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  • English Word Eruption Definition The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.
  • English Word Eruption Definition That which bursts forth.
  • English Word Eruption Definition A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
  • English Word Eruption Definition The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
  • English Word Eruptional Definition Eruptive.
  • English Word Eruptive Definition Breaking out or bursting forth.
  • English Word Eruptive Definition Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.
  • English Word Eruptive Definition Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.
  • English Word Eruptive Definition An eruptive rock.
  • English Word Erven Definition of Erf
  • English Word Ery Definition A dish of anything fried.
  • English Word Ery Definition A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.
  • English Word Eryngium Definition A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
  • English Word Eryngo Definition A plant of the genus Eryngium.
  • English Word Erysipelas Definition St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.
  • English Word Erysipelatoid Definition Resembling erysipelas.
  • English Word Erysipelatous Definition Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.
  • English Word Erysipelous Definition Erysipelatous.
  • English Word Erythema Definition A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
  • English Word Erythematic Definition Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.
  • English Word Erythematous Definition Relating to, or causing, erythema.
  • English Word Erythraean Definition Red in color.
  • English Word Erythrean Definition Alt. of Erythraean
  • English Word Erythric Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.
  • English Word Erythrin Definition Alt. of Erythrine
  • English Word Erythrina Definition A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.
  • English Word Erythrine Definition A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.
  • English Word Erythrine Definition See Erythrite, 2.
  • English Word Erythrism Definition A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.
  • English Word Erythrite Definition A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.