eelgrass
         n 1: submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found
               in abundance along North Atlantic coasts [syn: {eelgrass},
               {grass wrack}, {sea wrack}, {Zostera marina}]
         2: submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and
            Australia [syn: {tape grass}, {eelgrass}, {wild celery},
            {Vallisneria spiralis}]

English Dictionary: Elaeocarpaceae	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eelgrass family n used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae Synonym(s): Zosteraceae, family Zosteraceae, eelgrass family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
El Greco n Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614) Synonym(s): El Greco, Greco, Domenikos Theotocopoulos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
El Qahira n the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs Synonym(s): Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
El-Aksur n a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes Synonym(s): Luxor, El-Aksur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elaeocarpaceae n genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae Synonym(s): Elaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elaeocarpus n type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae [syn: Elaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elaeocarpus family n genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae Synonym(s): Elaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elaeocarpus grandis n Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit Synonym(s): quandong, quandong tree, Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, blue fig, Elaeocarpus grandis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eleocharis n sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths Synonym(s): Eleocharis, genus Eleocharis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eleocharis acicularis n fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums Synonym(s): needle spike rush, needle rush, slender spike rush, hair grass, Eleocharis acicularis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eleocharis dulcis n Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers [syn: water chestnut, Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eleocharis palustris n cylindrical-stemmed sedge [syn: creeping spike rush, Eleocharis palustris]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elgar n British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934) Synonym(s): Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Edward William Elgar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eliezer Wiesel n United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928) Synonym(s): Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elixir n a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold Synonym(s): philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir a substance believed to cure all ills
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elixir of life n a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elkhorn fern n commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia Synonym(s): common staghorn fern, elkhorn fern, Platycerium bifurcatum, Platycerium alcicorne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ellsworth n United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807) Synonym(s): Ellsworth, Oliver Ellsworth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elsewhere adv in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Zostera \[d8]Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants of the {Naiadace[91]}, or Pondweed family.       {Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and       {eelgrass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eelgrass \Eel"grass`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant ({Zostera marina}), with very long and narrow leaves,       growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic       coast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Zostera \[d8]Zos"te*ra\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants of the {Naiadace[91]}, or Pondweed family.       {Zostera marina} is commonly known as {sea wrack}, and       {eelgrass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eelgrass \Eel"grass`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant ({Zostera marina}), with very long and narrow leaves,       growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic       coast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elisor \E*li"sor\, n. [F. [82]liseur, fr. [82]lire to choose, L.       eligere. See {Elect}.] (Eng. Law)       An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a       court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and       the coroners are disqualified.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elixir \E*lix"ir\, n. [F. [82]lixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliks[c6]r       the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. [?] dry, (hence       probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. ksh[be] to burn.]       1. (Med.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound             tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held             in solution by alcohol in some form.          2. (Alchemy) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting             metals into gold; also, one for producing life             indefinitely; as, elixir vit[91], or the elixir of life.          3. The refined spirit; the quintessence.                         The . . . elixir of worldly delights. --South.          4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates.                         The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human                      nature.                                             --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elsewhere \Else"where`\, adv.       1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found             elsewhere.          2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it             is reported in town and elsewhere.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elusory \E*lu"so*ry\, a. [LL. elusorius.]       Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious;       deceitful; deceptive. -- {E*lu"so*ri*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elusory \E*lu"so*ry\, a. [LL. elusorius.]       Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious;       deceitful; deceptive. -- {E*lu"so*ri*ness}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
El Cerrito, CA (CDP, FIPS 21810)       Location: 33.84013 N, 117.52190 W       Population (1990): 4490 (1298 housing units)       Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)    El Cerrito, CA (city, FIPS 21796)       Location: 37.92050 N, 122.30207 W       Population (1990): 22869 (10311 housing units)       Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 94530
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
El Granada, CA (CDP, FIPS 21936)       Location: 37.50967 N, 122.46658 W       Population (1990): 4426 (1697 housing units)       Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Creek, CA       Zip code(s): 95939    Elk Creek, MO       Zip code(s): 65464    Elk Creek, NE (village, FIPS 14975)       Location: 40.28749 N, 96.12799 W       Population (1990): 116 (64 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68348    Elk Creek, VA       Zip code(s): 24326
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Garden, WV (town, FIPS 24484)       Location: 39.38596 N, 79.15468 W       Population (1990): 261 (109 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26717
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Grove, CA (CDP, FIPS 22020)       Location: 38.40077 N, 121.36749 W       Population (1990): 17483 (5867 housing units)       Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95624, 95758
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Grove Villag, IL       Zip code(s): 60007
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Grove Village, IL (village, FIPS 23256)       Location: 42.00575 N, 87.99260 W       Population (1990): 33429 (12416 housing units)       Area: 27.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Horn, IA (city, FIPS 24780)       Location: 41.59272 N, 95.06040 W       Population (1990): 672 (265 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 51531    Elk Horn, KY       Zip code(s): 42733
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Rapids, MI (village, FIPS 25320)       Location: 44.89485 N, 85.40423 W       Population (1990): 1626 (946 housing units)       Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49629
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Ridge, UT (town, FIPS 22370)       Location: 40.00662 N, 111.67887 W       Population (1990): 771 (151 housing units)       Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk River, ID (city, FIPS 25120)       Location: 46.78247 N, 116.18039 W       Population (1990): 149 (110 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83827    Elk River, MN (city, FIPS 18674)       Location: 45.33259 N, 93.56577 W       Population (1990): 11143 (3887 housing units)       Area: 110.5 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 55330
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elk Run Heights, IA (city, FIPS 24870)       Location: 42.46706 N, 92.24930 W       Population (1990): 1088 (381 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elkhart, IA (city, FIPS 24735)       Location: 41.79409 N, 93.51455 W       Population (1990): 388 (149 housing units)       Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50073    Elkhart, IL (village, FIPS 23269)       Location: 40.01931 N, 89.48179 W       Population (1990): 475 (192 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Elkhart, IN (city, FIPS 20728)       Location: 41.68680 N, 85.96879 W       Population (1990): 43627 (19147 housing units)       Area: 44.4 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 46514, 46516, 46517    Elkhart, KS (city, FIPS 20350)       Location: 37.00217 N, 101.89453 W       Population (1990): 2318 (986 housing units)       Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67950    Elkhart, TX (town, FIPS 23140)       Location: 31.62825 N, 95.57836 W       Population (1990): 1076 (537 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elkhart County, IN (county, FIPS 39)       Location: 41.59645 N, 85.85894 W       Population (1990): 156198 (60182 housing units)       Area: 1201.3 sq km (land), 10.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elkhart Lake, WI (village, FIPS 23275)       Location: 43.83281 N, 88.01460 W       Population (1990): 1019 (513 housing units)       Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53020
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elkhorn, CA (CDP, FIPS 22034)       Location: 36.81085 N, 121.71747 W       Population (1990): 1458 (503 housing units)       Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Elkhorn, NE (city, FIPS 15080)       Location: 41.28270 N, 96.23620 W       Population (1990): 1398 (509 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68022    Elkhorn, WI (city, FIPS 23300)       Location: 42.67104 N, 88.54025 W       Population (1990): 5337 (2202 housing units)       Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53121
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elkhorn City, KY (city, FIPS 24382)       Location: 37.30293 N, 82.34801 W       Population (1990): 813 (391 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elkridge, MD (CDP, FIPS 25750)       Location: 39.20194 N, 76.75050 W       Population (1990): 12953 (5574 housing units)       Area: 20.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellis Grove, IL (village, FIPS 23503)       Location: 38.00932 N, 89.90866 W       Population (1990): 353 (141 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62241
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth, IA (city, FIPS 25050)       Location: 42.31061 N, 93.58185 W       Population (1990): 451 (210 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50075    Ellsworth, IL (village, FIPS 23555)       Location: 40.44946 N, 88.71658 W       Population (1990): 224 (83 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61737    Ellsworth, KS (city, FIPS 20500)       Location: 38.73562 N, 98.22806 W       Population (1990): 2294 (1145 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67439    Ellsworth, ME (city, FIPS 23200)       Location: 44.58572 N, 68.49614 W       Population (1990): 5975 (3202 housing units)       Area: 205.3 sq km (land), 37.7 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 04605    Ellsworth, MI (village, FIPS 25420)       Location: 45.16616 N, 85.24442 W       Population (1990): 418 (186 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49729    Ellsworth, MN (city, FIPS 18836)       Location: 43.52114 N, 96.01847 W       Population (1990): 580 (246 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56129    Ellsworth, NE       Zip code(s): 69340    Ellsworth, PA (borough, FIPS 23296)       Location: 40.10803 N, 80.02206 W       Population (1990): 1048 (493 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15331    Ellsworth, WI (village, FIPS 23525)       Location: 44.73744 N, 92.47983 W       Population (1990): 2706 (1066 housing units)       Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54011
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth AFB, SD (CDP, FIPS 18980)       Location: 44.14374 N, 103.07556 W       Population (1990): 7017 (1876 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth Afb, SD       Zip code(s): 57706
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth AFB, SD (CDP, FIPS 18980)       Location: 44.14374 N, 103.07556 W       Population (1990): 7017 (1876 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth Afb, SD       Zip code(s): 57706
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth County, KS (county, FIPS 53)       Location: 38.69577 N, 98.20493 W       Population (1990): 6586 (3317 housing units)       Area: 1854.3 sq km (land), 19.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth North, WA (CDP, FIPS 21420)       Location: 45.63303 N, 122.57124 W       Population (1990): 5796 (2067 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ellsworth South, WA (CDP, FIPS 21425)       Location: 45.60991 N, 122.56705 W       Population (1990): 4423 (1825 housing units)       Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Eleazar       God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His       wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After       the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was       appointed to the charge of the sanctuary (Num. 3:32). On Mount       Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took       from off his brother Aaron and put upon him as successor to his       father in the high priest's office, which he held for more than       twenty years (Num. 20:25-29). He took part with Moses in       numbering the people (26:3, 4), and assisted at the inauguration       of Joshua. He assisted in the distribution of the land after the       conquest (Josh. 14:1). The high-priesthood remained in his       family till the time of Eli, into whose family it passed, till       it was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok       (1 Sam. 2:35; comp. 1 Kings 2:27). "And Eleazar the son of Aaron       died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas       his son" (Josh. 24:33). The word here rendered "hill" is Gibeah,       the name of several towns in Palestine which were generally on       or near a hill. The words may be more suitably rendered, "They       buried him in Gibeah of Phinehas", i.e., in the city of       Phinehas, which has been identified, in accordance with Jewish       and Samaritan traditions, with Kefr Ghuweirah='Awertah, about 7       miles north of Shiloh, and a few miles south-east of Nablus.       "His tomb is still shown there, overshadowed by venerable       terebinths." Others, however, have identified it with the       village of Gaba or Gebena of Eusebius, the modern Khurbet Jibia,       5 miles north of Guphna towards Nablus.                (2.) An inhabitant of Kirjath-jearim who was "sanctified" to       take charge of the ark, although not allowed to touch it, while       it remained in the house of his father Abinadab (1 Sam. 7:1, 2;       comp. Num. 3:31; 4:15).                (3.) The son of Dodo the Ahohite, of the tribe of Benjamin,       one of the three most eminent of David's thirty-seven heroes (1       Chr. 11:12) who broke through the Philistine host and brought       him water from the well of Bethlehem (2 Sam. 23:9, 16).                (4.) A son of Phinehas associated with the priests in taking       charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the       Exile (Ezra 8:33).                (5.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21, 22).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Eliezer       God his help. (1.) "Of Damascus," the "steward" (R.V.,       "possessor") of Abraham's house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably       he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his       family in Padan-aram to seek a wife for his son Isaac. The       account of this embassy is given at length in Gen. 24.                (2.) The son of Becher, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8).                (3.) One of the two sons of Moses, born during his sojourn in       Midian (Ex. 18:4; 1 Chr. 23:15, 17). He remained with his mother       and brother Gershom with Jethro when Moses returned to Egypt.       (Ex. 18:4). They were restored to Moses when Jethro heard of his       departure out of Egypt.                (4.) One of the priests who blew the trumpet before the ark       when it was brought to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24).                (5.) Son of Zichri, and chief of the Reubenites under David (1       Chr. 27:16).                (6.) A prophet in the time of Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 20:37).       Others of this name are mentioned Luke 3:29; Ezra 8:16; 10:18,       23, 31.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ellasar       the oak or heap of Assyria, a territory in Asia of which Arioch       was king (Gen. 14:1, 9). It is supposed that the old Chaldean       town of Larsa was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated       nearly half-way between Ur (now Mugheir) and Erech, on the left       bank of the Euphrates. This town is represented by the mounds of       Senkereh, a little to the east of Erech.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eleazar, help of God, court of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eliezer, help, or court, of my God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elizur, God is my strength; my rock; rock of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ellasar, revolting from God