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- English Word Eurasian Definition A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
- English Word Eurasian Definition One born of European parents in Asia.
- English Word Eurasian Definition Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.
- English Word Eurasiatio Definition Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.
- English Word Eureka Definition 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.
- English Word Eurhipidurous Definition Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidurae, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.
- English Word Euripize Definition To whirl hither and thither.
- English Word Euripus Definition 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.
- English Word Euritic Definition Of or pelating to eurite.
- English Word Euritte Definition A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.
- English Word Euroclydon Definition A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
- English Word European Definition Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
- English Word European Definition A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
- English Word Europeanize Definition To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
- English Word Eurus Definition The east wind.
- English Word Euryale Definition 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.
- English Word Euryale Definition A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
- English Word Euryalida Definition A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.
- English Word Eurycerous Definition Having broad horns.
- English Word Eurypteroid Definition Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
- English Word Eurypteroidea Definition An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks.
- English Word Eurypterus Definition A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.
- English Word Eurythmy Definition Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.
- English Word Eurythmy Definition Regularly of the pulse.
- English Word Eusebian Definition A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.
- English Word Eustachian Definition Discovered by Eustachius.
- English Word Eustachian Definition Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter.
- English Word Eustyle Definition See Intercolumnlation.
- English Word Eutaxy Definition Good or established order or arrangement.
- English Word Euterpe Definition The Muse who presided over music.