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- English Word Etymologize Definition To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
- English Word Etymology Definition That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
- English Word Etymology Definition That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
- English Word Etymon Definition An original form; primitive word; root.
- English Word Etymon Definition Original or fundamental signification.
- English Word Etymons Definition of Etymon
- English Word Etypical Definition Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.
- English Word Eu Definition A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.
- English Word Eucairite Definition A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.
- English Word Eucalyn Definition An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name.
- English Word Eucalyptol Definition A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene.
- English Word Eucalyptus Definition A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.
- English Word Eucharis Definition A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.
- English Word Eucharist Definition The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
- English Word Eucharist Definition The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.
- English Word Eucharistic Definition Alt. of Eucharistical
- English Word Eucharistical Definition Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing.
- English Word Eucharistical Definition Pertaining to the Lord's Supper.
- English Word Euchite Definition One who resolves religion into prayer.
- English Word Euchloric Definition Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric /.
- English Word Euchlorine Definition A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.
- English Word Euchologion Definition Alt. of Euchology
- English Word Euchologue Definition Euchology.
- English Word Euchology Definition A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.
- English Word Euchre Definition A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.
- English Word Euchre Definition To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.
- English Word Euchre Definition To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
- English Word Euchroic Definition Having a fine color.
- English Word Euchroite Definition A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. It is hydrous arseniate of copper.
- English Word Euchrone Definition A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.