earned
         adj 1: gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a
                  result of effort or action; "a well-earned reputation for
                  honesty"; "earned income"; "an earned run in baseball"
                  [ant: {unearned}]

English Dictionary: euronithopod	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earned run n a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team Antonym(s): unearned run
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earned run average n (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched Synonym(s): earned run average, ERA
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Eranthis n winter aconite Synonym(s): Eranthis, genus Eranthis
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Eranthis hyemalis n small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone Synonym(s): winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eremite n a Christian recluse Antonym(s): cenobite, coenobite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eremitic adj of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" Synonym(s): eremitic, eremitical Antonym(s): cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" Synonym(s): anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eremitical adj of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" Synonym(s): eremitic, eremitical Antonym(s): cenobitic, cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" Synonym(s): anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eremitism n monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erianthus n genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs Synonym(s): Erianthus, genus Erianthus
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Erianthus ravennae n grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass Synonym(s): Ravenna grass, wool grass, Erianthus ravennae
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errand n a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
errand boy n a boy who earns money by running errands [syn: {messenger boy}, errand boy]
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errant adj straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters" uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"
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euronithopod n widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) Synonym(s): Euronithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, euronithopod, Ornithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euronithopoda n widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) Synonym(s): Euronithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, euronithopod, Ornithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda
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]:
Earn \Earn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[?]n to reap, aran       harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS.       esne; cf. Icel. [94]nn working season, work.]       1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that             which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is             received or not).                         The high repute Which he through hazard huge must                      earn.                                                --Milton.          2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve             and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good             living; to earn honors or laurels.                         I earn that [what] I eat.                  --Shak.                         The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or                      the sweat of my brow.                        --Burke.          {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the             assistance of errors on the opposing side.          Syn: See {Obtain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earn \Earn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Earning}.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn[?]n to reap, aran       harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS.       esne; cf. Icel. [94]nn working season, work.]       1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that             which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is             received or not).                         The high repute Which he through hazard huge must                      earn.                                                --Milton.          2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve             and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good             living; to earn honors or laurels.                         I earn that [what] I eat.                  --Shak.                         The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or                      the sweat of my brow.                        --Burke.          {Earned run} (Baseball), a run which is made without the             assistance of errors on the opposing side.          Syn: See {Obtain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aconite \Ac"o*nite\, n. [L. aconitum, Gr. [?]: cf. F. aconit.]       1. (Bot.) The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any             plant of the genus {Aconitum} (tribe {Hellebore}), all the             species of which are poisonous.          2. An extract or tincture obtained from {Aconitum napellus},             used as a poison and medicinally.          {Winter aconite}, a plant ({Eranthis hyemalis}) allied to the             aconites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eremitage \Er"e*mit*age\, n.       See {Hermitage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eremite \Er"e*mite\, n. [See {Hermit}.]       A hermit.                   Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite.   --Keats.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eremitic \Er`e*mit"ic\, Eremitical \Er`e*mit"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in       solitude. [bd]An eremitical life in the woods.[b8] --Fuller.       [bd]The eremitic instinct.[b8] --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eremitic \Er`e*mit"ic\, Eremitical \Er`e*mit"ic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in       solitude. [bd]An eremitical life in the woods.[b8] --Fuller.       [bd]The eremitic instinct.[b8] --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eremitish \Er"e*mi`tish\, a.       Eremitic. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eremitism \Er"e*mit*ism\, n.       The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social       life.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline             game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas},             {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family             {Tringid[91]}.          Note: The most important North American species are the                pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also                {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the                red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin                ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the                red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the                semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the                spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis                macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites                subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or                upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European                species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the                sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or]                Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler},                {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}.                Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called                sandpipers.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.          {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}.          {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. {Fly}, v.]       1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long,             conspicuous, or handsome feather.                         Wings . . . of many a colored plume.   --Milton.          2. (Zo[94]l.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.          3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a             waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling             feathers.                         His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden.          4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides             himself; a prize or reward. [bd]Ambitious to win from me             some plume.[b8] --Milton.          5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence             resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large             ornamental grasses.          {Plume bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird that yields ornamental             plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New             Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white             heron of Florida ({Ardea candidissima}).          {Plume grass}. (Bot)             (a) A kind of grass ({Erianthus saccharoides}) with the                   spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in                   swamps in the Southern United States.             (b) The still finer {E. Ravenn[91]} from the Mediterranean                   region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole                   genus.          {Plume moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small, slender             moths, belonging to the family {Pterophorid[91]}. Most of             them have the wings deeply divided into two or more             plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the             grapevine.          {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree             ({Atherosperma moschata}), whose numerous carpels are             tipped with long plumose persistent styles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erinite \Er"i*nite\, n. (Min.)       A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; --       so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eriometer \E`ri*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] wool + -meter.] (Opt.)       An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles       or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the       diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ermit \Er"mit\, n. [See {Hermit}.]       A hermit. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Errand \Er"rand\, n. [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS.       [91]rende, [91]rend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel.       eyrendi, [94]rendi, erendi, Sw. [84]rende, Dan. [91]rende;       perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. [94]rr, and to L. oriri       to rise, E. orient.]       A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be       told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a       verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an       errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going       anywhere.                   I have a secret errand to thee, O king.   --Judg. iii.                                                                               19.                   I will not eat till I have told mine errand. --Gen.                                                                               xxiv. 33.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Errant \Er"rant\, n.       One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Errant \Er"rant\, a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel,       LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L.       errare to err. See {Eyre}, and cf. {Arrant}, {Itinerant}.]       1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a             direct path; roving.                         Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of                      heaven.                                             --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.                         Would make me an errant fool.            --B. Jonson.          3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to             judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.             --Mozley & W.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Errantia \[d8]Er*ran"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. errare to       wander. See {Err}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A group of ch[91]topod annelids, including those that are not       confined to tubes. See {Ch[91]topoda}. [Written also       {Errantes}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Errantry \Er"rant*ry\, n.       1. A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of             adventures. --Addison.          2. The employment of a knight-errant. --Johnson.
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