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- English Word Elastical Definition Elastic.
- English Word Elastically Definition In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
- English Word Elasticity Definition The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.
- English Word Elasticity Definition Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork.
- English Word Elasticness Definition The quality of being elastic; elasticity.
- English Word Elastin Definition A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.
- English Word Elate Definition Lifted up; raised; elevated.
- English Word Elate Definition Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
- English Word Elate Definition To raise; to exalt.
- English Word Elate Definition To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.
- English Word Elated Definition of Elate
- English Word Elatedly Definition With elation.
- English Word Elatedness Definition The state of being elated.
- English Word Elater Definition One who, or that which, elates.
- English Word Elater Definition An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
- English Word Elater Definition Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
- English Word Elater Definition The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
- English Word Elater Definition The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
- English Word Elaterite Definition A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
- English Word Elaterium Definition A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).
- English Word Elaterometer Definition Same as Elatrometer.
- English Word Elatery Definition Acting force; elasticity.
- English Word Elating Definition of Elate
- English Word Elation Definition A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
- English Word Elative Definition Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.
- English Word Elatrometer Definition An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
- English Word Elayl Definition Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.
- English Word Elbow Definition The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
- English Word Elbow Definition Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
- English Word Elbow Definition A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.