94/35/EC : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   e.g.
         adv 1: as an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example" [syn:
                  {for example}, {for instance}, {e.g.}]

English Dictionary: 94/35/EC	by the DICT Development Group
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each adv to or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each" Synonym(s): each, to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece adj (used of count nouns) every one considered individually; "each person is mortal"; "each party is welcome"
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EAS n a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events Synonym(s): Emergency Alert System, EAS
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ease n freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" Synonym(s): ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness Antonym(s): difficultness, difficulty a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" Synonym(s): ease, comfort the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" Synonym(s): relief, ease freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" Synonym(s): ease, informality freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Synonym(s): rest, ease, repose, relaxation v move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" Synonym(s): comfort, ease make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" Synonym(s): facilitate, ease, alleviate lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" Synonym(s): still, allay, relieve, ease
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easy adv with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'); "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy" Synonym(s): easily, easy without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights" Synonym(s): slowly, slow, easy, tardily Antonym(s): apace, chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily in a relaxed manner; or without hardship; "just wanted to take it easy" (`soft' is nonstandard) Synonym(s): easy, soft adj posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" Antonym(s): difficult, hard not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace" Synonym(s): easy, easygoing, leisurely free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words" Antonym(s): uneasy affording pleasure; "easy good looks" having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" Synonym(s): easy, gentle, soft readily exploited or tricked; "an easy victim"; "an easy mark" in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well- situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community" Synonym(s): comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope" Synonym(s): easy, gentle affording comfort; "soft light that was easy on the eyes" casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" Synonym(s): easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton less in demand and therefore readily obtainable; "commodities are easy this quarter" obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally; "easy money"
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EC n an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" Synonym(s): European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe
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ECC n (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors Synonym(s): error correction code, ECC
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ECG n a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph Synonym(s): electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG, ECG
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echo n the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps" Synonym(s): echo, reverberation, sound reflection, replication (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained a reply that repeats what has just been said a reflected television or radio or radar beam a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man" an imitation or repetition; "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life" v to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" Synonym(s): repeat, echo ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" Synonym(s): resound, echo, ring, reverberate call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" Synonym(s): echo, recall
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Eck n a German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543) Synonym(s): Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier
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EEC n an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" Synonym(s): European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe
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EEG n a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph Synonym(s): electroencephalogram, encephalogram, EEG
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egg n animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food Synonym(s): egg, eggs one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" Synonym(s): testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg v throw eggs at coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"
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eggs n oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food Synonym(s): egg, eggs
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ego n an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others Synonym(s): ego, egotism, self-importance your consciousness of your own identity Synonym(s): self, ego (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
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EKG n a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph Synonym(s): electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG, ECG
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Eos n (Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora
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eq n the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen Synonym(s): equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq
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Es n a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons Synonym(s): einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99
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Esau n (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
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eschew v avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun, eschew]
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ESE n the compass point midway between east and southeast [syn: east southeast, ESE]
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Esq n a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name Synonym(s): Esquire, Esq
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essay n an analytic or interpretive literary composition a tentative attempt v make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" Synonym(s): try, seek, attempt, essay, assay put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" Synonym(s): test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
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ex adj out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" Synonym(s): antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee n a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: {ex- husband}, ex] a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his exes live in Texas" Synonym(s): ex-wife, ex the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet Synonym(s): X, x, ex
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eyas n an unfledged or nestling hawk
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Eyck n Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) Synonym(s): Eyck, van Eyck, Jan van Eyck
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Eyeish n a member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas
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eyes n opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes"
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eyewash n lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes Synonym(s): eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium
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Ezo n the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu Synonym(s): Hokkaido, Ezo, Yezo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Each \Each\ ([emac]ch), a. [or] a. pron. [OE. eche, [91]lc, elk, ilk, AS. [91]lc; [be] always + gel[c6]c like; akin to OD. iegelik, OHG. [emac]ogil[c6]h, MHG. iegel[c6]ch, G. jeglich. [root]209. See 3d {Aye}, {Like}, and cf. {Either}, {Every}, {Ilk}.] 1. Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you. [bd]Each of the combatants.[b8] --Fielding. Note: To each corresponds other. [bd]Let each esteem other better than himself.[b8] Each other, used elliptically for each the other. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty, each to assist the other, each being in the nominative and other in the objective case. It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred. --Macaulay. Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton. In each cheek appears a pretty dimple. --Shak. Then draw we nearer day by day, Each to his brethren, all to God. --Keble. The oak and the elm have each a distinct character. --Gilpin. 2. Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every. --Shak. I know each lane and every alley green. --Milton. In short each man's happiness depends upon himself. --Sterne. Note: This use of each for every, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English. --Fitzed. Hall. Syn: See {Every}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ease \Ease\, n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. {Agio}, {Disease}.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer. 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert. Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. --Swift. (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65. Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. --Luke xii. 19. (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden. {At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. [bd]His soul shall dwell at ease.[b8] --Ps. xxv. 12. {Chapel of ease}. See under {Chapel}. {Ill at ease}, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious. {To stand at ease} (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks. {With ease}, easily; without much effort. Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility; facility; easiness; readiness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.] 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind. Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton. Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. --Dryden. 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13. 3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery. 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually. {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled. {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Easy \Eas"y\, a. [Compar. {Easier}; superl. {Easiest}.] [OF. aisi[82], F. ais[82], prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See {Ease}, v. t.] 1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: (a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. [bd]The easy vigor of a line.[b8] --Pope. 2. Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. [bd]Easy ways to die.[b8] --Shak. 3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory. It were an easy leap. --Shak. 4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion. 5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready. He gained their easy hearts. --Dryden. He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. --Sir W. Scott. 6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. (Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to {tight}. {Honors are easy} (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points. Syn: Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eche \Ech"e\ ([emac]sh"[eit]), a. [or] a. pron. Each. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Echo \Ech"o\, n.; pl. {Echoes}. [L. echo, Gr. [?] echo.] (Whist) (a) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps. (b) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Echo \Ech"o\, n.; pl. {Echoes}. [L. echo, Gr. [?] echo, sound, akin to [?], [?], sound, noise; cf. Skr. v[be][?] to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. [82]cho.] 1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. --Shak. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. --Pope. 2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. --Fuller. Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them. Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. --Milton. (b) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice. Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. --Milton. {Echo organ} (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. {Echo stop} (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. {To applaud to the echo}, to give loud and continuous applause. --M. Arnold. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Echo \Ech"o\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. --Dryden. The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. --Keble. 2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they [?]nvied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Echo \Ech"o\, v. i. To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. [bd]Echoing noise.[b8] --Blackmore.
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Eek \Eek\, Eeke \Eeke\, v. t. See {Eke}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Eek \Eek\, Eeke \Eeke\, v. t. See {Eke}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Gamete \Gam"ete\ (g[acr]m"[emac]t; g[adot]*m[emac]t"; the latter usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, {sperm} (male) and {egg} (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an o[94]spore. In Zo[94]l., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Egged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Egging}.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. [?][?]. See {Edge}.] To urge on; to instigate; to incite[?] Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers Plowman. [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. --Warner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egg \Egg\, n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [91]g (whence OE. ey), Sw. [84]gg, Dan. [91]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. {Oval}.] 1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the [bd]white[b8] or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane. 2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell. 3. Anything resembling an egg in form. Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. {Egg and anchor} (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; -- called also {egg and dart}, and {egg and tongue}. See {Anchor}, n., 5. --Ogilvie. {Egg cleavage} (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the ovum}, under {Segmentation}. {Egg development} (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed. {Egg mite} (Zo[94]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as {Nothrus ovivorus}, which destroys those of the canker worm. {Egg parasite} (Zo[94]l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gamete \Gam"ete\ (g[acr]m"[emac]t; g[adot]*m[emac]t"; the latter usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, {sperm} (male) and {egg} (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an o[94]spore. In Zo[94]l., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Egged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Egging}.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. [?][?]. See {Edge}.] To urge on; to instigate; to incite[?] Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers Plowman. [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. --Warner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egg \Egg\, n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [91]g (whence OE. ey), Sw. [84]gg, Dan. [91]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. {Oval}.] 1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the [bd]white[b8] or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane. 2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell. 3. Anything resembling an egg in form. Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. {Egg and anchor} (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; -- called also {egg and dart}, and {egg and tongue}. See {Anchor}, n., 5. --Ogilvie. {Egg cleavage} (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the ovum}, under {Segmentation}. {Egg development} (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed. {Egg mite} (Zo[94]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as {Nothrus ovivorus}, which destroys those of the canker worm. {Egg parasite} (Zo[94]l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.
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Ego \E"go\, n. [L., I.] (Met.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.
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Eigh \Eigh\, interj. An exclamation expressing delight.
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Gomuti \Go*mu"ti\, n. [Malayan gumuti.] A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, {Metroxylon Sagu}, and {Arenga saccharifera}, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also {ejoo}.
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Eke \Eke\, adv. [AS. e[a0]c; akin to OFries. [a0]k, OS. [?]k, D. [?]ok, OHG. ouh, G. auch, Icel. auk, Sw. och and, Dan. og, Goth. auk for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb.] In addition; also; likewise. [Obs. or Archaic] 'T will be prodigious hard to prove That this is eke the throne of love. --Prior. A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. --Cowper. Note: Eke serves less to unite than to render prominent a subjoined more important sentence or notion. --M[84]tzner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eke \Eke\ ([emac]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eking}.] [AS. [c7]kan, [df]kan; akin to OFries, [be]ka, OS. [?]kian, OHG. ouhh[d3]n to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. [94]ka, Dan. [94]ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. [?]jas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i. Cf. {Augment}, {Nickname}.] To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. [bd]To eke my pain.[b8] --Spenser. He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eke \Eke\, n. An addition. [R.] Clumsy ekes that may well be spared. --Geddes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eozo94n \[d8]E`o*zo"[94]n\, n.; pl. {Eozo[94]ns}, L. {Eozoa}. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.] (Paleon.) A peculiar structure found in the Arch[91]an limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equi- \E"qui-\ [L. aequus equal. See {Equal}.] A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eschew \Eschew"\ (esch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eshewed} (-ch[udd]"d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eshewing}.] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See {Shy}, a.] 1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.] He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ese \Ese\, n. Ease; pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-esque \-esque\ [F., fr. It. -isco. Cf. {-ish}.] A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ess \-ess\ [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr. [?].] A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Essay \Es*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Essaying}.] [F. essayer. See {Essay}, n.] 1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron. Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson. A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible. --J. C. Shairp. 2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See {Assay}. [Obs.] --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. {Essays}. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See {Agent}, and cf. {Exact}, {Examine}, {Assay}.] 1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. [bd]The essay at organization.[b8] --M. Arnold. 2. (Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. 3. An assay. See {Assay}, n. [Obs.] Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eugh \Eugh\, n. [See {Yew}.] The yew. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ex- \Ex-\ A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or [82]-; as, escape, scape, [82]lite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exo \Ex"o\ [Gr. [?] out of, outside, fr. [?] out. See {Ex}-.] A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyas \Ey`as\, n. [F. niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See {Nest}, and cf. {Nias}, {Jashawk}.] (Zo[94]l.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself. --Shak J. H. Walsh
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyas \Ey"as\, a. Unfledged, or newly fledged. [Obs.] Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions to assay. --Spebser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyewash \Eye"wash\, n. See {Eyewater}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Echo, MN (city, FIPS 17900) Location: 44.62275 N, 95.41126 W Population (1990): 304 (145 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56237 Echo, OR (city, FIPS 22200) Location: 45.74395 N, 119.19203 W Population (1990): 499 (215 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97826
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eek, AK (city, FIPS 21040) Location: 60.21889 N, 162.02642 W Population (1990): 254 (80 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99578
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Esko, MN Zip code(s): 55733
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eucha, OK Zip code(s): 74342
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eyak, AK (CDP, FIPS 24010) Location: 60.52846 N, 145.59256 W Population (1990): 172 (62 housing units) Area: 34.0 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
echo [FidoNet] n. A {topic group} on {FidoNet}'s echomail system. Compare {newsgroup}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
exa- /ek's*/ pref. [SI] See {{quantifiers}}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
EXCH /eks'ch*/ or /eksch/ vt. To exchange two things, each for the other; to swap places. If you point to two people sitting down and say "Exch!", you are asking them to trade places. EXCH, meaning EXCHange, was originally the name of a PDP-10 instruction that exchanged the contents of a register and a memory location. Many newer hackers are probably thinking instead of the {{PostScript}} exchange operator (which is usually written in lowercase).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n. An executable binary file. Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix executables don't have any required suffix.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EAG {Extended Affix Grammar}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ease General purpose parallel programming language, combining the process constructs of CSP and the distributed data structures of Linda. "Programming with Ease: Semiotic Definition of the Language", S.E. Zenith, Yale U TR-809, Jul 1990.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EASE II Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ec The {country code} for Ecuador. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EC++ A preprocessor by Glauco Masotti that translates Extended C++ into C++. {(ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/c++/EC++.tar.Z)}. (1989-10-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ec The {country code} for Ecuador. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EC++ A preprocessor by Glauco Masotti that translates Extended C++ into C++. {(ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/c++/EC++.tar.Z)}. (1989-10-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ECC {error detection and correction}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
echo 1. A {topic group} on {FidoNet}'s {echomail} system. Compare {newsgroup}. 2. A {Unix} command that just prints its arguments. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ECSS II Extendable Computer System Simulator. An extension of {SIMSCRIPT II}. ["The ECSS II Language for Simulating Computer Systems", D.W. Kosy, R-1895-GSA, Rand Corp]. (1994-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
eg The {country code} for Egypt. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EGA {Enhanced Graphics Adapter}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EISA {Extended Industry-Standard Architecture}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EOUG European {ORACLE} Users Group.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
es 1. The {country code} for Spain. 2. {Extensible Shell}. 3. (Expert System) An {expert system} for the {IBM PC} featuring {forward chaining}, {backward chaining} and {fuzzy set} relations. {(ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/ai/expert-sys/summers.tar.Z)}. [BYTE Oct 1990]. (1999-02-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ES-1 An early text editing {interpreter}. [Sammet 1969, p. 684]. (1999-02-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ESA 1. {Enterprise Systems Architecture}. 2. European Space Agency. (1999-10-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ESC {escape}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ESI 1. {European Software Institute}. 2. A dialect of {JOSS}. [Sammet 1969, p. 217].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EUUG {European Unix User Group}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EWOS {European Workshop for Open Systems}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
exa- {prefix}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXCH /eks'ch*/ or /eksch/ To exchange two things, each for the other; to swap places. If you point to two people sitting down and say "Exch!", you are asking them to trade places. EXCH, meaning EXCHange, was originally the name of a {PDP-10} instruction that exchanged the contents of a {register} and a memory location. Many newer hackers are probably thinking instead of the {PostScript} exchange operator (which is usually written in lowercase). [{Jargon File}] (1999-09-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ An executable binary file. Some operating systems (notably {MS-DOS}, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is also occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix executables don't have any required suffix. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EZ High-level string-processing language derived from SNOBOL4, SL5 and Icon. ["The EZ Reference Manual", C.W. Fraser et al, CS TR 84-1, U Arizona, 1984].
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Egg (Heb. beytsah, "whiteness"). Eggs deserted (Isa. 10:14), of a bird (Deut. 22:6), an ostrich (Job 39:14), the cockatrice (Isa. 59:5). In Luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion, which is said to be very like an egg in its appearance, so much so as to be with difficulty at times distinguished from it. In Job 6:6 ("the white of an egg") the word for egg (hallamuth') occurs nowhere else. It has been translated "purslain" (R.V. marg.), and the whole phrase "purslain-broth", i.e., broth made of that herb, proverbial for its insipidity; and hence an insipid discourse. Job applies this expression to the speech of Eliphaz as being insipid and dull. But the common rendering, "the white of an egg", may be satisfactorily maintained.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Esau hairy, Rebekah's first-born twin son (Gen. 25:25). The name of Edom, "red", was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil "pottage" for which he sold his birthright (30, 31). The circumstances connected with his birth foreshadowed the enmity which afterwards subsisted between the twin brothers and the nations they founded (25:22, 23, 26). In process of time Jacob, following his natural bent, became a shepherd; while Esau, a "son of the desert," devoted himself to the perilous and toilsome life of a huntsman. On a certain occasion, on returning from the chase, urged by the cravings of hunger, Esau sold his birthright to his brother, Jacob, who thereby obtained the covenant blessing (Gen. 27:28, 29, 36; Heb. 12:16, 17). He afterwards tried to regain what he had so recklessly parted with, but was defeated in his attempts through the stealth of his brother (Gen. 27:4, 34, 38). At the age of forty years, to the great grief of his parents, he married (Gen. 26:34, 35) two Canaanitish maidens, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Bashemath, the daughter of Elon. When Jacob was sent away to Padan-aram, Esau tried to conciliate his parents (Gen. 28:8, 9) by marrying his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. This led him to cast in his lot with the Ishmaelite tribes; and driving the Horites out of Mount Seir, he settled in that region. After some thirty years' sojourn in Padan-aram Jacob returned to Canaan, and was reconciled to Esau, who went forth to meet him (33:4). Twenty years after this, Isaac their father died, when the two brothers met, probably for the last time, beside his grave (35:29). Esau now permanently left Canaan, and established himself as a powerful and wealthy chief in the land of Edom (q.v.). Long after this, when the descendants of Jacob came out of Egypt, the Edomites remembered the old quarrel between the brothers, and with fierce hatred they warred against Israel.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Eschew from old French eschever, "to flee from" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 1 Pet. 3:11).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Esau, he that acts or finishes