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture.
+
exigible
a.
That may be exacted; repairable.
+
eardrop
n.
A species of primrose. See Auricula.
+
emyd
pl.
of Emyd
+
end
n.
That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
+
eleventh
a.
Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.
+
educative
a.
Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.
+
erect
a.
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
+
enlive
v.t.
To enliven.
+
evectics
n.
The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.
+
execrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Execrate
+
equinoctial
a.
Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
+
epical
a.
Epic.
+
erinaceous
a.
Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.
+
entailed
imp.|p.p.
of Entail
+
ermilin
n.
See Ermine.
+
endorhizal
a.
Alt. of Endorhizous
+
entrammel
v.t.
To trammel; to entangle.
+
electromotor
n.
An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.
+
exiled
imp.|p.p.
of Exile
+
event
v.t.
To break forth.
+
exhuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exhume
+
entail
n.
That which is entailed.
+
epicurize
v.i.
To feed or indulge like an epicure.
+
emblemize
v.t.
To represent by an emblem; to emblematize.
+
enthronized
imp.|p.p.
of Enthronize
+
entreaty
n.
Treatment; reception; entertainment.
+
equibalance
v.t.
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
+
epistle
n.
A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
+
extensure
n.
Extension.
+
extemporarily
adv.
Extemporaneously.
+
exclusiveness
n.
Quality of being exclusive.
+
educational
a.
Of or pertaining to education.
+
extraordinarily
adv.
In an extraordinary manner or degree.
+
extemporanean
a.
Extemporaneous.
+
esquisse
n.
The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
+
euchymy
n.
A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.
+
evener
n.
In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.
+
effuse
a.
Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
+
eulogiums
pl.
of Eulogium
+
elder
a.
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
+
extructor
n.
A builder.
+
epicure
n.
A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
+
enuresis
n.
An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.
+
everychon
pron.
Every one.
+
enslavedness
n.
State of being enslaved.
+
entozoa
n.pl.
An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.
+
erubescent
a.
Red, or reddish; blushing.
+
earthworm
n.
A mean, sordid person; a niggard.
+
ettin
n.
A giant.
+
encompassed
imp.|p.p.
of Encompass
+
espier
n.
One who espies.
+
ecchymoses
pl.
of Ecchymosis
+
elopement
n.
The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
+
earthling
n.
An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
+
enterotome
n.
A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.
+
ensweep
v.t.
To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.
+
erythric
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.
+
exhumed
imp.|p.p.
of Exhume
+
evolve
v.t.
To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.
+
enforcement
n.
That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
+
endamnify
v.t.
To damnify; to injure.
+
eviscerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eviscerate
+
enervation
n.
The act of weakening, or reducing strength.
+
endogen
n.
A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.
+
exterminate
v.t.
To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.
+
exegetic
a.
Alt. of Exegetical
+
effrontery
n.
Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
+
emaciate
v.t.
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
+
embrasure
n.
A splay of a door or window.
+
epact
n.
The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.
+
espalier
n.
A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.
+
endamageable
a.
Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable.
+
evolute
n.
A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent.
+
eucopepoda
n.pl.
A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.
+
envenom
v.t.
To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.
+
epididymis
n.
An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.
+
electrostatics
n.
That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.
+
externalize
v.t.
To make external; to manifest by outward form.
+
effectless
a.
Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.
+
elenchically
adv.
By means of an elench.
+
elatery
n.
Acting force; elasticity.
+
ear
n.
Same as Crossette.
+
evolution
n.
That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preexist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.
+
espoused
imp.|p.p.
of Espouse
+
emetical
a.
Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic.
+
electorate
n.
The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.
+
equinoctial
n.
The equinoctial line.
+
erucae
pl.
of Eruca
+
emption
n.
The act of buying.
+
elles
adv.|conj.
See Else.
+
encouraging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encourage
+
essence
n.
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.
+
evenness
n.
The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.
+
eliminant
n.
The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.
+
entastic
a.
Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
+
edgingly
adv.
Gradually; gingerly.
+
estrapade
n.
The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.
+
ejulation
n.
A wailing; lamentation.
+
extraforaneous
a.
Pertaining to that which is out of doors.
+
expelled
imp.|p.p.
of Expel
+
eccentricity
n.
The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.
+
embar
v.t.
To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.
+
equine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
+
exasperate
v.t.
To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
+
evil
n.
Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
+
embalmment
n.
The act of embalming.
+
exfetation
n
Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.
+
emancipated
imp.|p.p.
of Emancipate
+
exsertile
a.
Capable of being thrust out or protruded.
+
ellipticity
n.
Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /.
+
endurer
n.
One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.
+
external
a.
Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
+
erastian
n.
One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.
+
eructate
v.t.
To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.
+
estre
n.
The inward part of a building; the interior.
+
epidemiography
n.
A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.
+
efferent
a.
Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.
+
erythrosin
n.
A red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine.
+
enigmatist
n.
One who makes, or talks in, enigmas.
+
executrix
n.
A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
+
epicedial
a.
Elegiac; funereal.
+
example
n.
That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
+
enepidermic
a.
Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.
+
enneandria
n.
A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens.
+
estimate
v.t.
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.
+
ealderman
n.
Alt. of Ealdorman
+
escarpment
n.
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.
+
evade
v.t.
To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
+
evaporate
v.t.
To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation.
+
enrobe
v.t.
To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.
+
exorbitancy
n.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands.
+
even
a.
Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.
+
eaglet
n.
A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.
+
echo
v.t.
To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.
+
equivalent
n.
A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.
+
edge
v.i.
To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
+
encephalon
n.
The contents of the cranium; the brain.
+
etching
n.
The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.
+
earmark
n.
A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
+
effloresced
imp.|p.p.
of Effloresce
+
ens
n.
Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.
+
elegiac
a.
Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
+
eleemosynary
a.
Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.
+
exauguration
n.
The act of exaugurating; desecration.
+
extremity
n.
The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
+
electroplater
n.
One who electroplates.
+
escheat
n.
The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same.
+
expansibility
n.
The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.
+
enring
v.t.
To encircle.
+
emprint
v.t.
See Imprint.
+
estate
n.
The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
+
express
a.
To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.
+
elytron
n.
Alt. of Elytrum
+
entophyte
n.
A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
+
el dorado

A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.
+
eminence
n.
That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
+
effectuously
adv.
Effectively.
+
exoccipital
n.
The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.
+
evolution
n.
A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
+
enrolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enroll
+
exiguity
n.
Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
+
erased
p.pr.|a.
Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.
+
especial
a.
Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.
+
earth
n.
The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.
+
embowel
v.t.
To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.
+
effigiate
v.t.
To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.
+
epanastrophe
n.
Same as Anadiplosis.
+
expand
v.t.
To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
+
ectozoic
a.
See Epizoic.
+
eldest
a.
Oldest; longest in duration.
+
excambie
v.t.
To exchange; -- used with reference to transfers of land.
+
excusable
a.
That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.
+
eclat
n.
Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.
+
exclusivism
n.
The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.
+
enclave
n.
A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave.
+
enhort
v.t.
To encourage.
+
epiphysial

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.
+
exonerate
v.t.
To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
+
exprobrative
a.
Alt. of Exprobratory
+
excreting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excrete
+
eurasian
a.
Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.
+
ebullition
n.
Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.
+
enlink
v.t.
To chain together; to connect, as by links.
+
evangelical
n.
One of evangelical principles.
+
entertissued
a.
Same as Intertissued.
+
effluency
n.
Effluence.
+
engird
v.t.
To gird; to encompass.
+
euphonies
pl.
of Euphony
+
enantiopathic
a.
Serving to palliate; palliative.
+
extensively
adv.
To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
+
ephors
pl.
of Ephor
+
emrods
n.pl.
See Emerods.
+
extract
n.
Extraction; descent.
+
evaporation
n.
The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.
+
emollient
a.
Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.
+
equilibrium
n.
A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.
+
een
adv.
A contraction for even. See Even.
+
expanding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expand
+
extract
n.
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
+
erucic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.
+
evangelical
a.
Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
+
endothelia
pl.
of Endothelium
+
egyptologer
n.
Alt. of Egyptologist
+
enunciation
n.
That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.
+
expiscation
n.
The act of expiscating; a fishing.
+
emeraud
n.
An emerald.
+
exection
n.
See Exsection.
+
election
a.
The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
+
eductor
n.
One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.
+
erstwhile
adv.
Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.
+
endoplastica
n.pl.
A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.
+
excecation
n.
The act of making blind.
+
erection
n.
Anything erected; a building of any kind.
+
engirdle
v.t.
To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.
+
euphoniad
n.
An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments.
+
encephalotomy
n.
The act or art of dissecting the brain.
+
entrancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entrance
+
esculent
a.
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
+
epexegesis
n.
A full or additional explanation; exegesis.
+
employ
v.t.
To inclose; to infold.
+
electromagnet
n.
A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.
+
earnest
n.
Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.
+
edge
v.t.
Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
+
eliminate
v.t.
To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.
+
effronteries
pl.
of Effrontery
+
extraprofessional
a.
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
+
exordia
pl.
of Exordium
+
earliness
n.
The state of being early or forward; promptness.
+
enslaver
n.
One who enslaves.
+
exude
v.i.
To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
+
ethene
n.
Ethylene; olefiant gas.
+
elohistic
a.
Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.
+
endopleurite
n.
The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
+
elected
imp.|p.p.
of Elect
+
ensate
a.
Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
+
equipedal
a.
Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
+
enneagon
n.
A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.
+
embryotomy
n.
The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
+
eternized
imp.|p.p.
of Eternize
+
encounter
adv.
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
+
escheat
n.
The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
+
epicurism
n.
The doctrines of Epicurus.
+
ethylidene

An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.
+
exhorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exhort
+
elementation
n.
Instruction in the elements or first principles.
+
emboss
v.t.
To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.
+
eighteenth
n.
The eighth after the tenth.
+
epizootic
n.
An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
+
ecteron
n.
The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.
+
epithesis
n.
The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.
+
espial
n.
The act of espying; notice; discovery.
+
enter
v.t.
To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea.
+
epileptogenous
a.
Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.
+
escritoire
n.
A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.
+
etherized
imp.|p.p.
of Etherize
+
eglandulous
a.
Destitute of glands.
+
electrify
v.t.
To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
+
extinguisher
n.
One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
+
envied
imp.|p.p.
of Envy
+
embroil
v.t.
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
+
electroballistics
n.
The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.
+
essential
a.
Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.
+
eared
imp.|p.p.
of Ear
+
equalizer
n.
One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
+
excitant
a.
Tending to excite; exciting.
+
estranger
n.
One who estranges.
+
eleemosynaries
pl.
of Eleemosynary
+
exit
n.
The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
+
exhibited
imp.|p.p.
of Exhibit
+
elated
imp.|p.p.
of Elate
+
east
a.
Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.
+
emplastration
n.
The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding.
+
entry
n.
The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
+
enjailed
imp.|p.p.
of Enjall
+
ejaculatory
a.
Sudden; hasty.
+
epistolic
a.
Alt. of Epistolical
+
encolure
n.
The neck of horse.
+
ellipse
n.
The elliptical orbit of a planet.
+
epigeal
a.
Epigaeous.
+
electrifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Electrify
+
etwee
n.
See Etui.
+
emboss
v.t.
To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
+
environing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Environ
+
evaporometer
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.
+
enneatic
a.
Alt. of Enneatical
+
effuse
v.i.
To emanate; to issue.
+
extremist
n.
A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.
+
epigee
n.
See Perigee.
+
eruct
v.t.
Alt. of Eructate
+
equipollently
adv.
With equal power.
+
entry
n.
The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5.
+
eurypteroid
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
+
execution
n.
The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.
+
electuary
n.
A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.
+
exsiccated
imp.|p.p.
of Exsiccate
+
endangerment
n.
Hazard; peril.
+
etaac
n.
The blue buck.
+
endogenous
a.
Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.
+
emarginated
a.
Notched at the summit.
+
ence

A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.
+
epimeron
n.
In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.
+
eloping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elope
+
exercise
n.
Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback.
+
event
n.
That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.
+
ensphere
v.t.
To place in a sphere; to envelop.
+
enter
v.t.
To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.
+
eureka

The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
+
engorged
imp.|p.p.
of Engorge
+
equivalence
n.
Equal power or force; equivalent amount.
+
eelpot
n.
A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
+
extractor
n.
One who, or that which, extracts
+
extemporaneous
a.
Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production.
+
excretin
n.
A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human faeces.
+
euphonicon
n.
A kind of upright piano.
+
effund
v.t.
To pour out.
+
elevate
a.
Elevated; raised aloft.
+
embolite
n.
A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.
+
engloom
v.t.
To make gloomy.
+
empyreumatize
v.t.
To render empyreumatic.
+
east
n.
Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West.
+
eradication
n.
The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
+
espressivo
a.
With expression.
+
etherealism
n.
Ethereality.
+
emptiness
n.
The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
+
exempt
a.
To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.
+
exchange
n.
To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.
+
epitomizer
n.
An epitomist.
+
eighteenth
a.
Next in order after the seventeenth.
+
elucidated
imp.|p.p.
of Elucidate
+
enforcer
n.
One who enforces.
+
eyre
n.
A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).
+
ether
n.
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.
+
eleatic
n.
A philosopher of the Eleatic school.
+
entombing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entomb
+
embarked
imp.|p.p.
of Embark
+
eighteen
n.
The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.
+
elysia
pl.
of Elysium
+
electromotive
a.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.
+
emulousness
n.
The quality of being emulous.
+
etymon
n.
An original form; primitive word; root.
+
escroll
n.
A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.
+
ebon
a.
Consisting of ebony.
+
equimultiple
a.
Multiplied by the same number or quantity.
+
exanimate
a.
Lifeless; dead.
+
embower
v.i.
To lodge or rest in a bower.
+
eccentric
n.
A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.
+
erugate
a.
Freed from wrinkles; smooth.
+
eremacausis
n.
A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.
+
exception
n.
An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
+
entermewer
n.
A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.
+
extinct
a.
Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
+
exorate
v.t.
To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty.
+
embryotroph
n.
The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
+
enamel
v.t.
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
+
endoplastule
n.
See Nucleolus.
+
exhaust
v.t.
To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
+
emplumed
a.
Plumed.
+
empurpling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Empurple
+
epicurean
n.
One given to epicurean indulgence.
+
evangelistary
n.
A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service.
+
epiploon
n.
See Omentum.
+
exspuition
n.
A discharge of saliva by spitting.
+
emissary
a.
Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
+
elating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elate
+
enlivened
imp.|p.p.
of Enliven
+
epiblastic
a.
Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.
+
epithalamic
a.
Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
+
endable
a.
That may be ended; terminable.
+
ethel
a.
Noble.
+
elatedly
adv.
With elation.
+
erosion
n.
The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
+
exterritorial
a.
Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
+
elaboration
n.
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.
+
enablement
n.
The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability.
+
explorate
v.t.
To explore.
+
excretive
a.
Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
+
emotional
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
+
eccentric
a.
Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric.
+
effectuous
a.
Effective.
+
enginery
n.
Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
+
eventilate
v.t.
To winnow out; to fan.
+
empuzzle
v.t.
To puzzle.
+
ebbed
imp.|p.p.
of Ebb
+
extensibility
n.
The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.
+
euroclydon
n.
A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
+
exutory
n.
An issue.
+
ethylic

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.
+
extemporary
a.
Extemporaneous.
+
enlarging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enlarge
+
escritorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an escritoire.
+
extenuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extenuate
+
ebb
v.i.
To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.
+
echelon
v.i.
To take position in echelon.
+
eddy
v.t.
To collect as into an eddy.
+
empty
superl.
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
+
extraregular
a.
Not comprehended within a rule or rules.
+
elbow
v.t.
To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
+
electrolysis
n.
The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.
+
erosive
a.
That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.
+
eristic
a.
Alt. of Eristical
+
enough
adv.
In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
+
emeer
n.
Same as Emir.
+
ethnographic
a.
Alt. of Ethnographical
+
exclusory
a.
Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.
+
english
v.t.
To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
+
empight
a.
Fixed; settled; fastened.
+
enteric
a.
Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.
+
emporetical
a.
Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise.
+
extirpated
imp.|p.p.
of Extirpate
+
explorative
a.
Exploratory.
+
elder
a.
One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
+
embrowde
v.t.
Alt. of Embroyde
+
erlking
n.
A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
+
epiphonema
n.
An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.
+
euphorbium
n.
An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
+
eloin
v.t.
See Eloign.
+
escutcheon
n.
That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
+
escout
n.
See Scout.
+
eddas
pl.
of Edda
+
enslavement
n.
The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
+
engagement
n.
The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
+
earth
v.i.
To burrow.
+
except
prep.
With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
+
eligible
a.
That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
+
effectuated
imp.|p.p.
of Effectuate
+
emboly
n.
Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.
+
extirper
n.
Extirpator.
+
encephalos
n.
The encephalon.
+
excellently
adv.
In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.
+
emblem
v.t.
To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.
+
entrain
v.i.
To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.
+
emphasis
n.
A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
+
electropositive
a.
Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.
+
embryotic
a.
Embryonic.
+
enamel
a.
Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
+
exanimous
a.
Lifeless; dead.
+
ergotine

A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
+
expertly
adv.
In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.
+
etiolate
v.i.
To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
+
ethereous
a.
Formed of ether; ethereal.
+
extremities
pl.
of Extremity
+
enrich
v.t.
To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.
+
epigram
n.
An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
+
eparterial
a.
Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
+
enchanted
imp.|p.p.
of Enchant
+
existible
a.
Capable of existence.
+
expire
v.i.
To emit the breath.
+
extenuator
n.
One who extenuates.
+
exudation
n.
The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
+
erysipelous
a.
Erysipelatous.
+
entoptic
a.
Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.
+
elemental
a.
Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.
+
emaciate
a.
Emaciated.
+
enwheel
v.t.
To encircle.
+
evaporation
n.
The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.
+
entail
n.
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
+
epigenesist
n.
One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.
+
exchequer
v.t.
To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
+
enisled
p.a.
Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
+
expiatory
a.
Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
+
emptier
compar.
of Empty.
+
ethylsulphuric
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.
+
eggler
n.
One who gathers, or deals in, eggs.
+
enough
interj.
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
+
encyclical
n.
An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
+
epauletted
a.
Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.
+
enmarble
v.t.
To make hard as marble; to harden.
+
erythrina
n.
A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.
+
expilation
n.
The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
+
eked
imp.|p.p.
of Eke
+
endosmometric
a.
Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.
+
eh
interj.
An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.
+
ellinge
n
Alt. of Ellingeness
+
edge
v.t.
To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
+
enticement
n.
That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
+
eastern
a.
Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
+
expressionless
a.
Destitute of expression.
+
element
n.
The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
+
enwind
v.t.
To wind about; to encircle.
+
electer
n.
Amber. See Electrum.
+
expression
n.
The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
+
equilateral
a.
Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon.
+
erectopatent
a.
Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
+
emerited
a.
Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged.
+
enter
v.t.
To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.
+
epizootic
a.
Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.
+
eunomian
n.
A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father.
+
epitasis
n.
The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
+
ephemerides
pl.
of Ephemeris
+
elbowboard
n.
The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.
+
endless
a.
Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.
+
easy
v.t.
Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.
+
eternize
v.t.
To make eternal or endless.
+
elfishness
n.
The quality of being elfish.
+
eerisome
a.
Causing fear; eerie.
+
emasculate
v.t.
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
+
exaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exhale
+
electioneering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Electioneer
+
expeditionist
n.
One who goes upon an expedition. [R].
+
ennuyee
n.
A woman affected with ennui.
+
embedment
n.
The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.
+
experient
a.
Experienced.
+
encumber
v.t.
To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
+
euxanthic
a.
Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin.
+
expiratory
a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.
+
eskar
n.
Alt. of Esker
+
execute
v.t.
To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
+
epitaphic
n.
An epitaph.
+
emplead
v.t.
To accuse; to indict. See Implead.
+
enlute
v.t.
To coat with clay; to lute.
+
enmossed
a.
Covered with moss; mossed.
+
entangler
n.
One that entangles.
+
exaction
n.
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
+
everywhen
adv.
At any or all times; every instant.
+
eleven
n.
The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
+
excess
n.
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
+
effulgent
a.
Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.
+
embassies
pl.
of Embassy
+
exhaustibility
n.
Capability of being exhausted.
+
elementalism
a.
The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.
+
excommunicated
imp.|p.p.
of Excommunicate
+
enshrined
imp.|p.p.
of Enshrine
+
epicranium
n.
The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
+
everlastingly
adv.
In an everlasting manner.
+
enumerated
imp.|p.p.
of Enumerate
+
exceptless
a.
Not exceptional; usual.
+
epipodial
a.
Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.
+
enlarge
v.t.
To set at large or set free.
+
estate
n.
Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.
+
evermore
adv.
During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.
+
earthenware
n.
Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.
+
embodiment
n.
That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.
+
extempore
adv.
Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore.
+
exfoliated
imp.|p.p.
of Exfoliate
+
endict
v.t.
See Indict.
+
exalter
n.
One who exalts or raises to dignity.
+
exorcist
n.
One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
+
endeared
imp.|p.p.
of Endear
+
eelmother
n.
The eelpout.
+
excluded
imp.|p.p.
of Exclude
+
enteritis
n.
An inflammation of the intestines.
+
equibalanced
imp.|p.p.
of Equibalance
+
elongating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elongate
+
erysipelas
n.
St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.
+
evener
n.
One who, or that which makes even.
+
extort
v.t.
To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
+
elver
n.
A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.
+
epigrammatize
v.t.
To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
+
exhalence
n.
Exhalation.
+
ecboline
n.
An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.
+
endosarc
n.
The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
+
envoy
n.
One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.
+
efforce
v.t.
To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
+
equipotential
a.
Having the same potential.
+
erasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Erase
+
emolliate
a.
To soften; to render effeminate.
+
err
v.i.
To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
+
eloignment
n.
Removal to a distance; withdrawal.
+
eery
a.
Affected with fear; affrighted.
+
englaimed
a.
Clammy.
+
entice
v.t.
To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.
+
excommunicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excommunicate
+
electoress
n.
An electress.
+
energies
pl.
of Energy
+
elater
n.
One who, or that which, elates.
+
eve
n.
Evening.
+
enormously
adv.
In an enormous degree.
+
extort
p.p.|a.
Extorted.
+
ecballium
n.
A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.
+
egal
a.
Equal; impartial.
+
ethiop
n.
Alt. of Ethiopian
+
embossed
imp.|p.p.
of Emboss
+
enamelar
a.
Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.
+
enter
v.t.
To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.
+
eunuchate
v.t.
To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.
+
ether
n.
Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.
+
electricalness
a.
The state or quality of being electrical.
+
expulse
v.t.
To drive out; to expel.
+
excused
imp.|p.p.
of Excuse
+
eugh
n.
The yew.
+
eagerly
adv.
In an eager manner.
+
extensometer
n.
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.
+
emergencies
pl.
of Emergency
+
elutriation
n.
The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
+
easy
v.t.
Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.
+
exhibiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exhibit
+
endless
a.
Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
+
expurgatorious
a.
Expurgatory.
+
exanthematous
a.
Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.
+
excandescence
n.
A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence.
+
elong
v.t.
To lengthen out; to prolong.
+
equivocalness
n.
The state of being equivocal.
+
esoteric
a.
Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
+
emasculated
imp.|p.p.
of Emasculate
+
eraser
n.
One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
+
egean
a.
See Aegean.
+
equestrian
a.
Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.
+
escape
n.
A sally.
+
electrothermancy
n.
That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.
+
exungulated
imp.|p.p.
of Exungulate
+
enforce
n.
Force; strength; power.
+
embronze
v.t.
To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.
+
evangelicalness
n.
State of being evangelical.
+
expose
v.t.
To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
+
engender
v.t.
To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
+
epentheses
pl.
of Epenthesis
+
emboweled
imp.|p.p.
of Embowel
+
emulgent
n.
A medicine that excites the flow of bile.
+
endamage
v.t.
To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.
+
easiness
n.
The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.
+
easement
n.
A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude.
+
equitant
a.
Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
+
ern
v.i.
To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]
+
enheahedral
a.
Having nine sides.
+
energize
v.i.
To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
+
electrodynamical
a.
Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
+
erudiate
v.t.
To instruct; to educate; to teach.
+
excave
v.t.
To excavate.
+
extemporiness
n.
The quality of being done or devised extempore
+
egling
n.
The European perch when two years old.
+
effective
n.
Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
+
etude
n.
A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
+
egg
n.
The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
+
electicism
n.
See Eclecticism.
+
erose
a.
Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.
+
epigastrium
n.
The upper part of the abdomen.
+
ectocyst
n.
The outside covering of the Bryozoa.
+
extravagant
a.
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
+
escape
n.
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
+
extravascular
a.
Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues.
+
ebriety
n.
Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
+
ephemeran
n.
One of the ephemeral flies.
+
except
v.i.
To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
+
eye
n.
The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.
+
eyas
n.
A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.
+
exertive
a.
Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
+
existing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exist
+
ecclesiast
n.
An ecclesiastic.
+
emerald
n.
A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers.
+
endeictic
a.
Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.
+
endower
n.
One who endows.
+
excrete
v.t.
To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.
+
exacting
a.
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
+
encyclopedic
a.
Alt. of Encyclopedical
+
exscinded
imp.|p.p.
of Exscind
+
electorality
n.
The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.
+
escrow
n.
A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.
+
epicarican
n.
An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
+
enmuffle
v.t.
To muffle up.
+
ethnically
adv.
In an ethnical manner.
+
excellence
n.
A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.
+
evangelicity
n.
Evangelicism.
+
envyned
a.
Stored or furnished with wine.
+
express
a.
Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.
+
energy
n.
Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.
+
embargo
v.t.
To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
+
eager
a.
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
+
electropathy
n.
The treatment of disease by electricity.
+
exemplar
a.
Exemplary.
+
embiotocoid
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidae.
+
enharmonic
a.
Alt. of Enharmonical
+
epistaxis
n.
Bleeding at the nose.
+
educed
imp.|p.p.
of Educe
+
extolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extol
+
earthed
imp.|p.p.
of Earth
+
extinguishable
a.
Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
+
esparcet
n.
The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant.
+
eccentricity
n.
The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
+
erect
v.t.
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
+
ensue
v.i.
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.
+
epilogize
v.i.|t.
To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.
+
exclamation
n.
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
+
except
v.t.
To object to; to protest against.
+
enwombed
imp.|p.p.
of Enwomb
+
ecclesiastic
n.
A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
+
electroscopic
a.
Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.
+
enucleate
v.t.
To bring to light; to make clear.
+
endearment
n.
The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
+
etat major

The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.
+
equip
v.t.
To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops.
+
electrogenesis
n.
Same as Electrogeny.
+
eruca
n.
An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
+
exheredate
v.t.
To disinherit.
+
electrotint
n.
A style   of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.
+
expunction
n.
The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
+
entomophagous
a.
Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
+
englishism
n.
A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English.
+
evaporator
n.
An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.
+
effeminateness
n.
The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.
+
excel
v.t.
To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
+
eugenic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid.
+
exercise
n.
Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.
+
embastardize
v.t.
To bastardize.
+
emigration
n.
A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.
+
emplore
v.t.
See Implore.
+
exterior
a.
External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
+
element
v.t.
To constitute; to make up with elements.
+
euthiochroic
a.
Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called.
+
equal
a.
Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.
+
embody
v.t.
To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise.
+
eschatology
n.
The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.
+
extendible
a.
Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.
+
engorged
p.a.
Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.
+
embryogenic
a.
Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
+
erucifrom
a.
Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae.
+
epigastric
a.
Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.
+
embattled
a.
Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
+
emollition
n.
The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation.
+
embarred
imp.|p.p.
of Embar
+
easing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ease
+
earth
n.
The people on the globe.
+
emblematize
v.t.
To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.
+
epipodia
pl.
of Epipodium
+
extraordinaries
pl.
of Extraordinary
+
eversive
a.
Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.
+
emptying
n.
The act of making empty.
+
exhaust
v.t.
To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
+
ethidene
n.
Ethylidene.
+
etching
v.t.
A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
+
emollient
n.
An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
+
excitative
a.
Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory.
+
embankment
n.
A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
+
echidna
n.
A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
+
evening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Even
+
embrown
v.t.
To give a brown color to; to imbrown.
+
eccle
n.
The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle.
+
experiment
n.
Experience.
+
execute
v.t.
To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
+
ebracteolate
a.
Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.
+
effervesce
v.i.
To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
+
eightfold
a.
Eight times a quantity.
+
encratite
n.
One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
+
enigmatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enigmatize
+
endodermis
n.
A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
+
east
n.
The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.
+
ecstasy
n.
Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
+
election
a.
Discriminating choice; discernment.
+
extractor
n.
A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
+
elatedness
n.
The state of being elated.
+
enarch
v.t.
To arch.
+
endodermic
a.
Of or pertaining to the endoderm.
+
entotic
a.
Pertaining to the interior of the ear.
+
extra
n.
Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras.
+
epulis
n.
A hard tumor developed from the gums.
+
enemies
pl.
of Enemy
+
exterminate
v.t.
To drive out or away; to expel.
+
educe
v.t.
To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.
+
express
a.
To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.
+
eunuch
n.
A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank.
+
easily
adv.
Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.
+
essene
n.
One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
+
egriot
n.
A kind of sour cherry.
+
emblement
n.
The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement.
+
excogitation
n.
The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
+
evomit
v.t.
To vomit.
+
entree
n.
In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.
+
exosmotic
a.
Pertaining to exosmose.
+
elongation
n.
The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
+
echinid
a.|n.
Same as Echinoid.
+
encyclopaedia
n.
The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
+
efformation
n.
The act of giving shape or form.
+
enumerate
v.t.
To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
+
ebony
a.
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.
+
eternize
v.t.
To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.
+
enterprise
v.t.
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
+
endolymphangial
a.
Within a lymphatic vessel.
+
enambush
v.t.
To ambush.
+
embale
v.t.
To make up into a bale or pack.
+
extractive
n.
A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
+
exfoliate
v.i.
To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
+
esheated
imp.|p.p.
of Escheat
+
enliven
v.t.
To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.
+
earthstar
n.
A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
+
excitator
n.
A kind of discarder.
+
excavating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excavate
+
ectoprocta
n.pl.
An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
+
erinys
n.
An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.
+
enticer
n.
One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil.
+
engage
v.i.
To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
+
embrawn
v.t.
To harden.
+
embrocate
v.t.
To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
+
epigrammatizer
n.
One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.
+
erewhile
adv.
Alt. of Erewhiles
+
error
n.
A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
+
establish
a.
To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.
+
enforce
v.t.
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.
+
englishry
n.
A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.
+
ephemeris
n.
Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
+
epileptic
a.
Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
+
exempt
n.
One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.
+
emanated
imp.|p.p.
of Emanate
+
expending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expend
+
emboss
v.t.
To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
+
expunged
imp.|p.p.
of Expunge
+
eglantine
n.
A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.
+
engrailed
imp.|p.p.
of Engrail
+
elixir
n.
An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
+
enhance
v.t.
To raise or lift up; to exalt.
+
electrophysiological
a.
Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.
+
educability
n.
Capability of being educated.
+
exolution
n.
See Exsolution.
+
elater
n.
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
+
eld
n.
Old times; former days; antiquity.
+
elongation
n.
Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
+
endurant
a.
Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
+
euthanasy
n.
Same as Euthanasia.
+
elephantine
a.
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
+
endognath
n.
The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.
+
etch
v.t.
To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.
+
evergreen
a.
Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.
+
exterminator
n.
One who, or that which, exterminates.
+
extraocular
a.
Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennae of certain insects.
+
exuberant
a.
Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage.
+
electrotonize
v.t.
To cause or produce electrotonus.
+
evanescence
n.
The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes.
+
end
v.t.
To destroy; to put to death.
+
embark
v.t.
To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.
+
excide
v.t.
To cut off.
+
eruption
n.
The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.
+
estrich
n.
Ostrich.
+
equitation
n.
A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.
+
excambium
n.
Exchange; barter; -- used commonly of lands.
+
egress
n.
The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
+
echinococcus
n.
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.
+
expectedly
adv.
In conformity with expectation.
+
elide
v.t.
To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
+
entrance
v.t.
To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
+
elaidic
a.
Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.
+
explode
v.i.
To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
+
equipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equip
+
encephaloid
n.
An encephaloid cancer.
+
educate
v.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.
+
exemplarity
n.
Exemplariness.
+
elapsed
imp.|p.p.
of Elapse
+
enforced
a.
Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
+
entophytic
a.
Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease.
+
example
n.
That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
+
enlace
v.t.
To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
+
epistolizer
n.
A writer of epistles.
+
economy
n.
The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.
+
esplanade
n.
The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
+
englut
v.t.
To glut.
+
ey
n.
See Egg.
+
epipterygoid
a.
Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
+
erodent
n.
A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
+
epimeron
n.
In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.
+
ecphoneme
n.
A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.
+
extendedly
adv.
In an extended manner.
+
electrotyper
n.
One who electrotypes.
+
epiclinal
a.
Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
+
episcopacy
n.
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
+
extravagance
n.
The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.
+
enmew
v.t.
See Emmew.
+
exchangeability
n.
The quality or state of being exchangeable.
+
empiric
n.
One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.
+
exody
n.
Exodus; withdrawal.
+
entireness
n.
The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge.
+
esemplastic
a.
Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.
+
evacuation
n.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.
+
eucharis
n.
A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.
+
ensoul
v.t.
To indue or imbue (a body) with soul.
+
eking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eke
+
ebulliency
n.
A boiling up or over; effervescence.
+
enmanche
a.
Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.
+
eighteenmo
a.|n.
See Octodecimo.
+
endowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endow
+
evacuate
v.t.
Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
+
equiseta
pl.
of Equisetum
+
elflock
n.
Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.
+
easygoing
a.
Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.
+
expiable
a.
Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt.
+
enrapture
v.t.
To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
+
eat

of Eat
+
eugenol
n.
A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves.
+
euchre
v.t.
To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
+
evidencing
ppr.|vb.n.
of Evidence
+
even
a.
Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.
+
erythrophleine
n.
A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense).
+
earthwork
n.
Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.
+
extractive
n.
Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
+
edema
n.
Same as oedema.
+
exorbitantly
adv.
In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
+
euhemeristic
a.
Of or pertaining to euhemerism.
+
ect

Alt. of Ecto-
+
embracing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embrace
+
escheatable
a.
Liable to escheat.
+
exposition
n.
The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
+
enormities
pl.
of Enormity
+
exsanguinity
n.
Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.
+
endogenesis
n.
Endogeny.
+
elute
v.t.
To wash out.
+
ebriosity
n.
Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.
+
everych
a.
each one; every one; each of two. See Every.
+
economize
v.t.
To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.
+
empaistic
a.
Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
+
encolden
v.t.
To render cold.
+
empte
v.t.
To empty.
+
essenced
imp.|p.p.
of Essence
+
electrotyped
imp.|p.p.
of Electrotype
+
ear
n.
The spike or head of any cereal  (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.
+
encarpus
n.
An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
+
entoblast
n.
The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.
+
elevatory
a.
Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.
+
exothecium
n.
The outer coat of the anther.
+
errorful
a.
Full of error; wrong.
+
eigh
interj.
An exclamation expressing delight.
+
elide
v.t.
To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
+
exhalation
n.
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.
+
englutted
imp.|p.p.
of Englut
+
elucubrate
v.i.
See Lucubrate.
+
esurine
n.
A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger.
+
electrostereotype
n.
Same as Electrotype.
+
elliptic
a.
Alt. of Elliptical
+
exhale
v.i.
To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
+
effectually
adv.
Actually; in effect.
+
evoking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evoke
+
eschalot
n.
See Shallot.
+
efficacity
n.
Efficacy.
+
erewhiles
adv.
Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore.
+
equalness
n.
Equality; evenness.
+
exauthorize
v.t.
To deprive of authority.
+
ethologist
n.
One who studies or writes upon ethology.
+
embossed
a.
Swollen; protuberant.
+
evangelical
a.
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
+
enter
v.t.
To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."
+
elocation
n.
A removal from the usual place of residence.
+
expedite
v.t.
To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.
+
entorganism
n.
An internal parasitic organism.
+
electrocapillarity
n.
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.
+
eugenin
n.
A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor.
+
embase
v.t.
To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate.
+
emarginate
v.t.
To take away the margin of.
+
entortilation
n.
A turning into a circle; round figures.
+
ephippial
a.
Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
+
enhydros
n.
A variety of chalcedony containing water.
+
erect
a.
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
+
echinoid
n.
One of the Echinoidea.
+
expiration
n.
A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
+
electronegative
n.
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
+
endopleura
n.
The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.
+
echoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Echo
+
effulging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effulge
+
elke
n.
The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).
+
entracte
n.
The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.
+
entoil
v.t.
To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.
+
earn
v.t.|i.
To grieve.
+
epaulet
n.
Alt. of Epaulette
+
enter
v.i.
To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.
+
exempt
a.
Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.
+
economist
n.
One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.
+
ennead
n.
The number nine or a group of nine.
+
elimination
n.
The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]
+
efficience
n.
Alt. of Efficiency
+
episcopalian
a.
Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
+
enwrapment
n.
Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope.
+
epochal
a.
Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch.
+
extravasation
n.
The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.
+
extreme
a.
Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.
+
enswathement
n.
The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.
+
emissary
a.
Exploring; spying.
+
epigram
n.
A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.
+
enclitic
v.i.
Alt. of Enclitical
+
erebus
n.
The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.
+
emersion
n.
The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.
+
evade
v.t.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
+
exvoto
n.
An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
+
examinator
n.
An examiner.
+
extravagantness
n.
The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
+
earthly
a.
Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise.
+
exploiture
n.
The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.
+
epencephalic
a.
Situated on or over the brain.
+
erythrodextrin
n.
A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.
+
entire
a.
Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.
+
effigies
n.
See Effigy.
+
exhortation
n.
The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
+
escalading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Escalade
+
equivalvular
a.
Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
+
experimentist
n.
An experimenter.
+
enfranchised
imp.|p.p.
of Enfranchise
+
endermic
a.
Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
+
envisagement
n.
The act of envisaging.
+
emender
n.
One who emends.
+
eleemosynary
a.
Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance.
+
edentate
n.
One of the Edentata.
+
elector
n.
Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
+
estuance
n.
Heat.
+
eisel
n.
Vinegar; verjuice.
+
elenchtic
a.
Alt. of Elenchtical
+
essorant
a.
Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.
+
excalfaction
n.
A heating or warming; calefaction.
+
ensearch
v.i.
To make search; to try to find something.
+
entombment
n.
The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial.
+
errant
n.
One who wanders about.
+
escurial
n.
A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.
+
explicableness
n.
Quality of being explicable.
+
execration
n.
The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
+
ethic
a.
Alt. of Ethical
+
expansive
a.
Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
+
equivalved
a.
Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
+
easement
n.
That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.
+
exterminatory
a.
Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.
+
enfilading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enfilade
+
elliptically
adv.
With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.
+
estuary
n.
A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
+
etiolated
a.
Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
+
educator
n.
One who educates; a teacher.
+
equanimity
n.
Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.
+
elutriated
imp.|p.p.
of Elutriate
+
endorsement
n.
Same as Indorsement.
+
endogamous
a.
Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.
+
eventilation
n.
The act of eventilating; discussion.
+
extance
n.
Outward existence.
+
element
n.
Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former.
+
exhilarate
v.t.
To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.
+
exchangeable
a.
Available for making exchanges; ratable.
+
emeroids
n.pl.
Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils.
+
executory
a.
Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.
+
encumbrancer
n.
Same as Incumbrancer.
+
encrinoidea
n.pl.
That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
+
enlistment
n.
The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.
+
equiponderous
a.
Having equal weight.
+
escot
v.t.
To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain.
+
equitably
adv.
In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.
+
exclusion
n.
The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.
+
evanishment
n.
A vanishing; disappearance.
+
electrolyzable
a.
Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.
+
encouragement
n.
That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
+
elevation
n.
The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
+
eviration
n.
Castration.
+
evert
v.t.
To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.
+
eminency
n.
State of being eminent; eminence.
+
equal
a.
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.
+
erector
n.
A muscle which raises any part.
+
ectental
a.
Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum.
+
endognathal
a.
Pertaining to the endognath.
+
exercise
v.i.
To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
+
elenchtical
a.
Same as Elenctic.
+
eyeball
n.
The ball or globe of the eye.
+
embrace
n.
To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
+
epitaph
n.
A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
+
exorhizous
a.
Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.
+
egotistic
a.
Alt. of Egotistical
+
earnestness
n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
+
emparadise
v.t.
Same as Imparadise.
+
enterparlance
n.
Mutual talk or conversation; conference.
+
engregge
v.t.
To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.
+
emgalla
n.
The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.
+
expressed
imp.|p.p.
of Express
+
enjoy
v.t.
To have sexual intercourse with.
+
echoscope
n.
An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.
+
epicycle
n.
A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.
+
emigrate
a.
Migratory; roving.
+
epiphoneme
n.
Epiphonema.
+
epiphysis
n.
The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.
+
euphroe
n.
A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.
+
exserted
a.
Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.
+
exulceration
n.
Ulceration.
+
excellently
adv.
In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness.
+
effect
n.
The purport; the sum and substance.
+
epithite
n.
A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant.
+
elance
v.t.
To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.
+
establish
a.
To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
+
evensong
n.
A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.
+
epozoan
n.
An epizoon.
+
exposition
n.
A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.
+
enhancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enhance
+
eudemon
n.
Alt. of Eudaemon
+
elementar
a.
Elementary.
+
elder
n.
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
+
ethe
a.
Easy.
+
enwallow
v.t.
To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.
+
entune
v.t.
To tune; to intone.
+
ensign
n.
A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.
+
estopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Estop
+
excavation
n.
A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
+
enticing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entice
+
erratum
n.
An error or mistake in writing or printing.
+
eolipile
n.
Same as Aeolipile.
+
elect
v.t.
To pick out; to select; to choose.
+
exergue
n.
The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.
+
emulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emulate
+
embarrassment
n.
A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.
+
elegant
a.
Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
+
essence
v.t.
To perfume; to scent.
+
enounce
v.t.
To utter; to articulate.
+
epenthesis
n.
The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n/mol.
+
encash
v.t.
To turn into cash; to cash.
+
exert
v.t.
To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
+
eccentrical
a.
See Eccentric.
+
excrescence
n.
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
+
expensive
a.
Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.
+
egality
n.
Equality.
+
exactness
n.
Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.
+
euhemerist
n.
One who advocates euhemerism.
+
enclitic
n.
A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
+
enchiridion
n.
Handbook; a manual of devotions.
+
explanation
n.
The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
+
edulcorator
n.
A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.
+
equiponderance
n.
Alt. of Equiponderancy
+
emergence
n.
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
+
explode
v.i.
To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
+
engine
n.
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
+
each
a.a.pron.
Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you.
+
establishment
n.
That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.
+
epithet
v.t.
To describe by an epithet.
+
expugnation
n.
The act of taking by assault; conquest.
+
earn
v.t.
To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
+
elenchize
v.i.
To dispute.
+
ectad
adv.
Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad.
+
exculpatory

Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.
+
entertainment
n.
Admission into service; service.
+
embryonal
a.
Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
+
electrovitalism
n.
The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.
+
expiscatory
a.
Tending to fish out; searching out
+
effeminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effeminate
+
exchangeably
adv.
By way of exchange.
+
episcopally
adv.
By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.
+
exist
v.i.
To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.
+
execution
n.
The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
+
elementary
a.
Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.
+
encharge
n.
A charge.
+
eighteenth
a.
Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
+
extimulate
v.t.
To stimulate.
+
evenly
adv.
With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.
+
effascination
n.
A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.
+
execution
n.
A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
+
endoplast
n.
See Nucleus.
+
epulation
n.
A feasting or feast; banquet.
+
essence
n.
A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
+
entail
n.
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
+
expression
n.
The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
+
enjailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enjall
+
enunciate
v.i.
To utter words or syllables articulately.
+
exurgent
a.
Arising; coming to light.
+
exeunt

They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.
+
evulsion
n.
The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
+
extraneity
n.
State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness.
+
effecter
n.
One who effects.
+
extilled
imp.|p.p.
of Extill
+
exiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exile
+
exposer
n.
One who exposes or discloses.
+
entreaty
n.
The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
+
ex

A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or e-; as, escape, scape, elite.  Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.
+
epic
n.
An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
+
encharged
imp.|p.p.
of Encharge
+
embassy
n.
The residence or office of an ambassador.
+
enchase
v.t.
To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.
+
excruciating

Torturing; racking.
+
essay
n.
A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
+
excursion

A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
+
enantiomorphous
a.
Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.
+
enhalo
v.t.
To surround with a halo.
+
enterer
n.
One who makes an entrance or beginning.
+
enroll
n.
To envelop; to inwrap; to involve.
+
exceedingly
adv.
To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.
+
entomophaga
n.pl.
A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.
+
equipage
n.
Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.
+
eagrass
n.
See Eddish.
+
eventful
a.
Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.
+
expropriation
n.
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.
+
emprise
n.
An enterprise; endeavor; adventure.
+
entitle
v.t.
To attribute; to ascribe.
+
enthronement
n.
The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned.
+
embronze
v.t.
To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.
+
elasmobranchiate
a.
Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.
+
exempting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exempt
+
etymologist
n.
One who investigates the derivation of words.
+
eremitical
a.
Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.
+
episterna
pl.
of Episternum
+
ecthorea
pl.
of Ecthoreum
+
equidistant
a.
Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.
+
elops
n.
A mythical serpent.
+
exestuate
v.i.
To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.
+
effect
v.t.
To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
+
excision
n.
The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
+
emblazonment
n.
An emblazoning.
+
earth
n.
A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
+
extine
n.
The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
+
entrance
n.
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
+
ere
adv.
Before; sooner than.
+
epidermatic
a.
Epidermal.
+
escorted
imp.|p.p.
of Escort
+
extreme
a.
Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
+
extrinsicalness
n.
The state or quality of being extrinsic.
+
emerged
imp.|p.p.
of Emerge
+
escargatoire
n.
A nursery of snails.
+
enchaser
n.
One who enchases.
+
endear
v.t.
To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.
+
elysiums
pl.
of Elysium
+
evolvent
n.
The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.
+
envy
n.
Malice; ill will; spite.
+
engrailed
a.
Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.
+
ethmoid
a.
Alt. of Ethmoidal
+
enchantment
n.
That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.
+
escorial
n.
See Escurial.
+
efflation
n.
The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
+
emanative
a.
Issuing forth; effluent.
+
exactly
adv.
In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely.
+
expositive
a.
Serving to explain; expository.
+
enfester
v.t.
To fester.
+
exchangeable
a.
Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.
+
eyeteeth
pl.
of Eyetooth
+
endemical
a.
Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.
+
embargoed
imp.|p.p.
of Embargo
+
entellus
n.
An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.
+
engaged
a.
Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
+
equalities
pl.
of Equality
+
explanatory
a.
Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes.
+
exquisite
a.
Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
+
enhunger
v.t.
To make hungry.
+
exagitate
v.t.
To stir up; to agitate.
+
enforcible
a.
That may be enforced.
+
employable
a.
Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use.
+
evolution
n.
A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.
+
endless
a.
Infinite; excessive; unlimited.
+
emphyteutic
a.
Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.
+
elementality
n.
The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.
+
exercitation
n.
exercise; practice; use.
+
epiglottis
n.
A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.
+
equalize
v.t.
To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
+
estate
n.
A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death.
+
entrails
n.pl.
The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.
+
edh
n.
The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as "English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth."
+
egrette
n.
Same as Egret, n., 2.
+
excerpting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excerpt
+
edge
v.t.
To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
+
earthpea
n.
A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.
+
empale
v.t.
To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
+
elemi
n.
A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.
+
escot
n.
See Scot, a tax.
+
extemporal
a.
Extemporaneous; unpremeditated.
+
excommunicant
n.
One who has been excommunicated.
+
exodic
a.
Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.
+
ectypal
a.
Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.
+
earwig
n.
Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.
+
exact
a.
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
+
epispermic
a.
Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.
+
eysell
n.
Same as Eisel.
+
edgeshot
a.
Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.
+
esteem
v.t.
High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
+
element
n.
One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.
+
etypical
a.
Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.
+
encrini
pl.
of Encrinus
+
earwig
n.
A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor.
+
ennoblement
n.
The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.
+
entangle
v.t.
To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
+
edified
imp.|p.p.
of Edify
+
embryological
a.
Of or pertaining to embryology.
+
engrailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engrail
+
exterraneous
a.
Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
+
ephemeris
n.
A diary; a journal.
+
embanked
imp.|p.p.
of Embank
+
edder
n.
An adder or serpent.
+
emblazon
v.t.
To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
+
examplary
a.
Serving for example or pattern; exemplary.
+
enquere
v.i.
To inquire.
+
exaltment
n.
Exaltation.
+
emulatress
n.
A female emulator.
+
ettle
v.t.
To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn.
+
eternify
v.t.
To make eternal.
+
ellebore
n.
Hellebore.
+
evoke
v.t.
To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.
+
electrolyte
n.
A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.
+
effluviate
v.i.
To give forth effluvium.
+
enmities
pl.
of Enmity
+
expatriation
n.
The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.
+
effloresce
v.i.
To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.
+
enlumine
v.t.
To illumine.
+
enduement
n.
Act of enduing; induement.
+
epithalamy
n.
Epithalamium.
+
easiness
n.
Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.
+
embrocation
n.
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
+
excitement
n.
The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.
+
enseel
v.t.
To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.
+
enlarged
imp.|p.p.
of Enlarge
+
enfeoffment
n.
The act of enfeoffing.
+
ethicist
n.
One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.
+
exocarp
n.
The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.
+
embassage
n.
Message; errand.
+
entombed
imp.|p.p.
of Entomb
+
epineural
a.
Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
+
espace
n.
Space.
+
encrisped
a.
Curled.
+
electrification
n.
The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
+
ethereal
a.
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
+
epicycloidal
a.
Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.
+
elasmobranch
a.
Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.
+
extemporize
v.i.
To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
+
equal
v.t.
To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
+
edifice
n.
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
+
ecumenical
a.
General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
+
electant
n.
One who has the power of choosing; an elector.
+
eaten
p.p.
of Eat
+
eagerness
n.
Tartness; sourness.
+
eventide
n.
The time of evening; evening.
+
excommunicate
a.
Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
+
ethereally
adv.
In an ethereal manner.
+
excavator
n.
One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
+
echini
pl.
of Echinus
+
ewenecked
a.
Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out.
+
em
n.
The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.
+
exceeding
a.
More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless.
+
exulting
a.
Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.
+
emphatical
a.
Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.
+
excrement
n.
An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.
+
exhorted
imp.|p.p.
of Exhort
+
earcap
n.
A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.
+
elextrometry
n.
The art or process of making electrical measurements.
+
expeller
n.
One who, or that which, expels.
+
exigendary
n.
See Exigenter.
+
ephemerous
a.
Ephemeral.
+
ensure
v.t.
To make sure. See Insure.
+
expectancy
n.
The act of expecting ; expectation.
+
epicranial
a.
Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.
+
english
n.
The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
+
expatriated
imp.|p.p.
of Expatriate
+
employ
v.t.
To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.
+
evection

The libration of the moon.
+
emblossom
v.t.
To cover or adorn with blossoms.
+
emasculator
n.
One who, or that which, emasculates.
+
excur
i.
To run out or forth; to extend.
+
exclusive
a.
Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.
+
encapsulation
n.
The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
+
eurasian
n.
A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
+
enfoldment
n.
The act of infolding. See Infoldment.
+
exorcism
n.
The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.
+
emigrated
imp.|p.p.
of Emigrate
+
excrementitious
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
+
eggcup
n.
A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
+
educated
imp.|p.p.
of Educate
+
entasis
n.
A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
+
erythronium
n.
A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
+
embroilment
n.
The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.
+
engrossing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engross
+
embroiderer
n.
One who embroiders.
+
enlacement
n.
The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.
+
efflorescence
n.
The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
+
enfeeble
v.t.
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
+
ent

An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
+
embroiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embroil
+
elix
v.t.
To extract.
+
exode
n.
An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.
+
empirical
a.
Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
+
eyelash
n.
The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.
+
evangelistic
a.
Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.
+
expedient
a.
Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.
+
effusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effuse
+
encasement
n.
The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
+
entree
n.
A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.
+
embowel
v.t.
To disembowel.
+
engross
v.t.
To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
+
engender
v.t.
To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
+
embrue
v.t.
See Imbrue, Embrew.
+
extortion
n.
The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
+
embryos
pl.
of Embryo
+
endometrium
n.
The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
+
extenuate
a.
Thin; slender.
+
echo
v.t.
To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
+
earal
a.
Receiving by the ear.
+
easy
v.t.
Moderate; sparing; frugal.
+
elevate
v.t.
To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
+
ethmoidal
a.
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.
+
enemy
a.
Hostile; inimical.
+
experientiallist
n.
One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively.
+
emulsify
v.t.
To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.
+
epigram
n.
The style of the epigram.
+
enlargement
n.
The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.
+
easter
n.
The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
+
explicable
a.
Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
+
electromotion
n.
The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.
+
exilement
n.
Banishment.
+
engage
v.t.
To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
+
eradicated
imp.|p.p.
of Eradicate
+
engrossment
n.
The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.
+
expansion
n.
Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
+
eloign
v.t.
To remove afar off; to withdraw.
+
emotionalism
n.
The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
+
exscriptural
a.
Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
+
epicoele
n.
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.
+
etoolin
n.
A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.
+
especially
adv.
In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
+
expletion
n.
Accomplishment; fulfillment.
+
exfoliation
n.
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
+
elective
n.
In an American college, an optional study or course of study.
+
embellisher
n.
One who embellishes.
+
exoterical
a.
External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret.
+
euchology
n.
A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.
+
epiboly
n.
Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
+
entertain
v.i.
To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
+
envelop
n.
The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.
+
errabund
a.
Erratic.
+
erratic
a.
Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
+
edgeless
a.
Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
+
eburin
n.
A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.
+
engorge
v.t.
To gorge; to glut.
+
effluxion
n.
The act of flowing out; effusion.
+
elaeolite
n.
A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.
+
etui
n.
A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.
+
earmark
n.
A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
+
englue
v.t.
To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued.
+
equestrienne
n.
A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.
+
excernent
a.
Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
+
envolume
v.t.
To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.
+
expectancy
n.
That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
+
enquirer
n.
See Inquirer.
+
embroidery
n.
Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
+
equipment
n.
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
+
effect
v.t.
To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
+
epithet
n.
An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
+
effranchise
v.t.
To enfranchise.
+
enure
v.t.
See Inure.
+
enarthrodia
n.
See Enarthrosis.
+
encomiast
n.
One who praises; a panegyrist.
+
elench
n.
A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.
+
erythrolein
n.
A red substance obtained from litmus.
+
epigastric
a.
Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.
+
exoskeleton
n.
The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.
+
embarrassing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embarrass
+
ebonite
n.
A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.
+
elvishly
adv.
In an elvish manner.
+
endure
v.t.
To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
+
engore
v.t.
To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
+
enameling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enamel
+
earthtongue
n.
A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
+
echinus
n.
The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.
+
emotivity
n.
Emotiveness.
+
elite
n.
A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.
+
extenuated
imp.|p.p.
of Extenuate
+
epiphytical
a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte.
+
enow

A form of Enough.
+
exaggerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exaggerate
+
espaliered
imp.|p.p.
of Espalier
+
exuperable
a.
Surmountable; superable.
+
ensue
v.t.
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.
+
escutcheon
n.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
+
entoprocta
n.pl.
A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
+
envious
a.
Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
+
estoile
n.
A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.
+
effet
n.
The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.
+
elbow
n.
The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
+
embowl
v.t.
To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
+
exarch
n.
A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.
+
escheat
n.
Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
+
entrochite
n.
A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.
+
equally
adv.
In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.
+
exaggerating
a.
That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds.
+
euterpe

The Muse who presided over music.
+
eloigned
imp.|p.p.
of Eloign
+
encamp
v.i.
To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.
+
euxanthin
n.
A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango.  It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.
+
exasperate
a.
Exasperated; imbittered.
+
elocutionary
a.
Pertaining to elocution.
+
extend
v.t.
To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
+
extern
n.
A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
+
extolment
n.
Praise.
+
exotic
a.
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
+
enthymeme
n.
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.
+
emmove
v.t.
To move; to rouse; to excite.
+
echinital
a.
Of, or like, an echinite.
+
enthuse
v.t.|i.
To make or become enthusiastic.
+
eudiometry
n.
The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
+
elytrin
n.
See Chitin.
+
equibalancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equibalance
+
engirt
v.t.
To engird.
+
enforce
v.t.
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
+
embarkment
n.
Embarkation.
+
educible
a.
Capable of being educed.
+
eldership
n.
Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.
+
elective
a.
Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
+
eschaunge
n.
Exchange.
+
empty
v.i.
To become empty.
+
enridge
v.t.
To form into ridges.
+
economization
n.
The act or practice of using to the best effect.
+
entomologies
pl.
of Entomology
+
enneaspermous
a.
Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.
+
estimably
adv.
In an estimable manner.
+
equiparable
a.
Comparable.
+
emissivity
n.
Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
+
elogy
n.
The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
+
enguard
v.t.
To surround as with a guard.
+
envenom
v.t.
To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.
+
echauguette
n.
A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.
+
eclectic
a.
Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
+
embeam
v.t.
To make brilliant with beams.
+
erased
p.pr.|a.
Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast.  Cf. Couped.
+
exploder
n.
One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
+
eatage
n.
Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.
+
emmetropy
n.
Same as Emmetropia.
+
expolish
v.t.
To polish thoroughly.
+
exhauster
n.
One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.
+
eye
n.
The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
+
endorsed
imp.|p.p.
of Endorse
+
endothecium
n.
The inner lining of an anther cell.
+
entomoid
a.
Resembling an insect.
+
enervous
a.
Lacking nerve or force; enervated.
+
exposition
n.
Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.
+
embrace
n.
To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
+
enunciative
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
+
emblem
n.
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
+
extralimitary
a.
Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land.
+
exchequered
imp.|p.p.
of Exchequer
+
eclectic
a.
Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
+
evidence
v.t.
To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender.
+
enfierced
imp.|p.p.
of Enfierce
+
epic
a.
Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
+
edge
v.t.
To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
+
exhort
v.t.
To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.
+
effumability
n.
The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor.
+
enharmonically
adv.
In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.
+
elisor
n.
An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
+
epistolar
a.
Epistolary.
+
entwist
v.t.
To twist or wreathe round; to intwine.
+
eyeshot
n.
Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot.
+
ectoparasite
n.
Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.
+
ean
v.t.|i.
To bring forth, as young; to yean.
+
epistolographic
a.
Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.
+
ebionitism
n.
The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
+
extortion
n.
The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.
+
eschara
n.
A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.
+
extravascular
a.
Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.
+
enchorial
a.
Alt. of Enchoric
+
excrementitial
a.
Alt. of Excrementitious
+
eschar
n.
A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.
+
excellent
adv.
Excellently; eminently; exceedingly.
+
embattled
imp.|p.p.
of Embattle
+
esquimaux
pl.
of Esquimau
+
esguard
n.
Guard.
+
empirical
a.
Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
+
ectodermic
a.
Of or relating to the ectoderm.
+
erotesis
n.
A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -
+
enticingly
adv.
In an enticing manner; charmingly.
+
extension
v.t.
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
+
electrotype
v.t.
To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.
+
equivocally
adv.
In an equivocal manner.
+
encave
v.t.
To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.
+
endoblastic
a.
Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.
+
expiscate
v.t.
To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
+
enjoy
v.t.
To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
+
engraftation
n.
Alt. of Engraftment
+
embryography
n.
The general description of embryos.
+
epigynous
a.
Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.
+
encharge
v.t.
To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.
+
emptional
a.
Capable of being purchased.
+
eumenides
n.pl.
A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
+
earthly
a.
Made of earth; earthy.
+
erythema
n.
A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
+
escroll
n.
In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.
+
exampleless
a.
Without or above example.
+
engage
v.i.
To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
+
examine
v.t.
To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.
+
ell
n.
See L.
+
emblazed
imp.|p.p.
of Emblaze
+
enfiercing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enfierce
+
enchain
v.t.
To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
+
explode
v.t.
To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.
+
extreat
n.
Extraction.
+
eudemonistic
a.
Alt. of Eudaemonistic
+
estacade
n.
A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.
+
exhaustless
a.
Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.
+
endorse
n.
A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
+
exedrae
pl.
of Exedra
+
eringo
n.
The sea holly. See Eryngo.
+
engrave
v.t.
To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
+
execution
n.
The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.
+
endysis
n.
The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.
+
epitheliums
pl.
of Epithelium
+
emboldener
n.
One who emboldens.
+
ensign
n.
Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
+
emittent
a.
Sending forth; emissive.
+
episcopate
v.i.
To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.
+
electre
n.
Alt. of Electer
+
effused
imp.|p.p.
of Effuse
+
encindered
a.
Burnt to cinders.
+
estimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Estimate
+
exogamy
n.
The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy.
+
embroil
n.
See Embroilment.
+
earthnut
n.
A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground
+
espousing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Espouse
+
exitious
a.
Destructive; fatal.
+
epilogistic
a.
Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue.
+
evangelist
n.
A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance.
+
emboldening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embolden
+
empirically
adv.
By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
+
eminence
n.
An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment.
+
effloresce
v.i.
To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.
+
exscinding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exscind
+
empty
superl.
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
+
en

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.
+
ethiopic
n.
The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.
+
expiation
n.
The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
+
elementally
adv.
According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.
+
existence
n.
The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.
+
embrace
v.t.
To fasten on, as armor.
+
employing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Employ
+
erythrine
n.
A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.
+
epidote
n.
A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.
+
essentiate
v.t.
To form or constitute the essence or being of.
+
effluent
a.
Flowing out; as, effluent beams.
+
enchanter
n.
One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.
+
epimera
n.pl.
See Epimeron.
+
excitomotor
a.
Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes.
+
endamaged
imp.|p.p.
of Endamage
+
ease
n.
Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
+
experimentally
adv.
By experiment; by experience or trial.
+
emulation
n.
Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
+
estreated
imp.|p.p.
of Estreat
+
erose
a.
Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.
+
everything
n.
Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.
+
employed
imp.|p.p.
of Employ
+
essayed
imp.|p.p.
of Essay
+
epitaph
v.i.
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
+
extenuation
n.
The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
+
electrotonic
a.
Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
+
espy
v.t.
To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
+
ethnological
a
Of or pertaining to ethnology.
+
exulcerate
v.t.|i.
To ulcerate.
+
epsom salts

Alt. of salt
+
earn
n.
See Ern, n.
+
extructive
a.
Constructive.
+
elwand
n.
See Ellwand.
+
exacerbation
n.
A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
+
endermatic
a.
Endermic.
+
encloister
v.t.
To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
+
elaborate
v.t.
To produce with labor
+
exanimate
a.
Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened.
+
excuse
v.t.
To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.
+
elizabethan
n.
One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
+
echinodermatous
a.
Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
+
enlight
v.t.
To illumine; to enlighten.
+
egging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Egg
+
equestrian
a.
Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.
+
emprosthotonos
n.
A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles.
+
eavesdropping
n.
The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.
+
entire
a.
Internal; interior.
+
expiation
n.
An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
+
enceinte
n.
The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.
+
ebonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ebonize
+
empassionate
a.
Strongly affected.
+
earable
a.
Arable; tillable.
+
eleemosynary
a.
Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.
+
east
v.i.
To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
+
encharging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encharge
+
embroglio
n.
See Imbroglio.
+
elementariness
n.
The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.
+
exungulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exungulate
+
equipaged
a.
Furnished with equipage.
+
epicardium
n.
That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
+
equiangular
a.
Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular.
+
engagement
n.
That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.
+
embright
v.t.
To brighten.
+
edgebone
n.
Same as Aitchbone.
+
espauliere
n.
A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette.
+
elocutionist
n.
One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.
+
endophragmal
a.
Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
+
enwomb
v.t.
To conceive in the womb.
+
egoist
n.
A believer in egoism.
+
ecclesiast
n.
The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.
+
emigrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emigrate
+
exhaustion
n.
The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.
+
enameled
imp.|p.p.
of Enamel
+
edict
n.
A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
+
eldership
n.
The state of being older; seniority.
+
ejection
n.
The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.
+
evangelized
imp.|p.p.
of Evangelize
+
embassador
n.
Same as Ambassador.
+
epode
n.
A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.
+
emphyteuticary
n.
One who holds lands by emphyteusis.
+
embassade
n.
An embassy. See Ambassade.
+
eustyle
n.
See Intercolumnlation.
+
executed
imp.|p.p.
of Execute
+
extinguish
v.t.
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
+
entire
a.
Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
+
enrapt
p.a.
Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured.
+
embarrass
v.t.
To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.
+
extraditable
a.
Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses.
+
etheostomoid
n.
Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.
+
entremets
n.sing.|pl.
A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.
+
emblemed
imp.|p.p.
of Emblem
+
elasmobranchii
n.pl.
A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
+
existence
n.
Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.
+
entender
v.t.
To treat with tenderness.
+
entryng
n.
Am entrance.
+
eliminate
v.t.
To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.
+
esential
n.
Existence; being.
+
ecarte
n.
A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.
+
effeminacies
pl.
of Effeminacy
+
engrain
v.t.
To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
+
elaterium
n.
A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).
+
expended
imp.|p.p.
of Expend
+
explicate
v.t.
To unfold; to expand; to lay open.
+
elaboratory
a.
Tending to elaborate.
+
eburnine
a.
Of or pertaining to ivory.
+
eolic
a.|n.
See Aeolic.
+
empty
superl.
Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
+
everlasting
a.
Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal.
+
estimative
a.
Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.
+
exempt
a.
Extraordinary; exceptional.
+
estrich
n.
The down of the ostrich.
+
endear
v.t.
To make dear or beloved.
+
estivate
n.
Alt. of Estivation
+
elective
a.
Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.
+
examiner
n.
One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
+
ectopic
a.
Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.
+
exciseman
n.
An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty.
+
epithalamium
n.
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
+
epistolize
v.i.
To write epistles.
+
emperished
a.
Perished; decayed.
+
emboss
v.t.
To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.
+
enlighten
v.t.
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
+
aeon
n.
An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.
+
elevate
v.t.
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
+
eliminate
v.t.
To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.
+
eventuation
n.
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.
+
exolete
a.
Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid.
+
ebony
n.
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
+
elevation
n.
Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
+
ethologic
a
Alt. of Ethological
+
ejaculation
n.
The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
+
excel
v.i.
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.
+
enlivening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enliven
+
exossation
n.
A depriving of bone or of fruit stones.
+
epigrammatically
adv.
In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.
+
er

A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
+
envoyship
n.
The office or position of an envoy.
+
emulsive
a.
Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.
+
emblematiccize
v.t.
To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture.
+
embed
v.t.
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
+
etheriform
a.
Having the form of ether.
+
emphasis
n.
A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
+
embitterment
n.
The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.
+
ensigncy
n.
The rank or office of an ensign.
+
electrical
a.
Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.
+
entrepot
n.
A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in transit.
+
embark
v.t.
To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
+
elfishly
adv.
In an elfish manner.
+
eyestone
n.
Eye agate. See under Eye.
+
eroding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Erode
+
elongate
a.
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
+
enoint
a.
Anointed.
+
exceedable
a.
Capable of exceeding or surpassing.
+
etymologize
v.t.
To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.
+
ensear
v.t.
To sear; to dry up.
+
equipollency
n.
Equality of power, force, signification, or application.
+
embassadorial
a.
Same as Ambassadorial.
+
endotheloid
a.
Like endothelium.
+
esthetical
n.
Alt. of Esthetics
+
ejaculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ejaculate
+
eame
n.
Uncle.
+
eyeflap
n.
A blinder on a horse's bridle.
+
exsanguineous
a.
Destitute of blood; anaemic; exsanguious.
+
epitomes
pl.
of Epitome
+
entertainment
n.
The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.
+
edriophthalma
n.pl.
A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.
+
escapade
n.
The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.
+
excellent
a.
Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
+
edition
n.
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
+
equirotal
a.
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
+
edenite
n.
A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.
+
externality
n.
State of being external; exteriority
+
enameled
a.
Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.
+
ectype
n.
A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).
+
explosively
adv.
In an explosive manner.
+
euterpe

A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.
+
eger
n.
An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.
+
excitosecretory
a.
Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.
+
etiolate
v.i.
To become pale through disease or absence of light.
+
exofficial
a.
Proceeding from office or authority.
+
epoophoron
n.
See Parovarium.
+
edile
n.
See Aedile.
+
extrication
n.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
+
embouchure
n.
The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
+
extradition
n.
The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
+
evened
imp.|p.p.
of Even
+
executory
a.
Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract.
+
embryonic
a.
Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
+
embalm
v.t.
To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.
+
exhausted
imp.|p.p.
of Exhaust
+
enneapetalous
a.
Having nine petals, or flower leaves.
+
effossion
n.
A digging out or up.
+
experiencing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exrerience
+
episternal
a.
Of or pertaining to the episternum.
+
euonymin
n.
A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.
+
exaltation
n.
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
+
enlarge
v.i.
To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
+
excambion
n.
Alt. of Excambium
+
earmarked
imp.|p.p.
of Earmark
+
eclecticism
n.
Theory or practice of an eclectic.
+
erative
a.
Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
+
establishmentarian
n.
One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.
+
eagerness
n.
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
+
enlargement
n.
A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.
+
enterprising
a.
Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.
+
encamping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encamp
+
epopoeia
n.
An epic poem; epic poetry.
+
endosmose
n.
Alt. of Endosmosis
+
eggnog
n.
A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits.
+
extenuatory
a.
Tending to extenuate or palliate.
+
elenchical
a.
Pertaining to an elench.
+
experiencer
n.
One who experiences.
+
earnestful
a.
Serious.
+
extemporary
a.
Made for the occasion; for the time being.
+
echinodermal
a.
Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
+
excamb
v.t.
Alt. of Excambie
+
evilness
n.
The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
+
embrace
n.
To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
+
energy
n.
Capacity for performing work.
+
endoderm
n.
The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
+
encore
v.t.
To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.
+
embryo
n.
The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant
+
enniche
v.t.
To place in a niche.
+
electrotyping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Electrotype
+
engage
v.i.
To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
+
engine
v.t.
To assault with an engine.
+
estivation
n.
Same as Aestival, Aestivate, etc.
+
enascent
a.
Coming into being; nascent.
+
elegant
a.
Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.
+
eristalis
n.
A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.
+
electrokinetics
n.
That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.
+
exhereditation
n.
A disinheriting; disherison.
+
embathe
v.t.
To bathe; to imbathe.
+
envy
v.t.
To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
+
eggshell
n.
A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.
+
entomologist
n.
One versed in entomology.
+
ermit
n.
A hermit.
+
enchair
v.t.
To seat in a chair.
+
encomium
n.
Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
+
electrization
n.
The act of electrizing; electrification.
+
earring
n.
An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.
+
erica
n.
A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
+
encaustic
a.
The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
+
equivocation
n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
+
ending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of End
+
exoneration
n.
The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
+
eryngium
n.
A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
+
etherealize
v.t.
To render ethereal or spiritlike.
+
exceptional
a.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.
+
escapable
a.
Avoidable.
+
eke
v.t.
To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
+
enlimn
v.t.
To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript.
+
emeu
n.
Alt. of Emew
+
extrauterine
a.
Outside of the uterus, or womb.
+
enchannel
v.t.
To make run in a channel.
+
exchequering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exchequer
+
ectoplastic
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.
+
earthfork
n.
A pronged fork for turning up the earth.
+
explored
imp.|p.p.
of Explore
+
evesdrop
v.i.
See Eavesdrop.
+
extancy
n.
The state of rising above others; a projection.
+
endowment
n.
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
+
efferous
a.
Like a wild beast; fierce.
+
edentate
a.
Belonging to the Edentata.
+
efflorescence
n.
A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
+
eschynite
n.
A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.
+
essayist
n.
A writer of an essay, or of essays.
+
eucharistical
a.
Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing.
+
empurpled
imp.|p.p.
of Empurple
+
everlasting
a.
Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
+
editor
n.
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
+
empyrean
n.
The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.
+
earnest
a.
Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
+
expetible
a.
Worthy of being wished for; desirable.
+
expiring
p.pr|vb.n.
of Expire
+
every
a.|a.pron.
All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber.
+
enchondroma
n.
A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.
+
enpierce
v.t.
To pierce.
+
extravasated
imp.|p.p.
of Extravasate
+
egotized
imp.|p.p.
of Egotize
+
eyewink
n.
A wink; a token.
+
enumeration
n.
A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
+
electioneer
v.i.
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.
+
estimation
v.t.
The act of estimating.
+
eumolpus
n.
A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.
+
enjoin
v.t.
To join or unite.
+
enthusiasm
n.
A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.
+
epidemic
n.
Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.
+
entitule
v.t.
To entitle.
+
enaunter
adv.
Lest that.
+
evangelism
n.
The preaching or promulgation of the gospel.
+
edibleness
n.
Suitableness for being eaten.
+
encystment
n.
A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
+
epiphany
n.
A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
+
entwine
v.i.
To be twisted or twined.
+
e

E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/  (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.
+
equipoise
n.
Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces.
+
equivocacy
n.
Equivocalness.
+
eye
n.
The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop.
+
electrizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Electrize
+
epidermis
v.t.
The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.
+
enchain
v.t.
To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.
+
expressman
n.
A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.
+
emblem
n.
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
+
elaqueate
v.t.
To disentangle.
+
enfiladed
imp.|p.p.
of Enfilade
+
excipient
n.
An exceptor.
+
epicoracoid
n.
A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.
+
enginous
a.
Contrived with care; ingenious.
+
exhedra
n.
See Exedra.
+
environ
adv.
About; around.
+
exteriority
n.
Surface; superficies; externality.
+
equilateral
n.
A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.
+
epimeral
a.
Pertaining to the epimera.
+
epulotic
a.
Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment.
+
estrangedness
n.
State of being estranged; estrangement.
+
erythematous
a.
Relating to, or causing, erythema.
+
epitaph
n.
An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
+
encompass
v.t.
To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world.
+
exotheca
n.
The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
+
expend
v.t.
To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
+
expatriate
v.t.
To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
+
enripen
v.t.
To ripen.
+
extremity
n.
The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
+
eke
n.
An addition.
+
erectable
a.
Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather.
+
eradicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eradicate
+
expletive
n.
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
+
efface
v.t.
To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
+
empuse
n.
A phantom or specter.
+
enharmonical
a.
Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/.
+
embushment
n.
An ambush.
+
elocution
n.
Utterance by speech.
+
eight
n.
A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.
+
extraphysical
a.
Not subject to physical laws or methods.
+
excussion
n.
The act of excusing; seizure by law.
+
excavate
v.t.
To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
+
elder
a.
Older; more aged, or existing longer.
+
eterminable
a.
Interminable.
+
edental
a.
See Edentate, a.
+
embreathement
n.
The act of breathing in; inspiration.
+
exalt
v.t.
To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.
+
euchrone
n.
A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.
+
either
a.|pron.
One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
+
entertaining
a.
Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
+
exhibition
n.
Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
+
earthwards
adv.
Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
+
exsudation
n.
Exudation.
+
embarkation
n.
That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits.
+
evidential
a.
Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.
+
engagedly
adv.
With attachment; with interest; earnestly.
+
eruption
n.
A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
+
eviternity
n.
Eternity.
+
egad
interj.
An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.
+
encrinus
n.
A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
+
eliminate
v.t.
To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
+
engulfed
imp.|p.p.
of Engulf
+
excise
n.
That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
+
encrinal
a.
Alt. of Encrinital
+
envier
n.
One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.
+
estrange
v.t.
To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
+
episternum
n.
One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.
+
euornithes
n.pl.
The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.
+
equerry
n.
A large stable or lodge for horses.
+
elvan
n.
Alt. of Elvanite
+
encomberment
n.
Hindrance; molestation.
+
excited
imp.|p.p.
of Excite
+
epilogue
n.
A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
+
exhumation
n.
The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
+
enjoin
v.t.
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
+
emigration
n.
The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.
+
evomition
n.
The act of vomiting.
+
elanced
imp.|p.p.
of Elance
+
eer
adv.
A contraction for ever. See Ever.
+
encounter
v.t.
A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
+
exfoliative
n.
An exfoliative agent.
+
entrapped
imp.|p.p.
of Entrap
+
emforth
prep.
According to; conformably to.
+
embalming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embalm
+
error
n.
A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.
+
encoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encore
+
employee
n.
One employed by another.
+
embroyde
v.t.
To embroider; to adorn.
+
entrant
n.
An applicant for admission.
+
endophyllous
a.
Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
+
etiolate
v.t.
To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
+
exploit
n.
Combat; war.
+
enclothe
v.t.
To clothe.
+
exculpation
n.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
+
eventilate
v.t.
To discuss; to ventilate.
+
encase
v.t.
To inclose as in a case. See Incase.
+
environ
v.t.
To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
+
eu

A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.
+
epithetical
a.
Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets.
+
equated
imp.|p.p.
of Equate
+
elenctical
a.
Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
+
eclectic
n.
One who follows an eclectic method.
+
eophyte
n.
A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.
+
estafet
n.
Alt. of Estafette
+
elephantiac
a.
Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
+
ethenyl
n.
A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C.
+
eschewer
n.
One who eschews.
+
expiration
n.
The last emission of breath; death.
+
exister
n.
One who exists.
+
elvan
a.
Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
+
electrometric
a.
Alt. of Electro-metrical
+
expensive
a.
Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish.
+
endangered
imp.|p.p.
of Endanger
+
emissaryship
n.
The office of an emissary.
+
ecclesiae
pl.
of Ecclesia
+
encenia
n.pl.
A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.
+
earnings
pl.
of Earning
+
extruction
n.
A building up; construction.
+
emu
n.
A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.
+
eligible
a.
Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.
+
epiphyte
n.
A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.
+
exonerated
imp.|p.p.
of Exonerate
+
enamel
v.i.
To practice the art of enameling.
+
eirie
n.
See Aerie, and Eyrie.
+
esloin
v.t.
To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.
+
embellishment
n.
That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.
+
expropriate
v.t.
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
+
equableness
n.
Quality or state of being equable.
+
existimation
n.
Esteem; opinion; reputation.
+
emmew
v.t.
To mew or coop up.
+
enamel
v.t.
A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
+
extreme
a.
At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
+
elevate
v.t.
To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
+
extended
imp.|p.p.
of Extend
+
equivoque
n.
Alt. of Equivoke
+
endeavored
imp.|p.p.
of Endeavor
+
encroach
n.
Encroachment.
+
ecphasis
n.
An explicit declaration.
+
expatiate
v.i.
To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
+
elector
n.
In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
+
eparch
n.
In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
+
ere
v.t.
To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.
+
enslaved
imp.|p.p.
of Enslave
+
evagination
n.
The act of unsheathing.
+
extrinsic
a.
Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
+
enrollment
n.
The act of enrolling; registration.
+
embasement
v.t.
Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration.
+
endeixis
n.
An indication.
+
encowl
v.t.
To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.
+
energizer
n.
One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.
+
evidently
adv.
In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.
+
elegy
n.
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
+
ebullioscope
n.
An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.
+
edifying
a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.
+
ententive
a.
Attentive; zealous.
+
entry
n.
A putting upon record in proper form and order.
+
expediting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expedite
+
elops
n.
A genus of fishes. See Saury.
+
exclude
v.t.
To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
+
elanet
n.
A kite of the genus Elanus.
+
elder
a.
Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
+
enderon
n.
The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
+
expulsion
n.
The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
+
eaglewood
n.
A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
+
episperm
n.
The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.
+
emboil
v.t.
To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
+
encystation
n.
Encystment.
+
election
a.
Those who are elected.
+
estranging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Estrange
+
engager
n.
One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
+
elf
n.
An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
+
excursion

A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
+
elenchs
pl.
of Elench
+
end
n.
Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
+
exopodite
n.
The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.
+
ejaculator
n.
A muscle which helps ejaculation.
+
excusator
n.
One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
+
earsh
n.
See Arrish.
+
echinoidea
n.pl.
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.
+
eclat
n.
Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.
+
erebus
n.
A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.
+
exclusion
n.
The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.
+
ebb
n.
The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
+
endocardial
a.
Pertaining to the endocardium.
+
etiolating
p.pr.|vb.n
of Etiolate
+
etymons
pl.
of Etymon
+
encyclopedian
a.
Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
+
eschevin
n.
The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.
+
engendering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engender
+
eighteen
n.
A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
+
entobronchia
pl.
of Entobronchium
+
excoct
v.t.
To boil out; to produce by boiling.
+
elapidation
n.
A clearing away of stones.
+
epistolography
n.
The art or practice of writing epistles.
+
endosmometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.
+
electrodynamics
n.
The phenomena of electricity in motion.
+
erythrochroic
a.
Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.
+
egesta
n.pl.
That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.
+
enflower
v.t.
To cover or deck with flowers.
+
equilibrity
n.
The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
+
escape
v.i.
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.
+
enchodus
n.
A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
+
evileyed
a.
Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.
+
echometer
n.
A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.
+
ey

An interj. of wonder or inquiry.
+
eye
n.
That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance
+
equibalance
n.
Equal weight; equiponderance.
+
enchest
v.t.
To inclose in a chest.
+
exrerience
v.t.
To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.
+
epipterygoid
n.
An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.
+
exceptor
n.
One who takes exceptions.
+
epi

A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.
+
ewe
n.
The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
+
exclamative
a.
Exclamatory.
+
eldern
a.
Made of elder.
+
errant
a.
Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
+
enrich
v.t.
To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.
+
extractible
a.
Capable of being extracted.
+
exception
n.
That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.
+
epithumetical
a.
Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual.
+
ectropion
n.
An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.
+
esprit
n.
Spirit.
+
emancipate
a.
Set at liberty.
+
exoration
n.
Entreaty.
+
ennuye
n.
One who is affected with ennui.
+
encasement
n.
An old theory of generation similar to embo/tement. See Ovulist.
+
empiricism
n.
The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
+
ear
n.
That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.
+
episcoparian
a.
Episcopal.
+
esperance
n.
Hope.
+
elicit
v.t.
To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.
+
enregister
v.t.
To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.
+
ency

A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.
+
extimulation
n.
Stimulation.
+
emporium
n.
A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.
+
eburnification
n.
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
+
extuberancy
n.
Extuberance.
+
estoppel
n.
The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.
+
eroded
p.p.|a.
Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
+
exigency
n.
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.
+
extirp
v.t.
To extirpate.
+
encephalic
a.
Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
+
engage
v.t.
To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
+
eleve
n.
A pupil; a student.
+
encheason
n.
Occasion, cause, or reason.
+
empoverish
v.t.
See Impoverish.
+
eucharistical
a.
Pertaining to the Lord's Supper.
+
estimable
a.
Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage.
+
enfroward
v.t.
To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable.
+
expedite
a.
Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.
+
embrace
n.
To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
+
embryo
n.
The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus).
+
exogenetic
a.
Arising or growing from without; exogenous.
+
epizoon
n.
One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.
+
emphasizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emphasize
+
endocardial
a.
Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.
+
envisaged
imp.|p.p.
of Envisage
+
enoptomancy
n.
Divination by the use of a mirror.
+
equably
adv.
In an equable manner.
+
eudaemonics
n.
That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics.
+
escape
v.
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
+
entoplastra
pl.
of Entoplastron
+
enseam
v.t.
To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain.
+
equisonance
n.
An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.
+
ecliptic
a.
Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
+
expert
n.
A sworn appraiser.
+
expectorative
a.|n.
Same as Expectorant.
+
eternity
n.
Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.
+
enation
n.
Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.
+
elastic
a.
Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
+
entries
pl.
of Entry
+
empyema
n.
A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
+
emissary
n.
An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.
+
exerted
imp.|p.p.
of Exert
+
embayed
imp.|p.p.
of Embay
+
electrical
a.
Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.
+
exclaimed
imp.|p.p.
of Exclaim
+
equilibriums
pl.
of Equilibrium
+
ether
n.
A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.
+
excellencies
pl.
of Excellency
+
eruption
n.
The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
+
etiolate
a.
Alt. of Etiolated
+
embottle
v.t.
To bottle.
+
evidentness
n.
State of being evident.
+
empiricism
n.
The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
+
exceptive
a.
That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition.
+
elate
v.t.
To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.
+
egyptologist
n.
One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.
+
encollar
v.t.
To furnish or surround with a collar.
+
expedient
a.
Quick; expeditious.
+
evection

The act of carrying up or away; exaltation.
+
entozoologist
n.
One versed in the science of the Entozoa.
+
exhalation
n.
The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
+
entered
imp.|p.p.
of Enter
+
element
n.
One of the terms in an algebraic expression.
+
englishism
n.
A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.
+
embryoniform
a.
Like an embryo in form.
+
effulgently
adv.
In an effulgent manner.
+
extemporized
imp.|p.p.
of Extemporize
+
extradictionary
a.
Consisting not in words, but in realities.
+
eloignate
v.t.
To remove.
+
engaged
a.
Occupied; employed; busy.
+
eirenarch
n.
A justice of the peace; irenarch.
+
eiking
n.
See Eking.
+
expiration
n.
The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
+
elevator
n.
An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
+
exorhizal
a.
Alt. of Exorhizous
+
espousal
n.
The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.
+
enthymematic
a.
Alt. of Enthymematical
+
extortionary
a.
Extortionate.
+
envy
n.
Emulation; rivalry.
+
egestion
n.
Act or process of egesting; a voiding.
+
erse
a.
Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.
+
eland
n.
The elk or moose.
+
erection
n.
The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
+
excorticate
v.t.
To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate.
+
exarchate
n.
The office or the province of an exarch.
+
expert
a.
Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
+
energetic
a.
Alt. of Energetical
+
eurasiatio
a.
Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.
+
e

The fifth letter of the English alphabet.
+
embattlement
n.
The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.
+
elvan
a.
Pertaining to elves; elvish.
+
efflorescence
n.
The powder or crust thus formed.
+
epiphyseal

Alt. of Epiphysial
+
effectual
n.
Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.
+
exfoliate
v.t.
To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.
+
eerie
a.
Alt. of Eery
+
edulcorate
v.t.
To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.
+
entropium
n.
The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.
+
enubilate
v.t.
To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
+
errata
pl.
of Erratum
+
episcopating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Episcopate
+
exordial
a.
Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
+
estimative
a.
Pertaining to an estimate.
+
envigor
v.t.
To invigorate.
+
er

The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
+
electrolyzation
n.
The act or the process of electrolyzing.
+
enzyme
n.
An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.
+
elastic
n.
An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber.
+
enervate
a.
Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
+
exosculate
v.t.
To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly.
+
effeminate
v.i.
To grow womanish or weak.
+
emit
v.t.
To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
+
eyedrop
n.
A tear.
+
enact
v.t.
To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
+
efflux
v.i.
To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.
+
enfect
a.
Contaminated with illegality.
+
eject
v.t.
To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language.
+
eccritic
n.
A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.
+
embonpoint
n.
Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
+
entrance
n.
The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
+
enormous
a.
Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.
+
encyclopedist
n.
The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences.
+
electrotonic
a.
Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.
+
elinguation
n.
Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
+
ebon
n.
Ebony.
+
elan
b.
Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
+
elder
a.
A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
+
evil
adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
+
eloinment
n.
See Eloignment.
+
electrochemistry
n.
That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.
+
electrophone
n.
An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.
+
enfeebler
n.
One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.
+
emissive
a.
Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
+
expiate
a.
Terminated.
+
edulcoration
n.
The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water.
+
enfilade
n.
A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
+
extorsive
a.
Serving or tending to extort.
+
essence
n.
Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
+
edematous
a.
Alt. of Edematose
+
edge
v.t.
Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
+
enfiled
p.a.
Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.
+
extinguishing
ppr.|vb.n.
of Extinguish
+
ejaculated
imp.|p.p.
of Ejaculate
+
ensconce
v.t.
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
+
embryologic
a.
Alt. of Embryological
+
epidemiologist
n.
A person skilled in epidemiology.
+
empale
v.t.
Same as Impale.
+
effect
n.
Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
+
expel
v.t.
To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
+
enmove
v.t.
See Emmove.
+
enacting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enact
+
evagation
n.
A wandering about; excursion; a roving.
+
enduring
a.
Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.
+
essence
n.
Constituent substance.
+
effaceable
a.
Capable of being effaced.
+
echiuroidea
n.pl.
A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.
+
everyone
n.
Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.
+
exceptious
a.
Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.
+
entothorax
n.
See Endothorax.
+
excandescent
a.
White or glowing with heat.
+
edematose
a.
Same as oedematous.
+
even
a.
Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
+
exposure
n.
The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
+
embowelling

of Embowel
+
eschatological
a.
Pertaining to the last or final things.
+
elmy
a.
Abounding with elms.
+
expediency
n.
Expedition; haste; dispatch.
+
enricher
n.
One who enriches.
+
empanel
v.t.
See Impanel.
+
emulge
v.t.
To milk out; to drain.
+
effluxion
n.
That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.
+
episcopy
n.
Episcopacy.
+
enter
v.t.
To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf preemption.
+
encamp
v.t.
To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.
+
electrize
v.t.
To electricity.
+
examinership
n.
The office or rank of an examiner.
+
even
a.
Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
+
expectingly
adv.
In a state of expectation.
+
enrange
v.t.
To rove over; to range.
+
eyeglass
n.
A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.
+
eloge
n.
A panegyrical funeral oration.
+
emasculation
n.
The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
+
eddying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eddy
+
excepting
prep.|conj.butproperlyaparticiple
With rejection or exception of; excluding; except.
+
exist
v.i.
To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.
+
enter
v.t.
To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.
+
edentalous
a.
See Edentate, a.
+
engage
v.t.
To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
+
exoccipital
a.
Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull.
+
emancipist
n.
A freed convict.
+
ecclesiologist
n.
One versed in ecclesiology.
+
engage
v.t.
To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.
+
excoriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eccoriate
+
expostulated
imp.|p.p.
of Expostulate
+
erf
n.
A garden plot, usually about half an acre.
+
excalceate
v.t.
To deprive of shoes.
+
ethereous
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, ether.
+
execratory
n.
A formulary of execrations.
+
excruciable
a.
Liable to torment.
+
engendrure
n.
The act of generation.
+
exchanged
imp.|p.p.
of Exchange
+
empty
v.i.
To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
+
embrute
v.t.
To brutify; to imbrute.
+
elector
n.
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.
+
exquisite
a.
Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
+
earning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Earn
+
elegancy
n.
That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.
+
engineer
n.
One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.
+
equivorous
a.
Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.
+
exoskeletal
a.
Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.
+
equalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equalize
+
enthusiasm
n.
Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.
+
endyma
n.
See Ependyma.
+
equator
n.
The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.
+
esophageal
a.
Pertaining to the esophagus.
+
embowelment
n.
Disembowelment.
+
elucidative
a.
Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.
+
emergent
a.
Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.
+
electroscope
n.
An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.
+
elegiac
a.
Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
+
european
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
+
exclusion
n.
Thing emitted.
+
expanse
v.t.
To expand.
+
ellipticlanceolate
a.
Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
+
editress
n.
A female editor.
+
entitled
imp.|p.p.
of Entitle
+
estimable
a.
Valuable; worth a great price.
+
epinicion
n.
A song of triumph.
+
excruciation
n.
The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.
+
excarnification
n.
The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation.
+
emit
v.t.
To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
+
ergat
v.t.
To deduce logically, as conclusions.
+
executor
n.
One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.
+
expressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Express
+
epigraphy
n.
The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
+
elicit
a.
Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
+
ecstatical
a.
Tending to external objects.
+
everglade
n.
A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida.
+
enthrill
v.t.
To pierce; to thrill.
+
era
n.
A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
+
exilition
n.
A sudden springing or leaping out.
+
earthmad
n.
The earthworm.
+
epicurean
a.
Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.
+
exfoliate
v.i.
To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
+
exterminated
imp.|p.p.
of Exterminate
+
espial
n.
One who espies; a spy; a scout.
+
escopette
n.
A kind of firearm; a carbine.
+
ephoral
a.
Pertaining to an ephor.
+
edenic
a.
Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.
+
effulged
imp.|p.p.
of Effulge
+
exponent
n.
One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
+
epaxial
a.
Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.
+
exostosis
n.
Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
+
elinguid
a.
Tongue-tied; dumb.
+
epipodium
n.
One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
+
eunomian
a.
Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.
+
execute
v.i.
To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose.
+
excelled
imp.|p.p.
of Excel
+
elemental
a.
Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
+
eft
n.
A European lizard of the genus Seps.
+
ethiopian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.
+
earthly
a.
Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.
+
exceeding
adv.
In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly.
+
empoisoner
n.
Poisoner.
+
economically
adv.
With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
+
epitomist
n.
One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
+
expansion
n.
Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
+
elation
n.
A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
+
exogium
n.
See Exode.
+
esurient
n.
One who is hungry or greedy.
+
evulgate
v.t.
To publish abroad.
+
elevation
n.
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
+
empugn
v.t.
See Impugn.
+
engineering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engineer
+
exemplify
v.t.
To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.
+
excellency
n.
Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
+
english
a.
Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
+
echinus
n.
A hedgehog.
+
euphuism
n.
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
+
elaeagnus
n.
A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.
+
entitative
a.
Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances.
+
exhibition
n.
That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.
+
elongate
a.
To remove further off.
+
enavigate
v.t.
To sail away or over.
+
end
n.
Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
+
endostome
n.
The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.
+
electrotelegraphic
a.
Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.
+
eupnaea
n.
Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.
+
endall
n.
Complete termination.
+
endolymphatic
a.
Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.
+
escort
n.
Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
+
emetocathartic
a.
Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.
+
exploit
n.
A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
+
equinal
a.
See Equine.
+
elixir
n.
Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
+
elliptically
adv.
In the form of an ellipse.
+
extrafoliaceous
a.
Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles.
+
ethmoid
n.
The ethmoid bone.
+
entrance
n.
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
+
excerptor
n.
One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.
+
enunciating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enunciate
+
entreat
v.t.
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
+
ecclesiology
n.
The science or theory of church building and decoration.
+
electrocute
v.t.
To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]
+
enigmas
pl.
of Enigma
+
erectility
n.
The quality or state of being erectile.
+
equitant
a.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
+
expressness
n.
The state or quality of being express; definiteness.
+
eager
a.
Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.
+
enlighten
v.t.
To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.
+
enrich
v.t.
To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind.
+
encouragement
n.
The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
+
extense
v.t.
Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
+
earshot
n.
Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
+
exploring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Explore
+
enamelling

of Enamel
+
exo

A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.
+
enticeable
a.
Capable of being enticed.
+
elogist
n.
One who pronounces an eloge.
+
extempore
n.
Speaking or writing done extempore.
+
entomic
a.
Alt. of Entomical
+
escharine
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidae.
+
embrace
v.i.
To join in an embrace.
+
exolve
v.t.
To loose; to pay.
+
exude
v.t.
To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
+
erotical
a.
Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.
+
eclipse
n.
The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
+
excitate
v.t.
To excite.
+
exporting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Export
+
exhalant
a.
Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.
+
exemplary
a.
Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
+
english
n.
Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
+
effervesce
v.i.
To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
+
embedded
imp.|p.p.
of Embed
+
excogitated
imp.|p.p.
of Excogitate
+
ethnographical
a.
pertaining to ethnography.
+
ethnologic
a
Alt. of Ethnological
+
enneandrous
a.
Having nine stamens.
+
eagless
n.
A female or hen eagle.
+
epipleural
a.
Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra.
+
exaggerator
n.
One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration.
+
expiated
imp.|p.p.
of Expiate
+
english
n.
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
+
esotery
n.
Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to exotery.
+
empoison
n.
Poison.
+
easeful
a.
Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.
+
ensphere
v.t.
To form into a sphere.
+
equivocal
a.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
+
eyelet
n.
A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole.
+
enunciation
n.
The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
+
even
a.
Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
+
epicondyle
n.
A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.
+
embezzle
v.t.
To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
+
equicrure
a.
Equicrural.
+
extol
v.t.
To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
+
extensor
n.
A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
+
erupt
v.t.
To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
+
enlightenment
n.
Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
+
epipteric
a.
Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.
+
evacuation
n.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
+
empyreuma
n.
The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
+
encaustic
a.
Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
+
egger
n.
One who gathers eggs; an eggler.
+
evidence
n.
One who bears witness.
+
eyelid
n.
The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.
+
elevate
v.t.
To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
+
engastrimuth
n.
An ventriloquist.
+
episcopicide
n.
The killing of a bishop.
+
ecurie
n.
A stable.
+
extogenous
a.
Exogenous.
+
electioneerer
n.
One who electioneers.
+
eventration
n.
A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.
+
exhume
v.t.
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
+
eggar
n.
Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.
+
extra

A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.
+
extuberation
n.
Protuberance.
+
extensionist
n.
One who favors or advocates extension.
+
exsert
a.
Alt. of Exserted
+
engrain
v.t.
To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
+
endured
imp.|p.p.
of Endure
+
equiparate
v.t.
To compare.
+
empress
n.
The consort of an emperor.
+
entranced
imp.|p.p.
of Entrance
+
exigencies
pl.
of Exigency
+
enjoying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enjoy
+
excitive
a.
Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
+
economizer
n.
Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
+
enterprise
n.
That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.
+
entreatable
a.
That may be entreated.
+
encysted
a.
Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.
+
erythrite
n.
A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.
+
extracting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extract
+
encaged
imp.|p.p.
of Encage
+
exerciser
n.
One who exercises.
+
explode
v.t.
To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.
+
european
a.
Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
+
enervating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enervate
+
effuse
a.
Poured out freely; profuse.
+
embankment
n.
The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
+
executant
n.
One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.
+
extension
v.t.
The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
+
erode
v.t.
To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
+
extreme
n.
The first or the last term of a proportion or series.
+
endways
adv.
Alt. of Endwise
+
etnean
a.
Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.
+
episodal
a.
Same as Episodic.
+
elliptical
a.
Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.
+
exemplifier
n.
One who exemplifies by following a pattern.
+
effectuose
a.
Alt. of Effectuous
+
ennuye
a.
Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted.
+
erythrine
n.
See Erythrite, 2.
+
eyesaint
n.
An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.
+
empiristic
a.
Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.
+
exterminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exterminate
+
epiornis
n.
One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.
+
erostrate
a.
Without a beak.
+
endorhizae
pl.
of Endorhiza
+
embillow
v.i.
To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
+
ecorche
n.
A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.
+
etherization
n.
The state of the system under the influence of ether.
+
enact
v.t.
To act the part of; to represent; to play.
+
ethmovomerine
n.
Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.
+
echometry
n.
The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.
+
entreat
n.
Entreaty.
+
estrange
v.t.
To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
+
engorge
v.t.
To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
+
ethylin

Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.
+
enharmonical
a.
Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.
+
eploring
a.
Employed in, or designed for, exploration.
+
equivalent
n.
That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.
+
escocheon
n.
Escutcheon.
+
energical
a.
In a state of action; acting; operating.
+
elecampane
n.
A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.
+
elegize
v.t.
To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.
+
equidiurnal
a.
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line.
+
ethics
n.
The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.
+
eagre
n.
A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.
+
exinanite
v.t.
To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble.
+
electrodynamics
n.
The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.
+
epiplastra
pl.
of Epiplastron
+
ectoplasm
n.
The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
+
enquiry
n.
See Inquiry.
+
elbowroom
n.
Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
+
encomber
v.t.
See Encumber.
+
elate
a.
Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
+
ennation
n.
The ninth segment in insects.
+
euchroic
a.
Having a fine color.
+
empoisonment
n.
The act of poisoning.
+
exertment
n.
Exertion.
+
extuberance
n.
A swelling or rising; protuberance.
+
excite
v.t.
To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.
+
erythraean
a.
Red in color.
+
equal
n.
One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal."
+
expurgatory
a.
Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
+
enfreeze
v.t.
To freeze; to congeal.
+
earthy
a.
Gross; low; unrefined.
+
erogation
n.
The act of giving out or bestowing.
+
exophthalmy
n.
Exophthalmia.
+
erecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Erect
+
expective
a.
Expectative.
+
englished
imp.|p.p.
of English
+
emesis
n.
A vomiting.
+
entablement
n.
See Entablature.
+
enchantress
n.
A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates.
+
edacity
n.
Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.
+
every
a.|a.pron.
Every one.  Cf.
+
equivalent
a.
Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
+
extraction
n.
Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
+
electricity
n.
A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.
+
embalm
v.t.
To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.
+
executable
a.
Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.
+
explication
n.
The sense given by an expositor.
+
easy
v.t.
Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
+
exsasperated
imp.|p.p.
of Exasperate
+
enforceable
a.
Capable of being enforced.
+
energumen
n.
One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.
+
electromagnetic
a.
Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current.
+
exacted
imp.|p.p.
of Exact
+
electrized
imp.|p.p.
of Electrize
+
excrementive
a.
Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
+
eserine
n.
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
+
emboweler
n.
One who takes out the bowels.
+
ermines
n.
Alt. of Erminois
+
electrobiology
n.
That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.
+
enkennel
v.t.
To put into a kennel.
+
epictetain
a.
Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.
+
elaine
n.
Alt. of Elain
+
eye
n.
The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence.
+
earldorman
n.
Alderman.
+
erect
v.t.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
+
ellingeness
n
See Elenge, Elengeness.
+
effuse
a.
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
+
emblematical
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity.
+
expletory
a.
Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word.
+
elbowed
imp.|p.p.
of Elbow
+
expire
v.t.
To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
+
erase
v.t.
To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
+
embale
v.t.
To bind up; to inclose.
+
epiphyses
pl.
of Epiphysis
+
enforced
imp.|p.p.
of Enforce
+
extradited
imp.|p.p.
of Extradite
+
exuvial
a.
Of or pertaining to exuviae.
+
endurance
n.
A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.
+
elater
n.
Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
+
etymon
n.
Original or fundamental signification.
+
express
a.
To denote; to designate.
+
exauthorate
v.t.
To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge.
+
execrated
imp.|p.p.
of Execrate
+
ear
n.
Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.
+
exulting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exult
+
egyptian
n.
A gypsy.
+
enforcive
a.
Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
+
empress
n.
A female sovereign.
+
evaporaive
a.
Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.
+
encyclic
n.
Alt. of Encyclical
+
exanthema
n.
An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever.
+
entertain
v.t.
To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
+
export
n.
The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.
+
everliving
a.
Continual; incessant; unintermitted.
+
ericolin
n.
A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
+
endometritis
n.
Inflammation of the endometrium.
+
eulogistical
a.
Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse.
+
exponential
a.
Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.
+
expiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expiate
+
emarginately
adv.
In an emarginate manner.
+
exercising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exercise
+
enscale
v.t.
To cover with scales.
+
east
n.
The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.
+
exit
n.
Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
+
engrail
v.t.
To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
+
expeditionary
a.
Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force.
+
envious
a.
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
+
euripus
n.
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
+
elliptograph
n.
Same as Ellipsograph.
+
entropy
n.
A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.
+
effluvial
a.
Belonging to effluvia.
+
eldritch
a.
Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.
+
essentiated
imp.|p.p.
of Essentiate
+
encomiastic
n.
A panegyric.
+
enseam
v.t.
To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.
+
exclaimer
n.
One who exclaims.
+
equal
a.
Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.
+
excavation
n.
An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
+
explication
n.
The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
+
egilopical
a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an aegilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.
+
electric
n.
A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.
+
eclampsia
n.
A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
+
elegies
pl.
of Elegy
+
embattle
v.i.
To be arrayed for battle.
+
epidemic
a.
Alt. of Epidemical
+
effeminately
adv.
In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.
+
ectoplasm
n.
The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
+
eternities
pl.
of Eternity
+
embrocated
imp.|p.p.
of Embrocate
+
epilogical
a.
Of or pertaining to an epilogue.
+
elohim
n.
One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.
+
ebrious
a.
Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy.
+
embarking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embark
+
eye
n.
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
+
entrain
v.t.
To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment.
+
elderish
a.
Somewhat old; elderly.
+
enterprise
v.t.
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
+
easily
adv.
Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without /umult or discord.
+
effortless
a.
Making no effort.
+
exteriorly
adv.
Outwardly; externally; on the exterior.
+
edited
imp.|p.p.
of Edit
+
end
n.
The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.
+
edgeways
adv.
Alt. of Edgewise
+
exterior
a.
External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
+
exuperance
n.
Superiority; superfluity.
+
aemail ombrant

An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain.
+
enchain
v.t.
To link together; to connect.
+
engaging
a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
+
evacate
v.t.
To empty.
+
enhydrous
a.
Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.
+
etter pike
n.
The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera).
+
encloud
v.t.
To envelop in clouds; to cloud.
+
edulcorated
imp.|p.p.
of Edulcorate
+
elf
pl.
of Elves
+
ecclesiastic
v.t.
Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
+
evincive
a.
Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
+
enacture
n.
Enactment; resolution.
+
entertainment
n.
That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.
+
extralogical
a.
Lying outside of the domain of logic.
+
extraordinary
a.
Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
+
emigrant
v.i.
Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
+
em

A prefix. See En-.
+
extension
v.t.
A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
+
exode
n.
Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
+
evangelian
a.
Rendering thanks for favors.
+
elasticity
n.
The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.
+
epanthous
a.
Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.
+
enkindling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enkindle
+
epigeous
a.
Same as Epigaeous.
+
entertake
v.t.
To entertain.
+
exedent
a.
Eating out; consuming.
+
engravery
n.
The trade or work of an engraver.
+
entreaties
pl.
of Entreaty
+
endangering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endanger
+
ebb tide

The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.
+
embryonate
a.
Alt. of Embryonated
+
equation
n.
A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion.
+
enroller
n.
One who enrolls or registers.
+
eupeptic
a.
Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.
+
exonerative
a.
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
+
ethal
n.
A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic.
+
embellish
v.t.
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
+
externalism
n.
That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
+
excuse
v.t.
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
+
endowment
n.
That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.
+
edulcorate
v.t.
To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
+
epocha
n.
See Epoch.
+
enduing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endue
+
equanimous
a.
Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.
+
eschar
n.
In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams.
+
exudate
v.t.|i.
To exude.
+
escouade
n.
See Squad,
+
ergotic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
+
erato
n.
The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
+
entomostracous
a.
Belonging to the Entomostracans.
+
earwig
n.
In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.
+
efflorescent
v.i.
That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.
+
en

A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.
+
elided
imp.|p.p.
of Elide
+
emanate
v.i.
To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.
+
emulgent
a.
Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins.
+
epigrammist
n.
An epigrammatist.
+
elope
v.t.
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart.
+
excentricity

Same as Eccentricity.
+
easy
v.t.
Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.
+
egged
imp.|p.p.
of Egg
+
evasion
n.
The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
+
equitancy
n.
Horsemanship.
+
epicleidium
n.
A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.
+
embetter
v.t.
To make better.
+
energical
a.
Having energy or great power; energetic.
+
emphatically
adv.
Not really, but apparently.
+
electromotor
n.
A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.
+
envelop
n.
That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.
+
extreme
n.
The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
+
educt
n.
That which is educed, as by analysis.
+
electric
a.
Alt. of Electrical
+
executorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an executive.
+
engagement
n.
The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
+
epicerastic
a.
Lenient; assuaging.
+
evenhand
n.
Equality.
+
embolus
n.
Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
+
entheal
a.
Alt. of Enthean
+
extraordinary
n.
That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
+
exulceration
n.
A fretting; a festering; soreness.
+
entresol
n.
A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.
+
enjoyment
n.
The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.
+
experiment
n.
Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.
+
ectasia
n.
A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.
+
extradite
v.t.
To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.
+
exaltate
a.
Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet.
+
exhaust
v.t.
To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
+
electrum
n.
Amber.
+
eclipsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eclipse
+
exciteful
n.
Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players.
+
espouse
v.t.
To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
+
equilibration
n.
The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
+
endermically
adv.
By the endermic method; as, applied endermically.
+
embarrass
v.t.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.
+
earnest
n.
Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
+
eyesight
n.
Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.
+
executioner
n.
One who executes; an executer.
+
endurably
adv.
In an endurable manner.
+
edible
n.
Anything edible.
+
expiration
n.
The act of expiring
+
encradle
v.t.
To lay in a cradle.
+
encouraged
imp.|p.p.
of Encourage
+
entonic
a.
Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
+
esentialness
n.
Essentiality.
+
embroidery
n.
Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.
+
eyot
n.
A little island in a river or lake. See Ait.
+
electrified
imp.|p.p.
of Electrify
+
enunciatory
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.
+
element
n.
One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.
+
even
v.t.
To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
+
eucairite
n.
A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.
+
equitemporaneous
a.
Contemporaneous.
+
envy
v.t.
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
+
eccentric
a.
Not coincident as to motive or end.
+
eel
n.
An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
+
embarrass
v.t.
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.
+
engendered
imp.|p.p.
of Engender
+
ectolecithal
a.
Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.
+
electic
a.
See Eclectic.
+
effervescive
a.
Tending to produce effervescence.
+
everywhereness
n.
Ubiquity; omnipresence.
+
enter

A prefix signifying between, among, part.
+
emblazoned
imp.|p.p.
of Emblazon
+
excommunicate
v.t.
To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.
+
enforce
v.t.
To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
+
excogitate
v.t.
To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.
+
embitter
v.t.
To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.
+
eddy
n.
A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
+
ecardines
n.pl.
An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.
+
encroachment
n.
That which is taken by encroaching on another.
+
en
n.
Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
+
extenuate
v.i.
To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
+
epinicial
a.
Relating to victory.
+
eulachon
n.
The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
+
expert
v.t.
To experience.
+
enlistment
n.
The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.
+
endomysium
n.
The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.
+
exacerrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exacerbate
+
excalfactory
a.
Heating; warming.
+
euphuize
v.t.
To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
+
esurine
a.
Causing hunger; eating; corroding.
+
ers
n.
The bitter vetch (Ervum Ervilia).
+
estufa
n.
An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.
+
enchasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enchase
+
expound
v.t.
To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
+
encephalopathy
n.
Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.
+
enshedule
v.t.
To insert in a schedule. See Schedule.
+
exigent
n.
The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
+
exceeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exceed
+
extent
n.
A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
+
embower
v.t.
To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.
+
enthronizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enthronize
+
earthlyminded
a.
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded.
+
ex post facto

Alt. of Ex postfacto
+
ethnical
a.
Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
+
exegesis
n.
The process of finding the roots of an equation.
+
exedra
n.
Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.
+
estate
n.
The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons.
+
echon
pron.
Alt. of Echoon
+
expediate
v.t.
To hasten; to expedite.
+
ejectment
n.
A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.
+
egotist
n.
One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.
+
elaborative
a.
Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.
+
eyebeam
n.
A glance of the eye.
+
ethyl
n.
A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether.
+
envelop
n.
A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft.  Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope.  It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.
+
embracive
a.
Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
+
encashment
n.
The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
+
elementoid
a.
Resembling an element.
+
enodation
n.
The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty.
+
equivocal
a.
(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
+
ebonies
pl.
of Ebony
+
entertain
v.t.
To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
+
elder
a.
An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
+
electrogilt
a.
Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.
+
episcopated
imp.|p.p.
of Episcopate
+
electively
adv.
In an elective manner; by choice.
+
elevation
n.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
+
exuperate
v.t.
To excel; to surmount.
+
erythroid
a.
Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).
+
envermeil
v.t.
To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red.
+
extract
n.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
+
envies
pl.
of Envy
+
eyeglance
n.
A glance of eye.
+
elaeoptene
n.
The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts.
+
embracement
n.
State of being contained; inclosure.
+
estuaries
pl.
of Estuary
+
embosom
v.t.
To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
+
exfoliating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exfoliate
+
effervescent
a.
Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas
+
expressive
a.
Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
+
elul
n.
The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.
+
empalement
n.
Same as Impalement.
+
entire
n.
Entirely.
+
eolis
n.
A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillae along the back. See Ceratobranchia.
+
encomion
n.
Encomium; panegyric.
+
emotive
a.
Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.
+
excitement
n.
That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.
+
even
a.
Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain.
+
employe
n.
One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.
+
enterocoele
n.
A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.
+
epigraphic
a.
Alt. of Epigraphical
+
erratic
a.
Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
+
epidermoid
a.
Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.
+
exogenous
a.
Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous.
+
estovers
n.pl.
Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.
+
eroded
imp.|p.p.
of Erode
+
escheat
n.
A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the   person in possession.
+
epicolic
a.
Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
+
ensurer
n.
See Insurer.
+
envelopment
n.
That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
+
emissory
a.
Same as Emissary, a., 2.
+
explanative
a.
Explanatory.
+
enshield
a.
Shielded; enshielded.
+
eaglewinged
a.
Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.
+
engine
n.
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
+
exundation
n.
An overflow, or overflowing abundance.
+
embodier
n.
One who embodies.
+
elison
n.
Division; separation.
+
earthnut
n.
The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum.
+
external
a.
Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
+
epipubis
n.
A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.
+
enabling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enable
+
expedited
imp.|p.p.
of Expedite
+
endlessness
n.
The quality of being endless; perpetuity.
+
endopodite
n.
The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
+
equisetum
n.
A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.
+
endower
v.t.
To endow.
+
esurient
a.
Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.
+
ellipsograph
n.
An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.
+
enlard
v.t.
To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten.
+
encumbered
imp.|p.p.
of Encumber
+
elaoptene
n.
See Elaeoptene.
+
exalt
v.t.
To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.
+
exquisitely
adv.
In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
+
exuviate
v.i.
To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
+
erst
adv.
Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.
+
evict
v.t.
To evince; to prove.
+
enginous
a.
Pertaining to an engine.
+
exile
a.
Small; slender; thin; fine.
+
emburse
v.t.
To furnish with money; to imburse.
+
ejaculate
v.t.
To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.
+
exaggerated
a.
Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.
+
emigrate
v.i.
To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.
+
experiential
a.
Derived from, or pertaining to, experience.
+
extraction
n.
That which is extracted; extract; essence.
+
eaglesighted
a.
Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
+
emaculation
n.
The act of clearing from spots.
+
escuage
n.
Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.
+
excise
v.t.
To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
+
expansion
n.
The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
+
enaliosaur
n.
One of the Enaliosauria.
+
euphrasy
n.
The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
+
experimentarian
n.
One who relies on experiment or experience.
+
en

A prefix from Gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.
+
envy
v.t.
To emulate.
+
explosive
n.
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
+
external
a.
Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
+
eyelet
n.
A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.
+
erysipelatous
a.
Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.
+
egret
n.
The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.
+
expiation
n.
The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
+
embroider
v.t.
To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
+
espying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Espy
+
exsiccator
n.
An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
+
epiploa
pl.
of Epiploon
+
eviscerate
v.t.
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.
+
equalled

of Equal
+
evangelize
v.i.
To preach the gospel.
+
enunciable
a.
Capable of being enunciated or expressed.
+
emulous
a.
Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
+
exhibitive
a.
Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory.
+
excretory
a.
Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.
+
exclusive
n.
One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
+
ejector
n.
A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.
+
earwax
n.
See Cerumen.
+
euchologue
n.
Euchology.
+
ease
n.
To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.
+
effecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effect
+
epanaphora
n.
Same as Anaphora.
+
ecaudate
a.
Without a tail or spur.
+
euthanasia
n.
An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.
+
elaeis
n.
A genus of palms.
+
eyestring
n.
The tendon by which the eye is moved.
+
ennobling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ennoble
+
epigrammatic

Alt. of Epigrammatical
+
electrolytic
a.
Alt. of Electrolytical
+
extemporizer
n.
One who extemporizes.
+
estancia
n.
A grazing; a country house.
+
exposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expose
+
encrinic
a.
Alt. of Encrinital
+
endure
v.i.
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
+
enorm
a.
Enormous.
+
erect
v.t.
To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
+
exempted
imp.|p.p.
of Exempt
+
embezzled
imp.|p.p.
of Embezzle
+
elevatory
n.
See Elevator, n. (e).
+
ejaculate
v.t.
To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.
+
eudemonics
n.
Alt. of Eudaemonics
+
exedra
n.
The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form.
+
endiaper
v.t.
To decorate with a diaper pattern.
+
entoperipheral
a.
Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.
+
exchanger
n.
One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.
+
elaboratory
n.
A laboratory.
+
end
n.
One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
+
escape
n.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
+
enamel
v.t.
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
+
episcopate
n.
The time of a bishop's rule.
+
epithelium
n.
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
+
extracapsular
a.
Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
+
engrave
v.t.
To deposit in the grave; to bury.
+
elaphure
n.
A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.
+
errata
n.pl.
See Erratum.
+
evasible
a.
That may be evaded.
+
economic
a.
Alt. of Economical
+
embrave
v.t.
To decorate; to make showy and fine.
+
equipensate
v.t.
To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
+
eutychianism
n.
The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.
+
edition de luxe

See Luxe.
+
exclusionism
n.
The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.
+
enfilade
v.t.
To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.
+
errable
a.
Liable to error; fallible.
+
epistolean
n.
One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
+
evitation
n.
A shunning; avoidance.
+
encrimson
v.t.
To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson.
+
etherin
n.
A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.
+
entracte
n.
A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.
+
epicedium
n.
An epicede.
+
eject
v.t.
To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.
+
enfreedom
v.t.
To set free.
+
engineered
imp.|p.p.
of Engineer
+
eudaemonism
n.
That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.
+
entomere
n.
The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
+
effigial
a.
Relating to an effigy.
+
eelfare
n.
A brood of eels.
+
earn
v.t.
To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
+
eccentric
a.
Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.
+
excretion
n.
The act of excreting.
+
ela
n.
Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.
+
endurable
a.
Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.
+
enfranchise
v.t.
To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.
+
elongate
a.
To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
+
en

A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.
+
ecstasy
n.
A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.
+
even
a.
In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.
+
egophony
n.
The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.
+
easy
v.t.
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.
+
elumbated
a.
Weak or lame in the loins.
+
epidemical
a.
Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc.  See Endemic.
+
experienced
imp.|p.p.
of Exrerience
+
error
n.
The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.
+
extricable
a.
Capable of being extricated.
+
ecumenic
a.
Alt. of Ecumenical
+
epitaphist
n.
An epitapher.
+
equal
a.
Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
+
emeraldine
n.
A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.
+
excipient
v.t.
Taking an exception.
+
essay
n.
To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
+
entassment
n.
A heap; accumulation.
+
expert
n.
An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning.
+
enginer
n.
A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.
+
equalitarian
n.
One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.
+
eau de vie

French name for brandy.  Cf. Aqua vitae, under Aqua.
+
empalement
n.
A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
+
entreatful
a.
Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.
+
elaps
n.
A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.
+
expenitor
n.
A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers.
+
electrolyze
v.t.
To decompose by the direct action of electricity.
+
experrection
n.
A waking up or arousing.
+
efflower
v.t.
To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.
+
effeminacy
n.
Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.
+
embracer
n.
One who embraces.
+
epithalamies
pl.
of Epithalamy
+
esnecy
n.
A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
+
encincture
n.
A cincture.
+
elaboration
n.
The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
+
epidictic
a.
Alt. of Epidictical
+
engineer
v.t.
To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
+
escaper
n.
One who escapes.
+
extinguish
v.t.
To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
+
elamping
a.
Shining.
+
evaporating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evaporate
+
elevated
imp.|p.p.
of Elevate
+
earthing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Earth
+
elephant
n.
Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
+
emeritus
n.
A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
+
exorhiza
n.
A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.
+
earth
n.
A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.
+
embolism
n.
The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
+
extravagant
n.
One who is confined to no general rule.
+
egghot
n.
A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.
+
elleck
n.
The red gurnard or cuckoo fish.
+
episcopalianism
n.
The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.
+
ep

See Epi-.
+
errant
a.
Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
+
embryonated
a.
In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
+
eyewitness
n.
One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
+
entierty
n.
See Entirety.
+
entireness
n.
Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty.
+
embroiler
n.
One who embroils.
+
ethical
a.
Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
+
encumbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encumber
+
exequatur
n.
A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.
+
emargination
n.
The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.
+
emenagogue
n.
See Emmenagogue.
+
edifier
n.
One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
+
exorbitant
a.
Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
+
equivalence
n.
The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2.
+
ejaculatory
a.
Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.
+
excursive
a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
+
epithema
n.
A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
+
enjoyment
n.
That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.
+
evince
v.t.
To conquer; to subdue.
+
exosseous
a.
Boneless.
+
equitable
a.
That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.
+
eight
n.
An island in a river; an ait.
+
elevate
v.t.
To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
+
eau de cologne

Same as Cologne.
+
earthbred
a.
Low; grovelling; vulgar.
+
endearedly
adv.
With affection or endearment; dearly.
+
em

An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them.
+
emphysematous
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.
+
embarrassment
n.
Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
+
enunciation
n.
Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.
+
excheator
n.
See Escheator.
+
effect
n.
Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
+
emulate
a.
Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
+
exenteration
n.
Act of exenterating.
+
enchainment
n.
The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
+
excecate
v.t.
To blind.
+
envassal
v.t.
To make a vassal of.
+
enswathe
v.t.
To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes.
+
enveigle
v.t.
To entice. See Inveigle.
+
extravagantly
adv.
In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
+
exemptible
a.
That may be exempted.
+
extract
v.t.
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
+
embryologist
n.
One skilled in embryology.
+
enclitics
n.
The art of declining and conjugating words.
+
eleidin
n.
Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.
+
entogastric
a.
Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.
+
edulcorative
a.
Tending to /weeten or purify by affusions of water.
+
exanimate
v.t.
To deprive of animation or of life.
+
epha
n.
A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
+
ember
n.
A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.
+
earthbag
n.
A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.
+
eighth
a.
Next in order after the seventh.
+
eleven
n.
The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
+
epigraphist
n.
A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.
+
errantry
n.
A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.
+
editorial
n.
A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
+
expirable
a.
That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
+
entomolin
n.
See Chitin.
+
example
v.t.
To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
+
exulceratory
a.
Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.
+
employ
v.t.
To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
+
epideictic
a.
Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.
+
ebb
n.
The European bunting.
+
eliminative
a.
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
+
encourager
n.
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.
+
esquire
n.
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.
+
ebon
a.
Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.
+
earing
n.
A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
+
emphyteusis
n.
A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.
+
emptier
n.
One who, or that which, empties.
+
excite
v.t.
To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.
+
engine
n.
Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
+
errand
n.
A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
+
ecliptic
a.
A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23° 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
+
enneatical
a.
Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth.
+
entomological
a.
Of or relating to entomology.
+
envolup
v.t.
To wrap up; to envelop.
+
exanthem
n.
Same as Exanthema.
+
efflate
v.t.
To fill with breath; to puff up.
+
electrotyping
n.
The act or the process of making electrotypes.
+
enceinte
n.
The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.
+
enlist
v.t.
To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.
+
eyas
a.
Unfledged, or newly fledged.
+
elect
a.
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
+
evibrate
v.t.|i.
To vibrate.
+
escutcheon
n.
The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
+
execute
v.t.
To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.
+
emendicate
v.t.
To beg.
+
euryalida
n.pl.
A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.
+
escharotic
n.
A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.
+
ensignship
n.
The state or rank of an ensign.
+
ear
n.
The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.
+
endosperm
n.
The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
+
erection
n.
The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
+
engrieve
v.t.
To grieve.
+
epiplastron
n.
One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
+
emanation
n.
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.
+
effemination
n.
Effeminacy; womanishness.
+
expectable
a.
That may be expected or looked for.
+
exorbitance
n.
Alt. of Exorbitancy
+
expense
n.
Loss.
+
embossed
a.
Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
+
explosive
n.
A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, ˆ 155-7, 184.]
+
exanthesis
n.
An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.
+
ensober
v.t.
To make sober.
+
ephemerist
n.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
+
epipolism
n.
See Fluorescence.
+
epipodialia
pl.
of Epipodiale
+
electrotypic
a.
Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy.
+
epicranium
n.
The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
+
erythrism
n.
A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.
+
excipient
n.
An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
+
eocene
a.
Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits.
+
electrokinetic
a.
Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.
+
estufas
pl.
of Estufa
+
euphonic
a.
Alt. of Euphonical
+
excuss
v.t.
To shake off; to discard.
+
exhaustive
a.
Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method.
+
expectative
n.
Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.
+
ectype
n.
A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:
+
elater
n.
An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
+
exuberate
n.
To abound; to be in great abundance.
+
elephantiasis
n.
A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
+
encroachment
n.
The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
+
excerption
n.
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
+
eosaurus
n.
An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
+
energizing
a.
Capable of imparting or exercising energy.
+
embleming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emblem
+
enjall
v.t.
To put into jail; to imprison.
+
effusion
n.
The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
+
elritch
a.
Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.
+
evacuate
v.t.
To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
+
escarp
n.
The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
+
egression
n.
The act of going; egress.
+
eremite
n.
A hermit.
+
enshelter
v.t.
To shelter.
+
ethmoidal
a.
Like a sieve; cribriform.
+
ephemeral
a.
Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.
+
executive
n.
An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
+
earcockle
n.
A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.
+
effigy
n.
The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.
+
expensefull
a.
Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
+
encyclopedical
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
+
elocution
n.
Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
+
ecthlipsis
n.
The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
+
exposal
n.
Exposure.
+
exarticulate
a.
Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.
+
easterling
n.
A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.
+
echinoderm
n.
One of the Echinodermata.
+
eftsoon
adv.
Alt. of Eftsoons
+
extruding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extrude
+
equilibrium
n.
A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.
+
exophthalmia
n.
The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.
+
enforest
v.t.
To turn into a forest.
+
excelsior
v.t.
More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
+
embossed
a.
Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
+
ear
v.t.
To plow or till; to cultivate.
+
earthy
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.
+
effect
n.
Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
+
electary
n.
See Electuary.
+
enumerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enumerate
+
episcopize
v.t.
To make a bishop of by consecration.
+
edificant
a.
Building; constructing.
+
expressional
a.
Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment.
+
ephesian
n.
A jolly companion; a roisterer.
+
eventually
adv.
In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.
+
evilly
adv.
In an evil manner; not well; ill.
+
enheahedria
n.
Alt. of Enheahedron
+
exsanguious
a.
Destitute of blood.
+
enliven
v.t.
To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.
+
emigrational
a.
Relating to emigration.
+
envious
a.
Inspiring envy.
+
egoism
n.
Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.
+
essay
n.
To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
+
entrust
v.t.
See Intrust.
+
euphuistic
a.
Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.
+
effuse
a.
Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.
+
edging
n.
The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
+
exsufflicate
a.
Empty; frivolous.
+
evacuator
n.
One who evacuates; a nullifier.
+
ecstatically
adv.
Rapturously; ravishingly.
+
economizer
n.
One who, or that which, economizes.
+
engyn

Variant of Engine.
+
evolutionist
n.
One skilled in evolutions.
+
encorporing
n.
Incorporation.
+
exploiture
n.
Exploitation.
+
endorse
v.t.
Same as Indorse.
+
erudition
n.
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.
+
epexegetical
a.
Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.
+
eleusinian
a.
Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.
+
exequious
a.
Funereal.
+
extent
a.
Extended.
+
estiferous
a.
Producing heat.
+
eventuated
imp.|p.p.
of Eventuate
+
enchanting
a.
Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating.
+
eventuality
n.
Disposition to take cognizance of events.
+
encyclic
a.
Alt. of Encyclical
+
espousement
n.
The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.
+
earthquake
a.
Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.
+
emission
n.
That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
+
endoctrine
v.t.
To teach; to indoctrinate.
+
extend
v.t.
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
+
elucidating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elucidate
+
equerries
pl.
of Equerry
+
exhibit
v.t.
To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
+
echometry
n.
The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
+
emblem
n.
A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity.
+
endemial
a.
Endemic.
+
ejection
n.
The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.
+
equinia
n.
Glanders.
+
elfin
a.
Relating to elves.
+
epiphyte
n.
An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
+
excommunicate
v.t.
To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
+
engine
v.t.
To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
+
elect
v.t.
To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
+
et caetera

Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).
+
everting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evert
+
edder
n.
Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
+
epilogue
n.
The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
+
exhibit
v.t.
To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
+
epicarp

The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
+
euphony
n.
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
+
eight
n.
The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.
+
endecane
n.
One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.
+
eleatic
a.
Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.
+
equiponderate
v.i.
To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing.
+
endowment
n.
That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.
+
elbow
n.
A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
+
envy
v.i.
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
+
ecthlipsis
n.
The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
+
epure
n.
A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.
+
endeavorer
n.
One who makes an effort or attempt.
+
equinox
n.
Equinoctial wind or storm.
+
express
a.
To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.
+
et cetera

Alt. of Et caetera
+
extispicious
a.
Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.
+
aeon
n.
One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.
+
exacter
n.
An exactor.
+
ensemble
n.
The whole; all the parts taken together.
+
easily
adv.
Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily.
+
efreet
n.
See Afrit.
+
excitant
n.
An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.
+
elutriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elutriate
+
expectant
a.
waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
+
ectethmoid
a.
External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.
+
epitaphic
a.
Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian.
+
eagleeyed
a.
Sharp-sighted as an eagle.
+
esteemed
imp.|p.p.
of Esteem
+
ensearch
v.t.
To search for.
+
error
n.
The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.
+
ephah
n.
Alt. of Epha
+
excedent
v.t.
Excess.
+
eccentricities
pl.
of Eccentricity
+
exchange
n.
The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
+
embaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embay
+
entrancement
n.
The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.
+
entosthoblast
n.
The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
+
emblematic
a.
Alt. of Emblematical
+
endorhiza
n.
Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
+
episcopant
n.
A bishop.
+
electing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elect
+
engrail
v.i.
To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.
+
exultance
n.
Alt. of Exultancy
+
existential
a.
Having existence.
+
euphemized
imp.|p.p.
of Euphemize
+
evangelically
adv.
In an evangelical manner.
+
empalement
n.
A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
+
eulogized
imp.|p.p.
of Eulogize
+
encephalitis
n.
Inflammation of the brain.
+
esoterical
a.
Esoteric.
+
epitomize
v.t.
To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.
+
episode
n.
A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
+
epidemiological
a.
Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.
+
ensconcing
imp.|p.p.
of Ensconce
+
equipage
n.
Retinue; train; suite.
+
expurgator
n.
One who expurgates or purifies.
+
edulcorant
a.
Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
+
epipubic
a.
Relating to the epipubis.
+
existence
n.
That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
+
eulogy
n.
A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
+
election
a.
Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
+
entrain
v.t.
To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.
+
electuaries
pl.
of Electuary
+
ergot
n.
See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).
+
elsewise
adv.
Otherwise.
+
exocoetus
n.
A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.
+
emasculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emasculate
+
enneagynous
a.
Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.
+
eulogical
a.
Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic.
+
endeavor
n.
An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
+
entocuneiform
n.
Alt. of Entocuniform
+
engagement
n.
The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
+
emendation
n.
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
+
ectosarc
n.
The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.
+
emporia
pl.
of Emporium
+
extasy
n.|v.t.
See Ecstasy, n. & v. t.
+
ergotism
n.
A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
+
epiphora
n.
The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
+
exhale
v.t.
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.
+
eminences
pl.
of Eminency
+
estate
n.
The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc.
+
easterling
a.
Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
+
endolymph
n.
The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
+
earthy
a.
Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.
+
eyeful
a.
Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable.
+
emendable
a.
Corrigible; amendable.
+
ecchymose
v.t.
To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.
+
electrolyzed
imp.|p.p.
of Electrolyze
+
endoplasm
n.
The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
+
enomoty
n.
A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
+
eponyme
n.
The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.
+
eyebolt
n.
A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head.
+
emending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emend
+
exuscitate
v.t.
See Exsuscitate
+
estatlich
a.
Alt. of Estatly
+
enwall
v.t.
See Inwall.
+
extend
v.t.
To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
+
enrange
v.t.
To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange.
+
earl
n.
The needlefish.
+
endemic
a.
Alt. of Endemical
+
erpetology
n.
Herpetology.
+
epaule
n.
The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
+
entry
n.
The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.
+
enounced
imp.|p.p.
of Enounce
+
excubitorium
n.
A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.
+
enkerchiefed
a.
Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered.
+
excerptive
a.
That excerpts, selects, or chooses.
+
epigraph
n.
A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.
+
epitome
n.
A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
+
epagogic
a.
Inductive.
+
eelspear
n.
A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
+
energy
n.
Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
+
enemy
n.
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
+
erse
n.
A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.
+
epihyal
n.
A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
+
extremeless
a.
Having no extremes; infinite.
+
enantiopathy
n.
Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.
+
elaterite
n.
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
+
eyet
n.
An island. See Eyot.
+
erector
n.
One who, or that which, erects.
+
endogenously
adv.
By endogenous growth.
+
evacuation
n.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
+
electrode
n.
The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.
+
eupittone
n.
A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid.
+
excerebrose
a.
Brainless.
+
edgy
a.
Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
+
evanid
a.
Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color.
+
earthliness
n.
The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
+
enchylemma
n.
The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.
+
erythrite
n.
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.
+
emphysema
n.
A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
+
evolutionary
a.
Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
+
expatiate
v.t.
To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
+
equilibration
n.
Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.
+
endrudge
v.t.
To make a drudge or slave of.
+
earn
v.i.
To long; to yearn.
+
equiponderant
a.
Being of the same weight.
+
entertaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entertain
+
epitome
n.
A compact or condensed representation of anything.
+
eery
a.
Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.
+
entrance
n.
The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
+
ensanguine
v.t.
To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue.
+
equilibrate
v.t.
To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.
+
execrative
n.
A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.
+
evolutility
n.
The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure.
+
embrew
v.t.
To imbrue; to stain with blood.
+
etoile
n.
See Estoile.
+
economy
n.
The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.
+
eating
n.
Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.
+
embattail
v.t.
To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.
+
enhance
v.t.
To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.
+
ensign
v.t.
To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.
+
extermine
v.t.
To exterminate; to destroy.
+
earthborn
a.
Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.
+
employer
n.
One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
+
effacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Efface
+
explodent
n.
See Explosive, n., 2.
+
eleventh
n.
The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
+
egger
v.t.
One who eggs or incites.
+
extilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extill
+
epoch
n.
A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation.
+
edda
n.
The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.
+
exiccation
n.
See Exsiccation.
+
engraved
a.
Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.
+
earthshock
n.
An earthquake.
+
execution
n.
The act of sacking a town.
+
esteemer
n.
One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.
+
ensilage
n.
The fodder preserved in a silo.
+
embolism
n.
Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
+
emong
prep.
Alt. of Emongst
+
exercise
v.t.
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.
+
ethnologist
n.
One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.
+
ensafe
v.t.
To make safe.
+
enrage
v.t.
To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
+
even
n.
Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
+
exsiccation
n.
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
+
educating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Educate
+
entry
n.
The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.
+
epitomator
n.
An epitomist.
+
encolor
v.t.
To color.
+
eclipse
n.
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
+
equivalence
n.
The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence.
+
epistler
n.
The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
+
enheahedron
n.
A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.
+
eulogistic
a.
Alt. of Eulogistical
+
err
v.i.
To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
+
epipodite
n.
The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
+
eligibility
n.
The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.
+
etch
v.t.
To sketch; to delineate.
+
endodermal
a.
Alt. of Endodermic
+
elimination
n.
The act of expelling or throwing off
+
epiblema
n.
The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
+
encystment
n.
A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.
+
erythrin
n.
Alt. of Erythrine
+
expatiation
n.
Act of expatiating.
+
embar
v.t.
To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
+
exclamation
n.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
+
electro

A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.
+
exorbitant
a.
Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims.
+
etymological
a.
Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.
+
estray
v.i.
To stray.
+
eighth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.
+
energic
a.
Alt. of Energical
+
explode
v.i.
To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
+
euripize
v.t.
To whirl hither and thither.
+
entoplasm
n.
The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
+
explanate
a.
Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.
+
epinglette
n.
An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.
+
exhalable
a.
Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.
+
evade
v.t.
To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
+
encounterer
n.
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
+
encourage
v.t.
To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
+
emphatical
a.
Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.
+
enfeeblement
n.
The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
+
eudaemonistical
a.
Eudemonistic.
+
equestrian
a.
Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.
+
emmantle
v.t.
To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection.
+
epistemology
n.
The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
+
embouchure
n.
The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
+
element
n.
The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire
+
euge
n.
Applause.
+
engallant
v.t.
To make a gallant of.
+
embarcation
n.
Same as Embarkation.
+
essonite
n.
Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.
+
electrogeny
n.
A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.
+
englishwoman
n.
Fem. of Englishman.
+
elect
v.t.
To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
+
encrustment
n.
That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.
+
engrossment
n.
That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
+
echoer
n.
One who, or that which, echoes.
+
engaged
a.
Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
+
exode
n.
The final chorus; the catastrophe.
+
erasement
n.
The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.
+
entoplasm
n.
Endosarc.
+
exalt
v.t.
To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.
+
epigrammatical

Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.
+
electrodynamic
a.
Alt. of Electro-dynamical
+
egoistical
a.
Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.
+
expulser
n.
An expeller.
+
eruginous
a.
Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; aeruginous.
+
exhibitioner
n.
One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.
+
epistle
n.
One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
+
efficient
n.
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
+
ensuable
a.
Ensuing; following.
+
elementary
a.
Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.
+
efforcing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Efforce
+
emphaticalness
n.
The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
+
execution
n.
The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
+
exonerator
n.
One who exonerates or frees from obligation.
+
epilogism
n.
Enumeration; computation.
+
earth
n.
Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.
+
earsplitting
a.
Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.
+
evolve
v.i.
To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.
+
extravasate
v.t.
To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.
+
emission
n.
The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.
+
efforced
imp.|p.p.
of Efforce
+
excruciated
imp.|p.p.
of Excruciate
+
environed
imp.|p.p.
of Environ
+
expulsive
a.
Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
+
exempt
a.
Cut off; set apart.
+
enround
v.t.
To surround.
+
eyebright
n.
A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.
+
el dorado

Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.
+
exculpating

of Exculpate
+
epicedian
n.
An epicede.
+
epitaph
v.t.
To commemorate by an epitaph.
+
else
a.|pron.
Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?
+
elapse
v.i.
To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
+
emigre
n.
One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
+
exulcerative
a.
Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory.
+
enchased
imp.|p.p.
of Enchase
+
exametron
n.
An hexameter.
+
enomotarch
n.
The commander of an enomoty.
+
extramundane
a.
Beyond the material world.
+
emblazoner
n.
One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.
+
embryo
a.
Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
+
enucleation
n.
The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
+
enchase
v.t.
To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.
+
endostoma
n.
A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.
+
enchant
v.t.
To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.
+
empty
superl.
Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
+
electorship
n.
The office or status of an elector.
+
efficiency
n.
The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
+
elleborin
n.
See Helleborin.
+
ephor
n.
A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
+
enamoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enamor
+
encrinitic
a.
Alt. of Encrinitical
+
enhedge
v.t.
To surround as with a hedge.
+
experimetalist
n.
One who makes experiments; an experimenter.
+
enslave
v.t.
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
+
epithetic
a.
Alt. of Epithetical
+
enneagonal
a.
Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles.
+
elementary
a.
Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire.
+
electroplate
v.t.
To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.
+
efflorescent
v.i.
Covered with an efflorescence.
+
effeminately
adv.
By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.
+
ecclesiarch
n.
An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.
+
experience
n.
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
+
exoterics
n.pl.
The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.
+
extort
v.i.
To practice extortion.
+
equability
n.
The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind.
+
electrograph
n.
A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.
+
emprison
v.t.
See Imprison.
+
expediential

Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
+
economy
n.
Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.
+
embezzlement
n.
The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.
+
ectrotic
a.
Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.
+
endark
v.t.
To darken.
+
eschew
a.
To escape from; to avoid.
+
electrochemical
a.
Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry.
+
entreat
v.t.
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune.
+
ethopoetic

Expressing character.
+
envy
v.t.
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
+
expect
v.t.
To wait for; to await.
+
excerpt
n.
An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
+
exploration
n.
physical examination.
+
eddied
imp.|p.p.
of Eddy
+
enodal
a.
Without a node.
+
estranged
imp.|p.p.
of Estrange
+
evolution
n.
A series of things unrolled or unfolded.
+
exiguous
a.
Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.
+
exagitate
v.t.
To satirize; to censure severely.
+
epidermal
a.
Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
+
est
n.|adv.
East.
+
eon
n.
Alt. of Aeon
+
equivocate
v.t.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.
+
epoch
n.
A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era.
+
equal
a.
Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed.
+
emprising
v.t.
Full of daring; adventurous.
+
effort
n.
An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.
+
eulogic
a.
Alt. of Eulogical
+
eglomerate
v.t.
To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
+
escript
n.
A writing.
+
excusation
n.
Excuse; apology.
+
elasmobranch
n.
One of the Elasmobranchii.
+
embalm
v.t.
To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.
+
equal
a.
Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.
+
eyra
n.
A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.
+
expone
v.t.
To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil.
+
extortionate
a.
Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
+
efficacious
n.
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.
+
exercise
n.
That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
+
eucharist
n.
The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
+
effervesced
imp.|p.p.
of Effervesce
+
erratic
a.
Irregular; changeable.
+
enlargement
n.
Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.
+
encyclopediacal
a.
Encyclopedic.
+
emanatively
adv.
By an emanation.
+
etherification
n.
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.
+
evanescent
a.
Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.
+
escort
n.
To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.
+
excreta
n.pl.
Matters to be excreted.
+
embolismal
a.
Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.
+
epigene
a.
Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.
+
encompassment
n.
The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.
+
egotheism
n.
The deification of self.
+
earing
n.
A plowing of land.
+
excuseless
a.
Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.
+
element
n.
The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.
+
epizoa
pl.
of Epizoon
+
emissaries
pl.
of Emissary
+
expose
v.t.
To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
+
ethological
a
treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character.
+
emperor
n.
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
+
eulogist
n.
One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast.
+
expunge
v.t.
To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.
+
extremity
n.
The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.
+
equilibrious
a.
Evenly poised; balanced.
+
epoch
n.
An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860.
+
effect
n.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
+
extending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extend
+
etiolated
imp.|p.p.
of Etiolate
+
eye
v.i.
To appear; to look.
+
excuse
v.t.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
+
excreable
a.
Capable of being discharged by spitting.
+
ease
n.
Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
+
elsewhere
adv.
In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.
+
erratic
n.
One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.
+
expedient
n.
Means devised in an exigency; shift.
+
evaporated
imp.|p.p.
of Evaporate
+
enchasten
v.t.
To chasten.
+
entreatingly
adv.
In an entreating manner.
+
epitapher
n.
A writer of epitaphs.
+
epicene
a.|n.
Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
+
encyst
v.t.
To inclose in a cyst.
+
empyrical
a.
Containing the combustible principle of coal.
+
exuviae
n.pl.
The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
+
exchequer
n.
The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low.
+
expectorated
imp.|p.p.
of Expectorate
+
emulous
a.
Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
+
embezzling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embezzle
+
extend
v.t.
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
+
enterorrhaphy
n.
The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.
+
elegancy
n.
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc.
+
empty
superl.
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
+
egoism
n.
The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.
+
extract
v.t.
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
+
erythrophyll
n.
Alt. of Erythrophyllin
+
erpetologist
n.
Herpetologist.
+
extorter
n.
One who practices extortion.
+
emetine
n.
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
+
ectoblast
n.
The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm.
+
exility
a.
Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness.
+
englishman
n.
A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.
+
execrative
a.
Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.
+
equation
n.
A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.
+
equation
n.
An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.
+
elucidation
n.
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
+
earbored
a.
Having the ear perforated.
+
esparto
n.
A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.
+
eventuality
n.
The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.
+
eddy
v.i.
To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
+
enarmed
a.
Same as Armed, 3.
+
ekebergite
n.
A variety of scapolite.
+
exact
a.
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
+
extill
v.i.
To drop or distill.
+
en route

On the way or road.
+
epicyclic
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.
+
exigenter
n.
An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.
+
exaggerate
v.t.
To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
+
english
a.
See 1st Bond, n., 8.
+
emulsin
n.
An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
+
edifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Edify
+
extricated
imp.|p.p.
of Extricate
+
eighth
a.
Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
+
enarthrosis
n.
A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
+
embroidered
imp.|p.p.
of Embroider
+
exquisite
n.
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
+
extent
n.
Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
+
eye
n.
The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.
+
engorging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engorge
+
expound
v.t.
To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
+
episcopy
n.
Survey; superintendence.
+
excrementize
v.i.
To void excrement.
+
eosphorite
n.
A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.
+
emodin
n.
An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).
+
enchafing
n.
Heating; burning.
+
exuvia

n. sing. of Exuviae.
+
elapine
a.
Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.
+
emery
n.
Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.
+
elasmobranchiate
n.
One of the Elasmobranchii.
+
enriching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enrich
+
eugenia
n.
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.
+
essentiality
n.
The quality of being essential; the essential part.
+
echinated
a.
Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
+
encounter
v.t.
A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
+
elaborator
n.
One who, or that which, elaborates.
+
exungulate
v.t.
To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc.
+
ethmotrubinal
a.
See Turbinal.
+
epitasis
n.
That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
+
enlarge
v.t.
To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
+
evangelic
a.
Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.
+
eloign
v.t.
To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.
+
exeat
n.
A license for absence from a college or a religious house.
+
emmarble
v.t.
To turn to marble; to harden.
+
ethereal
a.
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
+
echelon
v.t.
To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.
+
enzootic
a.
Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.
+
expansion
n.
The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
+
explode
v.t.
To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.
+
exscribe
v.t.
To copy; to transcribe.
+
exchange
n.
The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change.
+
euchlorine
n.
A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.
+
effluvia
pl.
of Effluvium
+
expostulatory
a.
Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.
+
explicator
n.
One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.
+
establishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Establish
+
estrangle
v.t.
To strangle.
+
efferent
n.
An efferent duct or stream.
+
esteem
v.i.
To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
+
enopla
n.pl.
One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.
+
exesion
n.
The act of eating out or through.
+
extend
v.t.
To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.
+
eupittonic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.
+
engaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encage
+
engrasp
v.t.
To grasp; to grip.
+
exogen
n.
A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl.  Cf. Endogen.
+
esotericism
n.
Esoteric doctrine or principles.
+
enkindle
v.t.
To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
+
exhort
n.
Exhortation.
+
expiry
n.
Expiration.
+
engineer
n.
One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
+
endive
n.
A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.
+
esophagal
a.
Esophageal.
+
endue
v.t.
An older spelling of Endow.
+
exercise
n.
That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.
+
erect
a.
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
+
erminois
n.
See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
+
earthquave
n.
An earthquake.
+
exustion
n.
The act or operation of burning up.
+
eliquament
n.
A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.
+
exactor
n.
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.
+
emydea
n.pl.
A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.
+
entrepreneur
n.
One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed.
+
elfish
a.
Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.
+
exhaustible
a.
Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.
+
earthward
adv.
Alt. of Earthwards
+
ergot
n.
The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
+
enrockment
n.
A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
+
escalop
n.
A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
+
engrasping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engrasp
+
eucharist
n.
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.
+
embiotocoid
n.
One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.
+
elbow
n.
Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
+
encroaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encroach
+
echoes
pl.
of Echo
+
essential
a.
Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
+
eyen
n.pl.
Eyes.
+
empeach
v.t.
To hinder. See Impeach.
+
epicycloid
n.
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.
+
enrive
v.t.
To rive; to cleave.
+
eyehole
n.
A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.
+
emigrant
v.i.
Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
+
exultant
a.
Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
+
emendately
adv.
Without fault; correctly.
+
epitheloid
a.
Epithelioid.
+
emulate
v.t.
To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
+
enharbor
v.t.
To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
+
eternal
a.
Existing at all times without change; immutable.
+
elegiast
n.
One who composes elegies.
+
entoplastic
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.
+
enchant
v.t.
To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.
+
examination
n.
A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
+
enterdeal
n.
Mutual dealings; intercourse.
+
entomostracan
n.
One of the Entomostraca.
+
ensilaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ensilage
+
engorge
v.i.
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.
+
enterography
n.
A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.
+
enamel
v.t.
To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
+
emulable
a.
Capable of being emulated.
+
expedition
n.
An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.
+
exercisible
a.
Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.
+
eyry
n.
The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.
+
euphonism
n.
An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
+
enbattled
a.
Embattled.
+
estreat
v.t.
To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.
+
emyds
pl.
of Emyd
+
emasculate
v.t.
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
+
ephori
pl.
of Ephor
+
energized
imp.|p.p.
of Energize
+
eunuchism
n.
The state of being eunuch.
+
enravishingly
adv.
So as to throw into ecstasy.
+
entwine
v.t.
To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
+
electrine
a.
Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.
+
eterne
a.
Eternal.
+
embraced
imp.|p.p.
of Embrace
+
emancipationist
n.
An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.
+
economies
pl.
of Economy
+
equaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equal
+
effable
a.
Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
+
example
n.
That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
+
exoptile
n.
A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.
+
ectocuneriform
n.
Alt. of Ectocuniform
+
explorable
a.
That may be explored; as, an explorable region.
+
embracement
n.
A clasp in the arms; embrace.
+
eponymy
n.
The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.
+
edgelong
adv.
In the direction of the edge.
+
electrogilding
n.
The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
+
eagle
n.
The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
+
estuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Estuate
+
enteropneusta
n.pl.
A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
expansible
a.
Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
+
eking
v.t.
A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
+
erect
a.
Watchful; alert.
+
ecclesiological
a.
Belonging to ecclesiology.
+
epichordal
a.
Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
+
ecliptic
a.
A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
+
enfouldred
a.
Mixed with, or emitting, lightning.
+
exploratory
a.
Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
+
evanescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evanesce
+
economize
v.i.
To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.
+
electrogenic
a.
Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.
+
engraving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engrave
+
embolus
n.
A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
+
exhaust
v.t.
To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether.
+
enfranchise
v.t.
To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
+
emphatically
adv.
With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently.
+
egophonic
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.
+
endophragma
n.
A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.
+
esoterically
adv.
In an esoteric manner.
+
engineer
n.
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
+
embryon
n.|a.
See Embryo.
+
execrable
a.
Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.
+
eremitism
n.
The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.
+
else
adv.|conj.
Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
+
esthete
n.
Alt. of Esthetics
+
enquire
v.i.|t.
See Inquire.
+
ephod
n.
A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.
+
epimera
pl.
of Epimeron
+
entheic
a.
Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.
+
extirpator
n.
One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
+
empale
v.t.
To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
+
eugubine
a.
Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.
+
explicit
a.
Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
+
evenhanded
a.
Fair or impartial; unbiased.
+
equivalent
a.
Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
+
exstrophy
n.
The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
+
engraven

of Engrave
+
ecliptic
a.
Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
+
emblazing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emblaze
+
espousage
n.
Espousal.
+
exemplified
imp.|p.p.
of Exemplify
+
exacerbate
v.t.
To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.
+
emboil
v.i.
To boil with anger; to effervesce.
+
equality
n.
Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
+
exequies
pl.
of Exequy
+
egress
v.i.
To go out; to depart; to leave.
+
employment
n.
That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
+
expectation
n.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
+
eudaemonist
n.
One who believes in eudemonism.
+
ebulliate
v.i.
To boil or bubble up.
+
expository
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
+
eagle
n.
A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
+
epitaphial
a.
Alt. of Epitaphian
+
endospore
n.
The thin inner coat of certain spores.
+
emancipation
n.
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
+
equipoise
n.
Counterpoise.
+
eyespot
n.
A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.
+
ethnologically
adv.
In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.
+
epos
n.
An epic.
+
ennoble
v.t.
To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.
+
effluviable
a.
Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
+
extrusion
n.
The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
+
evacuatory
n.
A purgative.
+
engagement
n.
An action; a fight; a battle.
+
edentated
a.
Same as Edentate, a.
+
entail
n.
To cut or carve in a ornamental way.
+
equipondious
a.
Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
+
ethnic
a.
Alt. of Ethnical
+
enclavement
n.
The state of being an enclave.
+
electronegative
a.
Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.
+
extrageneous
a.
Belonging to another race or kind.
+
excoriation
n.
Stripping of possession; spoliation.
+
examen
a.
Examination; inquiry.
+
eremitage
n.
See Hermitage.
+
expeditate
v.t.
To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.
+
emborder
v.t.
To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.
+
epergne
n.
A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.
+
espouse
v.t.
To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
+
evidence
n.
That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.
+
eclair
n.
A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.
+
equalization
n.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
+
endemically
adv.
In an endemic manner.
+
endow
v.t.
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
+
embassy
n.
The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.
+
emanatory
a.
Emanative; of the nature of an emanation.
+
election
a.
Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
+
excoriable

Capable of being excoriated.
+
episternum
n.
Same as Epiplastron.
+
embay
v.t.
To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.
+
ex officio

From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.
+
effectuation
n.
Act of effectuating.
+
eras
pl.
of Era
+
eulerian
a.
Pertaining to Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century.
+
ewer
n.
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet.
+
eyer
n.
One who eyes another.
+
exegete
n.
An exegetist.
+
ellenge
n
Alt. of Ellingeness
+
ergotism
n.
A logical deduction.
+
either
conj.either
precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
+
error
n.
The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
+
euphemistic
a.
Alt. of Euphemistical
+
equilibrist
n.
One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.
+
exacinate
v.t.
To remove the kernel form.
+
extern
n.
Outward form or part; exterior.
+
expanding
a.
That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.
+
electrobioscopy
n.
A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.
+
euisopoda

A group which includes the typical Isopoda.
+
englishable
a.
Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
+
entomologic
a.
Alt. of Entomological
+
expect
v.t.
To wait; to stay.
+
embezzler
n.
One who embezzles.
+
excursion

A wandering from a subject; digression.
+
emblaze
v.t.
To adorn with glittering embellishments.
+
elegiographer
n.
An elegist.
+
eclaircise
v.t.
To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.
+
elapsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elapse
+
earl
n.
A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.
+
elucidator
n.
One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.
+
elasmosaurus
n.
An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.
+
ebonist
n.
One who works in ebony.
+
enarration
n.
A detailed exposition; relation.
+
etherealize
v.t.
To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.
+
empawn
v.t.
To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
+
earshell
n.
A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.
+
explosion
n.
The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
+
exportation
n.
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
+
embow
v.t.
To bend like a bow; to curve.
+
expiring
a.
Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
+
essenism
n.
The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes.
+
easiness
n.
Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
+
extramission
n.
A sending out; emission.
+
even
v.t.
To act up to; to keep pace with.
+
exon
n.
An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt.
+
externally
adv.
In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
+
excalfactive
a.
Serving to heat; warming.
+
engulfing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engulf
+
exsanguine
a.
Bloodless.
+
emergency
n.
An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
+
excising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excise
+
exfoliative
a.
Having the power of causing exfoliation.
+
exorcist
n.
A conjurer who can raise spirits.
+
estophed
imp.|p.p.
of Estop
+
entity
n.
A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
+
enlist
v.i.
To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.
+
erase
v.t.
Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
+
edibility
n.
Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
+
eccentric
n.
A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius.
+
excitable
a.
Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
+
epispadias
n.
A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.
+
ecclesiastes
a.
One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.
+
exclaiming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exclaim
+
extrinsical
a.
Extrinsic.
+
escarped
imp.|p.p.
of Escarp
+
euphemistical
a.
Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.
+
equidistance
n.
Equal distance.
+
elison
n.
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.
+
emblazoning
n.
The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
+
exterminate
v.t.
To eliminate, as unknown quantities.
+
escambio
n.
A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.
+
ecchymosis
n.
A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
+
emendation
n.
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
+
enigmatic
a.
Alt. of Enigmatical
+
eelbuck
n.
An eelpot or eel basket.
+
ethnology
n.
The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.
+
embrocation
n.
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
+
evidencer
n.
One whi gives evidence.
+
equiform
a.
Having the same form; uniform.
+
excitation
n.
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
+
exterritoriality
n.
The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.
+
exporter
n.
One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.
+
enlarged
a.
Made large or larger; extended; swollen.
+
elude
v.t.
To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
+
eld
v.i.
To age; to grow old.
+
echoless
a.
Without echo or response.
+
eccentrically
adv.
In an eccentric manner.
+
emotion
n.
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
+
explicative
a.
Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
+
epimachus
n.
A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.
+
egotize
v.i.
To talk or write as an egotist.
+
equalling

of Equal
+
endosmosis
n.
The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.
+
eadish
n.
See Eddish.
+
erigible
a.
Capable of being erected.
+
embloom
v.t.
To emblossom.
+
evoke
v.t.
To call out; to summon forth.
+
exotic
n.
Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
+
eager
a.
Sharp; sour; acid.
+
early
adv.
Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
+
ectoderm
n.
The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
+
eath
a.|adv.
Easy or easily.
+
endearedness
n.
State of being endeared.
+
electrophysiology
n.
That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.
+
eye
n.
The hole through the head of a needle.
+
expilator
n.
One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager.
+
experimentative
a.
Experimental; of the nature of experiment.
+
enfamish
v.t.
To famish; to starve.
+
enter
v.t.
To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry, 4.
+
etherizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Etherize
+
entangle
v.t.
To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
+
exogenous
a.
Growing by addition to the exterior.
+
electron
n.
Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.
+
escutcheon
n.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
+
evergreen
n.
Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.
+
escheating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Escheat
+
elicited
imp.|p.p.
of Elicit
+
edifier
n.
One who builds.
+
evolatic
a.
Alt. of Evolatical
+
edenized
a.
Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.
+
exaggerate
v.t.
To heap up; to accumulate.
+
excepting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Except
+
eyewinker
n.
An eyelash.
+
environs
n.pl.
The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.
+
espionage
n.
The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.
+
earlduck
n.
The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).
+
epithelioma
n.
A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
+
egg squash

A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.
+
envisage
v.t.
To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.
+
enseal
v.t.
To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify.
+
ectozoa
pl.
of Ectozoon
+
expectorant
a.
Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.
+
envelop
n.
A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.
+
engravement
n.
Engraving.
+
exuviable
a.
Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.
+
echinulate
a.
Set with small spines or prickles.
+
earth
n.
A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.
+
egotizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Egotize
+
eat
v.i.
To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
+
extacy
n.
See Ecstasy.
+
ellipse
n.
An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.
+
endoskeleton
n.
The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.
+
exegetics
n.
The science of interpretation or exegesis.
+
equivalent
a.
Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
+
extract
n.
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
+
ethane
n.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
+
elaborate
a.
Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
+
emu wren

A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
+
euterpean
a.
Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.
+
elephantoidal
a.
Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
+
expressly
adv.
In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
+
erumpent
a.
Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
+
enmesh
v.t.
To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.
+
eruptive
a.
Breaking out or bursting forth.
+
ergot
n.
A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
+
estafette
n.
A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.
+
easement
n.
A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.
+
esker
n.
See Eschar.
+
exile
n.
Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
+
etruscan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Etruria.
+
endospermic
a.
Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.
+
eastward
adv.
Alt. of Eastwards
+
exhilaration
n.
The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
+
episepalous
a.
Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
+
electrolier
n.
A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.
+
excursus
n.
A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.
+
esculin
n.
A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
+
earwigged
imp.|p.p.
of Earwig
+
extern
a.
External; outward; not inherent.
+
emeer
n.
An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.
+
exigent
a.
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.
+
exile
n.
The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
+
emboweling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embowel
+
exceed
v.t.
To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
+
example
n.
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
+
excentrical
a.
One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
+
equal
a.
Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.
+
effectualness
n.
The quality of being effectual.
+
eastern
a.
Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
+
euhemerize
v.t.
To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.
+
experiencer
n.
An experimenter.
+
eparchy
n.
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.
+
export
v.t.
To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
+
entitling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entitle
+
enforce
v.i.
To strengthen; to grow strong.
+
effeminize
v.t.
To make effeminate.
+
expiate
v.t.
To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
+
event
n.
The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.
+
elenchus
n.
Same as Elench.
+
eremitish
a.
Eremitic.
+
execratory
a.
Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory.
+
estate
n.
Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.
+
extenuate
v.t.
To lower or degrade; to detract from.
+
erythrogen
n.
Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.
+
eradicate
v.t.
To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
+
eyeglass
n.
The retina.
+
embryo sac

See under Embryonic.
+
endo

Alt. of End-
+
everich
a.
Alt. of Everych
+
exorcising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exorcise
+
escalloped
a.
See Escaloped.
+
excurrent
a.
Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.
+
enthronize
v.t.
To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop.
+
exemplify
v.t.
To show or illustrate by example.
+
early
adv.
In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.
+
examining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Examine
+
erectile
a.
Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.
+
equity
n.
A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.
+
emulative
a.
Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort.
+
exact
a.
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
+
earthdrake
n.
A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.
+
emigrationist
n.
An advocate or promoter of emigration.
+
excitation
n.
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
+
enchoric
a.
Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
+
escape
v.
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
+
errant
a.
Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
+
epanadiplosis
n.
A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
+
evadible
a.
Capable of being evaded.
+
emplastic
a.
Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.
+
experimentator
n.
An experimenter.
+
engraving
n.
An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
+
embouchure
n.
The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
+
expediteness
n.
Quality of being expedite.
+
emmenagogue
n.
A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
+
evanescently
adv.inavanishingmanner
; imperceptibly.
+
eskimos
pl.
of Eskimo
+
entomoid
n.
An object resembling an insect.
+
encompassing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encompass
+
evestigate
v.t.
To investigate.
+
escarbuncle
n.
See Carbuncle, 3.
+
engaged
imp.|p.p.
of Engage
+
enucleate
v.t.
To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.
+
excellence
n.
An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
+
emperorship
n.
The rank or office of an emperor.
+
exilarating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exhilarate
+
expel
v.t.
To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.
+
enargite
n.
An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.
+
epiploce
n.
A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them."
+
era
n.
A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
+
exsanguinous
a.
See Exsanguious.
+
extraterritoriality
n.
The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory
+
enveloped
imp.|p.p.
of Envelop
+
excellence
n.
The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
+
expired
imp.|p.p.
of Expire
+
ennobled
imp.|p.p.
of Ennoble
+
epenetic
a.
Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
+
eavesdropper
n.
One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.
+
emeril
n.
A glazier's diamond.
+
erythroleic
a.
Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.
+
endophloeum
n.
The inner layer of the bark of trees.
+
excoction

The act of excocting or boiling out.
+
epilepsy
n.
The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.
+
explore
v.t.
To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.
+
eozoons
pl.
of Eozoon
+
enmure
v.t.
To immure.
+
element
v.t.
To compound of elements or first principles.
+
emendatory
a.
Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
+
equisetiform
a.
Having the form of the equisetum.
+
eloquence
n.
Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.
+
echinidan
n.
One the Echinoidea.
+
engraved
imp.
of Engrave
+
endoplasma
n.
Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.
+
extenuate
v.t.
To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
+
ellipsoid
a.
Alt. of Ellipsoidal
+
ectosteal
a.
Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.
+
emotioned
a.
Affected with emotion.
+
exhalation
n.
A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
+
embraceor
n.
One guilty of embracery.
+
epidermose
n.
Keratin.
+
ericaceous
a.
Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.
+
epicentral
a.
Arising from the centrum of a vertebra.
+
emeril
n.
Emery.
+
euchre
v.t.
To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.
+
expectorating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expectorate
+
everichon
pron.
Alt. of Everychon
+
eyereach
n.
The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.
+
error
n.
A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
+
embossment
n.
A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.
+
err
v.i.
To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
+
electromuscular
a.
Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
+
effort
v.t.
To stimulate.
+
ey
n.
An island.
+
essencing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Essence
+
eggglass
n.
A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.
+
elvish
a.
Mysterious; also, foolish.
+
extension
v.t.
Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
+
escrol
n.
Alt. of Escroll
+
exaggeration
n.
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
+
encephalous
a.
Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.
+
empire
n.
The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.
+
endenization
n.
The act of naturalizing.
+
expurgating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expurgate
+
echinoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.
+
ellachick
n.
A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.
+
elytra
pl.
of Elytrum
+
extant
a.
Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
+
exhumated
a.
Disinterred.
+
extermination
n.
Elimination.
+
execution
n.
A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
+
etern
a.
Alt. of Eterne
+
eriach
n.
Alt. of Eric
+
eloigning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eloign
+
electrobiologist
n.
One versed in electro-biology.
+
euosmitte
n.
A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.
+
erotic
n.
An amorous composition or poem.
+
esophagotomy
n.
The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.
+
expire
v.i.
To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
+
excursionist
n.
One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
+
exampler
n.
A pattern; an exemplar.
+
exalted
a.
Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.
+
eternalize
v.t.
To make eternal.
+
enlisted
imp.|p.p.
of Enlist
+
empty
superl.
Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
+
erectness
n.
Uprightness of posture or form.
+
exuberance
n.
The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.
+
eudaemon
n.
A good angel.
+
eavesdrop
n.
The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.
+
exophthalmic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.
+
enchyma
n.
The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
+
elect
a.
Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.
+
earthly
adv.
In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.
+
enfranchise
v.t.
To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.
+
elevator
n.
A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
+
extractive
a.
Capable of being extracted.
+
epitrochlear
a.
Relating to the epitrochlea.
+
explosive
a.
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
+
equicrural
a.
Having equal legs or sides; isosceles.
+
engouled
a.
Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.
+
eversion
n.
The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.
+
enshroud
v.t.
To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.
+
edituate
v.t.
To guard as a churchwarden does.
+
encomiums
pl.
of Encomium
+
emulsin
n.
The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.
+
epicurean
a.
Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
+
escarp
v.t.
To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
+
expand
v.t.
To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
+
eleemosynarily
adv.
In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.
+
endochrome
n.
The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.
+
embrace
n.
To cling to; to cherish; to love.
+
erastianism
n.
The principles of the Erastains.
+
endome
v.t.
To cover as with a dome.
+
easiness
n.
Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.
+
essoign
n.
An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
+
estrade
n.
A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.
+
entreatance
n.
Entreaty.
+
etherol
n.
An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.
+
ell
n.
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.
+
expectation
n.
That which is expected or looked for.
+
ex officiis
pl.
of Ex officio
+
epiploic
a.
Relating to the epiploon.
+
exrable
a.
Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
+
excitonutrient
a
Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
+
enkindled
imp.|p.p.
of Enkindle
+
edify
v.i.
To build; to construct.
+
enamel
v.t.
To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
+
elastin
n.
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.
+
elbowchair
n.
A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.
+
emersed
a.
Standing out of, or rising above, water.
+
exeat
n.
A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.
+
encroachment
n.
An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
+
embassage
n.
An embassy.
+
ethiopic
a.
Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.
+
explicit
a.
A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
+
eternity
n.
Condition which begins at death; immortality.
+
evitate
v.t.
To shun; to avoid.
+
eunuch
v.t.
Alt. of Eunuchate
+
espringal
n.
An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.
+
emergent
a.
Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
+
espied
imp.|p.p.
of Espy
+
election
a.
The act of choosing; choice; selection.
+
eld
a.
Old.
+
elenge
a.
Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble.
+
engirded
imp.|p.p.
of Engird
+
ewry
n.
An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.
+
excremental
a.
Of or pertaining to excrement.
+
elevator
n.
A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
+
ectoblast
n.
The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.
+
electropositive
a.
Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative.
+
epiglottic
a.
Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
+
expectoration
n.
That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
+
extrastapedial
n.
The extrastapedial part of columella.
+
eburnation
n.
A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.
+
exceptionless
a.
Without exception.
+
emancipate
v.t.
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
+
equivalue
v.t.
To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing.
+
empiric
a.
Alt. of Empirical
+
emblanch
v.t.
To whiten. See Blanch.
+
essay
n.
An assay. See Assay, n.
+
engraved
a.
Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
+
enter
v.i.
To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps.
+
extract
n.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
+
enginesized
a.
Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper.
+
enough
a.
Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
+
explicated
imp.|p.p.
of Explicate
+
esculic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.
+
evangelizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evangelize
+
eocene
n.
The Eocene formation.
+
entomotomist
n.
One who practices entomotomy.
+
exhilarating
a.
That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.
+
extinct
v.t.
To cause to be extinct.
+
exile
v.t.
To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
+
evading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evade
+
edgewise
adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
+
embellishment
n.
The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.
+
equivalently
adv.
In an equal manner.
+
extraditing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extradite
+
extinguishment
n.
The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
+
esteemable
a.
Worthy of esteem; estimable.
+
extraaxillary
a.
Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.
+
exercent
a.
Practicing; professional.
+
exercisable
a.
That may be exercised, used, or exerted.
+
exhilarant
n.
That which exhilarates.
+
emissitious
a.
Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.
+
exchange
n.
The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.
+
excruciate
v.t.
To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
+
escent

A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.
+
enfeoff
v.t.
To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
+
explosion
n.
A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
+
evene
v.i.
To happen.
+
eighty
a.
Eight times ten; fourscore.
+
epistolical
a.
Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
+
essoin
n.
Alt. of Essoign
+
evacuate
v.t.
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
+
enshrining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enshrine
+
eterne
a.
See Etern.
+
exposure
n.
The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
+
electropolar
a.
Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.
+
extend
v.t.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
+
extersion
n.
The act of wiping or rubbing out.
+
ecossaise
n.
A dancing tune in the Scotch style.
+
ethiopian
a.
Alt. of Ethiopic
+
ephemera
n.
A fever of one day's continuance only.
+
ephemeris
n.
A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.
+
elocution
n.
Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.
+
erythematic
a.
Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.
+
enthronization
n.
The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral.
+
eucalyptol
n.
A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene.
+
erogating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Erogate
+
emollescence
n.
That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
+
excerpted
imp.|p.p.
of Excerpt
+
express
n.
A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.
+
elrich
a.
Alt. of Elritch
+
electrify
v.t.
To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.
+
erectopatent
a.
Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
+
elater
n.
The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
+
even
a.
Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
+
evolutionist
n.
one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics.
+
eprouvette
n.
An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.
+
endorsee
n.
Same as Indorsee.
+
equerry
n.
An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses.
+
excrescent
a.
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
+
epicede
n.
A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
+
euplexoptera
n.pl.
An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.
+
evocation
n.
The act of calling out or forth.
+
enthusiastic
n.
An enthusiast; a zealot.
+
eleven
n.
A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
+
eluctate
v.i.
To struggle out; -- with out.
+
emongst
prep.
Among.
+
even
a.
As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.
+
emphractic
a.
Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
+
ectype
n.
A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.
+
elsewhither
adv.
To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it.
+
empanel
n.
A list of jurors; a panel.
+
eudialyte
n.
A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.
+
engender
v.i.
To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
+
exaugurate
v.t.
To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow.
+
endure
v.t.
To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
+
esthetics
n.
Same as Aesthete, Aesthetic, Aesthetical, Aesthetics, etc.
+
expression
n.
That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.
+
elimination
n.
Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
+
ermelin
n.
Alt. of Ermilin
+
extreme
a.
Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
+
envy
v.i.
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
+
eustachian
a.
Discovered by Eustachius.
+
embarge
v.t.
To put in a barge.
+
enticement
n.
The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
+
egremoin
n.
Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria).
+
epilogation
n.
A summing up in a brief account.
+
everted
imp.|p.p.
of Evert
+
expel
v.t.
To drive away from one's country; to banish.
+
eupione
n.
A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
+
exuviation
n.
The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.
+
example
n.
An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and   grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
+
elfkin
n.
A little elf.
+
estimate
n.
A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.
+
elodian
n.
One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
+
extrorse
a.
Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.
+
extreme
a.
The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.
+
ens
n.
Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.
+
engirt

of Engird
+
euphonous
n.
Euphonious.
+
economy
n.
Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.
+
entrance
v.t.
To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.
+
entrance
n.
The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.
+
elapsion
n.
The act of elapsing.
+
economics
n.
Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political.
+
expel
v.t.
To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.
+
entertain
v.t.
To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.
+
eugenic
a.
Well-born; of high birth.
+
epineurium
n.
The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
+
ethenic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.
+
exponent
n.
A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated
+
elf
v.t.
To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
+
emasculation
n.
The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
+
echelon
n.
An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.
+
esculapius
n.
Same as Aesculapius.
+
emplecton
n.
A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
+
entirely
adv.
Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.
+
enrichment
n.
The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.
+
element
n.
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.
+
enlist
v.t.
To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
+
episodic
a.
Alt. of Episodical
+
epistoler
n.
One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
+
enthusiastic
a.
Alt. of Enthusiastical
+
efficiently
adv.
With effect; effectively.
+
enerlasting
n.
Eternal duration, past of future; eternity.
+
entropion
n.
Same as Entropium.
+
exsuscitation
n.
A stirring up; a rousing.
+
eros
n.
Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
+
exulted
imp.|p.p.
of Exult
+
edgy
a.
Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
+
erect
a.
Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
+
eblanin
n.
See Pyroxanthin.
+
exsect
v.t.
A cutting out or away.
+
escribed
a.
Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.
+
equites
n.pl
An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
+
explicatory
a.
Explicative.
+
endocardium
n.
The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.
+
evasive
a.
Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
+
evanesced
imp.|p.p.
of Evanesce
+
eightieth
a.
The next in order after seventy-ninth.
+
elong
v.t.
To put away; to separate; to keep off.
+
extractive
n.
Anything extracted; an extract.
+
eidograph
n.
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.
+
emirship
n.
Alt. of Emeership
+
ever
adv.
At all times; through all time; always; forever.
+
emended
imp.|p.p.
of Emend
+
epicurely
adv.
Luxuriously.
+
elongation
n.
The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
+
eat
v.i.
To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
+
effrontit
a.
Marked by impudence.
+
eventualities
pl.
of Eventuality
+
established
imp.|p.p.
of Establish
+
entertainment
n.
Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
+
elmen
a.
Belonging to elms.
+
exterior
n.
Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
+
energize
v.t.
To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
+
explorator
n.
One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
+
eighthly
adv.
As the eighth in order.
+
ereption
n.
A snatching away.
+
even
a.
Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
+
everlastingness
n.
The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.
+
enlock
v.t.
To lock; to inclose.
+
engravement
n.
Engraved work.
+
extinction
n.
State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
+
extirpation
n.
The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
+
etch
v.t.
To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
+
exchange
v.i.
To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
+
exogamous
a.
Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.
+
explore
v.t.
To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
+
embolism
n.
Intercalated time.
+
elevatedness
n.
The quality of being elevated.
+
estimator
n.
One who estimates or values; a valuer.
+
effectually
adv.
With effect; efficaciously.
+
epicene
a.|n.
Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
+
essence
n.
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.
+
exploding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Explode
+
economized
imp.|p.p.
of Economize
+
episcopalian
n.
One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
+
explorement
n.
The act of exploring; exploration.
+
ensuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ensue
+
et

A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.
+
erke
a.
ASlothful.
+
earnestly
adv.
In an earnest manner.
+
embryoplastic
n.
Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
+
ear
v.i.
To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.
+
equalize
v.t.
To be equal to; equal; to match.
+
epileptiform
a.
Resembling epilepsy.
+
emphrensy
v.t.
To madden.
+
earthiness
n.
The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
+
effect
n.
Manifestation; expression; sign.
+
errantia
n.pl.
A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda.
+
enstatitic
a.
Relating to enstatite.
+
estimate
v.t.
To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.
+
engross
v.t.
To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
+
expostulator
n.
One who expostulates.
+
ere
adv.
Rather than.
+
enframe
v.t.
To inclose, as in a frame.
+
englut
v.t.
To swallow or gulp down.
+
ebullience
n.
Alt. of Ebulliency
+
escheat
v.t.
To forfeit.
+
edulcorant
n.
An edulcorant remedy.
+
erring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Err
+
enlarger
n.
One that enlarges.
+
epinikian
a.
Epinicial.
+
enwomb
v.t.
To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern.
+
etheostomoid
a.
Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma.
+
exert
v.t.
To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.
+
elaidate
n.
A salt of elaidic acid.
+
exenterate
v.t.
To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes.
+
eccentric
a.
Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct.
+
engle
v.t.
To cajole or coax, as favorite.
+
euphemism
n.
A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
+
eerily
adv.
In a strange, unearthly way.
+
epitomize
v.t.
To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.
+
eigne
a.
Eldest; firstborn.
+
export
v.t.
To carry away; to remove.
+
etymologer
n.
An etymologist.
+
enfeoffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enfeoff
+
expunging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expunge
+
ecstatic
n.
Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.
+
element
n.
One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
+
epididymitis
n.
Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.
+
epispastic
n.
An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
+
extensive
a.
Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
+
excisemen
pl.
of Exciseman
+
exanthematic
a.
Alt. of Exanthematous
+
emplaster
n.
See Plaster.
+
euphemize
v.t.|i.
To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.
+
english
n.
A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.
+
exemplification
n.
A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
+
ecostate
a.
Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.
+
elogium
n.
Alt. of Elogy
+
eradiated
imp.|p.p.
of Eradiate
+
elector
n.
One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.
+
early
adv.
Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
+
evolution
n.
That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.
+
escheatage
n.
The right of succeeding to an escheat.
+
evil
n.
malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
+
ejaculation
n.
The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
+
ecchymotic
a.
Pertaining to ecchymosis.
+
exanimation
n.
Deprivation of life or of spirits.
+
exception
n.
An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted.
+
electrical
a.
Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.
+
electroplating
imp.|p.p.
of Electroplate
+
exotical
a.
Foreign; not native; exotic.
+
euchite
n.
One who resolves religion into prayer.
+
enquicken
v.t.
To quicken; to make alive.
+
equilibria
pl.
of Equilibrium
+
enamelist
n.
One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.
+
epodic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an epode.
+
embryogony
n.
The formation of an embryo.
+
enfeebling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enfeeble
+
equal
n.
State of being equal; equality.
+
evincing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evince
+
evacuation
n.
Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.
+
elliptical
a.
Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
+
evaporate
v.t.
To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
+
elain
n.
Same as Olein.
+
exculpable

Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.
+
embox
v.t.
To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.
+
endamagement
n.
Damage; injury; harm.
+
exemptitious
a.
Separable.
+
eyle
v.t.|i.
To ail.
+
exposition
n.
The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
+
encounter
v.i.
To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.
+
excrement
n.
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
+
emeritus
a.
Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.
+
eradiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eradiate
+
enchantment
n.
The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.
+
essoign
n.
Excuse; exemption.
+
eye
n.
The hole through the upper millstone.
+
excuss
v.t.
To seize and detain by law, as goods.
+
engarboil
v.t.
To throw into disorder; to disturb.
+
ectasis
n.
The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.
+
end
v.t.
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
+
elamite
n.
A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.
+
endosternite
n.
The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.
+
eaglestone
n.
A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.
+
engirding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engird
+
exitial
a.
Alt. of Exitious
+
envious
a.
Excessively careful; cautious.
+
ethnarch
n.
The governor of a province or people.
+
ekaboron
n.
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.
+
eurasian
n.
One born of European parents in Asia.
+
excentrical
a.
Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.
+
enfeoffment
n.
The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
+
enthymematical
a.
Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme.
+
establish
a.
To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.
+
emblemized
imp.|p.p.
of Emblemize
+
eyestone
n.
A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance.
+
eventuate
v.i.
To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
+
elegiac
n.
Elegiac verse.
+
escape
v.i.
To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.
+
exocardiac
a.
Alt. of Exocardial
+
ensilage
v.t.
To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
+
electroballistic
a.
Pertaining to electro-ballistics.
+
eludible
a.
Capable of being eluded; evadible.
+
emphasized
imp.|p.p.
of Emphasize
+
echo
n.
Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
+
entry
n.
That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.
+
emblematist
n.
A writer or inventor of emblems.
+
egrimony
n.
Sorrow.
+
ectobronchia
pl.
of Ectobronchium
+
external
a.
Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
+
express
a.
Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.
+
efflorescency
n.
The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.
+
erinite
n.
A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
+
erythrolitmin
n.
Erythrolein.
+
ent

A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.
+
eozoonal
a.
Pertaining to the eozoon; containing eozoons; as, eozoonal limestone.
+
eightieth
a.
Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.
+
eduction
n.
The act of drawing out or bringing into view.
+
espy
v.t.
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
+
enallage
n.
A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
+
ellipsoidal
a.
Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.
+
experimented
imp.|p.p.
of Experiment
+
erratic
n.
A rogue.
+
etymic
a.
Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word.
+
exampless
a.
Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.]
+
emaceration
n.
Emaciation.
+
eblis
n.
The prince of the evil spirits; Satan.
+
excreate
v.t.
To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
+
effulgence
n.
The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
+
electress
n.
The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
+
equaled
imp.|p.p.
of Equal
+
emolliated
imp.|p.p.
of Emolliate
+
empyreumatic
a.
Alt. of Empyreumatical
+
embroideries
pl.
of Embroidery
+
elemin
n.
A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.
+
exchange
n.
To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.
+
eleven
a.
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
+
externalistic
a.
Pertaining to externalism
+
egoity
n.
Personality.
+
etiolate
v.t.
To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
+
ecthoreum
n.
The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.
+
etna
n.
A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
+
elevator
n.
A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
+
exclusionary
a.
Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.
+
evernic
a.
Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.
+
edder
v.t.
To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge.
+
ecbolic
n.
A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.
+
emetic
a.
Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.
+
esentially
adv.
In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.
+
exercised
imp.|p.p.
of Exercise
+
esplanade
n.
A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
+
ecclesiastical
a.
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
+
ermined
a.
Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.
+
emberings
n.pl.
Ember days.
+
exampling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Example
+
energetics
n.
That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.
+
eighteen
a.
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
+
exorcised
imp.|p.p.
of Exorcise
+
empyesis
n.
An eruption of pustules.
+
epichorial
a.
In or of the country.
+
everduring
a.
Everlasting.
+
encircle
v.t.
To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
+
engraftment
n.
The act of ingrafting; ingraftment.
+
esteem
v.t.
To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
+
erratical
a.
Erratic.
+
enorthotrope
n.
An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.
+
emersion
n.
The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.
+
enactment
n.
That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
+
easterly
a.
Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
+
expedition
n.
The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
+
extent
n.
Degree; measure; proportion.
+
entasia
n.
Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
+
expediency
n.
The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.
+
equable
a.
Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.
+
emboss
v.t.
To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
+
elbow
v.i.
To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
+
empyreumatical
a.
Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
+
enforcement
n.
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
+
excavated
imp.|p.p.
of Excavate
+
eliminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eliminate
+
eructation
n.
A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.
+
exploder
n.
One who or that which explodes.
+
escalade
v.t.
A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
+
egerminate
v.i.
To germinate.
+
endecagynous
a.
Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.
+
essays
pl.
of Essay
+
emanate
a.
Issuing forth; emanant.
+
elbow
v.i.
To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
+
electionered
imp.|p.p.
of Electioneer
+
enucleated
imp.|p.p.
of Enucleate
+
eche
a.a.pron.
Each.
+
extracted
imp.|p.p.
of Extract
+
exaggerative
a.
Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration.
+
exaggeratory
a.
Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative.
+
eastinsular
a.
Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.
+
eft
n.
A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
+
eric
n.
A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.
+
eradicable
a.
Capable of being eradicated.
+
elixir
n.
The refined spirit; the quintessence.
+
emboss
v.i.
To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.
+
engagedness
n.
The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
+
easily
adv.
With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.
+
exoculate
v.t.
To deprive of eyes.
+
effluence
n.
That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.
+
entoiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entoil
+
exon
n.
A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
+
extra
a.
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.
+
exhibiter
n.
One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.
+
entomb
v.t.
To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.
+
eger
a.
Alt. of Egre
+
eligibleness
n.
The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.
+
egg
v.t.
To urge on; to instigate; to incite/
+
estate
v.t.
Tom settle as a fortune.
+
eloquent
a.
Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.
+
erythroxylon
n.
A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.
+
ebonize
v.t.
To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.
+
extempore
a.
Done or performed extempore.
+
eulogizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eulogize
+
enforcement
n.
A giving force to; a putting in execution.
+
exceptant
a.
Making exception.
+
etymologicon
n.
An etymological dictionary or manual.
+
eluxation
n.
Dislocation; luxation.
+
eternal
a.
Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.
+
espouser
n.
One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
+
equinoctially
adv.
Towards the equinox.
+
exultancy
n.
Exultation.
+
euxenite
n.
A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.
+
exrerience
v.t.
To exercise; to train by practice.
+
effect
n.
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
+
end
v.i.
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.
+
effectiveness
n.
The quality of being effective.
+
enough
adv.
In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.
+
equiangled
a.
Equiangular.
+
equivocated
imp.|p.p.
of Equivocate
+
ectomere
n.
The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
+
eradicative
a.
Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
+
expressure
n.
The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation.
+
eviction
n.
Conclusive evidence; proof.
+
even
v.i.
To be equal.
+
explicitness
n.
The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness.
+
eccentricity
n.
The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
+
entheat
a.
Divinely inspired.
+
exuded
imp.|p.p.
of Exude
+
embellishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embellish
+
enough
adv.
Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
+
ellipse
n.
Omission. See Ellipsis.
+
euchloric
a.
Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric /.
+
electrum
n.
German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.
+
eisteddfod
n.
Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.
+
electrician
n.
An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
+
exculpate
v.t.
To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
+
embrangle
v.t.
To confuse; to entangle.
+
encrinital
a.
Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.
+
embolden
v.t.
To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.
+
edify
v.i.
To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.
+
evaporate
v.t.
To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.
+
ephraim
n.
A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
+
ensilaged
imp.|p.p.
of Ensilage
+
ectodermal
a.
Alt. of Ectodermic
+
exasperate
v.t.
To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.
+
euphorbia
n.
Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
+
expend
v.i.
To pay out or disburse money.
+
exsanguious
a.
Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.
+
err
v.i.
To offend, as by erring.
+
erven
pl.
of Erf
+
equipage
n.
A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.
+
entireness
pl.
of Entirety
+
egret
n.
A kind of ape.
+
eggery
n.
A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.
+
exoteric
a.
Alt. of Exoterical
+
erthine
n.
A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.
+
escape
v.i.
To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
+
expenditure
n.
The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.
+
embassadry
n.
Embassy.
+
empties
pl.
of Empty
+
emir
n.
Alt. of Emeer
+
enable
v.t.
To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.
+
external
n.
Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
+
executor
n.
The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
+
eatable
n.
Something fit to be eaten.
+
equilibrium
n.
Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
+
encumbrance
n.
Same as Incumbrance.
+
educing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Educe
+
embrasure
n.
An embrace.
+
exciple
n.
Alt. of Excipulum
+
eft
adv.
Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.
+
eggement
n.
Instigation; incitement.
+
epithalamia
pl.
of Epithalamium
+
erasure
n.
The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
+
english
v.t.
To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
+
earlet
n.
An earring.
+
eyrie
n.
Alt. of Eyry
+
effrenation
n.
Unbridled license; unruliness.
+
educated
a.
Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
+
exosstate
v.t.
To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone.
+
element
n.
One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.
+
expect
v.t.
To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
+
euryale
n.
A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
+
enlisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enlist
+
eyr
n.
Air.
+
enigma
n.
A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
+
exalt
v.t.
To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.
+
elves
pl.
of Elf
+
evolutionism
n.
The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
+
evert
v.t.
To overthrow; to subvert.
+
episcopate
n.
The collective body of bishops.
+
eschew
a.
To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.
+
ebonized
imp.|p.p.
of Ebonize
+
erubescite
n.
See Bornite.
+
enfilade
n.
A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
+
exaled
imp.|p.p.
of Exhale
+
eudaemonistic
a.
Of or pertaining to eudemonism.
+
experiment
v.t.
To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
+
edging
n.
That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.
+
epitomizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Epitomize
+
entire
a.
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
+
entertained
imp.|p.p.
of Entertain
+
eurythmy
n.
Regularly of the pulse.
+
ebb
n.
The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.
+
etch
n.
A variant of Eddish.
+
expurge
v.t.
To purge away.
+
expand
v.i.
To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
+
extrados
n.
The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.
+
emulated
imp.|p.p.
of Emulate
+
enraging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enrage
+
equipment
n.
Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
+
epiphysis
n.
The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.
+
evacuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evacuate
+
endemiology
n.
The science which treats of endemic affections.
+
erythrozyme
n.
A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.
+
equipped
imp.|p.p.
of Equip
+
eshewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eschew
+
evacuate
v.t.
To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.
+
epotation
n.
A drinking up; a quaffing.
+
exercise
n.
The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
+
elcesaite
n.
One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.
+
enflesh
v.t.
To clothe with flesh.
+
even
v.t.
To set right; to complete.
+
epithem
n.
Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.
+
engrained
imp.|p.p.
of Engrain
+
elve
n.
An old form of Elf.
+
englishry
n.
The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
+
emolument
n.
The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
+
emmanuel
n.
See Immanuel.
+
explode
v.t.
To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
+
excusatory
a.
Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.
+
enervated
imp.|p.p.
of Enervate
+
enormousness
n.
The state of being enormous.
+
exclaim
n.
Outcry; clamor.
+
edging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Edge
+
exscript
n.
A copy; a transcript.
+
egyptize
v.t.
To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.
+
exploit
n.
Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
+
europeanize
v.t.
To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
+
exalt
v.t.
To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.
+
exorhizae
pl.
of Exorhiza
+
exonerate
v.t.
To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.
+
eat

of Eat
+
enthean
a.
Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm.
+
enrollment
n.
A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record.
+
eventless
a.
Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
+
elementarity
n.
Elementariness.
+
esquiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Esquire
+
elucidate
v.t.
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
+
expecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expect
+
exhilarant
a.
Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.
+
erinyes
pl.
of Erinys
+
endure
v.i.
To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
+
embolismatic
a.
Alt. of Embolismatical
+
etacist
n.
One who favors etacism.
+
erect
v.t.
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
+
effuse
v.t.
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
+
engaol
v.t.
To put in jail; to imprison.
+
epistome
n.
A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.
+
equivalent
n.
Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
+
evocative
a.
Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
+
expediently
adv.
With expedition; quickly.
+
exonerate
v.t.
To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
+
electrepeter
n.
An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.
+
extillation
n.
Distillation.
+
excerpt
v.t.
To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
+
expire
v.t.
To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
+
entrails
n.pl.
The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.
+
eariness
n.
Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
+
evict
v.t.
To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
+
edingtonite
n.
A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
+
entheasm
n.
Inspiration; enthusiasm.
+
ease
n.
To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
+
euctical

Expecting a wish; supplicatory.
+
excel
v.t.
To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
+
epeira
n.
A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
+
encountered
imp.|p.p.
of Encounter
+
engraffment
n.
See Ingraftment.
+
epiphytic
a.
Alt. of Epiphytical
+
elaphine
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.
+
electropositive
n.
A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.
+
excalceation
n.
The act of depriving or divesting of shoes.
+
elytroid
a.
Resembling a beetle's wing case.
+
enbroude
v.t.
See Embroude.
+
ecaudate
a.
Tailless.
+
eagle
n.
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
+
epulotic
n.
An epulotic agent.
+
enthusiasm
n.
Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.
+
electronegative
a.
Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
+
engle
n.
A favorite; a paramour; an ingle.
+
equivalve
a.
Alt. of Equivalved
+
etyma
pl.
of Etymon
+
eyewater
n.
A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
+
etherealization
n.
An ethereal or spiritlike state.
+
emergency
n.
Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
+
exportation
n.
The act of carrying out.
+
epistoma
n.
Alt. of Epistome
+
exasperation
n.
Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.
+
elongation
n.
That which lengthens out; continuation.
+
excision
n.
The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
+
expanse
n.
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
+
efflux
n.
That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
+
excavation
n.
The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
+
explicitly
adv.
In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.
+
engorgement
n.
The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
+
eucalyn
n.
An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name.
+
entomolite
n.
A fossil insect.
+
entomical
a.
Relating to insects; entomological.
+
expositor
n.
One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator.
+
endoscopy
n.
The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
+
epithet
n.
Term; expression; phrase.
+
ethnic
n.
A heathen; a pagan.
+
ego
n.
The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.
+
en

An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.
+
exaltation
n.
The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
+
exoteries
pl.
of Exotery
+
evil
a.
Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
+
exclamatory
a.
Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.
+
effulge
v.t.
To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.
+
eightscore
a.|n.
Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
+
exodus
n.
The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
+
extract
n.
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
+
eretation
n.
A creeping forth.
+
electrum
n.
An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.
+
exceptionable
a.
Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
+
empire
n.
Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
+
equivocator
n.
One who equivocates.
+
envenoming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Envenom
+
euryale
n.
A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
+
expectorant
n.
An expectorant medicine.
+
eyepiece
n.
The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.
+
epipharyngeal
a.
Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
+
euchre
n.
A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.
+
encoffin
v.t.
To put in a coffin.
+
embay
v.t.
To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.
+
eminent
a.
Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
+
employ
n.
That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
+
extendlessness
n.
Unlimited extension.
+
expectant
a.
Waiting in expectation; looking for
+
egotism
n.
The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.
+
effrontuously
adv.
Impudently.
+
eugubian
a.
Alt. of Eugubine
+
emblazoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emblazon
+
ecbasis
n.
A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.
+
entomophagan
n.
One of the Entomophaga.
+
engage
v.t.
To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.
+
extraterritoriality
n.
A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.
+
entrant
n.
One who enters; a beginner.
+
epicurism
n.
Epicurean habits of living; luxury.
+
extent
n.
A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
+
englishmen
pl.
of Englishman
+
effusion
n.
The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
+
earldom
n.
The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.
+
exhausture
n.
Exhaustion.
+
enmist
v.t.
To infold, as in a mist.
+
exclusivist
n.
One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism.
+
ental
a.
Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal.
+
enshield
v.t.
To defend, as with a shield; to shield.
+
extruded
imp.|p.p.
of Extrude
+
enactment
n.
The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
+
earles penny

Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
+
envying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Envy
+
evolving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Evolve
+
epidermatoid
a.
Epidermoid.
+
ergot
n.
A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
+
enter
v.i.
To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.
+
enjoyed
imp.|p.p.
of Enjoy
+
elysium
n.
A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.
+
endearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endear
+
enlargement
n.
Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
+
eurhipidurous
a.
Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.
+
enerlasting
n.
A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting.
+
emblazonries
pl.
of Emblazonry
+
electrotelegraphy
n.
The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.
+
eighty
n.
A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.
+
eshewed
imp.|p.p.
of Eschew
+
elbowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elbow
+
exercise
v.t.
To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.
+
eolian
a.
Aeolian.
+
ellipsoid
n.
A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).
+
ecclesiasticus
n.
A book of the Apocrypha.
+
elderwort
n.
Danewort.
+
ensign
n.
Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
+
endostyle
n.
A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
+
extraterritorial
a.
Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.
+
endictment
n.
See Indictment.
+
emigrant
n.
One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
+
expeditely
adv.
In expedite manner; expeditiously.
+
essayer
n.
One who essays.
+
entirely
adv.
In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost.
+
earlap
n.
The lobe of the ear.
+
enstate
v.t.
See Instate.
+
emanation
n.
The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
+
effluence
n.
A flowing out, or emanation.
+
exinanition
n.
An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
+
eupryion
n.
A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match.
+
expurgate
v.t.
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
+
entermise
n.
Mediation.
+
ecderon
n.
See Ecteron.
+
expense
n.
A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
+
enwiden
v.t.
To widen.
+
euthyneura
n.pl.
A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.
+
exaltation
n.
That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
+
effascinate
v.t.
To charm; to bewitch.
+
eurus
n.
The east wind.
+
explorer
n.
One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
+
electorate
n.
The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
+
enviable
a.
Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
+
elongate
v.i.
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
+
endure
v.t.
To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
+
exantlation
n.
Act of drawing out ; exhaustion.
+
ephemerist
n.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.
+
evergreen
n.
An evergreen plant.
+
evident
a.
Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
+
enthusiast
n.
One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
+
effective
n.
That which produces a given effect; a cause.
+
epicedian
a.
Epicedial.
+
eradication
n.
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
+
ewery
n.
Alt. of Ewry
+
ecthymata
pl.
of Ecthyma
+
electrolyzing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Electrolyze
+
exoplasm
n.
See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.
+
easterly
adv.
Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
+
eventuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eventuate
+
exonerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exonerate
+
ease
n.
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
+
edge
v.t.
To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
+
explicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Explicate
+
enrolled
imp.|p.p.
of Enroll
+
envy
n.
Public odium; ill repute.
+
examinee
n.
A person examined.
+
espinel
n.
A kind of ruby. See Spinel.
+
eet
obs.imp.
of Eat.
+
echoes
dpers.sing.pres.
of Echo
+
elephansy
n.
Elephantiasis.
+
except
v.t.
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
+
ento

A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.
+
epicoene
a.
Epicene.
+
embattle
v.t.
To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
+
enumerative
a.
Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.
+
enteron
n.
The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
+
esque

A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.
+
electrically
adv.
In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.
+
engender
n.
One who, or that which, engenders.
+
evisceration
a.
A disemboweling.
+
evening
n.
The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.
+
embodied
imp.|p.p.
of Embody
+
epigraphics
n.
The science or study of epigraphs.
+
erethism
n.
A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.
+
eos
n.
Aurora, the goddess of morn.
+
enfeoffed
imp.|p.p.
of Enfeoff
+
euplectella
n.
A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.
+
etymologize
v.t.
To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
+
exploit
n.
To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.
+
eyesalve
n.
Ointment for the eye.
+
essentiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Essentiate
+
ellwand
n.
Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.
+
exposure
n.
The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.
+
euclid
n.
A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general.
+
erased
imp.|p.p.
of Erase
+
excise
n.
In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.
+
erg
n.
The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.
+
era
n.
A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
+
entry
n.
The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.
+
excern
v.t.
To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration.
+
even
v.t.
To equal
+
etherealness
n.
Ethereality.
+
earl marshal

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.
+
engrail
v.t.
To variegate or spot, as with hail.
+
epicureous
a.
Epicurean.
+
epilogic
a.
Alt. of Epilogical
+
euhemerism
n.
The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.
+
emanating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emanate
+
enfranchising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enfranchise
+
extravagation
n.
A wandering beyond limits; excess.
+
ear
n.
Same as Acroterium.
+
epidemiology
n.
That branch of science which treats of epidemics.
+
euphuist
n.
One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
+
englishwomen
pl.
of Englishwoman
+
entosterna
pl.
of Entosternum
+
ethnarchy
n.
The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule.
+
externe
n.
An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
+
exterior
a.
Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
+
experimental
a.
Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.
+
extensibleness
n.
Extensibility.
+
ebracteate
a.
Without bracts.
+
evulgation
n.
A divulging.
+
eruption
n.
That which bursts forth.
+
esox
n.
A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.
+
espaliering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Espalier
+
electrometallurgy
n.
The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.
+
eccentricity
n.
The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
+
extortion
n.
That which is extorted or exacted by force.
+
enerve
v.t.
To weaken; to enervate.
+
edge
v.t.
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
+
emptying
n.
The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.
+
exquire
v.t.
To search into or out.
+
exacerrated
imp.|p.p.
of Exacerbate
+
eupatrid
n.
One well born, or of noble birth.
+
editorial
a.
Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.
+
eyghen
n.pl.
Eyes.
+
embassy
n.
The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.
+
endostosis
n.
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.
+
ectozoon
n.
See Epizoon.
+
estramacon
n.
A blow with edge of a sword.
+
extemporize
v.t.
To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.
+
extant
a.
Publicly known; conspicuous.
+
enormous
a.
Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
+
enecate
v.t.
To kill off; to destroy.
+
electrochronograph
n.
An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.
+
epanalepsis
n.
A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.
+
entertain
v.t.
To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.
+
edification
n.
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
+
electrotype
n.
A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.
+
excommunicator
n.
One who excommunicates.
+
escutcheon
n.
A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
+
erotic
a.
Alt. of Erotical
+
echinus
n.
The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column
+
extraction
n.
The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.
+
extrinsic
a.
Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
+
effodient
a.
Digging up.
+
elaidin
n.
A solid isomeric modification of olein.
+
elgin marbles

Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
+
epidemically
adv.
In an epidemic manner.
+
entozoa
pl.
of Entozoon
+
excubation
n.
A keeping watch.
+
evolve
v.t.
To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
+
easternmost
a.
Most eastern.
+
erective
a.
Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
+
emperil
v.t.
To put in peril. See Imperil.
+
embassadress
n.
Same as Ambassadress.
+
empassion
v.t.
To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion.
+
echinodermata
n.pl.
One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.
+
ethiops
n.
A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.
+
extrude
v.t.
To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.
+
experimenter
n.
One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments.
+
erasion
n.
The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
+
endwise
adv.
On end; erectly; in an upright position.
+
ellipsis
n.
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
+
execute
v.t.
To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.
+
expel
v.t.
To discharge; to shoot.
+
endiademed
a.
Diademed.
+
eelpout
n.
A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
+
engraver
n.
One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
+
ecgonine
n.
A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.
+
evil
a.
Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
+
expatiated
imp.|p.p.
of Expatiate
+
expletively
adv.
In the manner of an expletive.
+
ephemeric
a.
Ephemeral.
+
equivocating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equivocate
+
evangelization
n.
The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.
+
evaded
imp.|p.p.
of Evade
+
easel
n.
A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.
+
essenes
pl.
of Essene
+
elinguate
v.t.
To deprive of the tongue.
+
entering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enter
+
embossing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emboss
+
examinant
n.
One who examines; an examiner.
+
extant
a.
Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
+
efficiency
n.
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
+
equivoke
n.
An equivocation; a guibble.
+
eelgrass
n.
A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.
+
examination
n.
The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
+
emarginated
a.
Having the edges truncated.
+
estuary
n.
A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
+
endosteal
a.
Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.
+
eirenic
a.
Pacific. See Irenic.
+
encircled
imp.|p.p.
of Encircle
+
ephoralty
n.
The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.
+
exuperation
n.
The act of rising or coming into view.
+
equinox
n.
The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.
+
experimentalize
v.i.
To make experiments (upon); to experiment.
+
equipendency
n.
The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.
+
epiphany
n.
An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
+
epencephalon
n.
The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
+
epulosity
n.
A feasting to excess.
+
expedition
n.
A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
+
elk
n.
A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.
+
evanescent
a.
Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.
+
ecoute
n.
One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
+
exacination
n.
Removal of the kernel.
+
easychair
n.
An armchair for ease or repose.
+
ease
n.
To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.
+
essence
n.
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.
+
epizootic
a.
Of or pertaining to an epizoon.
+
exanguious
a.
Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious.
+
excruciate
a.
Excruciated; tortured.
+
exegetical
a.
Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository.
+
estimated
imp.|p.p.
of Estimate
+
ellagic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.
+
emblematizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emblematize
+
extreme
n.
Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.
+
essential
a.
Hence, really existing; existent.
+
exulcerate
a.
Very sore; ulcerated.
+
enamor
v.t.
To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science.
+
expectation
n.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.
+
ecclesia
n.
The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
+
etiolation
n.
The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
+
embracement
n.
Willing acceptance.
+
excise
v.t.
To lay or impose an excise upon.
+
emasculate
a.
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
+
evidence
n.
That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it.
+
erected
imp.|p.p.
of Erect
+
eolian
a.
Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.
+
elderly
a.
Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
+
embulk
v.t.
To enlarge in the way of bulk.
+
earthbank
n.
A bank or mound of earth.
+
ejected
imp.|p.p.
of Eject
+
establish
a.
To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.
+
empyreal
a.
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
+
evirate
v.t.
To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood.
+
excurse
v.t.
To journey or pass thought.
+
esplanade
n.
A grass plat; a lawn.
+
exalting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exalt
+
evaporate
v.t.
To give vent to; to dissipate.
+
egg
n.
A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
+
entreat
v.t.
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
+
expert
n.
A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.
+
engore
v.t.
To make bloody.
+
eider
n.
Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.
+
ersh
n.
See Arrish.
+
enclave
v.t.
To inclose within an alien territory.
+
escapade
n.
Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
+
epaulette
n.
A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.
+
empire
n.
Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.
+
exclude
v.t.
To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.
+
embattled
a.
Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.
+
escaloped
a.
Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.
+
ermine
n.
A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
+
evacuant
n.
A purgative or cathartic.
+
exspoliation
n.
Spoliation.
+
exacerbation
n.
The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
+
endoskeletal
a.
Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.
+
epencephalic
a.
Pertaining to the epencephalon.
+
extrinsicality
n.
Alt. of Extrinsicalness
+
expense
n.
That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.
+
effervescence
n.
Alt. of Effervescency
+
explicate
v.t.
To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
+
enchanted
a.
Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
+
exordium
n.
A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration.
+
ercedeken
n.
An archdeacon.
+
engaged
a.
Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
+
escape
n.
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
+
excommunication
n.
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
+
epiphora
n.
The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
+
edificatory
a.
Tending to edification.
+
ethylamine
n.
A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.
+
emaciation
n.
The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
+
enervate
v.t.
To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
+
entasis
n.
Same as Entasia.
+
environment
n.
That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.
+
endothelial
a.
Of, or relating to, endothelium.
+
entreatment
n.
Entreaty; invitation.
+
ernest
n.
See Earnest.
+
ethology
n.
The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual.
+
enthusiasm
n.
Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.
+
elicitate
v.t.
To elicit.
+
episyllogism
n.
A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.
+
effusion
n.
That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
+
exvotos
pl.
of Ex-voto
+
embellished
imp.|p.p.
of Embellish
+
epigaea
n.
An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.
+
eryngo
n.
A plant of the genus Eryngium.
+
epidermical
a.
Epidermal.
+
elative
a.
Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.
+
eagle
n.
Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
+
ectopia
n.
A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.
+
elocation
n.
Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy.
+
embryous
a.
Embryonic; undeveloped.
+
eustachian
a.
Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter.
+
erythrogen
n.
A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.
+
epode
n.
The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
+
eductive
a.
Tending to draw out; extractive.
+
exect
v.t.
To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect.
+
episodial
a.
Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.
+
earing
n.
A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.
+
erasable
a.
Capable of being erased.
+
enterotomy
n.
Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.
+
exchange
n.
The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.
+
embattle
v.t.
To furnish with battlements.
+
entad
adv.
Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad.
+
edentate
a.
Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
+
envy
n.
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar.
+
ernestful
a.
Serious.
+
extension
v.t.
The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
+
encirclet
n.
A small circle; a ring.
+
ectorganism
n.
An external parasitic organism.
+
ecbole
n.
A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.
+
edge
v.t.
To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
+
eclogite
n.
A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
+
evincible
a.
Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.
+
exprobratory
a.
Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.
+
eminence
n.
A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
+
essoiner
n.
An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.
+
erroneous
a.
Misleading; misled; mistaking.
+
embolic
a.
Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
+
exquisite
a.
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
+
embrace
n.
To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
+
essay
n.
An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
+
easting
n.
The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
+
ephemeral
a.
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
+
errantry
n.
The employment of a knight-errant.
+
epistolary
a.
Contained in letters; carried on by letters.
+
eventognathi
n.pl.
An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.
+
extirpable
a.
Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant.
+
element
n.
the conditions and movements of the air.
+
egence
n.
The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
+
emaciate
v.i.
To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
+
egre
a.
Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.
+
entomophagan
a.
Relating to the Entomophaga.
+
exhaust
a.
Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
+
epistolet
n.
A little epistle.
+
enrapturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enrapture
+
editorially
adv.
In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
+
endecagon
n.
A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.
+
elate
a.
Lifted up; raised; elevated.
+
earsore
n.
An annoyance to the ear.
+
experience
n.
An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.
+
emetic
n.
A medicine which causes vomiting.
+
epidotic
a.
Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.
+
equangular
a.
Having equal angles; equiangular.
+
escalade
v.t.
To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
+
enouncement
n.
Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.
+
eradicative
n.
A medicine that effects a radical cure.
+
extirpative
a.
Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.
+
eponyme
n.
A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.
+
episcopize
v.i.
To perform the duties of a bishop.
+
expiration
n.
That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
+
emasculatory
a.
Serving or tending to emasculate.
+
exsiccant
n.
An exsiccant medicine.
+
encheson
n.
Alt. of Encheason
+
equivalence
v.t.
To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
+
everywhere
adv.
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.
+
entail
n.
To appoint hereditary possessor.
+
etiology
n.
The science of causes. Same as /tiology.
+
emitted
imp.|p.p.
of Emit
+
empyreal
n.
Empyrean.
+
eburnean
a.
Made of or relating to ivory.
+
elfin
n.
A little elf or urchin.
+
enfire
v.t.
To set on fire.
+
empaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Empale
+
errancy
n.
A wandering; state of being in error.
+
exciting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excite
+
enjoinment
n.
Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
+
etiological
a.
Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; aetiological.
+
electrodynamometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.
+
epithelia
pl.
of Epithelium
+
exhausting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exhaust
+
endosmosmic
a.
Endosmotic.
+
exercise
v.t.
To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.
+
eminent
a.
High; lofty; towering; prominent.
+
erythrophyllin
n.
The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.
+
epigaeous
a.
Growing on, or close to, the ground.
+
equable
a.
Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
+
endocardiac
a.
Alt. of Endocardial
+
equip
v.t.
To dress up; to array; accouter.
+
emulatory
a.
Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.
+
entomotomy
n.
The science of the dissection of insects.
+
edged
imp.|p.p.
of Edge
+
echinus
n.
A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.
+
extractive
a.
Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
+
eale
n.
Ale.
+
everyday
a.
Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.
+
eruptional
a.
Eruptive.
+
expariating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expatiate
+
emptied
imp.|p.p.
of Empty
+
enfeebled
imp.|p.p.
of Enfeeble
+
execution
n.
That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
+
exhalement
n.
Exhalation.
+
envelope
n.
Alt. of Envelop
+
exornation
n.
Ornament; decoration; embellishment.
+
excitability
n.
The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.
+
excitability
n.
The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.
+
enthrone
v.t.
To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.
+
epiperipheral
a.
Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral.
+
excessive
a.
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
+
exciter
n.
One who, or that which, excites.
+
ebb
v.i.
To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
+
emerald
a.
Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
+
entertain
v.t.
To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
+
expatiate
v.i.
To range at large, or without restraint.
+
eyed
a.
Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.
+
epistrophe
n.
A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I."
+
ebb
v.t.
To cause to flow back.
+
evangelicalism
n.
Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism.
+
epiderm
n.
The epidermis.
+
equator
n.
The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line.
+
enclosure
n.
Inclosure. See Inclosure.
+
enrich
v.t.
To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.
+
echinite
n.
A fossil echinoid.
+
enthusiastical
a.
Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art.
+
exorcise
v.t.
To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.
+
extravagate
v.i.
To rove.
+
empale
v.t.
To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
+
exarate
v.t.
To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.
+
epistler
n.
A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament.
+
esthesiometer
n.
Same as Aesthesiometer.
+
evicted
imp.|p.p.
of Evict
+
echinate
a.
Alt. of Echinated
+
elegist
n.
A write of elegies.
+
exilic
a.
Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon.
+
ebullition
n.
A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
+
enlarge
v.i.
To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
+
estrangement
n.
The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.
+
endoparasite
n.
Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon.
+
exhaust
n.
The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
+
emaculate
v.t.
To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
+
egg
n.
Anything resembling an egg in form.
+
elevator
n.
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
+
estrepement
n.
A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
+
engorged
p.a.
Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
+
exortive
a.
Rising; relating to the east.
+
engage
v.i.
To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
+
estimation
v.t.
Supposition; conjecture.
+
elegit
n.
A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.
+
eek
v.t.
Alt. of Eeke
+
eloquence
n.
That which is eloquently uttered or written.
+
edify
v.i.
To teach or persuade.
+
exclusive
a.
Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
+
esculent
n.
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
+
eyalet
n.
Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.
+
ensiferous
a.
Bearing a sword.
+
embryogeny
n.
The production and development of an embryo.
+
erection
n.
State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
+
effervescency
n.
A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
+
ebb
a.
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
+
ephialtes
n.
The nightmare.
+
evacuated
imp.|p.p.
of Evacuate
+
eructation
n.
The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
+
ew
n.
A yew.
+
ethically
adv.
According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.
+
endeavor
v.t.
To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
+
epignathous
a.
Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.
+
escalop
n.
A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.
+
endotheca
n.
The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.
+
eyliad
n.
See /iliad.
+
emancipator
n.
One who emancipates.
+
explosion
n.
A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
+
endorsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endorse
+
equalize
v.t.
To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.
+
extortioner
n.
One who practices extortion.
+
epicondylar
n.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
+
excipulum
n.
The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.
+
edificial
a.
Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
+
ecraseur
n.
An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
+
elohist
n.
The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist.
+
egomism
n.
Egoism.
+
equivocal
n.
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
+
earing
n.
A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.
+
embattlement
n.
An intended parapet; a battlement.
+
engrave
v.t.
To cut in; to make by incision.
+
exagitation
n.
Agitation.
+
eventerate
v.t.
To rip open; todisembowel.
+
epalate
a.
Without palpi.
+
emblaze
v.t.
To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon.
+
esophagus
n.
That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
+
eight
a.
Seven and one; as, eight years.
+
enfree
v.t.
To set free.
+
err
v.i.
To wander; to roam; to stray.
+
eild
n.
Age.
+
express
a.
To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.
+
ermine
n.
By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.
+
enthrall
v.t.
To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.
+
ethionic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.
+
equality
n.
Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
+
epidermic
a.
Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark.
+
endorser
n.
Same as Indorser.
+
eyeglass
n.
Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
+
equivalence
n.
The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
+
ellengeness
n
Alt. of Ellingeness
+
eidolon
n.
An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.
+
environment
n.
Act of environing; state of being environed.
+
elancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elance
+
epichirema
n.
A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
+
excretion
n.
That which is excreted; excrement.
+
execute
v.i.
To perform musically.
+
epidemical
a.
Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.
+
educationist
n.
One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
+
etiolation
n.
Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
+
eager
n.
Same as Eagre.
+
ericinol
n.
A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
+
earwigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Earwig
+
exsiccant
a.
Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
+
earthwork
n.
The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.
+
eupepsy
n.
Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
+
equal
v.t.
To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen/urate with.
+
exegetist
n.
One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete.
+
enginemen
pl.
of Engineman
+
equate
v.t.
To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.
+
engrosser
n.
One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
+
empaled
imp.|p.p.
of Empale
+
empyrean
a.
Empyreal.
+
extinction
n.
The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
+
eikosane
n.
A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.
+
entrochal
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.
+
excommune
v.t.
To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate.
+
enteradenology
n.
The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.
+
ephemeral
n.
Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
+
east indian

Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
+
enunciator
n.
One who enunciates or proclaims.
+
eye
n.
The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
+
eavesdrop
v.i.
To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.
+
entailment
n.
A thing entailed.
+
equity
n.
Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.
+
efform
v.t.
To form; to shape.
+
elsewhere
adv.
In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.
+
escalop
n.
The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
+
een
n.
The old plural of Eye.
+
esopian
a.
Alt. of Esopic
+
expiring
a.
Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
+
ethnography
n.
That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.
+
exacerbescence
n.
Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.
+
evaporable
a.
Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.
+
emarginate
a.
Alt. of Emarginated
+
euplastic
n.
Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
+
evolation
n.
A flying out or up.
+
ensilage
n.
The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.
+
emancipate
v.t.
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
+
exportation
n.
Commodity exported; an export.
+
eroded
p.p.|a.
Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.
+
engulf
v.t.
To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
+
enucleate
v.t.
To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
+
eased
imp.|p.p.
of Ease
+
exhort
v.i.
To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
+
eudemonism
n.
Alt. of Eudaemonism
+
excentric
a.
Alt. of Excentrical
+
extraordinariness
n.
The quality of being extraordinary.
+
ebbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ebb
+
exhilaration
n.
The state of being enlivened or cheerful.
+
exemplarily
adv.
In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.
+
effectible
a.
Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
+
exported
imp.|p.p.
of Export
+
entoderm
n.
See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.
+
execration
n.
That which is execrated; a detested thing.
+
eleventh
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.
+
exiccate
v.t.
See Exsiccate.
+
emendator
n.
One who emends or critically edits.
+
eld
v.t.
To make old or ancient.
+
exanthemata
pl.
of Exanthema
+
erethistic
a.
Relating to erethism.
+
efficacy
n.
Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.
+
exchange
n.
To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.
+
entreat
v.i.
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
+
effendi
n.
Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.
+
excellent
a.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance.
+
enumerator
n.
One who enumerates.
+
epitrope
n.
A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."
+
equinoctial
a.
Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.
+
eremitic
a.
Alt. of Eremitical
+
ealdorman
n.
An alderman.
+
effluvium
a.
Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
+
elevating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elevate
+
endite
v.t.
See Indite.
+
emptiness
n.
Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
+
epipteric
n.
The epipteric bone.
+
eggshell
n.
The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.
+
enchafe
v.t.
To chafe; to enrage; to heat.
+
extension
v.t.
The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
+
exemplary
a.
Illustrating as the proof of a thing.
+
engross
v.t.
To amass.
+
euphonon
n.
An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.
+
exchequer
n.
One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.
+
exemplification
n.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
+
eat
v.i.
To make one's way slowly.
+
earreach
n.
Earshot.
+
enchase
v.t.
To delineate or describe, as by writing.
+
eddish
n.
Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish.
+
embargo
n.
An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.
+
erration
n.
A wandering; a roving about.
+
euphorbial
a.
Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
+
exstipulate
a.
Having no stipules.
+
eatable
a.
Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.
+
estop
v.t.
To impede or bar by estoppel.
+
exert
v.t.
To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.
+
eudiometric
a.
Alt. of Eudiometrical
+
eyries
pl.
of Eyry
+
ensky
v.t.
To place in the sky or in heaven.
+
enlarge
v.t.
To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
+
evilminded
a.
Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.
+
ephemeron
n.
One of the ephemeral flies.
+
emeership
n.
The rank or office of an Emir.
+
extirpatory
a.
Extirpative.
+
engine
n.
(Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
+
endaspidean
a.
Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.
+
excheat
n.
See Escheat.
+
easterly
a.
Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
+
ebrillade
n.
A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.
+
entender
v.t.
To make tender.
+
experiment
v.t.
To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.
+
eminently
adv.
In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
+
elixir
n.
A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
+
excantation
n.
Disenchantment by a countercharm.
+
excelsior
n.
A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
+
exasperater
n.
One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.
+
eikon
n.
An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.
+
epigenetic
a.
Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.
+
enamel
v.t.
A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
+
economics
n.
The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
+
executress
n.
An executrix.
+
exhibit
n.
A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
+
exceed
v.i.
To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
+
evince
v.t.
To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.
+
envelop
n.
A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.
+
elicitation
n.
The act of eliciting.
+
emitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emit
+
enumeration
n.
A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
+
eruptive
n.
An eruptive rock.
+
eulytite
n.
A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine.
+
entomophilous
a.
Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
+
eventtual
a.
Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential.
+
esquimau
n.
Same as Eskimo.
+
enjoining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enjoin
+
endeavor
v.i.
To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
+
euchroite
n.
A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. It is hydrous arseniate of copper.
+
epigraphical
a.
Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.
+
embargoes
pl.
of Embargo
+
ecdyses
pl.
of Ecdysis
+
epitithides
n.
The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
+
endocyst
n.
The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
+
enflowered
imp.|p.p.
of Enflower
+
exorcism
n.
Conjuration for raising spirits.
+
embolic
a.
Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
+
effervescible
a.
Capable of effervescing.
+
eyewash
n.
See Eyewater.
+
easeless
a.
Without ease.
+
eruptive
a.
Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.
+
eyespotted
a.
Marked with spots like eyes.
+
equi

A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.
+
endoblast
n.
Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,
+
entire
a.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
+
enhance
v.i.
To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
+
ember
a.
Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
+
enroll
n.
To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.
+
epenthetic
a.
Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.
+
empearl
v.t.
To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
+
expunge
v.t.
To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
+
excerp
a.
To pick out.
+
enlivener
n.
One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.
+
enfetter
v.t.
To bind in fetters; to enchain.
+
earth
v.t.
To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.
+
enamel
v.t.
That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
+
exemplifiable
a.
That can be exemplified.
+
eglandulose
a.
Alt. of Eglandulous
+
empower
v.t.
To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
+
enaliosaurian
a.
Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.
+
excusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excuse
+
emigrator
n.
One who emigrates; am emigrant.
+
embark
v.i.
To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
+
eying  eyeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eye
+
expatriate
v.t.
Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
+
enriched
imp.|p.p.
of Enrich
+
explain
v.i.
To give an explanation.
+
eccentric
n.
One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.
+
eucalyptus
n.
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.
+
elaterometer
n.
Same as Elatrometer.
+
ending
n.
The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5.
+
enchantment
n.
The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.
+
excision
n.
The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
+
embattling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embattle
+
eyebrow
n.
The brow or hairy arch above the eye.
+
eggshaped
a.
Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
+
earwitness
n.
A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer.
+
entirety
n.
The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest.
+
engrailment
n.
Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.
+
entrapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entrap
+
elayl
n.
Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.
+
endlong
adv.|prep.
Lengthwise; along.
+
entosternum
n.
See Entoplastron.
+
endamaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endamage
+
eye
n.
The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
+
eyren
n.pl.
See Ey, an egg.
+
excerebration
n.
The act of removing or beating out the brains.
+
earthen
a.
Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
+
eurypteroidea
n.pl.
An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks.
+
ejecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eject
+
excisable
a.
Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.
+
educable
a.
Capable of being educated.
+
ectypography
n.
A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
+
eugenics
n.
The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
+
estate
v.t.
To establish.
+
ed

The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.
+
elevation
n.
A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.
+
element
n.
The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.
+
eudemonistical
a.
Alt. of Eudaemonistical
+
exequatur
n.
Official recognition or permission.
+
exhortatory
a.
Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.
+
editioner
n.
An editor.
+
electrostatic
a.
Pertaining to electrostatics.
+
eupatorium
n.
A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
+
extremely
adv.
In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.
+
enamelled

of Enamel
+
emmetropia
n.
That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.
+
elusive
a.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
+
etym
n.
See Etymon.
+
easy
v.t.
At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint
+
enstatite
n.
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.
+
embusy
v.t.
To employ.
+
exsect
v.t.
The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
+
enunciate
v.t.
To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.
+
experience
n.
Trial, as a test or experiment.
+
entend
v.i.
To attend to; to apply one's self to.
+
enlengthen
v.t.
To lengthen.
+
easter
v.i.
To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.
+
erin
n.
An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
+
exposedness
n.
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
+
escrod
n.
See Scrod, a young cod.
+
erogate
v.t.
To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.
+
evilfavored
a.
Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed.
+
exhibit
v.t.
To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
+
exauctorate
v.t.
See Exauthorate.
+
exophyllous
a.
Not sheathed in another leaf.
+
echo
n.
A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
+
erosion
n.
The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
+
erd
n.
The earth.
+
exosmose
n.
The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.
+
electrify
v.t.
To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
+
embanking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embar
+
expulsion
n.
The state of being expelled or driven out.
+
equinumerant
a.
Equal as to number.
+
endanger
v.t.
To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.
+
elytrum
n.
One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.
+
exauthorize
v.t.
To deprive of uthority.
+
exhaustment
n.
Exhaustion; drain.
+
equivocatory
a.
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
+
exarillate
a.
Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.
+
ejector
n.
One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
+
ephesian
n.
A native of Ephesus.
+
establisher
n.
One who establishes.
+
estimable
n.
A thing worthy of regard.
+
electrotherapeutics
n.
The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.
+
experienced
p.p.|a.
Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.
+
eponym
n.
Alt. of Eponyme
+
exemplify
v.t.
To prove or show by an attested copy.
+
elaborated
imp.|p.p.
of Elaborate
+
enform
v.t.
To form; to fashion.
+
expostulation
n.
The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
+
eternal
a.
Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
+
electorial
a.
Electoral.
+
epigrammatized
imp.|p.p.
of Epigrammatize
+
eland
n.
A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.
+
engine
v.t.
(Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
+
equalized
imp.|p.p.
of Equalize
+
eventtual
a.
Final; ultimate.
+
ethenyl
n.
A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl.
+
epiblast
n.
The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.
+
ehlite
n.
A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.
+
excuser
n.
One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
+
estramacon
n.
A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
+
ectoderm
n.
The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.
+
excavate
v.t.
To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
+
ensample
n.
An example; a pattern or model for imitation.
+
evangel
n.
Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
+
elevate
v.t.
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
+
evaporate
a.
Dispersed in vapors.
+
endogenous
a.
Originating from within; increasing by internal growth.
+
echidnine
n.
The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.
+
eye
n.
The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.
+
escapement
n.
The act of escaping; escape.
+
encumbrance
n.
That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
+
extravagance
n.
A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
+
epithelioid
a.
Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.
+
ethnographically
adv.
In an ethnographical manner.
+
excurrent
a.
Running or flowing out
+
effort
n.
A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
+
eater
n.
One who, or that which, eats.
+
equipollency
n.
Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.
+
expeditive
a.
Performing with speed.
+
enseint
a.
With child; pregnant. See Enceinte.
+
epagoge
n.
The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
+
exsiccating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exsiccate
+
equatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
+
emyd
n.
A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidae.
+
episodical
a.
Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious.
+
exprobration
n.
Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
+
economical
a.
Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
+
effective
n.
One who is capable of active service.
+
eat
v.t.
To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
+
epitaphian
a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
+
epitrite
n.
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
+
extinguished
imp.|p.p.
of Extinguish
+
explanation
n.
The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.
+
enjoyable
a.
Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.
+
entertain
n.
Entertainment.
+
extumescence
n.
A swelling or rising.
+
eroticism
n.
Erotic quality.
+
east
adv.
Eastward.
+
exuviae
n.pl.
Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.
+
expeditious
a.
Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger.
+
entangling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entangle
+
egoistic
a.
Alt. of Egoistical
+
extenuate
v.t.
To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
+
eusebian
n.
A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.
+
earthdin
n.
An earthquake.
+
efflorescence
n.
Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
+
encountering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encounter
+
epicure
n.
One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.
+
earnest
n.
Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.
+
etymologies
pl.
of Etymology
+
expanded
imp.|p.p.
of Expand
+
existency
n.
Existence.
+
emanate
v.i.
To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.
+
enunciate
v.t.
To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.
+
extolled
imp.|p.p.
of Extol
+
evacuate
v.i.
To let blood
+
endolymphatic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct.
+
embryology
n.
The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
+
exodus
n.
A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
+
elasipoda
n.pl.
An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
+
effume
v.t.
To breathe or puff out.
+
electroplating
n.
The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of electricity.
+
escape
n.
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
+
executor
n.
An executioner.
+
effloresce
v.i.
To blossom forth.
+
election
a.
The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
+
exalt
v.t.
To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.
+
emulsive
a.
Softening; milklike.
+
etherize
v.t.
To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.
+
equestrianism
n.
The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.
+
epipedometry
n.
The mensuration of figures standing on the same base.
+
engage
v.t.
To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
+
ex postfacto

From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.
+
epipolic
a.
Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence.
+
eterniziing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Eternize
+
ebullient
a.
Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.
+
extortious
a.
Extortionate.
+
entail
n.
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
+
eozoon
n.
A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.
+
expugner
n.
One who expugns.
+
expectative
a.
Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
+
exaspidean
a.
Having the anterior scute/ extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain birds.
+
edictal
a.
Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.
+
erelong
adv.
Before the /apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.
+
equiradical
a.
Equally radical.
+
eschscholtzia
n.
A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.
+
expressible
a.
Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.
+
exophthalmos
n.
Alt. of Exophthalmus
+
emboitement
n.
The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preexisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.
+
enthelminthes
n.pl.
Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.
+
explanatoriness
n.
The quality of being explanatory.
+
estuated
imp.|p.p.
of Estuate
+
extricate
v.t.
To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
+
eighty
n.
The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.
+
empty
v.t.
To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
+
elixate
v.t.
To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.
+
ethnographer
n.
One who investigates ethnography.
+
exhale
v.t.
To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
+
earned
imp.|p.p.
of Earn
+
electrochronographic
a.
Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.
+
emperice
n.
An empress.
+
entomology
n.
That part of zoology which treats of insects.
+
earpick
n.
An instrument for removing wax from the ear.
+
epulary
a.
Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet.
+
equatorial
n.
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 equatorial telescope.
+
epitomized
imp.|p.p.
of Epitomize
+
enthrone
v.t.
To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
+
escapement
n.
Way of escape; vent.
+
expedience
n.
Alt. of Expediency
+
escaped
imp.|p.p.
of Escape
+
eternalist
n.
One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.
+
effuse
n.
Effusion; loss.
+
eleemosynary
n.
One who subsists on charity; a dependent.
+
enunciated
imp.|p.p.
of Enunciate
+
eyed
imp.|p.p.
of Eye
+
etacism
n.
The pronunciation of the Greek / (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.
+
embalmer
n.
One who embalms.
+
enlist
v.i.
To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.
+
euchologion
n.
Alt. of Euchology
+
eared
a.
Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.
+
expire
v.t.
To emit; to give out.
+
elvanite
n.
The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
+
enjoy
v.t.
To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
+
eghen
n.pl.
Eyes.
+
enouncing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enounce
+
eggbird
n.
A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris.
+
etching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Etch
+
en

A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.
+
embroude
v.t.
Alt. of Embroyde
+
elevation
n.
The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
+
enterplead
v.i.
Same as Interplead.
+
ee

A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.
+
ennoblement
n.
That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.
+
easter
n.
An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask.
+
ephyra
n.
A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.
+
earnest
v.t.
To use in earnest.
+
encephalocele
n.
Hernia of the brain.
+
eventtual
a.
Dependent on events; contingent.
+
ectostosis
n.
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
+
entobronchium
n.
One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
+
evacuate
v.t.
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
+
extensible
a.
Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible.
+
espousal
n.
The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.
+
envy
n.
An object of envious notice or feeling.
+
egyptian
a.
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
+
esteeming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Esteem
+
expectorate
v.i.
To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
+
entomologize
v.i.
To collect specimens in the study of entomology.
+
escapement
n.
The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
+
everse
v.t.
To overthrow or subvert.
+
excitive
n.
That which excites; an excitant.
+
enforce
v.t.
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
+
evangile
n.
Good tidings; evangel.
+
enatation
n.
A swimming out.
+
extramural
a.
Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.
+
ester
n.
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.
+
eluded
imp.|p.p.
of Elude
+
erroneous
a.
Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.
+
estuarine
a.
Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.
+
excuse
v.t.
To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.
+
enrank
v.t.
To place in ranks or in order.
+
estimable
a.
Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.
+
enstore
v.t.
To restore.
+
extrastapedial
a.
Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes.
+
eachwhere
adv.
Everywhere.
+
ekename
n.
An additional or epithet name; a nickname.
+
enumeration
n.
The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
+
eudiometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to a eudiometer; as, eudiometrical experiments or results.
+
elutriate
v.t.
To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.
+
eyasmusket
n.
An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk.
+
entitle
v.t.
To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command.
+
eutychian
n.
A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.
+
emerods
n.pl.
Alt. of Emeroids
+
endurance
n.
The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.
+
entireness
n.
Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association.
+
extract
n.
That which is extracted or drawn out.
+
expatiatory
a.
Expansive; diffusive.
+
enhancement
n.
The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
+
extremity
n.
One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
+
ease
n.
To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
+
erratic
n.
Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.
+
enclitical
v.i.
Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
+
eyne
n.
Alt. of Eyen
+
entozoon
n.
One of the Entozoa.
+
echo
v.i.
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.
+
eximious
a.
Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent.
+
empale
v.t.
To make pale.
+
enticed
imp.|p.p.
of Entice
+
effeminate
a.
Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
+
excuss
v.t.
To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.
+
eastwards
adv.
Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.
+
er

.
+
equating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equate
+
entozoal
a.
Alt. of Entozoic
+
eval
a.
Relating to time or duration.
+
expansion
n.
The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
+
ensconced
imp.|p.p.
of Ensconce
+
element
n.
One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.
+
empurple
v.t.
To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple.
+
explanation
n.
A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.
+
envy
v.t.
To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
+
equiponderancy
n.
Equality of weight; equipoise.
+
el doradoes
pl.
of El Dorado
+
eager
a.
Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
+
esplanade
n.
Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
+
engrasped
imp.|p.p.
of Engrasp
+
ekaluminium
n.
The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.
+
enact
n.
Purpose; determination.
+
exogenous
a.
Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.
+
exhibitor
n.
One who exhibits.
+
evanesce
v.i.
To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.
+
entame
v.t.
To tame.
+
engraining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Engrain
+
elsin
n.
A shoemaker's awl.
+
endwise
adv.
With the end forward.
+
equivoke
n.
An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations.
+
eloquent
a.
Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.
+
embogue
v.i.
To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.
+
eyren
pl.
of Ey
+
exscutellate
a.
Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.
+
exit
n.
A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
+
enterology
n.
The science which treats of the viscera of the body.
+
earst
adv.
See Erst.
+
expedient
n.
That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
+
estimableness
n.
The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
+
exorcise
v.t.
To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.
+
ethnical
a.
Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
+
eudemonist
n.
Alt. of Eudaemonist
+
exalted
imp.|p.p.
of Exalt
+
entozoic
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.
+
envie
v.i.
To vie; to emulate; to strive.
+
exauctoration
n.
See Exauthoration.
+
exogyra
n.
A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.
+
eyesplice
n.
A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
+
expedite
v.t.
To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants.
+
euphorbin euphorbine
n.
A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.
+
endosporous
a.
Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.
+
endozoa
n.pl.
See Entozoa.
+
entanglement
n.
State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
+
eccentric
n.
In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.
+
eroteme
n.
A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.
+
ecclesia
n.
A church, either as a body or as a building.
+
embark
v.i.
To engage in any affair.
+
extraparochial
a.
Beyond the limits of a parish.
+
endothelium
n.
The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.
+
evocate
v.t.
To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke.
+
elengeness
n.
Loneliness; misery.
+
epibolic
a.
Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
+
eeke
v.t.
See Eke.
+
encauma
n.
An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.
+
estreat
v.t.
To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance.
+
earth
n.
Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
+
escaloped
a.
Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
+
exaggeration
n.
The act of heaping or piling up.
+
electropuncturing
n.
See Electropuncture.
+
elcaja
n.
An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.
+
estimation
v.t.
An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.
+
e

A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.
+
excise
v.t.
To impose upon; to overcharge.
+
eugetinic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, eugenol; as, eugetic acid.
+
emulation
n.
The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
+
ear
v.t.
To take in with the ears; to hear.
+
efface
v.t.
To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
+
exhibition
n.
The act of administering a remedy.
+
eaves
n.pl.
Eyelids or eyelashes.
+
entwinement
n.
A twining or twisting together or round; union.
+
epileptical
a.
Epileptic.
+
eloped
imp.|p.p.
of Elope
+
exciting
a.
Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story.
+
embarkation
n.
The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
+
exemplifying
p.pr.|.vb.n.
of Exemplify
+
eponymous
a.
Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.
+
encircling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Encircle
+
epaulement
n.
A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.
+
enravish
v.t.
To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate.
+
elegantly
adv.
In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
+
efficient
n.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
+
emeute
n.
A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
+
emplection
n.
See Emplecton.
+
extol
v.t.
To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
+
ecclesiastically
adv.
In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
+
exploded
imp.|p.p.
of Explode
+
enema
n.
An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.
+
eggplant
n.
A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.
+
evaporation
n.
See Vaporization.
+
exacting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exact
+
eyecup
n.
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 eyeglass.
+
elytriform
a.
Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.
+
emphatic
a.
Alt. of Emphatical
+
enrheum
v.i.
To contract a rheum.
+
enode
v.t.
To clear of knots; to make clear.
+
eyestalk
n.
One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.
+
eluctation
n.
A struggling out of any difficulty.
+
egest
v.t.
To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.
+
elastically
adv.
In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
+
enubilous
a.
Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear.
+
experimentation
n.
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
+
extravagant
n.
Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
+
enter
v.t.
To initiate; to introduce favorably.
+
epistolary
a.
Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
+
engraving
n.
The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
+
eclectically
adv.
In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.
+
embush
v.t.
To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
+
episcopate
n.
A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
+
eleutheromania
n.
A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.
+
enamel
v.t.
The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
+
end

A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.
+
expenseless
a.
Without cost or expense.
+
egyptian
n.
A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.
+
exacuate
v.t.
To whet or sharpen.
+
epicardiac
a.
Of or relating to the epicardium.
+
equitable
a.
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.
+
eosin
n.
A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluorescein, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.
+
entreative
a.
Used in entreaty; pleading.
+
encanker
v.t.
To canker.
+
exprobrate
v.t.
To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid.
+
even
v.t.
To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
+
epuration
n.
Purification.
+
expander
n.
Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
+
evenfall
n.
Beginning of evening.
+
eyeglass
n.
A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.
+
egre
a.|n.
See Eager, and Eagre.
+
emparlance
n.
Parley; imparlance.
+
embody
v.i.
To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.
+
expenditure
n.
That which is expended or paid out; expense.
+
ever
adv.
Without cessation; continually.
+
expirant
n.
One who expires or is expiring.
+
egranulose
a.
Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions.
+
eyen
n.
Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry.
+
entackle
v.t.
To supply with tackle.
+
ensign
v.t.
To designate as by an ensign.
+
ecclesial
a.
Ecclesiastical.
+
elusion
n.
Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.
+
endogamy
n.
Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.
+
entrail
v.t.
To interweave; to intertwine.
+
exquisiteness
n.
Quality of being exquisite.
+
eme
n.
An uncle.
+
electrify
v.i.
To become electric.
+
equal
v.t.
To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.
+
enslaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enslave
+
engraff
v.t.
To graft; to fix deeply.
+
entailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entail
+
enchanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enchant
+
embroiled
imp.|p.p.
of Embroil
+
eupepsia
n.
Alt. of Eupepsy
+
exacritude
n.
The quality of being exact; exactness.
+
electroetching
n.
A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.
+
effray
v.t.
To frighten; to scare.
+
energy
n.
Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.
+
exertion
n.
The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.
+
erythrosin
n.
A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.
+
exhilarated
imp.|p.p.
of Exhilarate
+
explain
a.
To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
+
enamored
imp.|p.p.
of Enamor
+
equicrescent
a.
Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.
+
evolvement
n.
The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.
+
esexual
a.
Sexless; asexual.
+
end
v.t.
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
+
encyclical
a.
Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
+
extractable
a.
Alt. of Extractible
+
emboguing
n.
The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged.
+
embryo
n.
The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.
+
elaiometer
n.
An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.
+
ensign
n.
A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
+
elaiodic
a.
Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.
+
excavation
n.
The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
+
eleutheropetalous
a.
Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.
+
estimation
v.t.
Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.
+
expletive
a.
Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.
+
earnful
a.
Full of anxiety or yearning.
+
eighteenth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.
+
enthrallment
n.
The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.
+
eulogize
v.t.
To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
+
ever
adv.
At any time; at any period or point of time.
+
enerlasting
n.
A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
+
expounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expound
+
epidemic
n.
An epidemic disease.
+
ern
n.
Alt. of Erne
+
erbium
n.
A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.
+
ear
n.
The organ of hearing; the external ear.
+
enterolith
n.
An intestinal concretion.
+
enclitically
adv.
In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.
+
emaciated
imp.|p.p.
of Emaciate
+
eventration
n.
The act af disemboweling.
+
extemporization
n.
The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
+
encomiastic
a.
Alt. of Encomiastical
+
embolismatical
a.
Embolismic.
+
etched
imp.|p.p.
of Etch
+
elimate
v.t.
To render smooth; to polish.
+
edelweiss
n.
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
+
endomorph
n.
A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.
+
electrolytical
a.
Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action.
+
extras
pl.
of Extra
+
earthy
a.
Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.
+
effigies
pl.
of Effigy
+
expiatist
n.
An expiator.
+
eternal
n.
One of the appellations of God.
+
express
n.
An express office.
+
evesdropper
n.
See Eavesdropper.
+
entomophaga
n.pl.
One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.
+
ensure
v.t.
To betroth.
+
emulgent
n.
An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.
+
expiate
v.t.
To purify with sacred rites.
+
exchanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exchange
+
eliminate
v.t.
To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.
+
expediment
n.
An expedient.
+
enervative
a.
Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening.
+
earthwork
n.
An embankment or construction made of earth.
+
expression
n.
A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
+
esteem
v.t.
To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
+
euphonium
n.
A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
+
esquire
v.t.
To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
+
epigrammatist
n.
One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.
+
elysian
a.
Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.
+
eluxate
v.t.
To dislocate; to luxate.
+
endogenetic
a.
Endogenous.
+
eliquation
n.
The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
+
entocuniform
n.
One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
+
exequy
n.
A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
+
entreated
imp.|p.p.
of Entreat
+
entrench
v.t.
See Intrench.
+
ended
imp.|p.p.
of End
+
elongated
imp.|p.p.
of Elongate
+
ermin
n.
An Armenian.
+
echo
n.
A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.
+
explicit
a.
Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
+
eglatere
n.
Eglantine.
+
effront
v.t.
To give assurance to.
+
entreat
v.i.
To make an earnest petition or request.
+
emancipatory
a.
Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.
+
endochondral
a.
Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.
+
elenctic
a.
Alt. of Elenctical
+
extricating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extricate
+
exact
a.
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
+
excortication
n.
The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.
+
exhibition
n.
The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
+
extraprovincial
a.
Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.
+
estrepe
v.t.
To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.
+
engorgement
n.
An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
+
emporium
n.
The brain.
+
egotistical
a.
Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.
+
elusory
a.
Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
+
exportability
n.
The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.
+
engraved
p.p.
of Engrave
+
endenize
v.t.
To endenizen.
+
euclase
n.
A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.
+
externality
n.
separation from the perceiving mind.
+
epibranchial
n.
An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
+
enharmonical
a.
Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.
+
east indian
n.
A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
+
elective
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
+
eye
v.t.
To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.
+
expose
v.t.
To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
+
ecstasy
n.
Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.
+
enkindle
v.t.
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
+
espy
n.
A spy; a scout.
+
exheredation
n.
A disinheriting; disherisor.
+
encroacher
n.
One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
+
ecstasy
v.t.
To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.
+
expectation
n.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.
+
epopee
n.
Alt. of Epopoeia
+
evangely
n.
Evangel.
+
extravagant
a.
Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
+
excogitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excogitate
+
emolumental
a.
Pertaining to an emolument; profitable.
+
embezzle
v.t.
To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
+
earwig
v.t.
To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.
+
exclave
n.
A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.
+
enhearten
v.t.
To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.
+
excitomotion
n.
Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
+
essential
a.
Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
+
eightling
n.
A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.
+
enlist
v.t.
To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.
+
exaration
n.
Act of plowing; also, act of writing.
+
electrocapillary
a.
Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
+
epileptoid
a.
Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.
+
ependymis
n.
See Ependyma.
+
egressor
n.
One who goes out.
+
excommunion

A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
+
evangelize
v.t.
To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.
+
efflux
n.
The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.
+
ecstatic
n.
Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.
+
etiquette
n.
The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
+
eglantine
n.
The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).
+
epithalamiums
pl.
of Epithalamium
+
exuviability
n.
Capability of shedding the skin periodically.
+
easy
v.t.
Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.
+
excerption
n.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
+
execute
v.t.
To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.
+
extuberate
v.i.
To swell out.
+
emotiveness
n.
Susceptibility to emotion.
+
esculapian
n.
Aesculapian.
+
expectorate
v.t.
To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
+
evection

An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1° 20'.
+
exasperating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exasperate
+
entail
n.
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
+
equilibrated
imp.|p.p.
of Equilibrate
+
effectively
adv.
With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
+
embrothel
v.t.
To inclose in a brothel.
+
expressage
n.
The charge for carrying a parcel by express.
+
embrasure
n.
An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
+
exercise
n.
The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
+
expire
v.t.
To bring to a close; to terminate.
+
enterocele
n.
A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
+
enaliosauria
n.pl.
An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.
+
entailment
n.
The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.
+
electricity
n.
The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.
+
exhausting
a.
Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.
+
emulator
n.
One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.
+
epiphragm
n.
A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.
+
extraordinary
a.
Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.
+
envelop
v.t.
To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.
+
emiction
n.
What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.
+
eliminated
imp.|p.p.
of Eliminate
+
elizabethan
a.
Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature.
+
emboyssement
n.
An ambush.
+
earthworm
n.
Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.
+
erogated
imp.|p.p.
of Erogate
+
eugetic
a.
Alt. of Eugetinic
+
envisaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Envisage
+
encouraging
a.
Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
+
executer
n.
One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.
+
empoison
v.t.
To poison; to impoison.
+
ease
n.
Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
+
esture
n.
Commotion.
+
esopic
a.
Same as Aesopian, Aesopic.
+
engrossed
imp.|p.p.
of Engross
+
expurgated
imp.|p.p.
of Expurgate
+
embrace
n.
Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
+
enigmatography
n.
Alt. of Enigmatology
+
embowelled

of Embowel
+
engarrison
v.t.
To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
+
ebrieties
pl.
of Ebriety
+
euphonious
a.
Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
+
exuccous
a.
See Exsuccous.
+
eaves
n.pl.
The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.
+
engrave
v.t.
To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
+
egotistically
adv.
With egotism.
+
endoneurium
n.
The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
+
expurgation
n.
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
+
encroach
v.i.
To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.
+
expelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expel
+
elucubration
n.
See Lucubration.
+
effusion
n.
The liquid escaping or exuded.
+
enbibe
v.t.
To imbibe.
+
espiaille
n.
Espial.
+
epoch
n.
A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.
+
engraving
n.
That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
+
except
conj.
Unless; if it be not so that.
+
emolliating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emolliate
+
exist
v.i.
To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
+
extinguishment
n.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
+
encyclopedism
n.
The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
+
exorciser
n.
An exorcist.
+
elench
n.
That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
+
estreat
n.
A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
+
enter
v.t.
To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.
+
exclamation
n.
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
+
explodent
n.
An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
+
exemption
n.
The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
+
endazzle
v.t.
To dazzle.
+
embread
v.t.
To braid.
+
eclegm
n.
A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.
+
etherize
v.t.
To convert into ether.
+
erection
n.
The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
+
emerge
v.i.
To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.
+
expansion
n.
That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
+
electrition
n.
The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.
+
endoss
v.t.
To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.
+
exsolution
n.
Relaxation.
+
encense
n.
To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
+
enervation
n.
The state of being weakened; effeminacy.
+
exterior
n.
The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
+
envelopment
n.
The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.
+
expansure
n.
Expanse.
+
equality
n.
The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.
+
entrick
v.t.
To trick, to perplex.
+
enforcing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enforce
+
enigmatically
adv.
Darkly; obscurely.
+
effeminate
v.t.
To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
+
endenizen
v.t.
To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
+
eikosylene
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.
+
exactness
n.
The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.
+
encore
n.
A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
+
expectance
n.
Alt. of Expectancy
+
excreted
imp.|p.p.
of Excrete
+
exportable
a.
Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.
+
exhaust
v.t.
To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
+
executively
adv.
In the way of executing or performing.
+
enterlace
v.t.
See Interlace.
+
emaciating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emaciate
+
evangelical
a.
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
+
estate
v.t.
To endow with an estate.
+
elkwood
n.
The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).
+
eviternal
a.
Eternal; everlasting.
+
externalism
n.
The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
+
equus
n.
A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
+
expellable
a.
Capable of being expelled or driven out.
+
evanish
v.i.
To vanish.
+
excrescential
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
+
erthine
a.
Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
+
evolved
imp.|p.p.
of Evolve
+
enlightener
n.
One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.
+
enteropathy
n.
Disease of the intestines.
+
excreation
n.
Act of spitting out.
+
enstamp
v.t.
To stamp; to mark as /ith a stamp; to impress deeply.
+
excuser
n.
One who excuses or forgives another.
+
ethnicism
n.
Heathenism; paganism; idolatry.
+
effect
n.
In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
+
either
a.|pron.
Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.
+
eke
adv.
In addition; also; likewise.
+
expire
v.i.
To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
+
etymology
n.
That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
+
extrorsal
a.
Extrorse.
+
eradiation
n.
Emission of radiance.
+
enleven
n.
Eleven.
+
extemporizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extemporize
+
enwombing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enwomb
+
edulcoration
n.
The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
+
equisonant
a.
Of the same or like sound.
+
ectopy
n.
Same as Ectopia.
+
egregiousness
n.
The state of being egregious.
+
evigilation
n.
A waking up or awakening.
+
emblemizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emblemize
+
electropuncture
n.
An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.
+
experinenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Experiment
+
evite
v.t.
To shun.
+
embanking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embank
+
error
n.
A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.
+
extinct
a.
Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
+
elephantoid
a.
Alt. of Elephantoidal
+
endeavorment
n.
Act of endeavoring; endeavor.
+
eccaleobion
n.
A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.
+
eurycerous
a.
Having broad horns.
+
endyses
pl.
of Endysis
+
eleventh
a.
Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.
+
empeople
v.t.
To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people.
+
enter
v.t.
To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.
+
emend
v.t.
To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
+
exsufflation
n.
A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
+
electrophorus
n.
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.
+
eternization
n.
The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.
+
epigrammatical

Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.
+
exhilarate
v.i.
To become joyous.
+
entablature
n.
The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
+
earmark
v.t.
To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
+
evolution
n.
The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.
+
enterpriser
n.
One who undertakes enterprises.
+
euclidian
n.
Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid.
+
enormity
n.
That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
+
elocutive
a.
Pertaining to oratorical expression.
+
extensiveness
n.
The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
+
epidermis
v.t.
The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
+
entermete
v.i.
To interfere; to intermeddle.
+
easterling
n.
A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England.
+
entrance
n.
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.
+
excitatory
a.
Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.
+
echo
n.
A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
+
ender
n.
One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.
+
exequial
a.
Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
+
eyeservice
n.
Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.
+
electrizer
n.
One who, or that which, electrizes.
+
exarticulation
n.
Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
+
eviction
n.
The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.
+
ess

A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.
+
excrescency
n.
Excrescence.
+
exsiliency
n.
A leaping out.
+
estray
n.
Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray.
+
electroengraving
n.
The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.
+
exotery
n.
That which is obvious, public, or common.
+
exampled
imp.|p.p.
of Example
+
eluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Elude
+
elector
a.
Pertaining to an election or to electors.
+
embargoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embargo
+
epanorthosis
n.
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave!  Brave, did I say? most heroic act!
+
ectal
a.
Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental.
+
endocarp
n.
The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
+
express
n.
A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
+
excavate
v.t.
To dig out and remove, as earth.
+
enactive
a.
Having power to enact or establish as a law.
+
encalendar
v.t.
To register in a calendar; to calendar.
+
elytrum
n.
One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair.
+
entangled
imp.|p.p.
of Entangle
+
encore
adv.interj.
Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.
+
embolismical
a.
Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.
+
edentation
n.
A depriving of teeth.
+
episkeletal
a.
Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
+
etagere
n.
A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.
+
envault
v.t.
To inclose in a vault; to entomb.
+
elvish
a.
Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.
+
external
a.
Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
+
exercise
v.t.
To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.
+
electricities
pl.
of Electricity
+
enterprise
n.
Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.
+
enabled
imp.|p.p.
of Enable
+
embossment
n.
The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
+
enraged
imp.|p.p.
of Enrage
+
embattled
a.
Having indentations like a battlement.
+
extricate
v.t.
To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.
+
erect
v.t.
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
+
ekasilicon
n.
The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.
+
elm
n.
A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
+
eldest
a.
Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.
+
egress
n.
The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.
+
enfranchiser
n.
One who enfranchises.
+
efflagitate
v.t.
To ask urgently.
+
eczematous
a.
Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.
+
element
n.
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
+
exaction
n.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
+
essentiate
v.i.
To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.
+
eloquence
n.
Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.
+
eurythmy
n.
Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.
+
emball
v.t.
To encircle or embrace.
+
epigastrial
a.
Epigastric.
+
ennew
v.t.
To make new.
+
ectoplasm
n.
The ectosarc of protozoan.
+
exposed
imp.|p.p.
of Expose
+
egoistically
adv.
In an egoistic manner.
+
engraft
v.t.
See Ingraft.
+
exhortative
a.
Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.
+
enticing
a.
That entices; alluring.
+
evacuation
n.
Abolition; nullification.
+
endoscope
n.
An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
+
salt

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.
+
ethylene
n.
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.
+
erythrogen
n.
A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
+
extravagancies
pl.
of Extravagancy
+
exhaust
n.
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
+
effusive
a.
Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
+
exposure
n.
Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.
+
epipetalous
a.
Borne on the petals or corolla.
+
enantiopathy
n.
An opposite passion or affection.
+
expiration
n.
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
+
evitable
a.
Avoidable.
+
explate
v.t.
To explain; to unfold.
+
entremets
n.sing.|pl.
Any small entertainment between two greater ones.
+
ensnare
v.t.
To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
+
evenminded
a.
Having equanimity.
+
ecce homo

A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.
+
encrease
v.t.|
i. [Obs.] See Increase.
+
each
a.a.pron.
Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.
+
epsomite
n.
Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
+
electer
n.
A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.
+
everybody
n.
Every person.
+
excitomotory
a.
Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
+
earless
a.
Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.
+
episternum
n.
A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.
+
emprise
v.t.
To undertake.
+
eye
n.
Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard.
+
electrometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope).
+
euphonize
v.t.
To make euphonic.
+
excess
n.
The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
+
extort
v.t.
To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
+
emew
n.
See Emu.
+
evacuative
a.
Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.
+
epigraph
n.
Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
+
express
n.
That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
+
emblematized
imp.|p.p.
of Emblematize
+
extoller
n.
One who extols; one who praises.
+
eloper
n.
One who elopes.
+
easily
adv.
Readily; without reluctance; willingly.
+
entoiled
imp.|p.p.
of Entoil
+
epigenesis
n.
The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.
+
enfierce
v.t.
To make fierce.
+
etude
n.
A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
+
edileship
n.
The office of aedile.
+
encomiastical
a.
Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse.
+
exceptioner
n.
One who takes exceptions or makes objections.
+
elecampane
n.
A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.
+
emerging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Emerge
+
examine
v.t.
To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.
+
enjoin
v.t.
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
+
embryoniferous
a.
Having an embryo.
+
exactress
n.
A woman who is an exactor.
+
emplaster
n.
To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.
+
eaves
n.pl.
Brow; ridge.
+
effete
a.
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
+
effect
n.
Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
+
ejoo
n.
Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti.
+
enneandrian
a.
Alt. of Enneandrous
+
equatorially
adv.
So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.
+
excuse
v.t.
That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
+
expoliation
n.
See Exspoliation.
+
excelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Excel
+
enigmatized
imp.|p.p.
of Enigmatize
+
establish
a.
To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
+
erysipelatoid
a.
Resembling erysipelas.
+
embroil
v.t.
To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
+
ergo
conj.adv.
Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.
+
explainable
a.
Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.
+
equivalent
v.t.
To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.
+
eating
n.
The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.
+
ebullition
n.
A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
+
easterling
n.
The smew.
+
expediency
n.
An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
+
epozoic
a.
Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.
+
electrifiable
a.
Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.
+
epauleted
a.
Alt. of Epauletted
+
effective
a.
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
+
extraditable
a.
Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.
+
eleventh
a.
Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.
+
emacerate
v.t.|i.
To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
+
exchange
n.
The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
+
earlock
n.
A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.
+
erred
imp.|p.p.
of Err
+
echelon
n.
An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.
+
eschewment
n.
The act of eschewing.
+
escape
n.
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.
+
eire
n.
Air.
+
excusement
n.
Excuse.
+
employment
n.
The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
+
eviscerated
imp.|p.p.
of Eviscerate
+
electropuncturation
n.
Alt. of Electro-puncturing
+
elimination
n.
the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
+
envenomed
imp.|p.p.
of Envenom
+
egoist
n.
One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.
+
espies
pl.
of Espy
+
emulsion
n.
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
+
erythrochroism
n.
An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.
+
eudipleura
n.pl.
The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves.
+
ex parte

Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement.
+
elevated
a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.
+
etching
v.t.
An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.
+
entodermic
a.
Relating to the entoderm.
+
eupatorin eupatorine
n.
A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.
+
excurrent
a.
Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.
+
etrurian
n.
A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
+
eradiate
v.i.
To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate.
+
endow
v.t.
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.
+
enteralgia
n.
Pain in the intestines; colic.
+
electro
n.
An electrotype.
+
ectocuniform
n.
One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
+
engiscope
n.
A kind of reflecting microscope.
+
extensional
a.
Having great extent.
+
efflorescing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Effloresce
+
element
n.
An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.
+
endmost
a.
Farthest; remotest; at the very end.
+
equisetaceous
a.
Belonging to the Equisetaceae, or Horsetail family.
+
extroitive
a.
Seeking or going out after external objects.
+
eld
n.
Age; esp., old age.
+
economical
a.
Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
+
exuviated
imp.|p.p.
of Exuviate
+
encyclopedia
n.
Alt. of Encyclopaedia
+
erubescence
n.
Alt. of Erubescency
+
extraarticular
a.
Situated outside of a joint.
+
expand
v.t.
To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
+
endeavoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endeavor
+
exclaim
v.t.|i.
To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.
+
enceinte
a.
Pregnant; with child.
+
ensign
n.
A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.
+
errableness
n.
Liability to error.
+
expatriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Expatriate
+
epiotic
n.
The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.
+
encumberment
n.
Encumbrance.
+
enucleating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Enucleate
+
elf
n.
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
+
extravasating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extravasate
+
epipharyngeal
n.
An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.
+
eudiometer
n.
An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.
+
emporiums
pl.
of Emporium
+
ewt
n.
The newt.
+
extravenate
a.
Let out of the veins.
+
ethylate
n.
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.
+
embrocating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embrocate
+
exosmosis
n.
See Exosmose.
+
enteradenography
n.
A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.
+
effacement
n.
The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
+
epiphylospermous
a.
Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns.
+
extradotal
a.
Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.
+
express
a.
To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.
+
examinable
a.
Capable of being examined or inquired into.
+
equilibrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Equilibrate
+
epitrochoid
n.
A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.
+
emergences
pl.
of Emergence
+
edify
v.i.
To improve.
+
erecter
n.
An erector; one who raises or builds.
+
endothorax
n.
An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
+
excarnificate
v.t.
To clear of flesh; to excarnate.
+
empark
v.t.
To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark.
+
extraaxillar
a.
Alt. of Extraaxillary
+
enwrap
v.t.
To envelop. See Inwrap.
+
evil eye

See Evil eye under Evil, a.
+
extravagant
a.
Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
+
empiric
n.
One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
+
enate
a.
Growing out.
+
eleutheromaniac
a.
Mad for freedom.
+
ethide
n.
Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.
+
eyeservant
n.
A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
+
end
n.
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.
+
effectuate
v.t.
To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
+
expressmen
pl.
of Expressman
+
expose
v.t.
To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
+
expose
v.t.
A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
+
evocator
n.
One who calls forth.
+
eudoxian
n.
A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
+
epipodial
a.
Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
+
evaporate
v.t.
To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
+
engineer
v.t.
To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.
+
extruct
v.t.
To construct.
+
enharden
v.t.
To harden; to embolden.
+
epoch
n.
The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position.
+
encrust
v.t.
To incrust. See Incrust.
+
extroversion
n.
The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder.
+
explainer
n.
One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
+
ecphractic
n.
An ecphractic medicine.
+
eyespot
n.
An eyelike spot of color.
+
equestrian
n.
One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.
+
empty
superl.
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
+
enterprise
v.i.
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
+
exsufflate
v.t.
To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
+
equivocal
a.
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
+
enarched
a.
Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.
+
equipollent
a.
Having equal power or force; equivalent.
+
embosom
v.t.
To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.
+
enerlasting
n.
(With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
+
engorgement
n.
The clogging of a blast furnace.
+
evoked
imp.|p.p.
of Evoke
+
equant
n.
A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.
+
eclogue
n.
A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
+
earth flax

A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
+
embryonary
a.
Embryonic.
+
engineman
n.
A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.
+
electrotonous
a.
Electrotonic.
+
erythrean
a.
Alt. of Erythraean
+
endecaphyllous
a.
Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
+
expugn
v.t.
To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
+
enlarge
v.i.
To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.
+
elect
n.
One chosen or set apart.
+
ephesian
a.
Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.
+
embolic
a.
Embolismic.
+
enamorment
n.
The state of being enamored.
+
erythrogranulose
n.
A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.
+
edomite
n.
One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
+
ejaculation
n.
The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.
+
estuary
a.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
+
expected
imp.|p.p.
of Expect
+
echidna
n.
A monster, half maid and half serpent.
+
euplastic
a.
Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person.
+
exuviating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Exuviate
+
ensample
v.t.
To exemplify, to show by example.
+
exsuction
n.
The act of sucking out.
+
esodic
a.
Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.
+
empty
n.
An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
+
enragement
n.
Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement.
+
earth
n.
The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
+
exophthalmus
n.
Same as Exophthalmia.
+
estreating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Estreat
+
elephant
n.
A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.
+
endanger
v.t.
To incur the hazard of; to risk.
+
escharotic
a.
Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic.
+
emunctories
pl.
of Emunctory
+
exscind
v.t.
To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.
+
earthquake
n.
A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.
+
eyeleteer
n.
A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.
+
emprise
n.
The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.
+
ethereality
n.
The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
+
erne
n.
A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
+
estuate
v.i.
To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
+
everliving
a.
Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.
+
epicureanism
n.
Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.
+
eligibly
adv.
In an eligible manner.
+
entomology
n.
A treatise on the science of entomology.
+
evolutional
a.
Relating to evolution.
+
epiphytal
a.
Pertaining to an epiphyte.
+
electrometrical
a.
Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.
+
epichiremata
pl.
of Epichirema
+
embank
v.t.
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
+
extraversion
n.
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.
+
epiphyllous
a.
Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.
+
exsiccate
v.t.
To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
+
emuscation
n.
A freeing from moss.
+
ericius
n.
The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.
+
eccentric
n.
A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.
+
earldom
n.
The status, title, or dignity of an earl.
+
espalier
v.t.
To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.
+
ensnarl
v.t.
To entangle.
+
esplees
n.pl.
The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like.
+
ejaculatory
a.
Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.
+
exannulate
a.
Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.
+
ennoble
v.t.
To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.
+
easiness
n.
Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.
+
embedding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Embed
+
ermine
n.
One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
+
exsufflation
n.
A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
+
ecphractic
a.
Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.
+
eophytic
a.
Of or pertaining to eophytes.
+
entoplastron
n.
The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.
+
embergoose
n.
The loon or great northern diver. See Loon.
+
expediently
adv.
In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
+
engrosser
n.
One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.
+
encrinite
n.
A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
+
eddy
n.
A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
+
easy
v.t.
Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.
+
eat
v.t.
To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.
+
epileptic
n.
A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
+
empasm
n.
A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.
+
excepted
imp.|p.p.
of Except
+
element
n.
Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.
+
encampment
n.
The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
+
engross
v.t.
To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
+
enfranchisement
n.
Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.
+
enjoiner
n.
One who enjoins.
+
employ
v.t.
To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.
+
endue
v.t.
To invest.
+
eden
n.
The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.
+
epidermidal
a.
Epidermal.
+
enginery
n.
The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
+
excarnate
v.t.
To deprive or clear of flesh.
+
enigmatical
a.
Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
+
envoy
n.
An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.
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endogeny
n.
Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
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enrace
v.t.
To enroot; to implant.
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entozoa
n.pl.
A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.
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extratropical
a.
Beyond or outside of the tropics.
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ejaculate
v.i.
To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
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entreating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Entreat
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eyeless
a.
Without eyes; blind.
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exasperation
n.
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
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empty
superl.
Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
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epiphyllum
n.
A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.
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enacted
imp.|p.p.
of Enact
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emboli
pl.
of Embolus
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expansile
a.
Expansible.
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est

A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.
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evolution
n.
The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.
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engrailment
n.
The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc.
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enduring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Endure
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euphorbiaceous
a.
Alt. of Euphorbial
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enantiosis
n.
A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.
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exospore
n.
The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore.
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etherization
n.
The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
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eigne
a.
Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.
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epicycle
n.
A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.
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emmetropic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.
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emplastic
n.
A medicine causing constipation.
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extirpating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Extirpate
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etch
v.i.
To practice etching; to make etchings.
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escorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Escort
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eyetooth
n.
A canine tooth of the upper jaw.
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exception
n.
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
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extreme
n.
Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.
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equivocate
a.
To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
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execrate
v.t.
To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
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egyptology
n.
The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.
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endurement
n.
Endurance.
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embodiment
n.
The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
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enfeloned
a.
Rendered fierce or frantic.
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exantlate
v.t.
To exhaust or wear out.
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embrave
v.t.
To inspire with bravery.
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erme
v.i.
To grieve; to feel sad.
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edge
v.t.
The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
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esquired
imp.|p.p.
of Esquire
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ethmotrubinal
n.
An ethmoturbinal bone.
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exclusionist
n.
One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles II.
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ethereal
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
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exedra
n.
A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
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eccentric
a.
Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.
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engrain
v.t.
To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.
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extender
n.
One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.
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