Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 47
Eremitic (a.) Alt. of Eremitical.
Eremitical (a.) Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. "An eremitical life in the woods." -- Fuller. "The eremitic instinct." -- Lowell.
Eremitic (a.) Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" [syn: eremitic, eremitical] [ant: cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical].
Eremitic (a.) Characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" [syn: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical].
Eremitish (a.) Eremitic. -- Bp. Hall.
Eremitism (n.) The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.
Eremitism (n.) Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience.
Ereptation (n.) A creeping forth. [Obs.]
Ereption (n.) A snatching away. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Erethism (n.) (Med.) A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ. -- Hoblyn.
Erethistic (a.) Relating to erethism. Erewhile
Erewhile (adv.) Alt. of Erewhiles.
Erewhiles (adv.) Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. [Archaic]
I am as fair now as I was erewhile. -- Shak.
Erven (n. pl. ) of Erf.
Erf (n.) [D.] A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [Cape Colony]
Erg (n.) (Physics) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne (981 dynes exert the same force as a one gram mass in the earth's gravitational field). One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs. The absolute Joule is equivalent to 10^{7 ergs, which are equivalent to 0.2389 gram-calories at 15[deg] C. See also mechanical equivalent of heat under equivalent.
Ergat (v. t.) To deduce logically, as conclusions. [Obs.] -- Hewyt.
Ergo (conj. / adv.) [L.] Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way. -- Shak.
Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
Ergot (n.) (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
Ergot (n.) (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).
Ergotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
Ergotin (n.) An extract made from ergot.
Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
Ergotism (n.) A logical deduction.
Ergotism (n.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
Ergotized (a.) Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
Eriach (n.) Alt. of Eric.
Eric (n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.
Erica (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
Ericaceous (a.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.
Ericinol (n.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.
Ericolin (n.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.
Erigible (a.) Capable of being erected.
Erin (n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
Erinaceous (a.) (Zool.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.
Eringo (n.) The sea holly. See Eryngo.
Eringo (n.) Any plant of the genus Eryngium [syn: eryngo, eringo].
Erinite (n.) (Min.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
Erinyes (n. pl. ) of Erinys.
Erinys (n.) (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [Written also Erinnys.]
Eriometer (n.) (Opt.) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.
Eristic (a.) Alt. of Eristical.
Eristical (a.) Controversial. [Archaic]
A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. -- Coleridge.
Eristic (a.) Given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments [syn: eristic, eristical].
Eristic (n.) A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic].
Eristic (n.) The art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
Erke (a.) Slothful. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
Erme (v. i.) To grieve; to feel sad. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Ermelin
Ermelin (n.) Alt. of Ermilin.
Ermilin (n.) (Zool.) See Ermine. -- Shenstone.
Ermin (n.) An Armenian. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ermine (n.) (Zool) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela ({M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat.
It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
Ermine (n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.
Ermine (n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. -- Chatham.
Ermine (n.) (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), A white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.
Ermine (v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
The snows that have ermined it in the winter. -- Lowell.
Ermine (n.) The expensive white fur of the ermine.
Ermine (n.) Mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat [syn: ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea].
Ermined (a.) Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. -- Pope.
Ermines (n.) Alt. of Erminois.
Erminois (n.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
Ermit (n.) A hermit. [Obs.] Ern
Ern (n.) Alt. of Erne.
Erne (n.) (Zool.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle ({Haliaeetus albicilla).
Ern (v. i.) To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn.
Note: [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.] [Obs.]
Ern (n.) Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla].
Ernest (n.) See Earnest. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ernest, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 501
Housing Units (2000): 221
Land area (2000): 0.234704 sq. miles (0.607881 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.234704 sq. miles (0.607881 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24040
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.677609 N, 79.164228 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15739
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ernest, PA
Ernest
Ernestful (a.) Serious. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Eroded (imp. & p. p.) of Erode.
Eroding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erode.
Erode (v. t.) 腐蝕；侵蝕；磨損 To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." -- Wiseman.
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. -- Am. Cyc.
Erode (v. t.) (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
Erode (v. t.) (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys.
Erode (v. t.) To reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.]
Erode (v.) Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away].
Erode (v.) Remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: erode, eat away, fret].
Eroded (p. p. & a.) Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.
Eroded (p. p. & a.) (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
Eroded (a.) Worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: eroded, scoured].
Erodent (n.) (Med.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
Erogated (imp. & p. p.) of Erogate.
Erogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erogate.
Erogate (v. t.) To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend. [Obs.]
Erogation (n.) The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Elyot.
Eros (n.) (Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
Eros (n.) (Greek mythology) God of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid.
Eros (n.) A desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction].
Eros, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
Population (2000): 202
Housing Units (2000): 87
Land area (2000): 0.996269 sq. miles (2.580325 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.996269 sq. miles (2.580325 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24215
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 32.392502 N, 92.422737 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71238
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Eros, LA
Eros
Erose (a.) Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.
Erose (a.) (Bot.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed. -- E*rose"ly, adv.
Erose (a.) Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed [syn: erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed].
Erosion (n.) 腐蝕，沖蝕，侵蝕 The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
Erosion (n.) The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking against the coast.
Erosion (n.) A gradual reduction or lessening as if by an erosive force; as, erosion of political support due to scandal; erosion of buying power by inflation. [fig.]
Erosion (n.) (Geology) The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: {erosion}, {eroding}, {eating away}, {wearing}, {wearing away}].
Erosion (n.) Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind.
Erosion (n.) A gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors."
Erosion (n.) Erosion by chemical action [syn: {corrosion}, {corroding}, {erosion}].
Erosive (a.) That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive. -- Humble.
Erosive (a.) Wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline."
Erosive (a.) Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant].
Erostrate (a.) (Bot.) Without a beak.
Eroteme (n.) A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.
Erotesis (n.) (Rhet.) A figure or speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form of an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? -- Shak. Erotic
Erotic (a.) Alt. of Erotical.
Erotica (n.) 黃色書刊；色情文學（作品）；色情藝術（作品） Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire [syn: {pornography}, {porno}, {porn}, {erotica}, {smut}].
Erotical (a.) 性愛的，性欲的，色情的 Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.
Erotic (n.) 戀愛詩 An amorous composition or poem.
Erotic (a.) Giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing [syn: {erotic}, {titillating}].
Erotic (n.) 好色之徒 An erotic person.
Eroticism (n.) Erotic quality.
Eroticism (n.) A state of anticipation of sexuality [syn: eroticism, erotism].
Eroticism (n.) The arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness].
Erotic thriller (n.) 情色驚悚片（Erotic Thriller）是混合驚悚和軟調色情的戲劇類型，以桃色和性幻想為主題的元素 [1]。An erotic thriller is a film subgenre defined as a thriller with a thematic basis in illicit romance or erotic fantasy. [1] Most erotic thrillers contain scenes of softcore sex and nudity, but the frequency and explicitness of those scenes varies. [2]
Though similar films appeared as early as the 1960s, [3] erotic thrillers emerged as a distinct genre in the late 1980s, bolstered by the popular success of Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction in 1987 [4] [5] and a quickly expanding domestic and international market for softcore adult entertainment on cable television and home video. [6] The genre had a classic period of growth and expansion in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s declined in production and popular appeal. [7]
The potent combination of danger and romance, catering to both male and female audiences simultaneously, [8] was the primary selling point for erotic thriller films during their classic period. [4] The half-naked bodies displayed on posters, newspaper ads, and video box covers were accompanied by log lines that capture the unmistakable duality of the erotic thriller film: [9]
If you think you can handle her, you're dead wrong. -- Body Chemistry 3: Point of Seduction
He was hired to watch. Now he's tempted to touch. -- Night Eyes
Twin sisters cross the line into a deadly erotic fantasy land. -- Mirror Images
In all, over 300 erotic thriller films were produced in the 1990s, which is comparable to the number of thriller films made in the noir decade of the 1940s. The total number of films in the erotic thriller genre from 1985 to 2005 may number as high as over 500. Like film noir, the genre has evolved and modernized, and new films continue to be made that are influenced by the classic style.
Erpetologist (n.) Herpetologist.
Erpetology (n.) (Zool.) Herpetology.
Erred (imp. & p. p.) of Err.
Erring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Err.
Err (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] "Why wilt thou err from me?" -- Keble.
What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. -- Wyclif (Matt. xviii.12).
Err (v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." -- Shak.
Err (v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. -- Tillotson.
Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
Do they not err that devise evil? -- Prov. xiv. 22.
Err (v. i.) To offend, as by erring.
Erring (a.) Capable of making an error.
Syn: errant, error-prone.
Erring (a.) Capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone" [syn: erring, error-prone].
Errable (a.) Liable to error; fallible.
Errableness (n.) Liability to error. -- Dr. H. More.
Errabund (a.) Erratic. "Errabund guesses." -- Southey.
Errancy (n.) A wandering; state of being in error.
Errancy (n.) (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church."
Errancy (n.) Fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err [ant: inerrancy].