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eatable.adjective
fit to be eaten; edible
(an eatable display of food was on the table)
eatable.noun,.plural.eatables
something fit to be eaten;
food
evergreen.adjective
having.foliage
that persists and remains
green throughout the year; perennially
fresh or interesting; enduring
evergreen.noun,.plural.evergreens
a tree, shrub
or plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the
year; something that remains perennially fresh, interesting or well liked;
holly, like ivy and mistletoe, is an evergreen
everliving.adverb
forever; always; never ending;
in
perpetuity; eternal (God and
those in God live eternally (John 10:28;
14:20)
and those in satanic
ways do not, unless they change
ever.adverb
at all times; always (ever
hoping to strike it rich, figuring that the grass
is always greener on the other side of the fence); at any time (have
you ever been to Europe?); in any way; at all (how did they ever manage?);
rarely; to a great extent or degree (he was ever so sorry; was she ever
mad!)
for ever and a day.idiom
always; forever
essential oil.noun,.plural.essential
oils
any of a class
of natural volatile oils from
organic plants that give them their characteristic.odors
and are used especially in perfumes and flavorings and for aromatherapy;
essential oiis have been known and traded since ancient
times; many essential oils contain isoprenoids;
some, such as oil of wintergreen (methyl salicylate) and orange oil (d-limonene),
have one predominant.component,
but most have dozens or hundreds; tracecomponents
impart
an oil's characteristic odour, which synthetic
or blended oils can rarely duplicate;
essential oils have three primary commercial uses, as odorants in perfumes,
soaps, detergents and other products; as flavours in baked goods, candies,
soft drinks and many other foods and as pharmaceuticals,
in dental products and in aromatherapy;
avoid scents from man's concocted
chemicals
excrescence.noun,.plural.excrescences
an unusual outgrowth or
enlargement, such as a wart; a normal
outgrowth, such as a fingernail or a beard; a usually unwanted or unncessary
accretion
Eurasian.adjective
of.or.relating.to
Eurasia; of mixed European and Asian descent
Eurasian.noun,.plural.Eurasians
a person of mixed European
and Asian descent
Eurasia.noun
the land mass comprising
the continents of
Europe and Asia
escutcheon.noun,.plural.escutcheons
Heraldry:.a
shield
or shield-shaped emblem.bearing
a coat of arms; an.ornamental
or protective plate, as for the keyhole part of the locking merchanism;
in nautical.terms,
the plate on the stern of a ship
inscribed
with the ship's name
escutcheoned.adjective
electrostatic.adjective
of.or.relating.to.static.electricity
(electrostatics); electrostatics.is
the physics of electrostatic phenomena;
of or relating to painting with a spray that utilizes
electrically charged particles
to ensure complete coating; of or relating to electric charges at rest
(your blanket will snap and sting a bit and you can see the bright electricity
come off it in your dark room, because when you pick it up, especially
if the weather is particularly
dry, it will discharge); produced
or caused by such charges; of or relating to electrostatics
electrostatically.adverb
earn,
earned,
earning,
earns.transitive
verbs
to gain.especially
for the performance of service or work (earned money by mowing lawns);
to acquire or deserve
as a result of effort
or action (she earned a reputation
as an honest worker); to yield
as return or profit
(a savings account that earns interest
on deposited.funds)
earner.noun,.plural.earners
enroll.also.enrol,
enrolled,
enrolling,
enrolls.also.enrols.verbs
transitive verb use.to
enter or register in a roll,
list
or record (enrolled the child in
a homeschooling program); enroll
the minutes
of the meeting
intransitive
verb use.to
place one's name on a roll or register; sign up (we enrolled in volunteer
fire department service)
enrollee.noun,.plural.enrollees
Erech.proper
noun
from the.American
Tract Society Dictionary: One of Nimrod's
cities in the plain of Shinar:.Genesis
10:10. Its probable site is in the mounds of primeval
ruins now called Irka or Irak, a few miles east of the Euphrates
river, midway between Babylon
and the junction of the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers (map).
excavate,
excavated,
excavating,
excavates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make a hole in; hollow out (excavate
the Earth at a size to accommodate
the foundation for building
a house on); to form by hollowing
out; to remove by digging
or scooping out; to expose or
uncover by or as if by digging (excavate an archaeological
site)
intransitive verb use.to
engage in digging, hollowing out or removing
excavator.noun,.plural.excavators
one that excavates, especially
a backhoe
excavation.noun,.plural.excavations
the act or process of excavating;
a hole formed by excavating (we did three more excavations for three more
new house builds today)
elbowroom.noun
room to move around or work
freely; ample.scope.(elbowroom
to experiment)
effigy.noun,.plural.effigies
a crude.figure.or.dummy.representing
a very disliked.person
or group; a likeness
or image of a person
in effigy.idiom
symbolically,
in the form of an effigy (the disliked leader's picture displayed in public,
was altered humorously using graffiti); from French 'effigie', meaning
likeness and from 'effingere', meaning to portray)
eyewitness.noun,.plural.eyewitnesses
a person who has seen someone
or something and can describe
it afterwards; one who sees
an occurrence or an object
and who gives a report on what he or she has seen; bear.witness
to the fact (she gave a firsthand.account
of the volcano's eruption);
a person who has seen something happen and can give a first-hand description
of it
einstellen.(a
German word pronounced INE shtellen)
how it works: a person,
through meditation automatically
is tuned into the divine force
of God, called in German Heilstrom,
to absorb it; also called the Holy
Spirit
ectothermic.also.ectothermal.or.ectothermous.adjective
of.or.relating.to
an organism that regulates
its body temperature largely by
exchanging
heat with its surroundings;
cold-blooded
en route.adverb.also.adjective
at or along the way (we
are en route to the museum; the restaurant was en route)
Epsom salts.plural
noun
hydrated.magnesium.sulfate,
MgSO4·7H2O,
used as a cathartic and as an
agent
to reduce.inflammation;
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great uses for Epsom Salts you probably didn't know of, from.thealternativedaily.com
Emmanuel.noun
this
is the spelling in the New
Testament part of the Holy
Bible; in the Old Testament part, it's spelt
Immanuel; the name means 'God
with us':.Matthew
1:23 "Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a
son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
God with us."
Earthquake.noun,.plural.Earthquakes
a sudden movement of the
Earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic
faults or by volcanic activity
ennui.noun
a feeling
of being tired, bored, annoyed
and unsatisfied
with your life; listlessness
and dissatisfaction.resulting
from lack of interest; boredom; tedium;
the doldrums; from date 1700-1800
Old
French 'enui' and from French 'ennuier' meaning 'to annoy', 'to bore'
Mary Morse Baker Eddy,
1821-1910. American Christian
leader who founded Christian
Science (1879), the tenets of
which she explained in Science and Health (1875). She also founded
the Christian Science Monitor (1908), a daily newspaper
eddy.noun,.plural.eddies
a current,
as of water, air or lava, moving
contrary
to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular.motion;
a circular movement of water, wind, dust, etc. (the racing river caused
swirling eddies)
eddy,
eddied,
eddying,
eddies.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
move in or as if in an eddy; if water, wind, dust etc. eddies, it moves
around with a circular movement (mist eddied round the house); to turn
transitive verb use.to
cause to move in or as if in an eddy; from 1400-1500 Middle
English 'ydy', probably of Scandinavian.origin,
that being Old Norse 'idha'
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