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  • English Word Etiolating Definition of Etiolate
  • English Word Etiolation Definition The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
  • English Word Etiolation Definition Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
  • English Word Etiological Definition Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; aetiological.
  • English Word Etiology Definition The science of causes. Same as /tiology.
  • English Word Etiquette Definition The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
  • English Word Etna Definition A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
  • English Word Etnean Definition Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.
  • English Word Etoile Definition See Estoile.
  • English Word Etoolin Definition A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.
  • English Word Etrurian Definition Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy.
  • English Word Etrurian Definition A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
  • English Word Etruscan Definition Of or relating to Etruria.
  • English Word Etruscan Definition A native or inhabitant of Etruria.
  • English Word Etter pike Definition The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera).
  • English Word Ettin Definition A giant.
  • English Word Ettle Definition To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn.
  • English Word Etude Definition A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
  • English Word Etude Definition A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
  • English Word Etui Definition A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.
  • English Word Etwee Definition See Etui.
  • English Word Etym Definition See Etymon.
  • English Word Etyma Definition of Etymon
  • English Word Etymic Definition Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word.
  • English Word Etymologer Definition An etymologist.
  • English Word Etymological Definition Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.
  • English Word Etymologicon Definition An etymological dictionary or manual.
  • English Word Etymologies Definition of Etymology
  • English Word Etymologist Definition One who investigates the derivation of words.
  • English Word Etymologize Definition To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.