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   effaceable
         adj 1: capable of being effaced; "the fire's worst scars were
                  effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation";
                  "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass
                  through the erase head" [syn: {effaceable}, {erasable}]

English Dictionary: episcopate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effusive
adj
  1. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones"
    Synonym(s): burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing
  2. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
    Synonym(s): effusive, gushing(a), gushy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effusively
adv
  1. in an effusive manner; "the critics praised her effusively"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effusiveness
n
  1. a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn: effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epic poem
n
  1. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds [syn: {epic poem}, heroic poem, epic, epos]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epic poetry
n
  1. poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero [syn: {heroic poetry}, epic poetry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
episcopacy
n
  1. the collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Episcopal
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister"
    Synonym(s): Episcopal, Episcopalian
  2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
    Synonym(s): episcopal, pontifical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Episcopal Church
n
  1. an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland
    Synonym(s): Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church of Scotland
  2. United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury
    Synonym(s): Episcopal Church, Protestant Episcopal Church
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Episcopal Church of Scotland
n
  1. an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland
    Synonym(s): Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church of Scotland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Episcopalian
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister"
    Synonym(s): Episcopal, Episcopalian
n
  1. a member of the Episcopal church
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Episcopalianism
n
  1. the theological doctrine of church government by bishops
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
episcopate
n
  1. the term of office of a bishop
  2. the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
    Synonym(s): diocese, bishopric, episcopate
  3. the collective body of bishops
    Synonym(s): episcopacy, episcopate
  4. the office and dignity of a bishop
    Synonym(s): bishopry, episcopate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epispadias
n
  1. a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
episperm
n
  1. protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants [syn: testa, episperm, seed coat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euphausia pacifica
n
  1. food for jellyfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evasive
adj
  1. deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
  2. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evasive action
n
  1. an action aimed at evading an opponent [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evasive answer
n
  1. (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evasively
adv
  1. with evasion; in an evasive manner; "her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evasiveness
n
  1. intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roller \Roll"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
            sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
            husbandry and the arts.
  
      2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
            used in surgery.
  
      3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
            upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
  
      4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
            cylinder; -- called also {roller towel}.
  
      5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
            principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
            type are inked previously to taking an impression from
            them. --W. Savage.
  
      6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
            roller of a man.
  
      7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
  
      8. (Zo[94]l.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
            roller. see {Tortrix}.
  
      9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species
            of Old World picarian birds of the family {Coraciad[91]}.
            The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over
            or [bd]tumbling[b8] in flight.
  
      Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
               European species ({Coracias garrula}) has the head,
               neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
               scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
               black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
               belong to the genus {Eurystomus}, as the oriental
               roller ({E. orientalis}), and the Australian roller, or
               dollar bird ({E. Pacificus}). The latter is dark brown
               on the head and neck, sea green on the back, and bright
               blue on the throat, base of the tail, and parts of the
               wings. It has a silvery-white spot on the middle of
               each wing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eaves \Eaves\, n. pl. [OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves,
      brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG.
      obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel.
      upsar-dropi, OSw. ops[84]-drup water dropping from the eaves.
      Probably from the root of E. over. The s of eaves is in
      English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon.
      See {Over}, and cf. {Eavesdrop}.]
      1. (Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a
            building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water
            that falls on the roof.
  
      2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.] [bd]Eaves of the hill.[b8] --Wyclif.
  
      3. Eyelids or eyelashes.
  
                     And closing eaves of wearied eyes.      --Tennyson.
  
      {Eaves board} (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with
            a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of
            a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little,
            or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also
            {eaves catch} and {eaves lath}.
  
      {Eaves channel}, {Eaves gutter}, {Eaves trough}. Same as
            {Gutter}, 1.
  
      {Eaves molding} (Arch.), a molding immediately below the
            eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.
  
      {Eaves swallow} (Zo[94]l.).
            (a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of
                  building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of
                  buildings. See {Cliff swallow}, under {Cliff}.
            (b) The European swallow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Effaceable \Ef*face"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being effaced.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Effusive \Ef*fu"sive\, a.
      Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [bd]Washed with the
      effusive wave.[b8] --Pope.
  
      {Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from
            so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. --
            {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Effusive \Ef*fu"sive\, a.
      Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [bd]Washed with the
      effusive wave.[b8] --Pope.
  
      {Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from
            so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. --
            {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Effusive \Ef*fu"sive\, a.
      Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [bd]Washed with the
      effusive wave.[b8] --Pope.
  
      {Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from
            so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. --
            {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Effusive \Ef*fu"sive\, a.
      Pouring out; pouring forth freely. [bd]Washed with the
      effusive wave.[b8] --Pope.
  
      {Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from
            so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. --
            {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopacy \E*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [See {Episcopate}.]
      Government of the church by bishops; church government by
      three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and
      deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and
      of a different kind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopal \E*pis"co*pal\, a. [L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf.
      F. [82]piscopal. See {Bishop}.]
      1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.
  
      2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal
            jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopalian \E*pis`co*pa"li*an\, a.
      Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal;
      specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal
      Church.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopalian \E*pis`co*pa"li*an\, n.
      One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the
      episcopal form of church government and discipline; a
      churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of
      the Protestant Episcopal Church.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopalianism \E*pis`co*pa"li*an*ism\, n.
      The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopally \E*pis"co*pal*ly\, adv.
      By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopant \E*pis"co*pant\, n.
      A bishop. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcoparian \E*pis`co*pa"ri*an\, a.
      Episcopal. [R.] --Wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopate \E*pis"co*pate\, n. [L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus:
      cf. F. [82]piscopat. See {Bishop}.]
      1. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
  
      2. The collective body of bishops.
  
      3. The time of a bishop's rule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopate \E*pis"co*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Episcopated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Episcopating}.]
      To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]
  
               Feeding the flock episcopating.               --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopate \E*pis"co*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Episcopated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Episcopating}.]
      To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]
  
               Feeding the flock episcopating.               --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopate \E*pis"co*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Episcopated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Episcopating}.]
      To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]
  
               Feeding the flock episcopating.               --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopicide \E*pis"co*pi*cide\, n. [L. episcopus bishop +
      caedere to kill.]
      The killing of a bishop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopize \E*pis"co*pize\, v. t.
      To make a bishop of by consecration. --Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopize \E*pis"co*pize\, v. i.
      To perform the duties of a bishop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episcopy \E*pis"co*py\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?]. See {Bishop}.]
      1. Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. Episcopacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episepalous \Ep`i*sep"al*ous\, a. [Pref. epi- + sepal.] (Bot.)
      Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epispastic \Ep"i*spas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to draw to,
      attract; [?] to + [?] to draw: cf. F. [82]pispastique.]
      (Med.)
      Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the
      skin; blistering.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epispastic \Ep"i*spas"tic\, n. (Med.)
      An external application to the skin, which produces a
      puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a
      vesicatory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episperm \Ep"i*sperm\, n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. [?] seed: cf. F.
      [82]pisperme.] (Bot.)
      The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See
      {Testa}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epispermic \Ep`i*sper"mic\, a. (Bot.)
      Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a
      seed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epispore \Ep"i*spore\, n. [Pref. epi- + spore.] (Bot.)
      The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evasible \E*va"si*ble\, a.
      That may be evaded. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evasive \E*va"sive\, a. [Cf. F. [82]vasif. See {Evade}.]
      Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
      avoiding by artifice.
  
               Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
               Answered evasive of the sly request.      --Pope.
  
               Stammered out a few evasive phrases.      --Macaulay.
      -- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evasive \E*va"sive\, a. [Cf. F. [82]vasif. See {Evade}.]
      Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
      avoiding by artifice.
  
               Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
               Answered evasive of the sly request.      --Pope.
  
               Stammered out a few evasive phrases.      --Macaulay.
      -- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evasive \E*va"sive\, a. [Cf. F. [82]vasif. See {Evade}.]
      Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling;
      avoiding by artifice.
  
               Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest,
               Answered evasive of the sly request.      --Pope.
  
               Stammered out a few evasive phrases.      --Macaulay.
      -- {E*va"sive*ly}, adv. -- {E*va"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eye \Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to
      OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel.
      auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko,
      Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr.
      akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic},
      {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.]
      1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
            generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the
            orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In
            most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or
            compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}.
            Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d
            Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process;
            h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous
            Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m
            Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow
            spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center
            of the Optic Nerve.
  
      Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough
               outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving
               it are attached, and which in front changes into the
               transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the
               crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into
               two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled
               with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one
               behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor.
               The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented
               membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the
               back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent
               retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify.
               The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which
               has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil,
               admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a
               focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the
               light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and
               cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic
               nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
  
      2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
            judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of
            objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the
            beautiful or picturesque.
  
      3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view;
            ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
  
                     In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked
                     on.                                                   --Shak.
  
      4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of
            vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object
            which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate
            presence.
  
                     We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.
  
                     Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.
  
      5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice;
            attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own
                     advantage.                                          --Addison.
  
      6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form,
            position, or appearance; as:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
            (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in
                  oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor
                  muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the
                  scallop.
            (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a
                  potato.
            (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
            (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a
                  dress.
            (f) The hole through the head of a needle.
            (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through
                  anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.;
                  as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss;
                  as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
            (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
  
      7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or
            beauty. [bd]The very eye of that proverb.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
  
      8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
  
                     Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle.
  
      {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
  
      {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a
            thimble and served.
  
      {Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of
            which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
            --Brande & C.
  
      {Eye animalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging
            to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it
            has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
  
      {Eye doctor}, an oculist.
  
      {Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of
            volute.
  
      {Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun.
            [bd]So gently shuts the eye day.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld.
  
      {Eye of a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship,
            where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser
            holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as,
            to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively.
            [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice.
  
      {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received
            and treated.
  
      {To have an eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to
            watch. [bd]Have an eye to Cinna.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To keep an eye on}, to watch.
  
      {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of.
  
      {In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to
            the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ebiasaph, a father that gathers or adds
  
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