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  • English Word Eelpot Definition A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
  • English Word Eelpout Definition A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
  • English Word Eelpout Definition A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
  • English Word Eelspear Definition A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
  • English Word Een Definition The old plural of Eye.
  • English Word Eerie Definition Alt. of Eery
  • English Word Eerily Definition In a strange, unearthly way.
  • English Word Eerisome Definition Causing fear; eerie.
  • English Word Eery Definition Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.
  • English Word Eery Definition Affected with fear; affrighted.
  • English Word Eet Definition of Eat.
  • English Word Effable Definition Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
  • English Word Efface Definition To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
  • English Word Efface Definition To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
  • English Word Effaceable Definition Capable of being effaced.
  • English Word Effaced Definition of Efface
  • English Word Effacement Definition The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
  • English Word Effacing Definition of Efface
  • English Word Effascinate Definition To charm; to bewitch.
  • English Word Effascination Definition A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.
  • English Word Effect Definition Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
  • English Word Effect Definition Manifestation; expression; sign.
  • English Word Effect Definition In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
  • English Word Effect Definition Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
  • English Word Effect Definition Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
  • English Word Effect Definition Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
  • English Word Effect Definition The purport; the sum and substance.
  • English Word Effect Definition Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
  • English Word Effect Definition Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
  • English Word Effect Definition To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.