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excogitate,
excogitated,
excogitating,
excogitates.transitive
verbs
to consider or think something out carefully and
thoroughly
excogitation.noun
excogitative.adjective
envy.noun,.plural.envies
a feeling of discontent
and resentment.aroused
by and in conjunction with
desire for the possessions or qualities
of another, as opposed to being thankful another has blessings; envy is
on a par
with jealously in hurting the individual
who is jealous or envious
envy, envied,
envying,
envies.transitive
verbs
to feel envy toward; to
regard with envy
envier.noun,.plural.enviers
envyingly.adverb
envious.adjective
feeling, expressing or characterized
by envy; jealous
enviously.adverb
enviousness.noun,.plural.enviousnesses
the way of the attitude
of envy
endorse, endorsed,
endorsing,
endorses.transitive
verbs
to write one's signature on the back of (a cheque
{also 'check'}, for example) as evidence of the legal transfer of its ownership,
especially in return for the cash or credit indicated on its face; to place
(one's signature), as on a contract, to indicate
approval of its contents or terms; to acknowledge.(receipt
of payment) by signing a bill,
draft
or other instrument; to give approval of or support to; sanction;
approve
endorsable.adjective
endorser.or.endorsor.nouns,.plurals.endorsers.or.endorsors
endorsement.noun,.plural.endorsements
the act of endorsing (the athlete was highly paid
to do endorsements of products); something, such as a signature or voucher,
that endorses or validates;
approbation;
sanction;
support; an amendment
to a contract,
such as an insurance policy, by which the original terms are changed
escapade.noun,.plural.escapades
an adventurous, unconventional.act
or undertaking
encourage, encouraged,
encouraging,
encourages.transitive
verbs
to inspire
with hope, courage
or confidence; to hearten;
to give support
to; to urge;
foster.(principles
to encourage family closeness); to stimulate;
spur.(priming
the pump to encourage flow of water from the well)
encouragement.noun,.plural.encouragements
the act
of encouraging; the state
of being encouraged (after the loss of her boyfriend she found solace
in God, which gave her much encouragement)
encourager.noun,.plural.encouragers
one that encourages
expect, expected,
expecting,
expects.verbs
transitive verb use.to
look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of (expecting a telephone
call; expects rain on Monday); to consider likely or certain
(expect to see them soon); anticipate;
to consider reasonable or due (expect sunshine soon); suppose
intransitive
verb use.to look forward to the birth
of one's child; to be pregnant
expectably, expectedly.adverbs
expectable.adjective
expectedness.noun,.plural.expectednesses
expectancy.noun,.plural.expectancies
the act or
state
of expecting; expectation (tense with expectancy,
I waited for my name to be called); the state
of being expected; something expected; an expected amount (a life expectancy
of 110 years)
expectation.noun,.plural.expectations
the act of expecting;
eager.anticipation.(eyes
shining with expectation); the state
of being expected; something expected (a result beyond expectation); expectancy
expectational.adjective
expectorate, expectorated,
expectorating,
expectorates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
eject
from the mouth; spit; to cough
up and eject by spitting
intransitive verb use.to
spit; to clear out the chest and lungs by coughing up and spitting out
matter
expectoration.noun,.plural.expectorations
from Latin
'expectorare', 'expectorat-' meaning 'to drive from the chest', where together
it's 'ex-' + 'pectus' or 'pector-' meaning 'chest', to remove from the
chest
expectorant.adjective
promoting
or facilitating the secretion
or expulsion of phlegm,
mucus
or other matter from the respiratory
tract
expectorant.noun,.plural.expectorants
an herbal tea that relieves catarrhs,
coughs and bronchitis is an
expectorant
eddy.noun,.plural.eddies
a current,
as of water or air, moving contrary
to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion;
a drift or tendency that is counter
to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition or history
eddy, eddied,
eddying,
eddies.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
move in or as if in an eddy; turn
transitive verb use.to
cause to move in or as if in an eddy
elegy.noun,.plural.elegies
a poem composed
in elegiac couplets; a poem or
song composed especially as a lament
for a deceased person (ancient David's
poem on the death of Saul
and Jonathan); something
resembling such a poem or song
Music: a composition
that is melancholy or pensive
in tone
elegiac.adjective
of, relating to or involving elegy
or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past;
of or composed in elegaic couplets
elegiacally.adverb
elegiacal.adjective
elegiac.noun
endear, endeared,
endearing,
endears.transitive
verbs
to make beloved
or very sympathetic.(a
couple whose kindness
endeared them to friends)
endearment.noun,.plural.endearments
the act
of endearing; an expression
of affection,
such as a caress
endogenous.adjective
produced or growing from within; originating or
produced within an organism, a tissue or a cell (endogenous secretions)
endogenously.adverb
endogeny.noun
epiphany.noun,.plural.epiphanies
word 'epiphany' is from the Greek and means 'appearing',
'brightness', such as would be a sudden intuitive.realization
where one comprehends
or perceives.reality
(a waking up); a sudden manifestation
of the essence
or meaning
of something
(it just dawned
on me, God exists!); a usually sudden
manifestation or perception of the essential.nature
or meaning of something (I never saw it that
way before); an intuitive grasp
of reality through something, as an event,
usually simple
and striking
(she was at a concert
listening to Handel's Messiah when something profound.occurred
to her); an illuminating.discovery,
realization or disclosure;
a revealing.scene
or moment;
also, a Christian feast celebrating
the revealing of the divine.nature
of Emmanuel to the Gentiles
epiphenomenon.noun,.plural.epiphenomena
a secondary phenomenon
that results from and accompanies another ("Exploitation
of one social class or ethnic group by another {is} an
epiphenomenon of real differences in power between social groups."....Harper's)
Pathology:.an
additional condition or symptom in the course of a disease, not necessarily
connected with the disease
epiphenomenally.adverb
epiphenomenal.adjective
endocrine.adjective
secreting
internally; of or relating to endocrine glands or the hormones secreted
by them
endocrine.noun
the secretion of an endocrine gland; a hormone;
an endocrine gland
experimentation.noun
the act,
process
or practice
of experimenting
experimental.adjective
relating to or based on experiment (experimental
procedures;
experimental results);
given to experimenting; of the nature of an experiment; constituting
or undergoing a test (an experimental hybrid);
founded on experience; empirical
experimentally.adverb
experiment.noun
a test under controlled conditions that is made
to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity
of a hypothesis
or determine
the efficacy
of something previously
untried; the process of conducting such a test; experimentation;
an innovative
act or procedure ("Democracy
is only an experiment in government." ...William Ralph Inge); the
result of experimentation
experiment, experimented,
experimenting,
experiments.intransitive
verbs
to conduct
an experiment; to try something new, especially in order to gain experience
(the silly experiments
when the medical system was being formed; experiment with new methods of
teaching)
experimenter.noun,.plural.experimenters
extrovert.also.extravert.noun
an individual interested in others and/or in the
environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self
extroverted.also.extraverted.adjective
marked
by interest in others or in the environment
as opposed to or to the exclusion of self; gregarious
or outgoing
excuse,
excused,
excusing,
excuses.transitive
verbs
to explain a fault or an
offense
in the hope of being forgiven or understood (he hurt her feelings and when
he realized
it, he apologized); to seek
to remove the blame from (she excused herself for being late); to grant
pardon to; forgive
(we quickly excused the latecomer); to make allowance
for; overlook (readers must excuse the author's youth and inexperience);
forgive; to serve as justification
for (brilliance
does not excuse bad manners);
to free, as from an obligation
or duty;
exempt
(seniors excused from jury duty); to give permission
to leave; release (the child ate quickly and asked to be excused)
excuse.noun
an explanation
offered to justify or obtain
forgiveness; a reason
or grounds for excusing (the reason that ignorance
is no excuse for breaking the law is it's in all peoples'
souls to naturally do
good for others); the act of excusing; a note explaining an absence;
an inferior.example
(after reading his poetry I think it's a poor excuse for a poet; a sorry
excuse for a car)
excusably.adverb
excusable.adjective
excusableness,
excuser.nouns
example.noun,.plural.examples
an example represents, usually typically,
something
of which it is a part and thereby.demonstrates
the character
of the whole;
one that is representative
of a group
as a whole (the squirrel, an example of a rodent; introduced
each new word with examples of its use); one serving as a pattern
of a
specific.kind
(set a good example by arriving on time); a sample;
a specimen;
a similar
case that constitutes
a model
or precedent
(a unique.episode,
without example in maritime history); something
used to illustrate
a principle
or method
for example.idiom
as an illustrative instance
(wear something simple,
for example, a skirt and blouse)
Etruscan.noun,.plural.Etruscans
a civilization
and culture
created and developed on the Italian Peninsula
by the ancient
people of Etruria of west-central Italy during B.C.E.
1st millennium.
At the time of its greatest power, between B.C.E.
7th and 5th centuries, Etruria probably embraced
all Italy from the Alps to the Tiber River. Its name is the Latin.version
of the Greek name Tyrrhenia or Tyrsenia; the ancient.Romans
called the people of the country Etrusci or Tusci, from which is derived
the name of the modern Italian region
of Tuscany (Toscana).....Microsoft®
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