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estate.noun,.plural.estates
an estate is a large area of land in the country
which is owned by a person, family or organization; an estate is also the
whole of one's possessions, all the property
and debts left by one at death; in law,
the nature
and extent
of an owner's rights.with
respect to land or other property; the situation
or circumstances
of one's life (a child's estate gives way to the adult's estate)
Episcopalian.adjective
of,
relating.to.orbelonging
to the Episcopal Church; of or advocating
church government by bishops
Episcopalian.noun,.plural.Episcopalians
episcopal.adjective
of or relating to a bishop; of,
relating.to.or.involving
church government by bishops; of or relating to the Episcopal Church
episcopally.adverb
equinox.noun,.plural.equinoxes
an equinox is one of the
two days in the year when day and night are of equal length; either of
the two times during a year when the
Sun crosses the celestial.equator
and when the length of day and night are approximately equal; the vernal
equinox or the autumnal equinox
equator.noun,.plural.equators
the equator is an imaginary
line around the middle of the Earth at an equal distance from the North
Pole and the South Pole; the imaginary great circle around the Earth's
surface, equidistant from the
poles and perpendicular
to the Earth's axis of rotation;
the equator divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere
and the Southern Hemisphere; a similar
great circle drawn on the surface of a celestial
body at right angles to the
axis of rotation; the celestial
equator; a circle that divides a sphere
or other surface into congruent
parts
equatorial.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.resembling
the earth's equator; relating
to conditions that exist at
the earth's equator (equatorial heat); having or constituting
a support with two perpendicular.axes,
one of which is parallel to the
earth's rotational axis
equatorial.noun,.plural.equatorials
something that is equatorial
is near or at the equator (an equatorial telescope
equatorially.adverb
empire.noun,.plural.empires
a very large political.unit
having an extensive.territory
or comprising a number of territories
or nations and ruled by some single
supreme.despot;
the territory included in such
a unit; an extensive enterprise
under a unified.authority
(a publishing empire)
emperor.noun,.plural.emperors
the male ruler of an empire;
the emperor butterfly; the emperor moth
emperorship.noun,.plural.emperorships
emulsion.noun,.plural.emulsions
emulsion or emulsion paint
is a water-based paint, which is not shiny when it dries, used for painting
walls and ceilings; an emulsion is a liquid or cream which is a mixture
of two or more liquids, such as oil and water, which do not naturally mix
together; a suspension of small
globules
of one liquid in a second liquid
with which the first will not mix (an emulsion of oil in vinegar, as in
a salad dressing); a photosensitive coating, usually of silver halide grains
in a thin gelatin layer
on photographic film, paper
or glass
emulsive.adjective
emulsify,
emulsified,
emulsifying,
emulsifies.transitive
verbs
to make into an emulsion
emulsification.noun,.plural.emulsifications
emulsifier.noun,.plural.emulsifiers
emulsible.adjective
that can be emulsified (an
emulsible oil)
enlarge,
enlarged,
enlarging,
enlarges.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
make larger; add to; to give greater
scope
to; expand;
increase
intransitive
verb use.to
become larger; grow; to speak or write at greater length or in greater
detail; elaborate (enlarged upon
the story)
enlarger.noun,.plural.enlargers
enlargement.noun,.plural.enlargements
an act
of enlarging or the state of being
enlarged; something
that enlarges; an addition (we
enlarged our outdoor patio to accommodate
more guests); something that has been enlarged (a photographic reproduction
or a copy larger than the original)
extinct.adjective
no longer existing
or living (an extinct species);
no longer burning or active (an
extinct volcano); no longer in use
(an extinct custom); dead
extinction.noun,.plural.extinctions
the act
of extinguishing; the condition
of being extinguished; the fact
of being extinct or the process
of becoming extinct; if someone
refers to the extinction of a way of life or type of activity, they mean
that the way of life or activity stops existing; the extinction of a species
of animal or plant is the death
of all its remaining living
members
(an operation is beginning to
try to save bees from extinction due
to chemical 'cides' and also similarly
for a species of crocodile)
edge.noun,.plural.edges
a thin, sharpened side,
as of the blade of a cutting instrument (she sharpened the knife's edge
so it would be easier to slice the carrots); the degree of sharpness of
a cutting blade (that knife's edge needs sharpening); the line of intersection
of two surfaces the edge of a table (we rounded the edges of the tables
to prevent injuries to the toddlers should they fall against them); the
rounded edges of the table; a rim or brink
(the edge of a cliff); an extremity
(lifted the edge of the carpet); a dividing line; a border (a house on
the edge of town); a point of transition
(on the edge of the new age in clean energy); a margin of superiority;
an advantage (newer vehicles
have the edge in technology compared to ones made a decade
ago)
edge,
edged,
edging,
edges.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
move gradually or hesitantly
(the child edged toward the door)
transitive verb use.to
give an edge to a blade; sharpen.
b. Sports. to tilt a ski or both skis
in such a way that an edge or both edges bite into the snow; to put a border
or edge on (edged the quilt with
fanciful.embroidery);
to act as or be an edge of (flowers
that edged the garden path); to advance
or push.slightly
or gradually (the dog edged the
ball toward the child with its nose); to trim
or shape the edge of (edge a lawn)
edge out.phrasal
verb
to surpass
or beat by a small margin
(the downhill racer edged her opponent out on the middle stretch)
on edge.idiom
highly tense
or nervous; somewhat.irritable
on the edge.idiom
in a precarious
position; in a state of keen.excitement,
as from anticipation, expectation
or risk
edgeless.adjective
lacking a cutting edge (don't
use that knife for the potatoes, the blade is so worn
it's now edgeless)
erupt,
erupted, erupting,
erupts.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
emerge.violently
from restraint or limits;
explode;
to become violently active (the volcano erupted after years of dormancy);
to force out or release something, such as steam, with violence or suddenness;
to appear on the skin (pesticides can cause a rash
or blemish on the skin)
transitive verb use.to
force out violently
eruptive.adjective
eruptively.adverb
eruption.noun,.plural.eruptions
the act
or process of erupting; an instance
of erupting;a sudden, often violent outburst;
an appearance of a rash or blemish on the skin; such a rash or blemish;
the emergence of a tooth through the gums
embower,
embowered,
embowering,
embowers.transitive
verbs
to enclose
in or as if in a bower
eke,
eked,
eking,
ekes.transitive
verbs
to supplement
with great effort (eked out an
income by working two jobs); to get with great effort or strain (eke a
bare existence from around town after the manufacturing plant closed)
export,
exported,
exporting,
exports.verbs
transitive verb use.to
send or transport
a commodity, for example, abroad
for trade or sale;
to cause the spread of an idea, for example, in another part of the world;
transmit;
exports are goods which are sold to another country and sent there (Ghana's
main export is cocoa; Ethiopia exports coffee); in computing, if you export
files or information from one type of software into another type, you change
their format so that they can be
used in the new software (changing format does not mean the information
the file contains is altered,
for example, text files can be exported in ASCII and picture files in JPEG,
GIF and other formats
intransitive verb use.to
send or transport merchandise
abroad for sale or trade
export.noun,.plural.exports
exportation
exportation.noun,.plural.exportations
the act of exporting; something
exported; an export
exportability.noun,.plural.exportabilities
exportable.adjective
exporter.noun,.plural.exporters
emollient.adjective
softening
and soothing to the skin; making
less harsh or abrasive;
mollifying
emollient.noun,.plural.emollients
an agent
that softens or soothes the skin; an agent that assuages
or mollifies; an ointment; an
unguent
emolument.noun,.plural.emoluments
payment for an office or
employment; Article 1, Section 6, Clause 8 of the US constitution talks
about an emolument violation, which is, We
the People have laid down the law and pay
public servants to do something that we laid down for them to do, we tell
them what to do and if they act outside of that scope and authority while
they collect a fee from us, they are stealing from us, stealing from the
public they are getting paid by and they do something we didn't tell them
to do or didn't give them authority to do. It's not part of their job description,
not part of the law which We the People
laid down; emolument is compensation
such as money or other forms of payment which one receives (he could earn
up to 1 million a year in salary and emoluments from many directorships)
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