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erysipelas.proper
noun
an acute disease of the
skin and subcutaneous tissue said to be caused by a species of hemolytic
streptococcus and marked by localized inflammation and fever, but more
often or not, caused by heavy
metals poisoning; also called Saint Anthony's fire
erysipelatous.adjective
ethylene oxide.noun,.plural.ethylene
oxides
a colorless flammable.chemical.toxic.compound
C2H4O gas used especially in synthesis,
as of ethylene glycol
and in sterilization and
fumigation; what's an oxide?
emery.noun,.plural.emeries
a fine-grained impure corundum
used for grinding and polishing
expletive.noun,.plural.expletives
a word that fills up a statement
one is making by action or words, such as 'damn, I hit my finger'; to fill
out a sentence, line of verse, etc., without conveying
any meaning of its own, as the word 'it' in 'It is raining'; in the sentence
'There are many books on the table', the word 'there' functions as an expletive
expletive.adjective
added or inserted in order
to fill out something, such as a sentence
estuary.noun,.plural.estuaries
the part of the wide lower
course of a river where its current is met by the tides;
an arm of the sea that extends inland
to meet the mouth of a river; compare lake,
ocean,
pond,
gulf,
sea, tides, strait
estuarial.adjective
earring.noun,.plural.earrings
earrings are pieces of jewelry
which you attach to your ears
earing.noun,.plural.earings
Nautical:
the word has a nautical meaning;
a rope with a cringle, used for
bending a corner of a sail to what's called a yard, boom or gaff or for
reefing a sail
egalitarian.adjective
based on the principle
that all people are equal and possess
equal rights and opportunities in
accord.with
the original 1776 American Constitution,
not the cabal created 1871 takeover
of America corporate constitution
(see the David Lester Straight videos); from French 'égalitaire',
from 'égalité' meaning 'equality' and from Latin
'aequlis' which word is from the Latin 'aequlis' meaning equal
egalitarian.noun,.plural.egalitarians
egalitarianism.noun,.plural.egalitarianisms
embargo.noun,.plural.embargoes
an order prohibiting
the movement of merchant ships
into or out of certain ports of a country, usually to halt
all trade with some nation
embargo,
embargoed,
embargoing,
embargoes.transitive
verbs
to impose
an embargo on; to keep out; from Spanish 'embargar' meaning 'to impede',
'to impede with a barrier' and from Vulgar
Latin 'imbarricre' meaning 'to barricade', 'to
bar'; compare sanction
ex parte.adverb
and.adjective
from or on one side only,
with the other side absent or unrepresented (she testified ex parte; an
ex parte hearing)
emergency.noun,.plural.emergencies
a serious.situation
or occurrence that happens.unexpectedly
and demands.immediate.action;
a condition
of urgent need for action or assistance
(a voice full of emergency was responded
to immediately his message was received by the Coast Guard) emergency.adjective
for use during emergencies
(emergency equipment is always
ready to go by the first responders, the fire departments, Air Rescue,
Coast Guard, police departments, etc.; emergency food rations)
exculpate,
exculpated,
exculpating,
exculpates.transitive
verbs
to clear of guilt or blame
exculpable.adjective
exculpatory.adjective
acting or tending to exculpate
exculpation.noun,.plural.exculpations
encrypt.noun,.plural.encrypts
if a document
or piece of information is encrypted, it is written in or converted
into a special code, so that only
certain people can know the meaning
of it
encrypt,
encrypted, encrypting,
encrypts.transitive
verbs
to put into code or cipher;
to scramble.access.codes
to prevent unauthorized access.
encryption.noun,.plural.encryptions
a system
of codes used to encrypt
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