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engastration

n. - the stuffing of one bird inside another



engrail

v. - decorate with curved notches; give serrated appearance to.



enissophobia

n. - fear of being reproached



enjambement

n. - running-over of sense or sentence from one verse line to next.



ennead

n. - set of nine. enneadic, adj.



enneaeteric

adj. - happening every ninth year.



enneagon

n. - nine-sided plane figure. enneagonal,, adj.



enneahedron

n. - nine-sided solid figure. enneahedral, adj.



enneatic

adj. - occurring once every nine times, days, years, etc.



enosiophobia

n. - fear of having committed an unpardonable sin



enphytotic

adj. - endemic (disease) of plants.



ensate, ensiform

adj. - sword-shaped.



ensynopticity

n. - the ability of taking a general view of something



entablement

n. - platform of a pedestal, supporting a statue.



entelechy

n. - Philosophy, perfect realization of end or cause.



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.



entheomania

n. - an abnormal state in which one thinks oneis inspired



enthetic

adj. - (especially of infectious disease) introduced into the body from without.



enthymeme

n. - an argument or formulated conclusion in which a premise is understood but not stated, whether in reasoning, advertising, or humor



entify

v. - make or regard as separate substance or entity. entifical, adj. entification, n.



entitative

adj. - regarded as entity alone, apart from attendant circumstances.



entomophagous

adj. - feeding on insects. entomophilous, adj. pollinated by insects.



entophyte

n. - parasitic plant living within another plant or animal. entophytal, entophytic, entophytous, adj.



entopic

adj. - Anatomy, in the normal position.



entoptic

adj. - pertaining to interior of eyeball. entotic, adj. pertaining to interior of ear.



entozoon

n. - (pl. -zoa) internal parasite. entozoal, adj. entozoan, n. & a. entozoology, n. study of these.



entre nous

phr. - adv. 'between ourselves'.



entrechat

n. - dancer's leap in which legs are quickly crossed or heels tapped.



entrept

n. - warehouse; importing for re-export.



entresol

n. - mezzanine floor.



enuresis

n. - inability to control urination; urine discharged involuntarily.



enzootic

adj.,n. - (disease) attacking animals.



eo ipso

phr. - by it itself: by that fact alone



eoan

adj. - of dawn or east.



eonism

n. - adoption of opposite sex's manners, clothes and mentality, especially by a man. eonist, n. transvestite.



eosophobia

n. - depression caused by fear of dawn



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.



epagoge

n. - inductive reasoning. epagogic, adj.



epanadiplosis

n. - Rhetoric, repetition at end of sentence of word used at beginning.



epanalepsis

n. - Rhetoric, repetition. epanaleptic, adj.



epanodos

n. - Rhetoric, return to theme from digression; repetition (of sentence) in reverse order.



epanorthosis

n. - correcting or retracting a statement even while making it, or thinking better of what one has begun to say



epeiric

adj. - (of sea) within the continental shelf.



epeirogeny

n. - geological formation of continents, oceans, etc. epeirogenic, adj.



epenthesis

n. - (pl. -ses ) introduction of sound into word; removal of vowel into preceding syllable. epenthesize, v. epenthetic, adj.



epenthis

n. - insertion of a letter or syllable into a word for pronunciation ease



epergne

n. - central ornament on table.



epexegetic

adj. - providing additional explanation or clarification



ephebic

adj. - of a youth just entering manhood



ephectic

adj. - habitually suspending judgment.



ephelis

n. - (pl. -lides, ) freckle.



ephemeromorph

n. - lower forms of life that defy animal orvegetable classification



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.



ephod

n. - garment of Jewish priest.



ephor

n. - magistrate of Sparta. ephoral, ephoric, adj. ephorate, n. office of ephor; whole body of ephors.



epicaricacy

n. - taking pleasure in others' misfortune



epicedium

n. - (pl. -ia) elegy; dirge. epicedial, adj.



epicene

adj. - 1. effeminate, unmanly 2. belonging to or partaking of the characteristics of both sexes



epichorial

adj. - belonging to a particular area. epichoric, epichoristic, adj.



epicolic

adj. - applied to lower abdomen lying over the colon.



epicrisis

vn. - praising or disparaging by paraphrasing or citing somebody else



epicritic

adj. - responding to small variations in temperature and touch.



epideictic

n. - for rhetorical or impressive effect; demonstrative or dramatic



epideictic(al)

adj. - displaying.



epidiascope

n. - projector for use with opaque as well as translucent objects.



epididymis

n. - (pl. -didymides ) convoluted duct at rear of testicle storing sperm.



epigamic

adj. - attracting opposite sex at breeding time.



epigastrium

n. - part of abdomen lying over the stomach. epigastrial, epigastric, adj.



epigeal, epigean, epigeous

adj. - living or growing near the ground.



epigenesis

n. - biological theory of the development of the embryo, through progressive differentiation of originally undifferentiated cells. epigenetic, adj. epigenist, epigenesist, n.



epigenous

adj. - growing on the (upper) surface of an organism.



epigone, epigon

n. - disciple, follower, imitator, especially in later generation.



epigones

n. - followers who are less gifted, lesser lights, inferior imitators



epilate

v. - remove (hair). epilation, n.



epilegomenon

n. - an added remark



epimorphic

adj. - passing several stages of growth in same form, especially of segmented insects. epimorphosis, n.



epimyth

n. - moral of story.



epinician

adj. - in celebration of victory. epinicion, n. song of victory or triumph.



epipastic

n. - medical dusting powder.



epiphenomenon

n. - secondary phenomenon associated with and apparently due to another. epiphenomenal, adj.



epiphora

n. - watering of eyes.



epiphoric

adj. - pertaining to a torrent of tears



epiphysis

n. - (pl. -ses ) separately ossified portion of bone, joining to main portion later. epiphysis cerebri, pineal body. epiphysary, epiphyseal, adj.



epiplexis

n. - asking a question as a form of reproach, or arguing that a sensible person must surely see the truth



epiplexis

n. - Rhetoric, reproof. epiplectic, adj.



epiploce

n. - rhetorical crescendo.



epipolism

n. - fluorescence. epipolic, adj. epipolize, v.



epipterous

adj. - Botany, having wings or wing-like projections at apex.



episcopicide

n. - the killing of a bishop



episematic

adj. - (of coloration) assisting recognition between members of same species.



epispastic

adj.,n. - (substance) causing blister as medical remedy.



epistaxis

n. - nose-bleeding.



epistemophilia

n. - abnormal preoccupation with knowledge



epistrophe

n. - Rhetoric, repetition of same phrase at end of successive sentences. epistropheal, epistrophic, adj.



epitasis

n. - part of drama in which action is developed; crisis of disease.



epithymetic

adj. - pertaining to appetite, sexual and otherwise



epitimesis

n. - adverse criticism; reproof.



epitonic

adj. - subjected to too great strain.



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



epizeuxis

n. - emphatic verbal repitition



epizeuxis

n. - repetition for emphasis.



epizoon

n. - (pl. -zoa) external parasite. epizoan, n. & a. epizoic, adj.



epizootic

adj.,n. - (disease) epidemic among animals.



epopee

n. - epic poem or poetry. epopean, adj. epopoeist, n. writer of epics.



epopt

n. - person initiated into mysteries. epoptic, adj.



epos

n. - epic poem or poetry; collection of lays dealing with same theme.



epulary

adj. - pertaining to banquet. epulation, n.



epulosis

n. - formation of scar. epulotic(al), n. & a. (substance) aiding epulosis.



equilibrist

n. - person who performs feats of balancing, tight-rope walker.



equiparent

adj. - having same mutual relationship. equiparate, v. level; equalize.



equipoise

n. - state of equilibrium; counterpoise; v.t. counterpoise.



equipollent

adj. - having equal force or power; having same meaning though differently expressed. equipollence, equipollency, n.



equiponderate

v. - be equal in power, force, importance etc.; counterbalance. equiponderance, n. equiponderant, adj.



equitation

n. - horse-riding. equitative, adj.



equivoque

n. - an ambiguous statement or passage, often intentionally evasive or phrased to have two possible interpretations



equivorous

adj. - eating horse-flesh.



erectarine

n. - crude rhythm instrument consisting of a mop handle with bottle caps



eremic

adj. - pertaining to sandy desert.



eremite

n. - hermit. eremitage, n. eremitic(al), adj.



eremology

n. - study of deserts. eremophyte, n. plant living in desert.



ereption

n. - the act of snatching away



erethism

n. - excessive irritability or excitability



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.



ergoism

n. - fussy adherence to logical protocols or forms



ergosterol

n. - chemical substance in the body developing into vitamin D on exposure to sunlight.



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.



erigible

adj. - capable of being erected



erinaceous

adj. - pertaining to the hedgehog



eriometer

n. - optical instrument for measuring the diameters of fibres or particles by the diffraction of light.



eriophyllous

adj. - with woolly leaves.



eristic

adj. - pertaining to dispute or argument.



erogenesis

n. - production of sexual desire. erogeneity, n. erogenetic, erogenic, erogenous, adj.



erotesis

n. - rhetorical questioning. erotetic, adj.



erotographomania

n. - mania for writing love letters



erotology

n. - the description of methods of lovemaking; the science of love



erotomania

n. - abnormally strong sexual desire. erotomaniac, n. & a.



errabund

n. - wandering; erratic



errhine

adj.,n. - (substance) causing sneezing.



erubescent

adj. - becoming red. erubescence, n.



eruca

n. - (pl. -ae) caterpillar. eruciform, adj. caterpillar-like. erucivorous, adj. feeding on caterpillars.



eructation

n. - the action of voiding wind from the stomach through the mouth; belching



erumpent

adj. - bursting forth.



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.



erythema

n. - inflammatory redness of skin. erythemic, erythematous, erythematic, adj.



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.



escalier

n. - staircase. escalier drob, secret or back stairs.



eschar

n. - scab. escharoticm, n. & a. caustic (substance).



eschrolalia

n. - dirty (fecal) language



escritoire

n. - writing-table. escritorial, adj.



esculent

adj.,n. - edible (thing).



esemplastic

adj. - forming, by imagination, disparate partsinto a whole; aesthetically unifying



esodic

adj. - afferent.



esotropia

n. - convergent squint. esotrope, n. person having this. esotropic, adj.



espalier

n. - lattice, especially for trained fruit tree; such tree.



espiglerie

n. - mischievousness; mischievous trick.



esprit de l'escalier

phr. - wishful thinking of a witty comment or retort that one should have made earlier; hindsight wit



essorant

adj. - soaring.



estivate

v. - to spend the summer



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.



estrapade

n. - a horse's attempt to dump its rider



estreat

v. - Law, extract from court's records in order to prosecute; n. copy or extract of record, especially of fines, etc.



esurient

adj. - hungry greedy; avaricious; covetous



etat present

phr. - an exhaustive summary of up-to-date knowledge about a subject, as opposed to new information or original thought



etesian

adj. - occurring annually or periodically, especially such Mediterranean north wind in summer.



ethmoid

adj. - pertaining to bones forming nasal cavity and division between nostrils; of the nasal area; n. such bone. ethmoidal, adj.



etiolate

v. - make pale or sickly, especially by depriving of light. etiolated, adj. etiolation, n.



etui

n. - needle-case; small case for toilet articles, etc.



euchology

n. - prayer-book. euchological, adj.



eucrasy, eucrasia

n. - state of general good health.



eudaemonia

n. - true happiness



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.



eudiaphoresis

n. - normal perspiration.



eudiometer

n. - instrument measuring and analysing gases and purity of air. eudiometric(al), adj. eudiometry, n.



eudipleural

adj. - bilaterally symmetrical.



eugenesis

n. - fertility between hybrids. eugenesic, eugenetic, adj.



euhemerism

n. - belief that mythological gods were deified early heroes. euhemerist, n. euhemeristic, adj.



eumenorrhea

n. - normal menstruation.



eumerism

n. - collection of similar parts. eumeristic, adj.



eumoirous

adj. - someone who is lucky or happy as a result of being good



eumorphous

adj. - well-formed



euneirophrenia

n. - peace of mind after a pleasant dream



eunomy

n. - state of orderliness and good rule.



eupathy

n. - state of contentment and moderation.



eupatrid

n. - aristocrat, especially of ancient Greece.



eupeptic

adj. - having good digestion. eupepsia, n.



euphelicia

n. - healthiness resulting from having all one's wishes granted



euphenics

n. - biological improvement of human beings after birth.



euphrasy

n. - eyebright plant.



euphuism

n. - affected style of writing full of high-flown language and far- fetched metaphors, especially in imitation of Lyly's Euphues (157980). euphuist, n. writer of such style. euphuistic, adj.



euphuistic

adj. - displaying excessive elegance of language; high-flown and affected diction



eupnea

n. - normal breathing.



eupraxia

n. - correct or normal action. eupractic, adj.



euripus

n. - (pl. -pi ) narrow channel with swift currents.



eustatic

adj. - pertaining to worldwide changes in sea-level. eustasy, n.



eusystolism

n. - the use of initials, instead of full words,in the interests of delicacy, e.g. sob



eutaxy

n. - orderly management. eutaxic, adj.



eutectic

adj.,n. - (alloy) having lowest possible melting point. eutexia, n. state of having low melting point.



euthenics

n. - study of improvement of human conditions of life, especially to increase efficiency. euthenist n.



euthermic

adj. - producing warmth.



euthymia

n. - mental tranquility



eutony

n. - pleasantness of sound of word.



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.



eutropic

adj. - turning with sun.



evaginate

v. - turn inside out; protrude by so turning; a. evaginated. evagination, n.



evection

n. - alteration in moon's orbit caused by solar attraction. evectional, adj.



eventerate

v. - to rip open; to open by ripping the belly



eventration

n. - protrusion of intestines from abdomen; dropped state of abdomen; evisceration.



evulgate

v. - make widely known. evulgation, n.



evulsion

n. - act of uprooting or tearing out. evulsive, adj.



ex concesso

phr. - reasoning on the basis of an opponent's premiseor admission of something



ex professo

phr. - expressly or avowedly



exallotriote

adj. - foreign.



exanthema

n. - (pl. -ta) (disease marked by) eruptions or rash, as measles. exanthematic, exanthematous, adj.



exarch

n. - viceroy; travelling bishop of E Church. exarchal, adj. exarchate, n. office or jurisdiction of exarch.



exarticulate

v. - dislocate; cut off at joint. exarticulation, n.



exaugurate

v. - to secularize; to desecrate



excalation

n. - omission or loss of part or unit from series.



excaudate

adj. - tailless.



excerebrose

adj. - having no brains



exclave

n. - part of a country surrounded by foreign territory.



excogitate

v. - think up, devise; think out. excogitation, n. excogitative, adj.



excrescent

adj. - constituting an excess; superfluous; supernumerary



excrescent

adj. - growing out from main body; redundant. excrescential, adj. excrescence, n. such thing.



excursus

n. - lengthy discussion, especially appended to book; digression. excursive, adj. digressive, rambling.



exeat

n. - 'let him go out'; permission to be absent or late.



execrate

v. - curse; loathe. execrable, adj. loathsome. execration, n. execrative, execratory, adj.



execration

n. - contemptuous denunciation; express loathing;a curse



exemplum

n. - a brief tale or anecdote offered to bolster an argument or suggest a moral, as in a medieval sermon



exenterate

v. - to literally or figuratively disembowel



exequatur

n. - document recognizing foreign consular officer, or permitting Roman Catholic bishops to rule their church and publish papal bulls.



exercitor

n. - person having right to ship's profits. exercitorial, adj.



exergasia

n. - repeating a point by using different figures of speech to give the impression of saying something new



exergue

n. - space at base of figure on coin containing date. exergual, adj.



exheredate

v. - disinherit. exheredation, n.



exigent

adj. - exacting; urgent. exigible a. chargeable. exigence, exigency, n. urgent need or requirement; necessary condition.



exiguous

adj. - sparse; slender. exiguity, n.



eximious

adj. - select; excellent.



exocentric

adj. - (of a phrase) having a different grammatical function from any of its constituent words.



exocrine

adj. - secreting externally.



exoculate

v. - to poke out one's eyes



exodontia

n. - teeth extraction. exodontist, n.



exodromy

n. - stabilizing movement of exchange. exodromic, adj.



exogamy

n. - marriage to person not of same tribe, family, etc., only. exogamic, exogamous, adj.



exogenous

adj. - growing or originating from outside, or due to external factors. exogenetic, exogenic, adj.



exopathic

adj. - Medicine, due to external causes.



exophagy

n. - cannibalism outside tribe or family. exophagous, adj.



exophthalmic

adj. - pertaining to or marked by protrusion of eyeball. exophthalmos, exophthalmus, n. such condition.



exoptable

adj. - extremely desirable



exordium

n. - (pl. -ia) opening portion of speech or writing. exordial, adj.



exosculate

v. - the kiss, esp. heartily



exoteric

adj. - popular; capable of being understood by uninitiated; n. uninitiated person. exotericism, n.



exotropia

n. - outward squint.



expatiate

v. -i. speak or write at length. expatiation, n. expatiatory, adj.



expergefacient

adj. - awakening. expergefaction, n.



expergefaction

n. - an awakening



expiscate

v. - to examine or discover skillfully



explaterate

v. - to blab, gab, or run off at the mouth



explicandum

n. - (pl. -da) Philosophy, thing, e.g. term, to be explained. explicans, n. thing or part that explains or gives the meaning.



expromissor

n. - person relieving another of debt by taking it upon himself. expromission, n.



expugnable

adj. - capable of being captured by storm.



exsanguine

adj. - lacking blood. exsanguinate, v. drain blood from. exsanguineous, exsanguinious, exsanguinous, adj.



exscind

v. - cut out; uproot.



exsert

v. - thrust out. exserted, adj. protruding.



exsibilate

v. - to reject with a hissing sound



exsiccate

v. - desiccate. exsiccation, exsiccator, n. exsiccative, adj.



exstrophy

n. - Medicine, having organ especially bladder, turned inside out.



exsuccous

adj. - lacking sap.



exsufflate

v. - blow away. exsufflation, n. blowing out; forced breathing.



extirpate

v. - to pull out by roots



extramundane

adj. - outside the known world or universe.



extramural

adj. - outside the walls or fortifications; outside, but under the aegis of, a university or other institution.



extravasate

v. - flow or filter out; expel from a vessel, especially blood; pour out; n. such fluid. extravasation, n.



extrorse

adj. - facing away or out.



exuviae

n. - pl. cast-off skin, etc., of animal. exuviable, exuvial, adj. exuviate, v.i. & t. slough; shed.

