Euhemerism (n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.
Euhemerist (n.) One who advocates euhemerism.
Euhemeristic (a.) Of or pertaining to euhemerism.
Euhemerize (v. t.) To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.
Euisopoda () A group which includes the typical Isopoda.
Eulachon (n.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
Eulerian (a.) Pertaining to Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century.
Eulogic (a.) Alt. of Eulogical
Eulogical (a.) Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic.
Eulogist (n.) One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast.
Eulogistic (a.) Alt. of Eulogistical
Eulogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse.
Eulogiums (pl. ) of Eulogium
Eulogium (n.) A formal eulogy.
Eulogized (imp. & p. p.) of Eulogize
Eulogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eulogize
Eulogize (v. t.) To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
Eulogies (pl. ) of Eulogy
Eulogy (n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
Eulytite (n.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine.
Eumenides (n. pl.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
Eumolpus (n.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.
Eunomian (n.) A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father.
Eunomian (a.) Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.
Eunomy (n.) Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government.
Eunuch (n.) A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank.
Eunuch (v. t.) Alt. of Eunuchate
Eunuchate (v. t.) To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.
Eunuchism (n.) The state of being eunuch.
Euonymin (n.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.
Euonymus (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.
Euornithes (n. pl.) The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.
Euosmitte (n.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.
Eupathy (n.) Right feeling.
Eupatorin Eupatorine (n.) A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.
Eupatorium (n.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
Eupatrid (n.) One well born, or of noble birth.
Eupepsia (n.) Alt. of Eupepsy
Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
Eupeptic (a.) Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.
Euphemism (n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
Euphemistic (a.) Alt. of Euphemistical
Euphemistical (a.) Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.
Euphemized (imp. & p. p.) of Euphemize
Euphemizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Euphemize
Euphemize (v. t. & i.) To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.
Euphoniad (n.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments.
Euphonic (a.) Alt. of Euphonical
Euphonical (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
Euphonicon (n.) A kind of upright piano.
Euphonious (a.) Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
Euphonism (n.) An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
Euphonium (n.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
Euphonize (v. t.) To make euphonic.
Euphonon (n.) An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.
Euphonous (n.) Euphonious.
Euphonies (pl. ) of Euphony
Euphony (n.) A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
Euphorbiaceous (a.) Alt. of Euphorbial
Euphorbial (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
Euphorbin Euphorbine (n.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.
Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
Euphotide (n.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.
Euphrasy (n.) The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
Euphroe (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.
Euphuism (n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
Euphuistic (a.) Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.
Euphuize (v. t.) To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
Eupione (n.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
Eupittone (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid.
Eupittonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.
Euplastic (a.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person.
Euplastic (n.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.
Euplexoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.
Eupnaea (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.
Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match.
Eurasian (n.) A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
Eurasian (n.) One born of European parents in Asia.
Eurasian (a.) Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.
Eurasiatio (a.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.
Eureka () The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
Eurhipidurous (a.) Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.
Euripize (v. t.) To whirl hither and thither.
Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
Euritte (n.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.
Euritic (a.) Of or pelating to eurite.
Euroclydon (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
European (a.) Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
European (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
Europeanize (v. t.) To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
Eurus (n.) The east wind.
Euryale (n.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
Euryale (n.) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
Euryalida (n. pl.) A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.
Eurycerous (a.) Having broad horns.
Eurypteroid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
Eurypteroidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks.