Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 17

Elodian (n.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

Eloge (n.) A panegyrical funeral oration.

Elogist (n.) One who pronounces an eloge.

Elogium (n.) Alt. of Elogy

Elogy (n.) The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.

Elohim (n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

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.

Elohistic (a.) Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.

Eloigned (imp. & p. p.) of Eloign

Eloigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eloign

Eloign (v. t.) To remove afar off; to withdraw.

Eloign (v. t.) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.

Eloignate (v. t.) To remove.

Eloignment (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal.

Eloin (v. t.) See Eloign.

Eloinate (v. t.) See Eloignate.

Eloinment (n.) See Eloignment.

Elong (v. t.) To lengthen out; to prolong.

Elong (v. t.) To put away; to separate; to keep off.

Elongated (imp. & p. p.) of Elongate

Elongating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elongate

Elongate (a.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

Elongate (a.) To remove further off.

Elongate (v. i.) To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

Elongate (a.) Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.

Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

Elongation (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.

Elongation (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

Elongation (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

Eloped (imp. & p. p.) of Elope

Eloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elope

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.

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.

Eloper (n.) One who elopes.

Elops (n.) A genus of fishes. See Saury.

Elops (n.) A mythical serpent.

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.

Eloquence (n.) Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.

Eloquence (n.) That which is eloquently uttered or written.

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.

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.

Eloquently (adv.) In an eloquent manner.

Elrich (a.) Alt. of Elritch

Elritch (a.) Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.

Else (a. & pron.) Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

Else (adv. & conj.) Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

Else (adv. & conj.) Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.

Elsewhere (adv.) In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.

Elsewhere (adv.) In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.

Elsewhither (adv.) To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it.

Elsewise (adv.) Otherwise.

Elsin (n.) A shoemaker's awl.

Elucidated (imp. & p. p.) of Elucidate

Elucidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elucidate

Elucidate (v. t.) To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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.

Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.

Elucidator (n.) One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.

Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.

Eluctate (v. i.) To struggle out; -- with out.

Eluctation (n.) A struggling out of any difficulty.

Elucubrate (v. i.) See Lucubrate.

Elucubration (n.) See Lucubration.

Eluded (imp. & p. p.) of Elude

Eluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elude

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.

Eludible (a.) Capable of being eluded; evadible.

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.

Elumbated (a.) Weak or lame in the loins.

Elusion (n.) Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.

Elute (v. t.) To wash out.

Elutriated (imp. & p. p.) of Elutriate

Elutriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elutriate

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.

Elutriation (n.) The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.

Eluxate (v. t.) To dislocate; to luxate.

Eluxation (n.) Dislocation; luxation.

Elvan (a.) Pertaining to elves; elvish.

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.

Elvan (n.) Alt. of Elvanite

Elvanite (n.) The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.

Elve (n.) An old form of Elf.

Elver (n.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

Elf (pl. ) of Elves

Elvish (a.) Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

Elvish (a.) Mysterious; also, foolish.

Elvishly (adv.) In an elvish manner.

Elwand (n.) See Ellwand.

Elysian (a.) Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.

Elysiums (pl. ) of Elysium

Elysia (pl. ) of Elysium

Elysium (n.) A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

Elysium (n.) Hence, any delightful place.

Elytriform (a.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.

Elytrin (n.) See Chitin.

Elytroid (a.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

Elytra (pl. ) of Elytrum

Elytron (n.) Alt. of Elytrum

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