earpiece
         n 1: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals
               into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it
               was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
               [syn: {earphone}, {earpiece}, {headphone}, {phone}]

English Dictionary: Erb's palsy	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erb's palsy n paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth) Synonym(s): Erb's palsy, Erb-Duchenne paralysis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erebus n (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Europocentric adj focussed on Europe and the Europeans [syn: Eurocentric, Europocentric]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to       D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See       {Spin}.]       1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by             which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted,             it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in             a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.          2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,             the spindle of a vane. Specifically:             (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine                   tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which                   causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or                   center, etc.             (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a                   grinding mill turns.             (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is                   formed.          3. The fusee of a watch.          4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.          5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;             in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.          6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved             line about its base or double ordinate or chord.          7. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria};                   -- called also {spindle stromb}.             (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}.          {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does             not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe.          {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine             tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe.          {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above.          {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female             line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King             Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8]             --Lowell.          {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus             {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for             spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. e[a0]re; akin to OFries. [a0]re, [a0]r, OS.       [?]ra, D. oor, OHG. [?]ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. [94]ra,       Dan. [94]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho,       Gr. [?]; cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. [?], Skr. av to favor,       protect. Cf. {Auricle}, {Orillon}.]       1. The organ of hearing; the external ear.          Note: In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing                is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts:                the external ear, which includes the pinna or auricle                and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum,                or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth. The                middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube                with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the                external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a                chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus,                incus, and stapes, which connect this membrane with the                internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear                where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is                the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs                and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and                lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the                periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not                completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially                suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony                labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the vestibule,                into which three semicircular canals and the canal of                the cochlea (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The                vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists                of two sacs, the utriculus and sacculus, connected by a                narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous                semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected                with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the                organ of Corti. By the help of the external ear the                sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon                the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain                of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations                to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate                structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of                the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of                the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the                brain.          2. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power             of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear             for music; -- in the singular only.                         Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear.                                                                               --Tennyson.          3. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an             animal; any prominence or projection on an object, --             usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle;             as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a             boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of             {Bell}.          4. (Arch.)             (a) Same as {Acroterium}.             (b) Same as {Crossette}.          5. Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.                         Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit.                                                                               --Bacon.                         Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.                                                                               --Shak.          {About the ears}, in close proximity to; near at hand.          {By the ears}, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to             fall together by the ears; to be by the ears.          {Button ear} (in dogs), an ear which falls forward and             completely hides the inside.          {Ear finger}, the little finger.          {Ear of Dionysius}, a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible             tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a             device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.          {Ear sand} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}.          {Ear snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail of the genus {Auricula} and             allied genera.          {Ear stones} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}.          {Ear trumpet}, an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists             of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a             slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting             and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a             partially deaf person.          {Ear vesicle} (Zo[94]l.), a simple auditory organ, occurring             in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac             containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or             otocysts.          {Rose ear} (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows             part of the inside.          {To give ear to}, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one             advising. [bd]Give ear unto my song.[b8] --Goldsmith.          {To have one's ear}, to be listened to with favor.          {Up to the ears}, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as,             to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earpick \Ear"pick`\, n.       An instrument for removing wax from the ear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erebus \Er"e*bus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].]       1. (Greek Myth.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy             space through which the souls passed to Hades. See             Milton's [bd]Paradise Lost,[b8] Book II., line 883.          2. (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of {Nox}, who             dwelt in Erebus.                         To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile.                                                                               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Owl \Owl\, n. [AS. [umac]le; akin to D. uil, OHG. [umac]wila, G.       eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family             {Strigid[91]}. They have large eyes and ears, and a             conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are             mostly nocturnal in their habits.          Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the                head. The feathers are soft and somewhat downy. The                species are numerous. See {Barn owl}, {Burrowing owl},                {Eared owl}, {Hawk owl}, {Horned owl}, {Screech owl},                {Snowy owl}, under {Barn}, {Burrowing}, etc.          Note: In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with                desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a                bird of ill omen. . . . The Greeks and Romans made it                the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and                indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of                wisdom. --Am. Cyc.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.          {Owl monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of South             American nocturnal monkeys of the genus {Nyctipithecus}.             They have very large eyes. Called also {durukuli}.          {Owl moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large moth ({Erebus strix}).             The expanse of its wings is over ten inches.          {Owl parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the kakapo.          {Sea owl} (Zo[94]l.), the lumpfish.          {Owl train}, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run             is in the nighttime.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erubescence \Er`u*bes"cence\ (?; 135), Erubescency    \Er`u*bes"cen*cy\, n. [L. erubescentia: cf. F. [82]rubescence.]       The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of       anything; a blushing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erubescence \Er`u*bes"cence\ (?; 135), Erubescency    \Er`u*bes"cen*cy\, n. [L. erubescentia: cf. F. [82]rubescence.]       The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of       anything; a blushing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erubescent \Er`u*bes"cent\, a. [L. erubescens, p. pr. erubescere       to grow red; e out + rubescere. See {Rubescent}.]       Red, or reddish; blushing. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erubescite \Er`u*bes"cite\, n. (Min.)       See {Bornite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.]       (Min.)       A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and       sulphur; -- also called {purple copper ore} (or       {erubescite}), in allusion to the colors shown upon the       slightly tarnished surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erubescite \Er`u*bes"cite\, n. (Min.)       See {Bornite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bornite \Bor"nite\, n. [Named after Von Born, a mineralogist.]       (Min.)       A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and       sulphur; -- also called {purple copper ore} (or       {erubescite}), in allusion to the colors shown upon the       slightly tarnished surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euripize \Eu"ri*pize\, v. t. [See {Euripus}.]       To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euripus \Eu*ri"pus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] well + [?] a       rushing motion.]       A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a       current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient       fright of this name between Eub[91]a and B[91]otia. Hence, a       flux and reflux. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resin \Res"in\ (r?z"?n), n. [F. r[82]sine, L. resina; cf. Gr.       "rhti`nh Cf. {Rosin}.]       Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable       substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of       electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in       ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water;       specif., pine resin (see {Rosin}).          Note: Resins exude from trees in combination with essential                oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state.                They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and                are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the                essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony                or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum,                they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge;                mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or                oleoresins.          {Highgate resin} (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal,             occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London.          {Resin bush} (Bot.), a low composite shrub ({Euryops             speciosissimus}) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately             parted leaves and abounding in resin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries.       sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth.       sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar},       {South}.]       1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and             its absence night; the central body round which the earth             and planets revolve, by which they are held in their             orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its             mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles,             and its diameter about 860,000.          Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is                32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in                25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth                of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being                unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere,                above which is an envelope consisting partly of                hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen                only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a                total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and                sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous                rays or streams of light which are visible only at the                time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona.          2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of             orbs.          3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.                         Lambs that did frisk in the sun.         --Shak.          4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or             importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.                         For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv.                                                                               11.                         I will never consent to put out the sun of                      sovereignity to posterity.                  --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for             converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working             beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists             of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured             to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel             (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a             connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the             planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel             on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of             revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis.          {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the             genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and             the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat.          {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}.          {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays;             insolation.          {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos             Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a             small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur,             mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily             tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}.          {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the             genus {Amara}.          {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird             ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the             rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white,             brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger             bittern}.          {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun             stroke.          {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin             cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright             colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish             yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}.          {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot.          {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's             rays; a photograph.          {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's             disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with             a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen             only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye.             They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions,             and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of             50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used             to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as             dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}.             See Illustration in Appendix.          {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and             allied genera, having numerous rays.          {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague.          {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above.          {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new             thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9.          Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound                adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright,                sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched,                and the like.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Erbacon, WV       Zip code(s): 26203
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Europa Island       (possession of France)       Europa Island:Geography       Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about    one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique       Map references: Africa       Area:    total area: 28 sq km    land area: 28 sq km    comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC       Land boundaries: 0 km       Coastline: 22.2 km       Maritime claims:    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: claimed by Madagascar       Climate: tropical       Terrain: NA       Natural resources: negligible       Land use:    arable land: NA%    permanent crops: NA%    meadows and pastures: NA%    forest and woodland: NA% (heavily wooded)    other: NA%       Irrigated land: 0 sq km       Environment:    current issues: NA    natural hazards: NA    international agreements: NA       Note: wildlife sanctuary       Europa Island:People       Population: uninhabited       Europa Island:Government       Names:    conventional long form: none    conventional short form: Europa Island    local long form: none    local short form: Ile Europa       Digraph: EU       Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic;    resident in Reunion       Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion       Independence: none (possession of France)       Economy       Overview: no economic activity       Europa Island:Transportation       Ports: none; offshore anchorage only       Airports:    total: 1    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1       Europa Island:Communications       Note: 1 meteorological station       Europa Island:Defense Forces       Note: defense is the responsibility of France