Errand (n.) A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
Errant (a.) Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
Errant (a.) Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
Errant (a.) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
Errant (n.) One who wanders about.
Errantia (n. pl.) A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda.
Errantry (n.) A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.
Errantry (n.) The employment of a knight-errant.
Errata (n. pl.) See Erratum.
Erratic (a.) Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
Erratic (a.) Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
Erratic (a.) Irregular; changeable.
Erratic (n.) One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.
Erratic (n.) A rogue.
Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.
Erratical (a.) Erratic.
Erration (n.) A wandering; a roving about.
Errata (pl. ) of Erratum
Erratum (n.) An error or mistake in writing or printing.
Erthine (n.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.
Erthine (a.) Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
Erroneous (a.) Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.
Erroneous (a.) Misleading; misled; mistaking.
Erroneous (a.) Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.
Error (n.) A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.
Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
Error (n.) A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
Error (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.
Error (n.) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
Error (n.) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.
Error (n.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
Error (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.
Errorful (a.) Full of error; wrong.
Errorist (n.) One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.
Ers (n.) The bitter vetch (Ervum Ervilia).
Erse (n.) A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.
Erse (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.
Ersh (n.) See Arrish.
Erst (adv.) First.
Erst (adv.) Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.
Erstwhile (adv.) Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.
Erubescence (n.) Alt. of Erubescency
Erubescency (n.) The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
Erubescent (a.) Red, or reddish; blushing.
Erubescite (n.) See Bornite.
Erucae (pl. ) of Eruca
Eruca (n.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
Erucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.
Erucifrom (a.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae.
Eruct (v. t.) Alt. of Eructate
Eructate (v. t.) To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.
Eructation (n.) The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
Eructation (n.) A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.
Erudiate (v. t.) To instruct; to educate; to teach.
Erudite (a.) Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
Erudition (n.) The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
Erugate (a.) Freed from wrinkles; smooth.
Eruginous (a.) Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; aeruginous.
Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
Erupt (v. t.) To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.
Eruption (n.) That which bursts forth.
Eruption (n.) A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
Eruption (n.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
Eruptional (a.) Eruptive.
Eruptive (a.) Breaking out or bursting forth.
Eruptive (a.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.
Eruptive (a.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.
Eruptive (n.) An eruptive rock.
Eryngium (n.) A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
Eryngo (n.) A plant of the genus Eryngium.
Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.
Erysipelatoid (a.) Resembling erysipelas.
Erysipelatous (a.) Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.
Erysipelous (a.) Erysipelatous.
Erythema (n.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
Erythematic (a.) Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.
Erythematous (a.) Relating to, or causing, erythema.
Erythrean (a.) Alt. of Erythraean
Erythraean (a.) Red in color.
Erythric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.
Erythrin (n.) Alt. of Erythrine
Erythrine (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.
Erythrine (n.) See Erythrite, 2.
Erythrina (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.
Erythrism (n.) A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.
Erythrite (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.
Erythrite (n.) A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.
Erythrochroic (a.) Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.
Erythrochroism (n.) An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.
Erythrodextrin (n.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.
Erythrogen (n.) Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.
Erythrogen (n.) A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.
Erythrogen (n.) A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
Erythrogranulose (n.) A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.
Erythroid (a.) Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).
Erythroleic (a.) Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.
Erythrolein (n.) A red substance obtained from litmus.
Erythrolitmin (n.) Erythrolein.