Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 55
Euhemerism (n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.
Euhemerist (n.) One who advocates euhemerism.
Euhemeristic (a.) Of or pertaining to euhemerism.
Euhemerize (v. t.) To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.
Euisopoda (n.) pl. (Zool.) A group which includes the typical Isopoda.
Compare: Candlefish
Candlefish (n.) (Zool.) A marine fish ({Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it.
Candlefish (n.) The beshow.
Eulachon (n.) (Zool.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
Eulerian (a.) Pertaining to Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century.
Eulerian integrals, Certain definite integrals whose properties were first investigated by Euler. Eulogic
Eulogic (a.) Alt. of Eulogical.
Eulogical (a.) Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic. [R.] -- Eu*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]
Eulogist (n.) 作頌詞者；讚頌者 One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast. -- Buckle. Eulogistic
Eulogist (n.) An orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics [syn: eulogist, panegyrist].
Eulogistic (a.) Alt. of Eulogistical.
Eulogistical (a.) 作頌詞的；讚頌的 Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Eulogistic (a.) Formally expressing praise [syn: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical].
Eulogiums (n. pl. ) of Eulogium.
Eulogium (n.) 頌詞；悼詞；讚頌 A formal eulogy. -- Smollett.
Eulogium (n.) A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently [syn: eulogy, eulogium].
Eulogized (imp. & p. p.) of Eulogize.
Eulogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eulogize.
Eulogize (v. t.) 稱讚，頌揚 To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
Eulogize (v.) Praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral" [syn: {eulogize}, {eulogise}].
Eulogies (n. pl. ) of Eulogy.
Eulogy (n.) 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.
Eulogy (n.) A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died. [Syn: encomium, paean, panegyric].
// Mournfully and low the man of God began his eulogy of the dead.
Eulytite
(n.)
(Min.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at
Eumenides (n. pl.) (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
Eumenides (n.) (Classical mythology) The hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals [syn: Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes].
Eumolpus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.
Eunomian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father.
Eunomian (a.) Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.
Eunomy (n.) (良好法治下的)良好秩序 Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government. [R.] -- Mitford.
Eunomy, () Equal laws, and a well adjusted constitution of government.
Eunuch (n.) 閹人；太監；無男子氣概的人 A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank. Eunuch
Eunuch (v. t.) Alt. of Eunuchate.
Eunuchate (v. t.) To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man. -- Creech. Sir. T. Browne.
Eunuch (n.) A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: eunuch, castrate].
Eunuch, () Literally bed-keeper or chamberlain, and not necessarily in all cases one who was mutilated, although the practice of employing such mutilated persons in Oriental courts was common (2 Kings 9:32; Esther 2:3). The law of Moses excluded them from the congregation (Deut. 23:1). They were common also among the Greeks and Romans. It is said that even to-day there are some in Rome who are employed in singing soprano in the Sistine Chapel. Three classes of eunuchs are mentioned in Matt. 19:12.
Eunuchism (n.) 無睪狀態 The state of being eunuch. -- Bp. Hall.
Euonymin (n.) (Med.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.
Euonymus (n.) (Bot.) 衛矛 A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.
Euonymus (n.) Widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines [syn: Euonymus, genus Euonymus].
Euornithes (n. pl.) (Zool.) The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.
Euosmitte (n.) (Min.) fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.
Eupathy (n.) Right feeling. [R.] -- Harris.
Eupatorin Eupatorine (n.) A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.
Eupatorium (n.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
Eupatorium (n.) Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers [syn: Eupatorium, genus Eupatorium].
Eupatrid (n.) One well born, or of noble birth. Eupepsia
Eupepsia (n.) Alt. of Eupepsy.
Eupepsy (n.) (Med.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
Eupeptic (a.) Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.
Wrapt in lazy eupeptic fat. -- Carlyle.
Euphemism (n.) (Rhet.) 婉轉說法；委婉（詞）語 A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable. Euphemistic
Euphemism (n.) An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh [ant: dysphemism].
Euphemism (n.) [ C or U ] 委婉語，委婉說法 A word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word.
// "Senior citizen" is a euphemism for "old person".
// The article made so much use of euphemism that often its meaning was unclear.
Euphemistic (a.) Alt. of Euphemistical.
Euphemistical (a.) Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression. -- Eu`phe*mis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Euphemized (imp. & p. p.) of Euphemize.
Euphemizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Euphemize.
Euphemize (v. t. & i.) 委婉地說；用委婉語 To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.
Euphemize (v.) Refer to something with a euphemism [syn: euphemize, euphemise].
Euphoniad (n.) (Mus.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments. [R.] Euphonic
Euphonic (a.) Alt. of Euphonical.
Euphonical (a.) 語調好的；悅耳的；音調上的 Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
Euphonical (a.) Of or relating to or characterized by euphony [syn: euphonic, euphonical].
Euphonicon (n.) (Mus.) A kind of upright piano.
Euphonious (a.) 悅耳的，聲音和諧的 Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. -- Hallam. -- {Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly}, adv.
Euphonious (a.) Having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter" [syn: {euphonious}, {euphonous}] [ant: {cacophonic}, {cacophonous}].
Euphonious (a.) (Of speech or dialect) Pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech".
Euphonism (n.) An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
Euphonium (n.) (Mus.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
Euphonium (n.) A bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family.
Euphonize (v. t.) To make euphonic. [R.]
Euphonon (n.) (Mus.) An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.
Euphonous (n.) Euphonious. [R.]
Euphonous (a.) Having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter" [syn: euphonious, euphonous] [ant: cacophonic, cacophonous].
Euphonies (n. pl. ) of Euphony.
Euphony (n.) A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Euphony (n.) Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: music, euphony].
Euphorbia (n.) (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products. Euphorbiaceous
Euphorbia (n.) Type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice [syn: Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia].
Euphorbiaceous (a.) Alt. of Euphorbial.
Euphorbial (a.) (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family. Euphorbin
Euphorbin, Euphorbine (n.) (Med.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.
Euphorbium (n.) (Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
Euphorbium (n.) An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine [syn: euphorbium, gum eurphorbium].
Compare: Gabbro
Gabbro (n.) [It.] (Geol.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
Euphotide (n.) (Min.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.
Euphrasy (n.) (Bot.) The plant eyesight ({euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. -- Milton.
Euphrates (prop. n.) An Asia river flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Syn: Euphrates River.
Euphrates (n.) A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia [syn: Euphrates, Euphrates River].
Euphrates, () Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush, whence Greek Euphrates, meaning "sweet water." The Assyrian name means "the stream," or "the great stream." It is generally called in the Bible simply "the river" (Ex. 23:31), or "the great river" (Deut. 1:7).
The Euphrates is first mentioned in Gen. 2:14 as one of the rivers of Paradise. It is next mentioned in connection with the covenant which God entered into with Abraham (15:18), when he promised to his descendants the land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates (comp. Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:4), a covenant promise afterwards fulfilled in the extended conquests of David (2 Sam. 8:2-14; 1 Chr. 18:3; 1 Kings 4:24). It was then the boundary of the kingdom to the north-east. In the ancient history of Assyria, and Babylon, and Egypt many events are recorded in which mention is made of the "great river." Just as the Nile represented in prophecy the power of Egypt, so the Euphrates represented the Assyrian power (Isa. 8:7; Jer. 2:18).
It is by far the largest and most important of all the rivers of Western Asia. From its source in the Armenian mountains to the Persian Gulf, into which it empties itself, it has a course of about 1,700 miles. It has two sources, (1) the Frat or Kara-su (i.e., "the black river"), which rises 25 miles north-east of Erzeroum; and (2) the Muradchai (i.e., "the river of desire"), which rises near Ararat, on the northern slope of Ala-tagh. At Kebban Maden, 400 miles from the source of the former, and 270 from that of the latter, they meet and form the majestic stream, which is at length joined by the Tigris at Koornah, after which it is called Shat-el-Arab, which runs in a deep and broad stream for above 140 miles to the sea. It is estimated that the alluvium brought down by these rivers encroaches on the sea at the rate of about one mile in thirty years.
Euphrates, That makes fruitful.
Euphrates (n.) The Euphrates (/juːˈfreɪtiːz/ ( listen); Sumerian: Buranuna, Akkadian: Purattu, Arabic: الفرات al-Furāt, Syriac: ̇ܦܪܬ Pǝrāt, Armenian: Եփրատ: Yeprat, Hebrew: פרת Perat, Turkish: Fırat, Kurdish: Firat) 幼發拉底河（英語： Euphrates，阿拉伯語：الفرات / al-Frat，土耳其語：Fırat）是中東名河，與位於其東面的底格里斯河共同界定美索不達米亞，被認為是文明的起源地之一。發源於土耳其境內的安納托利亞的山區，依賴雨雪補給；流經敘利亞和伊拉克；下游在庫爾納與底格里斯河合流為阿拉伯河，注入波斯灣。
is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (the "Land between the Rivers"). Originating in eastern Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
Euphroe (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written also uphroe and uvrou.] -- Knight.
Euphuism (n.) (Rhet.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
Euphuism (n.) Any artificially elegant style of language.
Euphuism (n.) An elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology.
Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
Euphuistic (a.) Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.
Euphuize (v. t.) To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
Eupione (n.) (Chem.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [Written also eupion.]
Eupittone (n.) (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid. [Written also eupitton.]
Eupittonic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.
Euplastic (a.) (Med.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. -- Dunglison.
Euplastic (n.) (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
Euplectella (n.) (Zool.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.
Euplectella (n.) A genus of Hyalospongiae [syn: Euplectella, genus Euplectella].
Euplexoptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.
Eupnaea (n.) (Physiol.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. -- Foster.
Eupyrion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match. [archaic] -- Brande & C. Eurafric
Eurasian (n.) A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
Eurasian (n.) One born of European parents in Asia.
Eurasian (a.) Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.
Eurasiatio (a.) (Geog.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.
Eureka () The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
Eurhipidurous (a.) (Zool.) Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.
Euripize (v. t.) To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]
Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. -- Burke.
Eurite (n.) (Min.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.
Euritic (a.) Of or pelating to eurite.
Euroclydon (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. -- Acts xxvii. 14.
European (a.) Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
On the European plan, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]
European (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
European (a.) 歐洲的，歐洲人的 Belonging to or relating to Europe or its people.
// A European city.
// European history.
European (n.) [ C ] 歐洲人 A person from Europe.
// A party of Europeans.
Europeanize (v. t.) To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
A state of society . . . changed and Europeanized. -- Lubbock.
Eurus (n.) The east wind.
Euryale (n.) (Bot.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
Euryale (n.) (Zool.) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
Euryalida (n. pl.) (Zool.) A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.
Eurycerous (a.) (Zool.) Having broad horns.
Eurypteroid (a.) (Paleon.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
Eurypteroidea (n. pl.) (Paleont.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]