Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 17
Elodian (n.) (Zool.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
Compare: Terrapin
Terrapin (n.) (Zool.)【動】（北美）水龜（可食用） Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and turapen.]
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys scabra) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also potter, slider, and redfender), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Alligator terrapin, The snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, Any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, The painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, A small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
Terrapin (n.) Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.
Eloge (n.) 【法】悼詞，祭文；頌詞 A panegyrical funeral oration.
Compare: Panegyric, Panegyrical
Panegyric, Panegyrical (a.) 讚詞的；頌詞的 Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." -- Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv.
Some of his odes are panegyrical. -- Dryden.
Panegyrical (a.) Formally expressing praise [syn: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical].
Elogist (n.) One who pronounces an eloge. Elogium
Elogium (n.) Alt. of Elogy.
Elogy (n.) The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
Compare: Eulogy
Eulogy (n.) (pl. -ies) 頌詞；悼詞；讚頌 A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
Eulogies turn into elegies. -- Spenser.
Syn: Encomium; praise; panegyric; applause.
Usage: Eulogy, Eulogium, Encomium, Panegyric. The idea of praise is common to all these words. The word encomium is used of both persons and things which are the result of human action, and denotes warm praise. Eulogium and eulogy apply only to persons and are more studied and of greater length. A panegyric was originally a set speech in a full assembly of the people, and hence denotes a more formal eulogy, couched in terms of warm and continuous praise, especially as to personal character. We may bestow encomiums on any work of art, on production of genius, without reference to the performer; we bestow eulogies, or pronounce a eulogium, upon some individual distinguished for his merit public services; we pronounce a panegyric before an assembly gathered for the occasion.
Eulogy (n.) A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently [syn: eulogy, eulogium].
Eulogy (n.) A formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean].
Eulogy (n.) Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Elohim (n.) [Heb.] One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Elohist (n.) The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. -- S. Davidson.
Elohistic (a.) Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.
Eloigned (imp. & p. p.) of Eloign.
Eloigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eloign.
Eloign (v. t.) To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.]
From worldly cares he did himself eloign. -- Spenser.
Eloign (v. t.) (Law) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.
The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. -- Blackstone.
Eloignate (v. t.) To remove. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Eloignment (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]
Compare: Eloign
Eloign (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Eloigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.] [Written also eloin.] To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.]
From worldly cares he did himself eloign. -- Spenser.
Eloign (v. t.) (Law) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.
The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. -- Blackstone.
Eloin (v. t.) See Eloign.
Eloinate (v. t.) See Eloignate.
Eloinment (n.) See Eloignment.
Elong (v. t.) To lengthen out; to prolong. [Obs.]
Elong (v. t.) To put away; to separate; to keep off. [Obs.] -- Wyatt.
Elongated (imp. & p. p.) of Elongate.
Elongating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elongate.
Elongate (v. t.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
Elongate (v. t.) To remove further off. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Elongate (v. i.) 延長，(使) 伸延 To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
Elongate (a.) 伸長的 Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." -- Earle.
Elongate (a.) (Of a leaf shape) Long and narrow [syn: linear, elongate].
Elongate (a.) Having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame" [syn: elongate, elongated].
Elongate (v.) Make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" [syn: elongate, stretch].
Elongated (a.)（極其）瘦長的 Having a length noticeably longer than the width.
Syn: elongate.
Elongated (a.) rendered longer.
Syn: lengthened.
Elongated (a.) Drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged].
Elongated (a.) Having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame" [syn: elongate, elongated].
Elongation (n.) 伸長，延長，伸張度 The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." -- Arbuthnot.
Elongation (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.
May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains? -- Pinkerton.
Elongation (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
The distant points in the celestial expanse appear to the eye in so small a degree of elongation from one another, as bears no proportion to what is real. -- Glanvill.
Elongation (n.) (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
Elongation (n.) The quality of being elongated.
Elongation (n.) An addition to the length of something [syn: elongation, extension].
Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening something.
Eloped (imp. & p. p.) of Elope.
Eloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elope.
Elope (v. i.) 私奔，潛逃 To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart.
Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. -- Addison.
Elope (v.) Run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: elope, run off].
Elopement (n.) 潛逃，私奔 The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
Elopement (n.) The act of running away with a lover (usually to get married).
Eloper (n.) One who elopes.
Elops (n.) (Zool.) A genus of fishes. See Saury.
Elops (n.) A mythical serpent. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Elops (n.) Type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder [syn: Elops, genus Elops].
Eloquence (n.) 口才，雄辯術，雄辯 Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.
Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. -- Hare.
Eloquence (n.) Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.
Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. --Pope.
The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. -- Macaulay.
Eloquence (n.) That which is eloquently uttered or written.
O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. -- Shak.
Syn: Oratory; rhetoric.
Eloquence (n.) Powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" [syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness].
Eloquence, (n.) The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
Eloquent (a.) 雄辯的，有口才的，動人的 Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.
O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. -- Pope.
Eloquent (a.) Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.
Eloquent (a.) Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken].
Eloquent (a.) Marked by forceful and fluent expression.
Eloquent (a.) Vividly or movingly expressive or revealing.
Eloquent (a.) 雄辯的，有說服力的 Giving a clear, strong message.
// She made an eloquent appeal for action.
// The pictures were an eloquent reminder of the power of the volcano.
Eloquently (adv.) In an eloquent manner. Elrich
Eloquently (adv.) With eloquence; "he expressed his ideas eloquently" [syn: eloquently, articulately] [ant: inarticulately, ineloquently].
Eloquently (adv.) In an articulate manner; "he argued articulately for his plan" [syn: articulately, eloquently] [ant: inarticulately].
Elrich (a.) Alt. of Elritch.
Elritch (a.) Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.
Else (a. & pron.) Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?
Else (adv. & conj.) Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
Else (adv. & conj.) Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
Elsewhere (adv.) In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.
Elsewhere (adv.) In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.
Elsewhither (adv.) To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it.
Elsewise (adv.) Otherwise.
Elsin (n.) A shoemaker's awl.
Elucidated (imp. & p. p.) of Elucidate.
Elucidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elucidate.
Elucidate (v. t.) To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
Elucidation (n.) A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
Elucidative (a.) Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.
Elucidator (n.) One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.
Elucidatory (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative.
Eluctate (v. i.) To struggle out; -- with out.
Eluctation (n.) A struggling out of any difficulty.
Elucubrate (v. i.) See Lucubrate.
Elucubration (n.) See Lucubration.
Eluded (imp. & p. p.) of Elude.
Eluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elude.
Elude (v. t.) （巧妙地）逃避，躲避；使困惑，難倒 To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. -- Pope.
The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. --Tylor.
Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
Elude (v.) Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: {elude}, {evade}, {bilk}].
Elude (v.) Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: {elude}, {escape}].
Elude (v.) Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put off}, {circumvent}, {parry}, {elude}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}].
Eludible (a.) 可逃避的 Capable of being eluded; evadible.
Elul (n.) The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.
Elumbated (a.) Weak or lame in the loins.
Elusion (n.) 逃避，迴避 Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.
Elusion (n.) The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: {slip}, {elusion}, {eluding}].
Elusive (a.) 逃避的，躲避的；難以理解的，難以記起的 Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. --Pope. -- {E*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*lu"sive*ness}, n.
Elusive (a.) Difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor."
Elusive (a.) Skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline.
Elusive (a.) Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" [syn: {elusive}, {subtle}].
Elusive (a.) Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" [syn: {baffling}, {elusive}, {knotty}, {problematic}, {problematical}, {tough}].
Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
Elute (v. t.) To wash out. [R.] -- Arbuthnot.
Elute (v.) 【化】洗提 Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
Elutriated (imp. & p. p.) of Elutriate.
Elutriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elutriate.
Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.
Elutriation (n.) The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
Eluxate (v. t.) To dislocate; to luxate.
Eluxation (n.) Dislocation; luxation.
Elvan (a.) Pertaining to elves; elvish.
Elvan (a.) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
Elvan (n.) Alt. of Elvanite.
Elvanite (n.) The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
Elve (n.) An old form of Elf.
Elver (n.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.
Elf (n. pl. ) of Elves.
Elvish (a.) Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.
Elvish (a.) Mysterious; also, foolish.
Elvishly (adv.) In an elvish manner.
Elwand (n.) See Ellwand.
Elysian (a.) 【希神】極樂的；快樂的 Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." -- Massinger. "Elysian age." -- Beattie.
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian. -- Longfellow.
Elysiums (n. pl. ) of Elysium.
Elysia (n. pl. ) of Elysium.
Elysium (n.) (Anc. Myth.) A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.
Elysium (n.) (Anc. Myth.) Hence, any delightful place.
An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks. -- I. Taylor.
Elysium (n.) A place or condition of ideal happiness.
Elysium (n.) (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death [syn: Elysium, Elysian Fields].
Elysium (n.) An imaginary delightful country which the ancients foolishly believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the good. Thisridiculous and mischievous fable was swept off the face of the earth by the early Christians -- may their souls be happy in Heaven!
Elytriform (a.) (Zool.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.
Elytrin (n.) (Chem.) See Chitin.
Elytroid (a.) (Zool.) Resembling a beetle's wing case. Elytron
Elytra (n. pl. ) of Elytrum.
Elytron (n.) Alt. of Elytrum.