Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 40
Epaxial (a.) (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.
Epeira (n.) [NL.] (Zool.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider ({E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
Epen (n.) (Anat.) See Epencephalon.
Compare: Epencephalon
Epencephalon (n.) (Anat.) 【解】後腦 The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
Epencephalic (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the epencephalon.
Epencephalic (a.) (Anat.) Situated on or over the brain.
Epencephalon (n.) (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
Ependyma (n.) (Anat.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
Ependyma (n.) Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
Ependymis (n.) [NL.] See Ependyma.
Compare: Ependyma
Ependyma (n.) (Anat.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
Ependyma (n.) Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
Epenetic (a.) Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] -- E. Phillips.
Epentheses (n. pl. ) of Epenthesis.
Epenthesis (n.) (Gram.) 【語】增音；插入字母 The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n[=e]mol.
Epenthesis (n.) The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis."
Epenthetic (a.) (Gram.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.
Epenthetic (a.) Of or pertaining to epenthesis [syn: epenthetic, parasitic].
Epergne (n.) 放在餐桌中央的飾架 A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.
Epergne (n.) A large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers.
Compare: Smelt
Smelt (n.) (Zool.) 胡瓜魚 [C] Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
Note: The most important species are the European smelt ({Osmerus eperlans) (called also eperlan, sparling, and spirling), the Eastern American smelt ({Osmerus mordax), the California smelt ({Osmerus thalichthys), and the surf smelt ({Hypomesus olidus}). The name is loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the silversides.
Smelt (n.) Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Sand smelt (Zool.), The silverside.
Eperlan (n.) (Zool.) The European smelt ({Osmerus eperlanus).
Epexegesis (n.) 增添說明；增添之說明語 A full or additional explanation; exegesis.
Epexegetical (a.) 解釋的；辯明的 Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical. Ephah
Ephah (n.) Alt. of Epha.
Epha (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
Ephah (n.) An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel [syn: ephah, epha].
Ephah, () Gloom. (1.) One of the five sons of Midian, and grandson of Abraham (Gen. 25:4). The city of Ephah, to which he gave his name, is mentioned Isa. 60:6, 7. This city, with its surrounding territory, formed part of Midian, on the east shore of the Dead Sea. It abounded in dromedaries and camels (Judg. 6:5).
Ephah, () Gloom. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:46, a concubine of Caleb.
Ephah, () Gloom. (3.) 1 Chr. 2:47, a descendant of Judah.
Ephah, () A word of Egyptian origin, meaning measure; a grain measure containing "three seahs or ten omers," and equivalent to the bath for liquids (Ex. 16:36; 1 Sam. 17:17; Zech. 5:6). The double ephah in Prov. 20:10 (marg., "an ephah and an ephah"), Deut. 25:14, means two ephahs, the one false and the other just.
Ephah, Weary; tired
Ephemera (n.) (Med.) A fever of one day's continuance only.
Ephemera (n.) (Zool.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
Ephemera (n.) Something transitory; lasting a day.
Ephemeron (n.; pl. Ephemera.) (Zool.) One of the ephemeral flies.
Ephemeron (n.) 短暫之事物 Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral].
Ephemeral (a.) 僅有一日生命的；短暫的 Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
Ephemeral (a.) Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. "Ephemeral popularity." -- V. Knox.
Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. -- Sir J. Stephen.
Ephemeral fly (Zool.), One of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv[ae] are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly.
Ephemeral (n.) 只生存一天（或極短時間）的事物 Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
Ephemeral (a.) Lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious].
Ephemeral (n.) Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral].
Ephemeran (n.) (Zool.) One of the ephemeral flies.
Ephemeric (a.) Ephemeral.
Ephemerides (n. pl. ) of Ephemeris.
Ephemeris (n.) A diary; a journal. -- Johnson.
Ephemeris (n.) (Anat.) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac."
Ephemeris (n.) (Anat.) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.
Ephemeris (n.) (Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. -- Brande & C.
Ephemeris (n.) An annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides."
Ephemerist (n.) One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. -- Howell.
Ephemerist (n.) One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.
Ephemera (n. pl. ) of Ephemeron.
Ephemeron (n.) (Zool.) One of the ephemeral flies.
Ephemeron (n.) Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral].
Ephemerous (a.) Ephemeral. [R.] -- Burke.
Ephesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.
Ephesian (n.) A native of Ephesus.
Ephesian (n.) A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Ephesian (a.) Of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture.
Ephesian (n.) A resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus.
Ephialtes (n.) The nightmare. -- Brande & C.
Ephippial (a.) Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. -- Dana.
Ephippium (n.) (Anat.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
Ephippium (n.) (Zool.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.
Ephod (n.) (Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. -- Exodus xxviii. 6-12.
Ephod, () Something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high priest (Ex. 28:4), afterwards by the ordinary priest (1 Sam. 22:18), and characteristic of his office (1 Sam. 2:18, 28; 14:3). It was worn by Samuel, and also by David (2 Sam. 6:14). It was made of fine linen, and consisted of two pieces, which hung from the neck, and covered both the back and front, above the tunic and outer garment (Ex. 28:31). That of the high priest was embroidered with divers colours. The two pieces were joined together over the shoulders (hence in Latin called superhumerale) by clasps or buckles of gold or precious stones, and fastened round the waist by a "curious girdle of gold, blue, purple, and fine twined linen" (28:6-12).
The breastplate, with the Urim and Thummim, was attached to the ephod.
Ephors (n. pl. ) of Ephor.
Ephori (n. pl. ) of Ephor.
Ephor (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
Ephoral (a.) Pertaining to an ephor.
Ephoralty (n.) The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.
Ephraim (n.) (Zool.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
Ephraim, () Double fruitfulness ("for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction"). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (48:10; comp. 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother, "guiding his hands wittingly." Before Joseph's death, Ephraim's family had reached the third generation (Gen. 50:23).
Ephraim, () Fruitful; increasing.
Ephraim, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 4505
Housing Units (2000): 1275
Land area (2000): 3.568473 sq. miles (9.242303 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.568473 sq. miles (9.242303 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23530
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 39.358095 N, 111.584014 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84627
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Ephraim, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 353
Housing Units (2000): 771
Land area (2000): 3.897502 sq. miles (10.094483 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.897502 sq. miles (10.094483 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24150
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.156509 N, 87.171047 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Ephyra (n.) (Zool.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.
Epi- () A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.
Epiblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.
Epiblastic (a.) Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.
Epiblema (n.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
Epibolic (a.) Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
Epiboly (n.) Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
Epibranchial (a.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.
Epibranchial (n.) An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
Epic (a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
Epic (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
Epical (a.) Epic.
Epicardiac (a.) Of or relating to the epicardium.
Epicardium (n.) That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
Epicarican (n.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
Epicede (n.) A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
Epicedial (a.) Elegiac; funereal.
Epicedian (a.) Epicedial.
Epicedian (n.) An epicede.
Epicedium (n.) [L.] An epicede.
Epicene (a. & n.) Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
Epicene (a. & n.) Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
The literary prigs epicene. -- Prof. Wilson.
He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. -- J. A. Symonds.
Epicene (a.) Having an ambiguous sexual identity [syn: bisexual, epicene].
Epicene (a.) Having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy].
Epicene (n.) One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person].
Epicenter (n.) 【地】震央，中心；集中點 The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake [syn: {epicenter}, {epicentre}].
Epicenter (n.) The part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake -- compare Hypocenter 1.
Epicenter (n.) Center 2a, b, c <the epicenter of world finance>. - Epicentral (a.)
// By continually reinventing itself, Las Vegas has managed to remain a national epicenter for entertainment.
Epicentral (a.) Arising from the centrum of a vertebra.
Epicerastic (a.) Lenient; assuaging.
Epichiremata (n. pl. ) of Epichirema.
Epichirema (n.) (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]
Epichordal (a.) (Anat.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
Epichorial (a.) In or of the country. [R.]
Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. -- De Quincey.
Epicleidium (n.) (Anat.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.
Epiclinal (a.) (Bot.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
Epicoele (n.) (Anat.) A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
Epicoene (a.) Epicene. [R.] -- Hadley.
Epicolic (a.) (Anat.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
Epicondylar (n.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
Epicondyle (n.) (Anat.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.
Epicondyle (n.) A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments.
Epicoracoid (n.) (Anat.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.
Epicranial (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.
Epicranium (n.) (Anat.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
Epicranium (n.) (Zool.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
Epicranium (n.) The muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium.
Epictetain (a.) Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.
Epicure (n.) 講究飲食的人；愛奢侈享受的人；美食家，老饕 A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Epicure (n.) One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.
Syn: Voluptuary; sensualist.
Epicure (n.) A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: {epicure}, {gourmet}, {gastronome}, {bon vivant}, {epicurean}, {foodie}].
Epicurean (a.) Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. "The sect Epicurean." -- Milton.
Epicurean (a.) Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes. -- Prescott.
Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.
Epicurean (n.) A follower or Epicurus.
Epicurean (n.) One given to epicurean indulgence.
Epicurean (a.) Of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy."
Epicurean (a.) Devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" [syn: hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean].
Epicurean (a.) Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" [syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous].
Epicurean (n.) A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie].
Epicureanism (n.) Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.
Epicureanism (n.) A doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers.
Epicurely (adv.) Luxuriously. -- Nash.
Epicureous (a.) Epicurean. [Obs.]
Epicurism (n.) 貪口福；美食主義 The doctrines of Epicurus.