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noun · a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States

eighty-two

adjective · being two more than eighty

einsteinium

noun · a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

either

adverb · after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'

Example: he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either

elaborate

adjective · developed or executed with care and in minute detail- John Buchan

Example: a detailed plan

elaeagnus commutata

noun · deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits

elasticised

adjective · made with strands or inserts of elastic

Example: slacks with an elasticized waistband

elated

adjective · exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

Example: the elated winner

elderly

adjective · advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

Example: aged members of the society

electric heater

noun · a small electric space heater

electromagnetic

adjective · pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion

Example: electromagnetic energy

electronegative

adjective · having a negative charge

Example: electrons are negative

electronic instrument

noun · a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically

electronic manipulative deception

noun · actions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators)

electronic simulative deception

noun · actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces

electronic stylus

noun · (computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated

electronically

adverb · by electronic means

Example: the door opens electronically

electrostatic machine

noun · electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity

electrostatically

adverb · in an electrostatic manner

Example: the dust adhered electrostatically to the surface

elegantly

adverb · in a gracefully elegant manner

Example: the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do

elegiac

adjective · expressing sorrow often for something past

Example: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals

elemental

adjective · of or being the essential or basic part

Example: an elementary need for love and nurturing

elephantine

adjective · of great mass; huge and bulky

Example: a jumbo jet

elevated

adjective · increased in amount or degree

Example: raised temperature

elevator

noun · lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

elide

verb · leave or strike out

Example: This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant

elie metchnikoff

noun · Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916)

elisabethville

noun · a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville

elizabeth cochrane seaman

noun · muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)

elizabeth peabody

noun · educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)

elizabeth seaman

noun · muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)

ellipse

noun · a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

Example: the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant

elliptical

adjective · characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements- H.O.Taylor

Example: the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints

elm family

noun · a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema

elocute

verb · declaim in an elocutionary manner

Example: The poet elocuted beautifully

elope

verb · run away secretly with one's beloved

Example: The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas

elsewhere

adverb · in or to another place

Example: he went elsewhere

elucidative

adjective · that makes clear

Example: a clarifying example

elude

verb · avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Example: He dodged the issue

ely culbertson

noun · United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)

elymus hispidus

noun · Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder

emaciate

verb · grow weak and thin or waste away physically

Example: She emaciated during the chemotherapy

emanate

verb · give out (breath or an odor)

Example: The chimney exhales a thick smoke

embank

verb · enclose with banks, as for support or protection

Example: The river was embanked with a dyke

embark

verb · set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

Example: she embarked upon a new career

embark on

verb · get off the ground

Example: Who started this company?

embarrassingly

adverb · causing embarrassment

Example: the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing

embed

verb · attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

Example: The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division

embedded

adjective · inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

Example: confused by the embedded Latin quotations

emberizidae

noun · buntings and some New World sparrows