engastration
n. - the stuffing of one bird inside another
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engrail
v. - decorate with curved notches; give serrated appearance to.
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enissophobia
n. - fear of being reproached
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enjambement
n. - running-over of sense or sentence from one verse line to next.
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ennead
n. - set of nine. enneadic, adj.
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enneaeteric
adj. - happening every ninth year.
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enneagon
n. - nine-sided plane figure. enneagonal,, adj.
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enneahedron
n. - nine-sided solid figure. enneahedral, adj.
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enneatic
adj. - occurring once every nine times, days, years, etc.
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enosiophobia
n. - fear of having committed an unpardonable sin
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enphytotic
adj. - endemic (disease) of plants.
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ensate, ensiform
adj. - sword-shaped.
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ensynopticity
n. - the ability of taking a general view of something
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entablement
n. - platform of a pedestal, supporting a statue.
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entelechy
n. - Philosophy, perfect realization of end or cause.
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enteric
adj. - pertaining to intestines; n. typhoid fever. enteritis, n. inflammation of intestines. enterography, n. description of intestines. enteroptosis, n. dropping and protrusion of intestines.
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entheomania
n. - an abnormal state in which one thinks oneis inspired
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enthetic
adj. - (especially of infectious disease) introduced into the body from without.
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enthymeme
n. - an argument or formulated conclusion in which a premise is understood but not stated, whether in reasoning, advertising, or humor
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entify
v. - make or regard as separate substance or entity. entifical, adj. entification, n.
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entitative
adj. - regarded as entity alone, apart from attendant circumstances.
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entomophagous
adj. - feeding on insects. entomophilous, adj. pollinated by insects.
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entophyte
n. - parasitic plant living within another plant or animal. entophytal, entophytic, entophytous, adj.
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entopic
adj. - Anatomy, in the normal position.
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entoptic
adj. - pertaining to interior of eyeball. entotic, adj. pertaining to interior of ear.
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entozoon
n. - (pl. -zoa) internal parasite. entozoal, adj. entozoan, n. & a. entozoology, n. study of these.
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entre nous
phr. - adv. 'between ourselves'.
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entrechat
n. - dancer's leap in which legs are quickly crossed or heels tapped.
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entrepôt
n. - warehouse; importing for re-export.
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entresol
n. - mezzanine floor.
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enuresis
n. - inability to control urination; urine discharged involuntarily.
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enzootic
adj.,n. - (disease) attacking animals.
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eo ipso
phr. - by it itself: by that fact alone
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eoan
adj. - of dawn or east.
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eonism
n. - adoption of opposite sex's manners, clothes and mentality, especially by a man. eonist, n. transvestite.
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eosophobia
n. - depression caused by fear of dawn
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epact
n. - difference, represented by a number, between solar and lunar year, or calendar and lunar month; age of moon at start of calendar year. epactal, adj. intercalary.
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epagoge
n. - inductive reasoning. epagogic, adj.
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epanadiplosis
n. - Rhetoric, repetition at end of sentence of word used at beginning.
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epanalepsis
n. - Rhetoric, repetition. epanaleptic, adj.
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epanodos
n. - Rhetoric, return to theme from digression; repetition (of sentence) in reverse order.
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epanorthosis
n. - correcting or retracting a statement even while making it, or thinking better of what one has begun to say
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epeiric
adj. - (of sea) within the continental shelf.
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epeirogeny
n. - geological formation of continents, oceans, etc. epeirogenic, adj.
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epenthesis
n. - (pl. -ses ) introduction of sound into word; removal of vowel into preceding syllable. epenthesize, v. epenthetic, adj.
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epenthis
n. - insertion of a letter or syllable into a word for pronunciation ease
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epergne
n. - central ornament on table.
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epexegetic
adj. - providing additional explanation or clarification
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ephebic
adj. - of a youth just entering manhood
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ephectic
adj. - habitually suspending judgment.
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ephelis
n. - (pl. -lides, ) freckle.
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ephemeromorph
n. - lower forms of life that defy animal orvegetable classification
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ephemeron
n. - (pl. -ra) thing, especially insect, living for a day only. ephemeral, ephemerous, adj. short- lived. ephemerid, n. may-fly. ephemeris, n. (pl. - rides, almanac showing daily positions of heavenly bodies.
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ephod
n. - garment of Jewish priest.
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ephor
n. - magistrate of Sparta. ephoral, ephoric, adj. ephorate, n. office of ephor; whole body of ephors.
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epicaricacy
n. - taking pleasure in others' misfortune
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epicedium
n. - (pl. -ia) elegy; dirge. epicedial, adj.
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epicene
adj. - 1. effeminate, unmanly 2. belonging to or partaking of the characteristics of both sexes
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epichorial
adj. - belonging to a particular area. epichoric, epichoristic, adj.
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epicolic
adj. - applied to lower abdomen lying over the colon.
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epicrisis
vn. - praising or disparaging by paraphrasing or citing somebody else
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epicritic
adj. - responding to small variations in temperature and touch.
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epideictic
n. - for rhetorical or impressive effect; demonstrative or dramatic
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epideictic(al)
adj. - displaying.
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epidiascope
n. - projector for use with opaque as well as translucent objects.
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epididymis
n. - (pl. -didymides ) convoluted duct at rear of testicle storing sperm.
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epigamic
adj. - attracting opposite sex at breeding time.
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epigastrium
n. - part of abdomen lying over the stomach. epigastrial, epigastric, adj.
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epigeal, epigean, epigeous
adj. - living or growing near the ground.
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epigenesis
n. - biological theory of the development of the embryo, through progressive differentiation of originally undifferentiated cells. epigenetic, adj. epigenist, epigenesist, n.
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epigenous
adj. - growing on the (upper) surface of an organism.
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epigone, epigon
n. - disciple, follower, imitator, especially in later generation.
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epigones
n. - followers who are less gifted, lesser lights, inferior imitators
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epilate
v. - remove (hair). epilation, n.
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epilegomenon
n. - an added remark
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epimorphic
adj. - passing several stages of growth in same form, especially of segmented insects. epimorphosis, n.
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epimyth
n. - moral of story.
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epinician
adj. - in celebration of victory. epinicion, n. song of victory or triumph.
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epipastic
n. - medical dusting powder.
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epiphenomenon
n. - secondary phenomenon associated with and apparently due to another. epiphenomenal, adj.
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epiphora
n. - watering of eyes.
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epiphoric
adj. - pertaining to a torrent of tears
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epiphysis
n. - (pl. -ses ) separately ossified portion of bone, joining to main portion later. epiphysis cerebri, pineal body. epiphysary, epiphyseal, adj.
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epiplexis
n. - asking a question as a form of reproach, or arguing that a sensible person must surely see the truth
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epiplexis
n. - Rhetoric, reproof. epiplectic, adj.
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epiploce
n. - rhetorical crescendo.
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epipolism
n. - fluorescence. epipolic, adj. epipolize, v.
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epipterous
adj. - Botany, having wings or wing-like projections at apex.
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episcopicide
n. - the killing of a bishop
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episematic
adj. - (of coloration) assisting recognition between members of same species.
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epispastic
adj.,n. - (substance) causing blister as medical remedy.
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epistaxis
n. - nose-bleeding.
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epistemophilia
n. - abnormal preoccupation with knowledge
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epistrophe
n. - Rhetoric, repetition of same phrase at end of successive sentences. epistropheal, epistrophic, adj.
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epitasis
n. - part of drama in which action is developed; crisis of disease.
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epithymetic
adj. - pertaining to appetite, sexual and otherwise
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epitimesis
n. - adverse criticism; reproof.
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epitonic
adj. - subjected to too great strain.
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epitrope
n. - conceding a point in an argument in such a qualified or ironic way as to make it seem unimportant or injurious to one's opponent, or to make one's opponent the butt of ridicule
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epizeuxis
n. - emphatic verbal repitition
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epizeuxis
n. - repetition for emphasis.
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epizoon
n. - (pl. -zoa) external parasite. epizoan, n. & a. epizoic, adj.
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epizootic
adj.,n. - (disease) epidemic among animals.
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epopee
n. - epic poem or poetry. epopean, adj. epopoeist, n. writer of epics.
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epopt
n. - person initiated into mysteries. epoptic, adj.
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epos
n. - epic poem or poetry; collection of lays dealing with same theme.
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epulary
adj. - pertaining to banquet. epulation, n.
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epulosis
n. - formation of scar. epulotic(al), n. & a. (substance) aiding epulosis.
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equilibrist
n. - person who performs feats of balancing, tight-rope walker.
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equiparent
adj. - having same mutual relationship. equiparate, v. level; equalize.
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equipoise
n. - state of equilibrium; counterpoise; v.t. counterpoise.
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equipollent
adj. - having equal force or power; having same meaning though differently expressed. equipollence, equipollency, n.
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equiponderate
v. - be equal in power, force, importance etc.; counterbalance. equiponderance, n. equiponderant, adj.
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equitation
n. - horse-riding. equitative, adj.
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equivoque
n. - an ambiguous statement or passage, often intentionally evasive or phrased to have two possible interpretations
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equivorous
adj. - eating horse-flesh.
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erectarine
n. - crude rhythm instrument consisting of a mop handle with bottle caps
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eremic
adj. - pertaining to sandy desert.
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eremite
n. - hermit. eremitage, n. eremitic(al), adj.
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eremology
n. - study of deserts. eremophyte, n. plant living in desert.
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ereption
n. - the act of snatching away
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erethism
n. - excessive irritability or excitability
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ergograph
n. - instrument measuring work involved in contracting a muscle. ergology, n. study of work's effect on mind and body. ergonomics, n. scientific study of work conditions, equipment and operations, to promote efficiency. ergophile, n. lover of work. ergophobia, n. hatred of work.
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ergoism
n. - fussy adherence to logical protocols or forms
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ergosterol
n. - chemical substance in the body developing into vitamin D on exposure to sunlight.
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ericaceous
adj. - pertaining to or like heath plant; belonging to the heath family of plants. ericetal, adj. composed of heath plants. ericeticolous, adj. living on heaths. ericineous, adj. ericaceous. ericoid, adj. like a heath plant. ericophyte, n. plant growing on heaths.
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erigible
adj. - capable of being erected
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erinaceous
adj. - pertaining to the hedgehog
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eriometer
n. - optical instrument for measuring the diameters of fibres or particles by the diffraction of light.
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eriophyllous
adj. - with woolly leaves.
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eristic
adj. - pertaining to dispute or argument.
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erogenesis
n. - production of sexual desire. erogeneity, n. erogenetic, erogenic, erogenous, adj.
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erotesis
n. - rhetorical questioning. erotetic, adj.
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erotographomania
n. - mania for writing love letters
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erotology
n. - the description of methods of lovemaking; the science of love
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erotomania
n. - abnormally strong sexual desire. erotomaniac, n. & a.
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errabund
n. - wandering; erratic
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errhine
adj.,n. - (substance) causing sneezing.
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erubescent
adj. - becoming red. erubescence, n.
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eruca
n. - (pl. -ae) caterpillar. eruciform, adj. caterpillar-like. erucivorous, adj. feeding on caterpillars.
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eructation
n. - the action of voiding wind from the stomach through the mouth; belching
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erumpent
adj. - bursting forth.
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erysipelas
n. - disease marked by fever and inflammation of skin, especially of face; St. Anthony's fire. erysipelatoid, erysipelatous, adj. like erysipelas. erysipeloid, n. non-febrile disease resembling erysipelas.
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erythema
n. - inflammatory redness of skin. erythemic, erythematous, erythematic, adj.
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erythraean, erythrean
adj. - red. erythraemia, n. excessive production of red blood corpuscles. erythrism, erythrochroism, n. excessive redness of hair, etc. erythrocyte, n. red blood corpuscle. erythrodermia, n. reddening of skin. erythroid, adj. reddish. erythrophobia, n. fear of red light, or of blushing. erythropia, erythropsia, n. seeing all objects red.
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escalier
n. - staircase. escalier dérobé, secret or back stairs.
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eschar
n. - scab. escharoticm, n. & a. caustic (substance).
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eschrolalia
n. - dirty (fecal) language
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escritoire
n. - writing-table. escritorial, adj.
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esculent
adj.,n. - edible (thing).
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esemplastic
adj. - forming, by imagination, disparate partsinto a whole; aesthetically unifying
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esodic
adj. - afferent.
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esotropia
n. - convergent squint. esotrope, n. person having this. esotropic, adj.
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espalier
n. - lattice, especially for trained fruit tree; such tree.
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espièglerie
n. - mischievousness; mischievous trick.
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esprit de l'escalier
phr. - wishful thinking of a witty comment or retort that one should have made earlier; hindsight wit
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essorant
adj. - soaring.
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estivate
v. - to spend the summer
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estop
v. - Law, preclude, especially by estoppel. estoppage, estoppel, n. principle preventing a person denying a fact he/she has previously alleged to be true.
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estrapade
n. - a horse's attempt to dump its rider
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estreat
v. - Law, extract from court's records in order to prosecute; n. copy or extract of record, especially of fines, etc.
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esurient
adj. - hungry greedy; avaricious; covetous
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etat present
phr. - an exhaustive summary of up-to-date knowledge about a subject, as opposed to new information or original thought
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etesian
adj. - occurring annually or periodically, especially such Mediterranean north wind in summer.
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ethmoid
adj. - pertaining to bones forming nasal cavity and division between nostrils; of the nasal area; n. such bone. ethmoidal, adj.
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etiolate
v. - make pale or sickly, especially by depriving of light. etiolated, adj. etiolation, n.
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etui
n. - needle-case; small case for toilet articles, etc.
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euchology
n. - prayer-book. euchological, adj.
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eucrasy, eucrasia
n. - state of general good health.
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eudaemonia
n. - true happiness
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eudemon
n. - good spirit. eudemonic, adj. causing happiness; pertaining to eudemonism. eudemonics, n. conduct based on eudemonism; art of being happy. eudemonism, n. philosophical theory that happiness is ultimate moral good and criterion.
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eudiaphoresis
n. - normal perspiration.
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eudiometer
n. - instrument measuring and analysing gases and purity of air. eudiometric(al), adj. eudiometry, n.
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eudipleural
adj. - bilaterally symmetrical.
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eugenesis
n. - fertility between hybrids. eugenesic, eugenetic, adj.
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euhemerism
n. - belief that mythological gods were deified early heroes. euhemerist, n. euhemeristic, adj.
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eumenorrhea
n. - normal menstruation.
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eumerism
n. - collection of similar parts. eumeristic, adj.
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eumoirous
adj. - someone who is lucky or happy as a result of being good
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eumorphous
adj. - well-formed
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euneirophrenia
n. - peace of mind after a pleasant dream
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eunomy
n. - state of orderliness and good rule.
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eupathy
n. - state of contentment and moderation.
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eupatrid
n. - aristocrat, especially of ancient Greece.
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eupeptic
adj. - having good digestion. eupepsia, n.
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euphelicia
n. - healthiness resulting from having all one's wishes granted
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euphenics
n. - biological improvement of human beings after birth.
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euphrasy
n. - eyebright plant.
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euphuism
n. - affected style of writing full of high-flown language and far- fetched metaphors, especially in imitation of Lyly's Euphues (1579–80). euphuist, n. writer of such style. euphuistic, adj.
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euphuistic
adj. - displaying excessive elegance of language; high-flown and affected diction
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eupnea
n. - normal breathing.
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eupraxia
n. - correct or normal action. eupractic, adj.
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euripus
n. - (pl. -pi ) narrow channel with swift currents.
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eustatic
adj. - pertaining to worldwide changes in sea-level. eustasy, n.
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eusystolism
n. - the use of initials, instead of full words,in the interests of delicacy, e.g. sob
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eutaxy
n. - orderly management. eutaxic, adj.
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eutectic
adj.,n. - (alloy) having lowest possible melting point. eutexia, n. state of having low melting point.
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euthenics
n. - study of improvement of human conditions of life, especially to increase efficiency. euthenist n.
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euthermic
adj. - producing warmth.
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euthymia
n. - mental tranquility
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eutony
n. - pleasantness of sound of word.
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eutrophy
n. - state of being well nourished; (of area of water) state of being over-rich in organic and mineral nutrients which promote plant life at the expense of animal life. eutrophic, a.; n. tonic. eutrophication, n. process of becoming eutrophic, especially owing to pollution.
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eutropic
adj. - turning with sun.
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evaginate
v. - turn inside out; protrude by so turning; a. evaginated. evagination, n.
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evection
n. - alteration in moon's orbit caused by solar attraction. evectional, adj.
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eventerate
v. - to rip open; to open by ripping the belly
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eventration
n. - protrusion of intestines from abdomen; dropped state of abdomen; evisceration.
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evulgate
v. - make widely known. evulgation, n.
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evulsion
n. - act of uprooting or tearing out. evulsive, adj.
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ex concesso
phr. - reasoning on the basis of an opponent's premiseor admission of something
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ex professo
phr. - expressly or avowedly
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exallotriote
adj. - foreign.
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exanthema
n. - (pl. -ta) (disease marked by) eruptions or rash, as measles. exanthematic, exanthematous, adj.
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exarch
n. - viceroy; travelling bishop of E Church. exarchal, adj. exarchate, n. office or jurisdiction of exarch.
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exarticulate
v. - dislocate; cut off at joint. exarticulation, n.
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exaugurate
v. - to secularize; to desecrate
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excalation
n. - omission or loss of part or unit from series.
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excaudate
adj. - tailless.
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excerebrose
adj. - having no brains
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exclave
n. - part of a country surrounded by foreign territory.
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excogitate
v. - think up, devise; think out. excogitation, n. excogitative, adj.
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excrescent
adj. - constituting an excess; superfluous; supernumerary
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excrescent
adj. - growing out from main body; redundant. excrescential, adj. excrescence, n. such thing.
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excursus
n. - lengthy discussion, especially appended to book; digression. excursive, adj. digressive, rambling.
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exeat
n. - 'let him go out'; permission to be absent or late.
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execrate
v. - curse; loathe. execrable, adj. loathsome. execration, n. execrative, execratory, adj.
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execration
n. - contemptuous denunciation; express loathing;a curse
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exemplum
n. - a brief tale or anecdote offered to bolster an argument or suggest a moral, as in a medieval sermon
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exenterate
v. - to literally or figuratively disembowel
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exequatur
n. - document recognizing foreign consular officer, or permitting Roman Catholic bishops to rule their church and publish papal bulls.
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exercitor
n. - person having right to ship's profits. exercitorial, adj.
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exergasia
n. - repeating a point by using different figures of speech to give the impression of saying something new
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exergue
n. - space at base of figure on coin containing date. exergual, adj.
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exheredate
v. - disinherit. exheredation, n.
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exigent
adj. - exacting; urgent. exigible a. chargeable. exigence, exigency, n. urgent need or requirement; necessary condition.
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exiguous
adj. - sparse; slender. exiguity, n.
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eximious
adj. - select; excellent.
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exocentric
adj. - (of a phrase) having a different grammatical function from any of its constituent words.
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exocrine
adj. - secreting externally.
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exoculate
v. - to poke out one's eyes
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exodontia
n. - teeth extraction. exodontist, n.
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exodromy
n. - stabilizing movement of exchange. exodromic, adj.
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exogamy
n. - marriage to person not of same tribe, family, etc., only. exogamic, exogamous, adj.
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exogenous
adj. - growing or originating from outside, or due to external factors. exogenetic, exogenic, adj.
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exopathic
adj. - Medicine, due to external causes.
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exophagy
n. - cannibalism outside tribe or family. exophagous, adj.
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exophthalmic
adj. - pertaining to or marked by protrusion of eyeball. exophthalmos, exophthalmus, n. such condition.
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exoptable
adj. - extremely desirable
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exordium
n. - (pl. -ia) opening portion of speech or writing. exordial, adj.
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exosculate
v. - the kiss, esp. heartily
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exoteric
adj. - popular; capable of being understood by uninitiated; n. uninitiated person. exotericism, n.
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exotropia
n. - outward squint.
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expatiate
v. -i. speak or write at length. expatiation, n. expatiatory, adj.
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expergefacient
adj. - awakening. expergefaction, n.
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expergefaction
n. - an awakening
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expiscate
v. - to examine or discover skillfully
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explaterate
v. - to blab, gab, or run off at the mouth
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explicandum
n. - (pl. -da) Philosophy, thing, e.g. term, to be explained. explicans, n. thing or part that explains or gives the meaning.
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expromissor
n. - person relieving another of debt by taking it upon himself. expromission, n.
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expugnable
adj. - capable of being captured by storm.
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exsanguine
adj. - lacking blood. exsanguinate, v. drain blood from. exsanguineous, exsanguinious, exsanguinous, adj.
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exscind
v. - cut out; uproot.
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exsert
v. - thrust out. exserted, adj. protruding.
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exsibilate
v. - to reject with a hissing sound
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exsiccate
v. - desiccate. exsiccation, exsiccator, n. exsiccative, adj.
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exstrophy
n. - Medicine, having organ especially bladder, turned inside out.
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exsuccous
adj. - lacking sap.
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exsufflate
v. - blow away. exsufflation, n. blowing out; forced breathing.
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extirpate
v. - to pull out by roots
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extramundane
adj. - outside the known world or universe.
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extramural
adj. - outside the walls or fortifications; outside, but under the aegis of, a university or other institution.
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extravasate
v. - flow or filter out; expel from a vessel, especially blood; pour out; n. such fluid. extravasation, n.
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extrorse
adj. - facing away or out.
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exuviae
n. - pl. cast-off skin, etc., of animal. exuviable, exuvial, adj. exuviate, v.i. & t. slough; shed.
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eyot
n. - little island
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