effacement
         n 1: shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls
               as it is dilated during labor
         2: withdrawing into the background; making yourself
            inconspicuous [syn: {effacement}, {self-effacement}]

English Dictionary: epizoan	by the DICT Development Group
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efficiency n the ratio of the output to the input of any system skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency" Antonym(s): inefficiency
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efficiency apartment n a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom
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efficiency engineer n an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel Synonym(s): efficiency expert, efficiency engineer
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efficiency expert n an expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnel Synonym(s): efficiency expert, efficiency engineer
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efficient adj being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas" Antonym(s): inefficient able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution" Synonym(s): effective, efficient
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efficiently adv with efficiency; in an efficient manner; "he functions efficiently" Synonym(s): efficiently, expeditiously Antonym(s): inefficiently
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effusion n an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition] flow under pressure
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Ephesian adj of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture n a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus
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Ephesians n a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ Synonym(s): Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Ephesians, Ephesians
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epicanthic fold n a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome Synonym(s): epicanthus, epicanthic fold
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epicanthus n a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome Synonym(s): epicanthus, epicanthic fold
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epicene adj having an ambiguous sexual identity [syn: bisexual, epicene] having unsuitable feminine qualities Synonym(s): effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made Synonym(s): hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
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epicene person n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made Synonym(s): hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
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epicenter n the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake Synonym(s): epicenter, epicentre
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epicentre n the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake Synonym(s): epicenter, epicentre
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epicondyle n a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
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epicondylitis n painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle
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epigenesis n a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed
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epigon n an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician Synonym(s): epigone, epigon
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epigone n an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician Synonym(s): epigone, epigon
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episome n DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
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epizoan adj of or relating to epizoa Synonym(s): epizoan, ectozoan n any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon]
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epizoon n any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon]
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epoch-making adj highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery" Synonym(s): epochal, epoch-making
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Epsom salts n hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures Synonym(s): Epsom salts, bitter salts (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative
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euphuism n any artificially elegant style of language an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
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evacuant adj strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative]
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evasion n a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth Synonym(s): evasion, equivocation the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment" Synonym(s): evasion, nonpayment Antonym(s): defrayal, defrayment, payment nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive" Synonym(s): evasion, escape, dodging the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
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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.
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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.
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Effacement \Ef*face"ment\, n. [Cf. F. effacement.]       The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
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Efface \Ef*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effaced}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Effacing}.] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face;       prop., to destroy the face or form. See {Face}, and cf.       {Deface}.]       1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed             upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to             erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface             the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.          2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.                         Efface from his mind the theories and notions                      vulgarly received.                              --Bacon.          Syn: To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel;                destroy. -- {Efface}, {Deface}. To deface is to injure                or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy,                so as to render invisible.
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Effascinate \Ef*fas"ci*nate\, v. t. [L. effascinare.]       To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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Effascination \Ef*fas`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. effascinatio.]       A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]
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Efficience \Ef*fi"cience\, Efficiency \Ef*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L.       efficientia.]       1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or             effects; efficient power; effectual agency.                         The manner of this divine efficiency being far above                      us.                                                   --Hooker.          2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.             --Rankine.          {Efficiency of a heat engine}, the ratio of the work done an             engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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Efficience \Ef*fi"cience\, Efficiency \Ef*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L.       efficientia.]       1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or             effects; efficient power; effectual agency.                         The manner of this divine efficiency being far above                      us.                                                   --Hooker.          2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.             --Rankine.          {Efficiency of a heat engine}, the ratio of the work done an             engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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Efficience \Ef*fi"cience\, Efficiency \Ef*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L.       efficientia.]       1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or             effects; efficient power; effectual agency.                         The manner of this divine efficiency being far above                      us.                                                   --Hooker.          2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.             --Rankine.          {Efficiency of a heat engine}, the ratio of the work done an             engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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Efficient \Ef*fi"cient\, a. [L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of       efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See {Effect}, n.]       Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to       be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or       incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity;       as, an efficient officer, power.                   The efficient cause is the working cause. --Wilson.          Syn: Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable;                material; potent.
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Efficient \Ef*fi"cient\, n.       An efficient cause; a prime mover.                   God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient                only.                                                      --Hooker.
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Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf.       {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.]       1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which             anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.                         Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to                      make one thing begin to be.               --Locke.          2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;             reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.          3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]                         I did it not for his cause.               --2 Cor. vii.                                                                               12.          4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by             which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he             regards as his right; case; ground of action.          5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;             affair in general.                         What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak.          6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and             upheld by a person or party; a principle which is             advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.                         God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak.                         The part they take against me is from zeal to the                      cause.                                                --Burke.          {Efficient cause}, the agent or force that produces a change             or result.          {Final cause}, the end, design, or object, for which anything             is done.          {Formal cause}, the elements of a conception which make the             conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the             idea viewed as a formative principle and co[94]perating             with the matter.          {Material cause}, that of which anything is made.          {Proximate cause}. See under {Proximate}.          {To make common cause with}, to join with in purposes and             aims. --Macaulay.          Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;                inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.
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Efficiently \Ef*fi"cient*ly\, adv.       With effect; effectively.
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Effossion \Ef*fos"sion\, n. [L. effossio. See {Effodient}.]       A digging out or up. [R.] [bd]The effossion of coins.[b8]       --Arbuthnot.
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Effuse \Ef*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effused}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Effusing}.]       To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to       shed. [R.]                   With gushing blood effused.                     --Milton.
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Effusion \Ef*fu"sion\, n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.]       1. The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood,             of grace, of words, and the like.                         To save the effusion of my people's blood. --Dryden.          2. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.                         Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be                      whiter than sow.                                 --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.                         The light effusions of a heedless boy. --Byron.          3. (Pathol.)             (a) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel,                   either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation                   through its walls. It may pass into the substance of                   an organ, or issue upon a free surface.             (b) The liquid escaping or exuded.
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Ephesian \E*phe"sian\ (?; 106), a. [L. Ephesius: cf. F.       [82]ph[82]sien.]       Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in       Asia Minor.
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Ephesian \E*phe"sian\, n.       1. A native of Ephesus.          2. A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Epicene \Ep"i*cene\, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. [?]; fr. 'epi` +       [?] common; cf. F. [82]pic[8a]ne.]       1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to             such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the             masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes;             as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to             eunuchs and hermaphrodites.          2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.                         The literary prigs epicene.               --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.                         He represented an epicene species, neither churchman                      nor layman.                                       --J. A.                                                                               Symonds.
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Epicentral \Ep`i*cen"tral\, a. [Pref. epi- + centrum.] (Anat.)       Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. --Owen.
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Epicoene \Ep"i*coene\, a.       Epicene. [R.] --Hadley.
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Epicondylar \Ep`i*con"dy*lar\, n. (Anat.)       Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
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Epicondyle \Ep`i*con"dyle\, n. [Pref. epi- + condyle.] (Anat.)       A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the       numerus; the internal condyle.
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Epigene \Ep"i*gene\, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. [?] to be born, grow.]       1. (Crystallog.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of             forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which             they are found.          2. (Geol.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; --             opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.
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Epigenesis \Ep`i*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. epi- + genesis.] (Biol.)       The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created       entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power       of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution,       also to syngenesis.
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Epigenesist \Ep`i*gen"e*sist\, n. (Biol.)       One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.
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Epigenetic \Ep`i*ge*net"ic\, a.       Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the       theory of epigenesis.
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Perigee \Per"i*gee\, Perigeum \Per`i*ge"um\, n. [NL. perigeum,       fr. Gr. [?] about, near + [?] the earth: cf. F.       p[82]rig[82]e.] (Astron.)       That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the       earth; -- opposed to {apogee}. It is sometimes, but rarely,       used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a       planet, etc. Called also {epigee}, {epigeum}.
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Epignathous \E*pig"na*thous\, a. [Epi- + Gr. [?] the jaw.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.
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Epigynous \E*pig"y*nous\, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. [?] woman,       female: cf. F. [82]pigyne.] (Bot.)       Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently       inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals,       sepals, and also of the disk.
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Insertion \In*ser"tion\, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See       {Insert}.]       1. The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in             stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.          2. The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as,             the insertion of stamens in a calyx.          3. That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow             strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.          4. (Anat.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is             attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction             to its origin.          {Epigynous insertion} (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon             the ovary.          {Hypogynous insertion} (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.
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Epozoan \Ep`o*zo"an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An epizo[94]n.
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Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,       G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.       sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.       {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]       1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning             food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found             native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation             and crystallization, from sea water and other water             impregnated with saline particles.          2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.                         Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .                      . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.          3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.          4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.                         I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen                      of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.          5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]                         Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing                      and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.          6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an             acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the             salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.          Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,                it is the acid radical which unites with the base or                basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of                water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In                the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic                and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary                in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or                acid salts. See Phrases below.          7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that             which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an             allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken             with a grain of salt.                         Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.          8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,             especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.          9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]          {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have             survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,             of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long             table, the places above which were assigned to the guests             of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,             and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.                         His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is                      beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the                      salt.                                                --B. Jonson.          {Acid salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several                   replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially                   exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,                   acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.             (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives                   an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is                   composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is                   an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is                   a neutral salt.          {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline             reaction, as sodium carbonate.          {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly             regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic             oxide. [Obsolescent]          {Basic salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent                   than is required to neutralize the acid.             (b) An alkaline salt.          {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently             regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a             haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.          {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union             of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium             sulphate. See under {Double}.          {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by             crystallizing plant juices.          {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.          {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.          {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as             sodium chloride.          {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.          {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)             (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)                   neutralize each other.             (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.          {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.          {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a             peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]          {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on             exposure to the air.          {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or             analogous compound.          {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.          {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.          {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate             of iron.          {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)             (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.             (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under                   {Hartshorn}.          {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.          {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --             the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.          {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.          {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.          {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or             potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;             -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also             sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.          {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so             called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,             or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]          {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;             -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.          {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.          {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.          {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base             or analogous compound.          {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.          {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but             containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epsom salts \Ep"som salts`\ [or] salt \salt`\ (Med.)       Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; --       originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at       Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from       sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous       hydrate of magnesia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epsomite \Ep"som*ite\, n.       Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euphuism \Eu"phu*ism\, n. [Gr. [?] well grown, graceful; [?]       well + [?] growth, fr. [?] to grow. This affected style of       conversation and writing, fashionable for some time in the       court of Elizabeth, had its origin from the fame of Lyly's       books, [bd]Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit,[b8] and       [bd]Euphues and his England.[b8]] (Rhet.)       An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of       language; high-flown diction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evacuant \E*vac"u*ant\, a. [L. evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of       evacuare: cf. F. [82]vacuant.]       Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A       purgative or cathartic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evaginate \E*vag"i*nate\, a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed.       See {Evagination}.]       Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside       out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evaginate \E*vag"i*nate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Evaginated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Evaginating}.]       To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evaginate \E*vag"i*nate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Evaginated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Evaginating}.]       To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evaginate \E*vag"i*nate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Evaginated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Evaginating}.]       To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evagination \E*vag`i*na"tion\, n.       An outgrowth or protruded part.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evagination \E*vag`i*na"tion\, n. [L. evaginatio an extending,       evaginare to unsheathe; e out + vagina sheath.]       The act of unsheathing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evasion \E*va"sion\, n. [L. evasio: cf. F. [82]vasion. See       {Evade}.]       The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of       an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful       means of eluding.                   Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication;                equivocation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evoke \E*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evoked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Evoking}.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox,       vocis, voice: cf. F [82]voquer. See {Voice}, and cf.       {Evocate}.]       1. To call out; to summon forth.                         To evoke the queen of the fairies.      --T. Warton.                         A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst                      evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to                      be wasted.                                          --De Quincey.          2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.]             [bd]The cause was evoked to Rome.[b8] --Hume.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Epsom, NH       Zip code(s): 03234
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EPSIMONE          Concurrent simulation language derived from Simone.   "EPSIMONE       Manual", J. Beziin et al, Pub Int No 90, IRISA, Sept 1978.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ephesians, Epistle to       was written by Paul at Rome about the same time as that to the       Colossians, which in many points it resembles.                Contents of. The Epistle to the Colossians is mainly       polemical, designed to refute certain theosophic errors that had       crept into the church there. That to the Ephesians does not seem       to have originated in any special circumstances, but is simply a       letter springing from Paul's love to the church there, and       indicative of his earnest desire that they should be fully       instructed in the profound doctrines of the gospel. It contains       (1) the salutation (1:1, 2); (2) a general description of the       blessings the gospel reveals, as to their source, means by which       they are attained, purpose for which they are bestowed, and       their final result, with a fervent prayer for the further       spiritual enrichment of the Ephesians (1:3-2:10); (3) "a record       of that marked change in spiritual position which the Gentile       believers now possessed, ending with an account of the writer's       selection to and qualification for the apostolate of heathendom,       a fact so considered as to keep them from being dispirited, and       to lead him to pray for enlarged spiritual benefactions on his       absent sympathizers" (2:12-3:21); (4) a chapter on unity as       undisturbed by diversity of gifts (4:1-16); (5) special       injunctions bearing on ordinary life (4:17-6:10); (6) the       imagery of a spiritual warfare, mission of Tychicus, and       valedictory blessing (6:11-24).                Planting of the church at Ephesus. Paul's first and hurried       visit for the space of three months to Ephesus is recorded in       Acts 18:19-21. The work he began on this occasion was carried       forward by Apollos (24-26) and Aquila and Priscilla. On his       second visit, early in the following year, he remained at       Ephesus "three years," for he found it was the key to the       western provinces of Asia Minor. Here "a great door and       effectual" was opened to him (1 Cor. 16:9), and the church was       established and strengthened by his assiduous labours there       (Acts 20:20, 31). From Ephesus as a centre the gospel spread       abroad "almost throughout all Asia" (19:26). The word "mightily       grew and prevailed" despite all the opposition and persecution       he encountered.                On his last journey to Jerusalem the apostle landed at       Miletus, and summoning together the elders of the church from       Ephesus, delivered to them his remarkable farewell charge (Acts       20:18-35), expecting to see them no more.                The following parallels between this epistle and the Milesian       charge may be traced:                (1.) Acts 20:19 = Eph. 4:2. The phrase "lowliness of mind"       occurs nowhere else.                (2.) Acts 20:27 = Eph. 1:11. The word "counsel," as denoting       the divine plan, occurs only here and Heb. 6:17.                (3.) Acts 20:32 = Eph. 3:20. The divine ability.                (4.) Acts 20:32 = Eph. 2:20. The building upon the foundation.                (5.) Acts 20:32 = Eph. 1:14, 18. "The inheritance of the       saints."                Place and date of the writing of the letter. It was evidently       written from Rome during Paul's first imprisonment (3:1; 4:1;       6:20), and probably soon after his arrival there, about the year       62, four years after he had parted with the Ephesian elders at       Miletus. The subscription of this epistle is correct.                There seems to have been no special occasion for the writing       of this letter, as already noted. Paul's object was plainly not       polemical. No errors had sprung up in the church which he sought       to point out and refute. The object of the apostle is "to set       forth the ground, the cause, and the aim and end of the church       of the faithful in Christ. He speaks to the Ephesians as a type       or sample of the church universal." The church's foundations,       its course, and its end, are his theme. "Everywhere the       foundation of the church is the will of the Father; the course       of the church is by the satisfaction of the Son; the end of the       church is the life in the Holy Spirit." In the Epistle to the       Romans, Paul writes from the point of view of justification by       the imputed righteousness of Christ; here he writes from the       point of view specially of union to the Redeemer, and hence of       the oneness of the true church of Christ. "This is perhaps the       profoundest book in existence." It is a book "which sounds the       lowest depths of Christian doctrine, and scales the loftiest       heights of Christian experience;" and the fact that the apostle       evidently expected the Ephesians to understand it is an evidence       of the "proficiency which Paul's converts had attained under his       preaching at Ephesus."                Relation between this epistle and that to the Colossians       (q.v.). "The letters of the apostle are the fervent outburst of       pastoral zeal and attachment, written without reserve and in       unaffected simplicity; sentiments come warm from the heart,       without the shaping out, pruning, and punctilious arrangement of       a formal discourse. There is such a fresh and familiar       transcription of feeling, so frequent an introduction of       coloquial idiom, and so much of conversational frankness and       vivacity, that the reader associates the image of the writer       with every paragraph, and the ear seems to catch and recognize       the very tones of living address." "Is it then any matter of       amazement that one letter should resemble another, or that two       written about the same time should have so much in common and so       much that is peculiar? The close relation as to style and       subject between the epistles to Colosse and Ephesus must strike       every reader. Their precise relation to each other has given       rise to much discussion. The great probability is that the       epistle to Colosse was first written; the parallel passages in       Ephesians, which amount to about forty-two in number, having the       appearance of being expansions from the epistle to Colosse.       Compare:                Eph 1:7; Col 1:14                Eph 1:10; Col 1:20                Eph 3:2; Col 1:25                Eph 5:19; Col 3:16                Eph 6:22; Col 4:8                Eph 1:19-2:5; Col 2:12,13                Eph 4:2-4; Col 3:12-15                Eph 4:16; Col 2:19                Eph 4:32; Col 3:13                Eph 4:22-24; Col 3:9,10                Eph 5:6-8; Col 3:6-8                Eph 5:15,16; Col 4:5                Eph 6:19,20; Col 4:3,4                Eph 5:22-6:9; Col 3:18-4:1                "The style of this epistle is exceedingly animated, and       corresponds with the state of the apostle's mind at the time of       writing.   Overjoyed with the account which their messenger had       brought him of their faith and holiness (Eph. 1:15), and       transported with the consideration of the unsearchable wisdom of       God displayed in the work of man's redemption, and of his       astonishing love towards the Gentiles in making them partakers       through faith of all the benefits of Christ's death, he soars       high in his sentiments on those grand subjects, and gives his       thoughts utterance in sublime and copious expression."