Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 37

Entitle (v. t.) To attribute; to ascribe.

Entitule (v. t.) To entitle.

Entities (pl. ) of Entity

Entity (n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.

Ento- () A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.

Entoblast (n.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.

Entobronchia (pl. ) of Entobronchium

Entobronchium (n.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

Entocuneiform (n.) Alt. of Entocuniform

Entocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Entoderm (n.) See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

Entodermal (a.) Alt. of Entodermic

Entodermic (a.) Relating to the entoderm.

Entogastric (a.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

Entogenous (a.) See Endogenous.

Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Entoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Entoil

Entoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entoil

Entoil (v. t.) To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.

Entombed (imp. & p. p.) of Entomb

Entombing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entomb

Entomb (v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.

Entombment (n.) The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial.

Entomere (n.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Entomic (a.) Alt. of Entomical

Entomical (a.) Relating to insects; entomological.

Entomoid (a.) Resembling an insect.

Entomoid (n.) An object resembling an insect.

Entomolin (n.) See Chitin.

Entomolite (n.) A fossil insect.

Entomologic (a.) Alt. of Entomological

Entomological (a.) Of or relating to entomology.

Entomologist (n.) One versed in entomology.

Entomologize (v. i.) To collect specimens in the study of entomology.

Entomologies (pl. ) of Entomology

Entomology (n.) That part of zoology which treats of insects.

Entomology (n.) A treatise on the science of entomology.

Entomophaga (n. pl.) One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.

Entomophaga (n. pl.) A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.

Entomophaga (n. pl.) A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.

Entomophagan (a.) Relating to the Entomophaga.

Entomophagan (n.) One of the Entomophaga.

Entomophagous (a.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.

Entomophilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.

Entomostraca (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.

Entomostracan (a.) Relating to the Entomostraca.

Entomostracan (n.) One of the Entomostraca.

Entomostracous (a.) Belonging to the Entomostracans.

Entomotomist (n.) One who practices entomotomy.

Entomotomy (n.) The science of the dissection of insects.

Entonic (a.) Having great tension, or exaggerated action.

Entoperipheral (a.) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.

Entophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.

Entophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease.

Entoplasm (n.) The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

Entoplasm (n.) Endosarc.

Entoplastic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.

Entoplastra (pl. ) of Entoplastron

Entoplastron (n.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.

Entoprocta (n. pl.) A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.

Entoptic (a.) Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.

Entorganism (n.) An internal parasitic organism.

Entortilation (n.) A turning into a circle; round figures.

Entosterna (pl. ) of Entosternum

Entosternum (n.) See Entoplastron.

Entosthoblast (n.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.

Entothorax (n.) See Endothorax.

Entotic (a.) Pertaining to the interior of the ear.

Entozoa (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

Entozoa (n. pl.) An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.

Entozoal (a.) Alt. of Entozoic

Entozoic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.

Entozoologist (n.) One versed in the science of the Entozoa.

Entozoa (pl. ) of Entozoon

Entozoon (n.) One of the Entozoa.

Entr'acte (n.) The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

Entr'acte (n.) A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.

Entrail (v. t.) To interweave; to intertwine.

Entrail (n.) Entanglement; fold.

Entrails (n. pl.) The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.

Entrails (n. pl.) The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.

Entrain (v. t.) To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.

Entrain (v. t.) To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment.

Entrain (v. i.) To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.

Entrammel (v. t.) To trammel; to entangle.

Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.

Entrance (n.) Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.

Entrance (n.) The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

Entrance (n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.

Entrance (n.) The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

Entrance (n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

Entrance (n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

Entranced (imp. & p. p.) of Entrance

Entrancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entrance

Entrance (v. t.) To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

Entrance (v. t.) To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.

Entrancement (n.) The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.

Entrant (n.) One who enters; a beginner.

Entrant (n.) An applicant for admission.

Entrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Entrap

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