Dictionary
Found: 5,364 words.
E
2 defs
E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.
A contraction for even. See Even.
A contraction for ever. See Ever.
A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.
Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying.
Each
2 defs
Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or ...
Everywhere.
See Eddish.
Eager
5 defs
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
In an eager manner.
Eagerness
2 defs
Tartness; sourness.
Eagle
4 defs
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
Sharp-sighted as an eagle.
Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.
A female or hen eagle.
A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilita...
A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.
A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
See Eddish.
A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.
Alt. of Ealdorman
An alderman.
Ale.
Uncle.
To bring forth, as young; to yean.
A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.
Ear
10 defs
Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.
Having the ear perforated.
The earwig.
A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.
Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.
Arable; tillable.
Ache or pain in the ear.
Receiving by the ear.
A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.
A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.
Eardrop
2 defs
A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops.
The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.
Eared
3 defs
Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.
Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
Earing
6 defs
A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
Earl
2 defs
A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an...
An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of pea...
The lobe of the ear.
Earldom
2 defs
The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.
Alderman.
The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).
Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.