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Emmet(n.) An ant.
Emollient(a.) Softening
(n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
Emolument(n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor
Emotion(n.) A moving of the mind or soul
Emotive(a.) Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.
Empanel(n.) A list of jurors
Emperor(n.) The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire
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
Emphasize(v. t.) To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
Emphatically(adv.) Not really, but apparently.
Emphysema(n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
Empire(n.) Any dominion
Empiric(n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation
Emplace(v. & n.) To put into place or position
Employ(n.) That which engages or occupies a person
(v. t.) To have or keep at work
Empoison(n.) Poison.
(v. t.) To poison
Emporium(n.) A place of trade
Empower(v. t.) To give authority to
Empress(n.) A female sovereign.
Emprise(n.) An enterprise
(v. t.) To undertake.
Empty(n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.
(superl.) Containing nothing
(v. i.) To become empty.
(v. t.) To deprive of the contents
Empyema(n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura
Empyreal(a.) Formed of pure fire or light
(n.) Empyrean.
Empyrean(a.) Empyreal.
(n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist
Emu(n.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich
Emulate(a.) Striving to excel
(v. t.) To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions
Emulation(n.) Jea/ous rivalry
Emulator(n.) One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.
Emulous(a.) Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another
Emulsify(v. t.) To convert into an emulsion
Emulsion(n.) Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk
Emunctory(n.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter
En(n.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter.
Enable(v. t.) To give strength or ability to
Enact(n.) Purpose
(v. t.) To act
Enamel(a.) Relating to the art of enameling
(n.) A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
(v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.
(v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
Enamor(v. t.) To inflame with love
Enate(a.) Growing out.
Enation(n.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal
Encage(v. t.) To confine in a cage
Encamp(v. i.) To form and occupy a camp
(v. t.) To form into a camp
Encase(v. t.) To inclose as in a case.
Encaustic(a.) Prepared by means of heat
Enceinte(a.) Pregnant
(n.) The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.
Encephalic(a.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
Encephalitis(n.) Inflammation of the brain.
Encephalon(n.) The contents of the cranium
Encephalopathy(n.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain
Enchain(v. t.) To bind with a chain
Enchant(v. t.) To charm by sorcery
Enchase(v. t.) To chase
Enchiridion(n.) Handbook
Encircle(v. t.) To form a circle about
Enclasp(v. t.) To clasp.
Enclave(n.) A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent
(v. t.) To inclose within an alien territory.
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)
Enclose(v. t.) To inclose.
Enclosure(n.) Inclosure.
Encomiast(n.) One who praises
Encomium(n.) Warm or high praise
Encompass(v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely
Encore(adv. / interj.) Once more
(n.) A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition
(v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of
Encounter(adv.) To come against face to face
(v. i.) To meet face to face
(v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose
Encourage(v. t.) To give courage to
Encouraging(a.) Furnishing ground to hope
Encroach(n.) Encroachment.
(v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
Encrust(v. t.) To incrust.
Encumber(v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden
Encyclical(a.) Sent to many persons or places
(n.) An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
Encyclopedism(n.) The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias
Encyclopedist(n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation
Encyst(v. t.) To inclose in a cyst.
End(n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
(v. i.) To come to the ultimate point
(v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion
Endamage(v. t.) To bring loss or damage to
Endanger(v. t.) To incur the hazard of
Endear(v. t.) To make dear or beloved.
Endeavor(n.) An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object
(v. i.) To exert one's self
(v. t.) To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of
Endemic(n.) An endemic disease.
Ending(n.) Termination
Endive(n.) A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad
Endless(a.) Infinite
Endmost(a.) Farthest
Endocardial(a.) Pertaining to the endocardium.
Endocarditis(n.) Inflammation of the endocardium.
Endocardium(n.) The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.
Endocarp(n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
Endoderm(n.) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
Endogamy(n.) Marriage only within the tribe
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
Endolymph(n.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Endometrium(n.) The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
Endomorph(n.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz
Endoparasite(n.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc
Endoplasm(n.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
Endorse(n.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth)
Endoscope(n.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
Endoskeleton(n.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton
Endosmosis(n.) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose
Endosperm(n.) The albumen of a seed
Endospore(n.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.
Endosteum(n.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
Endothecium(n.) The inner lining of an anther cell.
Endothelium(n.) The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
Endothermic(a.) Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat
Endow(v. t.) To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty)
Endue(v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.
Endurable(a.) Capable of being endured or borne
Endurance(n.) A state or quality of lasting or duration
Endure(v. i.) To continue in the same state without perishing
(v. t.) To bear with patience
Enduring(a.) Lasting
Endwise(adv.) On end
Enema(n.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.
Enemy(a.) Hostile
(n.) One hostile to another
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
Energize(v. i.) To use strength in action
(v. t.) To give strength or force to
Energy(n.) Capacity for performing work.
Enervate(a.) Weakened
(v. t.) To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage
Enface(v. t.) To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like) on the face of a draft, bill, etc
Enfeeble(v. t.) To make feeble
Enfeoff(v. t.) To give a feud, or right in land, to
Enfilade(n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc
(v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops
Enfleurage(n.) A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers
Enfold(v. t.) To infold.
Enforce(n.) Force
(v. i.) To attempt by force.
(v. t.) To give force to
Enfranchise(v. t.) To endow with a franchise
Engage(v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
(v. t.) To come into gear with
Engaging(a.) Tending to draw the attention or affections
Engender(n.) One who, or that which, engenders.
(v. i.) To assume form
(v. t.) To cause to exist
Engine(n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity
(v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack
Engird(v. t.) To gird
Engirt(v. t.) To engird.
English(a.) Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race
(n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer.
(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
Engorge(v. i.) To feed with eagerness or voracity
(v. t.) To gorge
Engrailed(a.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.
Engrain(v. t.) To color in imitation of the grain of wood
Engrave(v. t.) To cut in
Engraving(n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material
Engross(v. t.) To amass.
Engulf(v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
Enhance(v. i.) To be raised up
(v. t.) To advance
Enigma(n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying
Enjoin(v. t.) To join or unite.
Enjoy(v. i.) To take satisfaction
(v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction
Enkindle(v. t.) To excite
Enlace(v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
Enlarge(v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course
(v. t.) To increase the capacity of
Enlighten(v. t.) To make clear to the intellect or conscience
Enlist(v. i.) To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service
(v. t.) To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register
Enliven(v. t.) To give life, action, or motion to
Enmesh(v. t.) To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.
Enmity(n.) A state of opposition
Ennead(n.) The number nine or a group of nine.
Ennoble(v. t.) To make noble
Ennui(n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust
Enormity(n.) That which is enormous
Enormous(a.) Exceedingly wicked
Enough(a.) Satisfying desire
(adv.) Fully
(interj.) An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
(n.) A sufficiency
Enounce(v. t.) To announce
Enrage(v. t.) To fill with rage
Enrapt(p. a.) Thrown into ecstasy
Enrich(v. t.) To make rich with any kind of wealth
Enrobe(v. t.) To invest or adorn with a robe
Enroll(n.) To envelop
Enroot(v. t.) To fix by the root
Ens(n.) Entity, being, or existence
Ensanguine(v. t.) To stain or cover with blood
Ensconce(v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort
Ensemble(adv.) All at once
(n.) The whole
Enshrine(v. t.) To inclose in a shrine or chest
Enshroud(v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a shroud
Ensiform(a.) Having the form of a sword blade
Ensign(n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army
(v. t.) To designate as by an ensign.
Ensilage(n.) The fodder preserved in a silo.
(v. t.) To preserve in a silo
Ensile(v. t.) To store (green fodder) in a silo
Enslave(v. t.) To reduce to slavery
Ensnare(v. t.) To catch in a snare.
Ensnarl(v. t.) To entangle.
Ensoul(v. t.) To indue or imbue (a body) with soul.
Ensphere(v. t.) To form into a sphere.
Enstatite(n.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization
Ensue(v. i.) To follow or come afterward
(v. t.) To follow
Ensure(v. t.) To betroth.
Enswathe(v. t.) To swathe
Entablature(n.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns.
Entail(n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
Entangle(v. t.) To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty
Entasis(n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
Entelechy(n.) An actuality
Enter(v. i.) To get admission
(v. t.) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into)
Enthrall(v. t.) To hold in thrall
Enthrone(v. t.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
Enthuse(v. t. & i.) To make or become enthusiastic.
Enthusiasm(n.) A state of impassioned emotion
Enthusiast(n.) One moved or actuated by enthusiasm
Enthymeme(n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it
Entice(v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire
Enticing(a.) That entices
Entire(a.) Complete in all parts
(n.) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.
Entitle(v. t.) To attribute
Entity(n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact
Entoil(v. t.) To take with toils or bring into toils
Entomb(v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body
Entomology(n.) A treatise on the science of entomology.
Entomophagous(a.) Feeding on insects
Entomophilous(a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects
Entourage(n.) Surroundings
Entrails(n. pl.) The internal parts
Entrain(v. i.) To go aboard a railway train
(v. t.) To draw along as a current does
Entrance(n.) Liberty, power, or permission to enter
(v. t.) To put into an ecstasy
Entrant(n.) An applicant for admission.
Entrap(v. t.) To catch in a trap
Entreat(n.) Entreaty.
(v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
(v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully
Entremets(n. sing. & pl.) Any small entertainment between two greater ones.
Entrepreneur(n.) One who creates a product on his own account
Entresol(n.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story
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
Entry(n.) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
Entwine(v. i.) To be twisted or twined.
(v. t.) To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
Entwist(v. t.) To twist or wreathe round
Enucleate(v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell
Enumerate(v. t.) To count
Enunciate(v. i.) To utter words or syllables articulately.
(v. t.) To make a formal statement of
Enuresis(n.) An involuntary discharge of urine
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
(v. t.) To put a covering about
Envenom(v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred
Enviable(a.) Fitted to excite envy
Envious(a.) Excessively careful
Environ(adv.) About
(v. t.) To surround
Envisage(v. t.) To look in the face of
Envoy(n.) An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book
Envy(n.) An object of envious notice or feeling.
(v. i.) To be filled with envious feelings
(v. t.) To do harm to
Enwind(v. t.) To wind about
Enwomb(v. t.) To bury, as it were in a womb
Enwrap(v. t.) To envelop.
Enzootic(a.) Afflicting animals
Enzyme(n.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment
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
(n.) The Eocene formation.
Eolian(a.) Aeolian.
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
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
Epanalepsis(n.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.
Epanorthosis(n.) A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant
Eparch(n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province
Epenthesis(n.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word
Epergne(n.) A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design
Epexegesis(n.) A full or additional explanation
Ephemera(n.) A fever of one day's continuance only.
Ephemeris(n.) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.
Ephemeron(n.) One of the ephemeral flies.
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
Ephor(n.) A magistrate
Epiblast(n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm
Epiboly(n.) Epibolic invagination.
Epic(a.) Narrated in a grand style
(n.) An epic or heroic poem.
Epidemic(n.) An epidemic disease.
Epidemiology(n.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.
Epidermis(v. t.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin
Epididymis(n.) An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ
Epidote(n.) A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals
Epigastrium(n.) The upper part of the abdomen.
Epigeal(a.) Epigaeous.
Epigene(a.) Foreign
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
Epigram(n.) An effusion of wit
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
Epigynous(a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it
Epilepsy(n.) The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground
Epileptiform(a.) Resembling epilepsy.
Epileptoid(a.) Resembling epilepsy
Epilogue(n.) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play
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
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
Epiphysis(n.) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland.
Epiphyte(n.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them.
Episcopacy(n.) Government of the church by bishops
Episcopal(a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops
Episcopate(n.) A bishopric
(v. i.) To act as a bishop
Episode(n.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related
Epistaxis(n.) Bleeding at the nose.
Epistemology(n.) The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
Epistle(n.) A writing directed or sent to a person or persons
(v. t.) To write
Epistolary(a.) Contained in letters
Epistrophe(n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation
Epistyle(n.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar
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
(v. i.) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
(v. t.) To commemorate by an epitaph.
Epitasis(n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe
Epithalamium(n.) A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
Epithelial(a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium
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
Epithet(n.) An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing
(v. t.) To describe by an epithet.
Epitome(n.) A compact or condensed representation of anything.
Epitomize(v. t.) To diminish, as by cutting off something
Epizoon(n.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals
Epizootic(a.) Containing fossil remains
(n.) An epizootic disease
Epoch(n.) A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth
Epode(n.) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one
Eponymous(a.) Relating to an eponym
Epos(n.) An epic.
Equable(a.) Equal and uniform
Equal(a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.
(n.) One not inferior or superior to another
(v. t.) To be or become equal to
Equanimity(n.) Evenness of mind
Equate(v. t.) To make equal
Equation(n.) A making equal
Equator(n.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator
Equerry(n.) A large stable or lodge for horses.
Equestrian(a.) Being or riding on horseback
(n.) One who rides on horseback
Equestrienne(n.) A woman skilled in equestrianism
Equiangular(a.) Having equal angles
Equidistant(a.) Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.
Equilateral(a.) Having all the sides equal
(n.) A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others
Equilibrate(v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends
Equilibrist(n.) One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements
Equilibrium(n.) A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt
Equine(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
Equinoctial(a.) Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night
(n.) The equinoctial line.
Equinox(n.) Equinoctial wind or storm.
Equip(v. t.) To dress up
Equitable(a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity
Equitation(n.) A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback
Equites(n. pl) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty
Equity(n.) An equitable claim
Equivalence(n.) Equal power or force
(v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to
Equivalent(a.) Contemporaneous in origin
(n.) A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule
(v. t.) To make the equivalent to
Equivocal(a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other
(n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings
Equivocate(a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification
(v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
Equivocation(n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead
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