Nouns

esthonia

noun

a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea

estivation

noun

(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer...

estradiol

noun

the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synt...

estriol

noun

a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form i...

estrone

noun

a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by th...

estrus

noun

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened...

etamine

noun

a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for...

etagere

noun

a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small...

etching

noun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from t...

ethanamide

noun

a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and...

ethchlorvynol

noun

a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl)

ethelbert

noun

Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity b...

ethene

noun

a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleu...

ethicist

noun

a philosopher who specializes in ethics

ethnarch

noun

the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantin...

ethmoid

noun

one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled w...

ethnocentrism

noun

belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

ethnography

noun

the branch of anthropology that provides scientific descript...

ethnology

noun

the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of h...

ethnos

noun

people of the same race or nationality who share a distincti...

ethyne

noun

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in org...

etonian

noun

a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College

etruria

noun

an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Roma...

etui

noun

small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles

etymon

noun

a simple form inferred as the common basis from which relate...

eubacterium

noun

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile ty...

eucalypt

noun

a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

euchre

noun

a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards...

eudemon

noun

a benevolent spirit

eudemonism

noun

an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to per...

eudiometer

noun

measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube fo...

euglena

noun

minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a sing...

euler

noun

Swiss mathematician (1707-1783)

eulogist

noun

an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics

eulogium

noun

a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recen...

eumenides

noun

(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usu...

eunuchoidism

noun

the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testi...

eupatorium

noun

large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white...

euonymus

noun

widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees o...

euphony

noun

any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

euphorbia

noun

type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse...

euphoriant

noun

a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphor...

euphrosyne

noun

(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces

euphuism

noun

an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; charact...

eupnea

noun

normal relaxed breathing

eurhythmics

noun

the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhy...

eurhythmy

noun

the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhy...

eurodollar

noun

a United States dollar deposited in a European bank and used...

euryale

noun

basket stars

europium

noun

a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth...