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   E-bomb
         n 1: a bomb that explodes in midair and releases a massive burst
               of electromagnetic energy sufficient to disable computers
               and telecommunications without killing people or damaging
               buildings [syn: {microwave bomb}, {E-bomb}]

English Dictionary: evenfall by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ebony family
n
  1. fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
    Synonym(s): Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epanaphora
n
  1. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
    Synonym(s): epanaphora, anaphora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Epinephelus
n
  1. genus of groupers or sea bass [syn: Epinephelus, {genus Epinephelus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Epinephelus adscensionis
n
  1. found around rocky coasts or on reefs [syn: rock hind, Epinephelus adscensionis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Epinephelus fulvus
n
  1. black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
    Synonym(s): coney, Epinephelus fulvus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epinephrin
n
  1. a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
    Synonym(s): epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epinephrine
n
  1. a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
    Synonym(s): epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euopean hoopoe
n
  1. pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings [syn: Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
even off
v
  1. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    Synonym(s): compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
even up
v
  1. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    Synonym(s): compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
  2. even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
    Synonym(s): square up, jog, even up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
even-pinnate
adj
  1. (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
    Synonym(s): even-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
even-pinnate leaf
n
  1. a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex [syn: even-pinnate leaf, abruptly-pinnate leaf]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evenfall
n
  1. the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
    Synonym(s): twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Effumability \Ef*fu`ma*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.]
      --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cony \Co"ny\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF.
      connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
      an Hispanic word.] [Written also {coney}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus
                  cuniculus}).
            (b) The chief hare.
  
      Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax
               Syriacus}, called also {daman}, and {cherogril}. See
               {Daman}.
  
      2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
  
                     It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
                     usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
                                                                              Dinner (1599).
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus
                  apua}); the hind of Bermuda.
            (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mero \[d8]Me"ro\, n. [Sp.; cf. Pg. mero.]
      Any of several large groupers of warm seas, esp. the guasa
      ({Epinephelus guaza}), the red grouper ({E. morio}), the
      black grouper ({E. nigritas}), distinguished as

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warsaw \War"saw\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The black grouper ({Epinephelus nigritus}) of the
            southern coasts of the United States.
      (b) The jewfish; -- called also {guasa}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butterfish \But"ter*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to
      their slippery coating of mucus, as the {Stromateus
      triacanthus} of the Atlantic coast, the {Epinephelus
      punctatus} of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the
      kelpfish of New Zealand.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evenfall \E"ven*fall`\, n.
      Beginning of evening. [bd]At the quiet evenfall.[b8]
      --Tennyson.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   EBNF
  
      {Extended Backus-Naur Form}.
  
  
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