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entrails.plural.noun
the inside parts of an animal
or person's body, especially their intestines;
viscera;
from date 1200-1300, Old French
'entrailles', from Medieval
Latin 'intralia' and Latin 'interaneus'
meaning 'inside'
epicenter.noun,.plural.epicenters
the point
of the Earth's surface directly above an Earthquake;
a focal point (the helicopter flew
over the epicenter of the Earthquake)
epicentral.adjective
encamp,
encamped,
encamping,
encamps.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to
set up camp or live in a camp
transitive
verb use.to
provide quarters for in a camp
(ancient Israelites encamped
in the wilderness whose 'bread' was manna)
epitaph.noun,.plural.epitaphs
an inscription
on a tombstone.in
memory of the one buried there; a brief.iterary.piece.commemorating
a deceased person
epitaphic.adjective
epithelium.noun,.plural.epitheliums.or.epithelia
membranous.tissue.composed
of one or more layers of cells.separated
by very little intercellular.substance.and.forming
the covering of most internal and external surfaces
of the body and its organs
epithelial.adjective
erase,
erased,
erasing,
erases.transitive
verbs
to remove something written,
for example by rubbing, wiping or scraping (teachers had to teach the kindergarteners
how to properly use an eraser); to remove recorded material from a magnetic
tape or other storage medium (erased
a file from the computer's hard drive); from Latin
'eradere' meaning 'to scratch out'
erasability.noun,.plural.erasabilities
erasable.adjective
entomb,
entombed,
entombing,
entombs.transitive
verbs
to place in or as if in
a tomb or grave;
to immure; to serve
as a tomb for
entombment.noun,.plural.entombments
emporium.noun,.plural.emporiums.or.emporia
a place where various.goods
are bought and sold; a marketplace;
a large.retail.store
or place of business; a large shop with a wide selection of goods (a furniture
emporium); from Greek 'emporion' which is from 'emporos' meaning 'traveler'
and 'merchant'
Eshmanezer
also spelt.Eshmunazar
one of two Sidonian
kings of the Phoenician period
ethos.plural
noun
the disposition,
character.or.fundamental.values.peculiar
to a specific.individual,
people, culture.or.movement
epinephrine.also.spelt.epinephrin.noun,.plural.epinephrines.also
spelt.epinephrins
also called adrenaline;
a body hormone.secreted
by the adrenal medulla
that is released into the bloodstream.in.response.to
physical or mental.stress,
as from fear or injury,
such as when a bear may be walking toward you and you just want to get
away as fast as you can, but you know you must back away very slowly, aways
facing the bear, until it's time to turn around and move faster; epinephrine/adrenaline
initiates
many bodily responses, including the stimulation
of heart action and an increase in blood pressure, metabolic
rate and blood glucose.concentration;
it's white to brownish crystalline.compound,
chemical
name C9H13NO3, isolated from the
adrenal
glands of certain
mammals or
synthesized
and used as a heart stimulant,
vasoconstrictor
and bronchial.relaxant
epitope.noun,.plural.epitopes
a site on an antigen
at which an antibody can bind, the molecular arrangement of the site determining
the specific combining antibody; also called 'antigenic determinant'; date
1960, from the International Scientific Vocabulary, from 'epi-' + Greek
'topos' meaning 'place'
epigraphy.noun,.plural.epigraphies
inscriptions.considered
as a group; the study
of inscriptions; decipherment
of ancient inscriptions, such as
hieroglyphics
epigrapher.or.epigraphist.noun,.plural.epigraphers.or.epigraphists
epi
on, above, upon, near, at, against (epicenter;
epitaph);
outer, exterior or covering (epidermis;
epithelium);
extending generally (epicene; epidemic);
accompanying, additional (epiphenomenon;
episode);
to, towards (epistle);
following, succeeding (epigone); suddenness or forcefulness (of the
action of the verb) (epiphany)
epigenetic.adjective
above genetics, that is, the mind controls the
body (Dr. Bruce Lipton explains);
the process discovered by biologist.Bruce
Lipton where humans are not a product of their genes,
but rather, the product of the mind's attitudes affecting one's genes
epigenetically.adverb
epigenetic.noun,.plural.epigenetics
epigenesis.noun
development of a plant or animal from an egg or
spore
through a series of processes in which what appears to be unorganized cell
masses differentiate
into organs and organ systems also; plant and animal development proceeds
in this way
Biology:.the
theory that an individual is developed by successive differentiation of
an unstructured egg rather than by a simple enlarging of a preformed entity
Geology:.change
in the mineral content of a rock because of outside influences
escort.noun,.plural.escorts
one or more persons accompanying
another to guide, protect or show
honor;
a man who is the companion of
a woman, especially on a social.occasion;
one or more vehicles accompanying
another vehicle to guide, protect or honor its passengers; the state
of being accompanied by an individual or protective.guard
escort, escorted,
escorting,
escorts.transitive
verbs
to accompany as an escort
European.noun,.plural.Europeans
a native
or inhabitant of Europe; a person
of European descent. European.adjective
of.or.relating.to
Europe or its peoples, languages or cultures
Europe.noun
the continent
(map) that is north of the Mediterranean sea
and goes as far east as the Ural Mountains in Russia and is the sixth-largest
continent and technically is a vast.peninsula
of the Eurasian land mass
earl.noun,.plural.earls
a British.nobleman
next in rank
above a viscount and below a marquis
ethylamine.noun,.plural.ethylamines
a colorless, volatile
liquid, C2H5NH2, used in petroleum.refining
and household and other detergents and in organic.synthesis;
also called ethamine
ebb.noun,.plural.ebbs
a period of decline or diminution:
ebb,
ebbed,
ebbing,
ebbs.intransitive
verbs
to decline
or recede; to fall away or back;
to fall back from the flood stage
ebb tide.noun,.plural.ebb
tides
the receding or outgoing
tide; the period between high water and the succeeding low water; the ebb
or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when
the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the
land; if someone's life, support or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and
gradually disappears; you can use ebb and flow to describe the way that
something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls (the ebb
and flow of feeling and moods)
execrate, execrated,
execrating,
execrates.transitive
verbs
to declare
to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce;
to feel loathing
for; abhor; to invoke a curse
on
execrative.adjective
execratory.adjective
execrator.noun,.plural.execrators
execration.noun,.plural.execrations
a curse; the act of cursing;
something
that is cursed or loathed
execrable.adjective
deserving of execration;
hateful; bad (an execrable meal)
execrably.adverb
execrableness.noun
ethylene glycol.noun,.plural.ethylene
glycols
a poisonous
colorless, syrupy alcohol, HOCH2CH2OH, used as an antifreeze in cooling
and heating systems; see types
of alcohols
Thomas Stearns Eliot,
1888-1965. American-born British critic and writer whose poems The Love
Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915) and The Waste Land (1922)
established him as a major literary figure. He also wrote dramas, such
as Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and wrote works of criticism.
He won the 1948 Nobel Prize
for literature; much more on his life is in an encyclopedia.
A quote and a poem of his.
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