Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 42
Epimera (n. pl. ) of Epimeron.
Epimeron (n.) (Zool.) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea.
Epimeron (n.) (Zool.) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.].
Epinastic (a.) (Physiol.) A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.
Epineural (a.) (Anat.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
Epineurium (n.) (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
Epinglette (n.) [F.] (Mil.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.
Epinicial (a.) Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." -- T. Warton.
Epinicion (n.) A song of triumph. [Obs.] -- T. Warton.
Epinikian (a.) Epinicial.
Epiornis (n.) (Zool.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also [AE]pyornis.]
Epiotic (n.) (Anat.) The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.
Epipedometry (n.) (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.]
Epiperipheral (a.) (Physiol.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. -- H. Spenser.
Epipetalous (a.) (Bot.) Borne on the petals or corolla.
Epiphany (n.) （天主教）主顯節 An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. -- Jer. Taylor.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. -- De Quincey.
Epiphany (n.) (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
Epiphany (n.) A divine manifestation.
Epiphany (n.) Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus [syn: Epiphany, Epiphany of Our Lord, Twelfth day, Three Kings' Day, January 6].
Epipharyngeal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
Epipharyngeal (n.) An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.
Epipharynx (n.) (Zool.) A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
Epiphonema (n.) (Rhet.) 【修辭學】；（文章結尾處的）畫龍點睛之筆 An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.
Compare: Exclamatory
Exclamatory (a.) (Formal) (Of language) 叫喊的；驚叫的；感嘆的 E xpressing surprise or strong feelings.
Exclamatory (a.) Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. -- South. -- Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly, adv.
Exclamatory (a.) Sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: emphatic, exclamatory].
Epiphonema (n.) (In rhetoric), A sentence (that is, a general observation or striking reflection) subjoined to a descriptive, narrative, argumentative, or other passage, or at the end of a whole discourse, to confirm, sum up, or conclude it.
Epiphonema (n.) (Rhet.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.
Compare: Rhetoric
Rhetoric (n.) [Mass noun] [U] 修辭；修辭學；修辭學著作；雄辯（術）；辯才；辭令，言語 The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
‘He is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole.’
Rhetoric (n.) [Mass noun] [U] Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
‘All we have from the Opposition is empty rhetoric.’
Rhetoric (n.) The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
Rhetoric (n.) Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force. -- Locke.
Rhetoric (n.) Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.
Rhetoric (n.) Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.
Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. -- Daniel.
Rhetoric (n.) Using language effectively to please or persuade.
Rhetoric (n.) High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric].
Rhetoric (n.) Loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric].
Rhetoric (n.) Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking).
Epiphoneme (n.) Epiphonema. [R.]
Epiphora (n.) (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
Epiphora (n.) (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
Epiphora (n.) Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. [syn: epiphora, epistrophe].
Epiphragm (n.) (Zool.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.
Epiphyllospermous (a.) (Bot.) Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns. -- Harris (1710).
Epiphyllous (a.) (Bot.) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.
Epiphyllum (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation. Epiphyseal
Epiphyseal (a.) Alt. of Epiphysial.
Epiphysial (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.
Epiphysial (a.) Relating to the epiphysis of a bone [syn: {epiphyseal}, {epiphysial}].
Epiphyses (n. pl. ) of Epiphysis.
Epiphysis (n.) (Anat.) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.
Compare: Diaphysis
Diaphysis (n.) (pl. Diaphyses) (Anatomy)【解】骨幹 The shaft or central part of a long bone.
Epiphysis (n.) 松果體（又叫做松果腺、腦上體） The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.
Epiphysis (n.) [ C ] (pl. Eepiphyses) (S pecialized) 骨端，骨骺（長骨關節端的擴大部分） The rounded end of a long bone where it joins another bone.
Epiphytal (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to an epiphyte.
Epiphyte (n.) (Bot.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
Epiphyte (n.) (Med.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body. Epiphytic
Epiphyte (n.) Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it [syn: air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant].
Epiphytic (a.) Alt. of Epiphytical.
Epiphytical (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte. -- Ep`i*phyt"ic*al*ly, adv.
Epiphytic (a.) Of or relating to epiphytes.
Epiplastra (n. pl. ) of Epiplastron.
Epiplastron (n.) (Anat.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
Compare: Plastron
Plastron (n.) 護心鏡；護胸甲；胸前花飾；（上漿男襯衫的）前胸部分A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast. -- Dryden.
Plastron (n.) (Anc. Armor) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
Plastron (n.) (Anat.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.
Plastron (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.
Plastron (n.) The ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt.
Plastron (n.) The front of man's dress shirt.
Plastron (n.) A metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail.
Plastron (n.) A large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest.
Plastron (n.) (Zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside.
Epipleural (a.) (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. -- Owen.
Compare: Pleurapophysis
Pleurapophysis (n.; pl. Pleurapophyses.) (Anat.) One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib. -- Pleu*rap`o*phys"i*al, a. -- Owen.
Epiplexis (n.) (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.
Epiplexis (n.) A rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them.
Epiploce (n.) (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." -- Johnson.
Epiploic (a.) Relating to the epiploon.
Epiploa (n. pl. ) of Epiploon.
Epiploon (n.) (Anat.) See Omentum.
Epipodial (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
Epipodial (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.
Epipodialia (n. pl. ) of Epipodiale.
Epipodiale (n.) (Anat.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.
Epipodite (n.) (Zool.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
Epipodia (n. pl. ) of Epipodium.
Epipodium (n.) (Zool.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
Epipolic (a.) (Opt.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [R.]
Epipolism (n.) (Opt.) See Fluorescence. [R.] -- Sir J. Herschel.
Epipolized (a.) Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light. [R.] -- Stokes.
Epipteric (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.
Epipteric (n.) The epipteric bone.
Epipterygoid (a.) (Anat.) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
Epipterygoid (n.) (Anat.) An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.
Epipubic (a.) Relating to the epipubis.
Epipubes (n. pl. ) of Epipubis.
Epipubis (n.) (Anat.) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.
Episcopacy (n.) Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.
Episcopacy (n.) The collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate].
Episcopacy, () eccl. law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop.
Episcopal (a.) 主教的；主教管轄的；（大寫）主教派的；英國國教的 Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.
Episcopal (a.) Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.
Episcopal (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister" [syn: {Episcopal}, {Episcopalian}].
Episcopal (a.) Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops [syn: {episcopal}, {pontifical}].
Episcopalian (a.) 主教派教會的；聖公會的 Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Episcopalian (n.) 主教派教會；聖公會成員 One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Episcopalian (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister" [syn: {Episcopal}, {Episcopalian}].
Episcopalian (n.) A member of the Episcopal church.
Episcopalianism (n.) 主教制度主義 The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.
Episcopalianism (n.) The theological doctrine of church government by bishops.
Episcopally (adv.) By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.
Episcopant (n.) A bishop. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Episcoparian (a.) Episcopal. [R.] -- Wood.
Episcopate (n.) 主教之職位或任期；主教轄區 A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
Episcopate (n.) The collective body of bishops.
Episcopate (n.) The time of a bishop's rule.
Episcopated (imp. & p. p.) of Episcopate.
Episcopating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Episcopate.
Episcopate (v. i.) To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]
Feeding the flock episcopating. -- Milton.
Episcopate (n.) The term of office of a bishop.
Episcopate (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: diocese, bishopric, episcopate].
Episcopate (n.) The collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate].
Episcopate (n.) The office and dignity of a bishop [syn: bishopry, episcopate].
Episcopicide (n.) The killing of a bishop.
Episcopize (v. t.) To make a bishop of by consecration. -- Southey.
Episcopize (v. i.) To perform the duties of a bishop.
Episcopy (n.) Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Episcopy (n.) Episcopacy. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Episepalous (a.) (Bot.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
Episkeletal (a.) (Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
Episodal (a.) Same as Episodic.
Episode (n.) [C] (Rhet.) （整個事情中的）一個事件；（文藝作品中的）插曲，片斷；（連載小說中的）一節；（電視等的）連續劇的一齣（或一集） A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
Episode (n.) A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events.
Episode (n.) A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series.
Episode (n.) A part of a broadcast serial [syn: {episode}, {installment}, {instalment}].
Episode (n.) Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie [syn: {sequence}, {episode}].
Episodial (a.) （戲劇、小說等）插曲多的；情節不連貫的；插曲式的 Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.
Episodic (a.) Alt. of Episodical.
Episodical (a.) Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. -- Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly, adv.
Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. -- H. James.
Episodic (a.) Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together."
Episodic (a.) Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn: episodic, occasional].
Episodic (a.) Limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers."
Epispadias (n.) (Med.) 尿道上裂 A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.
Epispastic (a.) (Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
Epispastic (n.) (Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
Episperm (n.) (Bot.) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.
Episperm (n.) Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants [syn: testa, episperm, seed coat].
Epispermic (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.
Epispore (n.) (Bot.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.
Epistaxis (n.) (Med.) Bleeding at the nose.
Epistaxis (n.) Bleeding from the nose [syn: nosebleed, epistaxis].
Epistemology (n.) The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
Epistemology (n.) The philosophical theory of knowledge.
Episternal (a.) (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to the episternum.
Episterna (n. pl. ) of Episternum.