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   ecobabble
         n 1: using the technical language of ecology to make the user
               seem ecologically aware

English Dictionary: ex vivo by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escape from
v
  1. get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
    Synonym(s): shake, shake off, throw off, escape from
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escape valve
n
  1. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
    Synonym(s): safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock, escape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escape velocity
n
  1. the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ex vivo
adv
  1. in an artificial environment outside the living organism; "an egg fertilized in vitro"
    Synonym(s): in vitro, ex vivo
adj
  1. in an artificial environment outside the living organism; "in vitro fertilization"
    Synonym(s): in vitro, ex vivo
    Antonym(s): in vivo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ex-boyfriend
n
  1. a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exbibit
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits
    Synonym(s): exbibit, Eibit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exbibyte
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
    Synonym(s): exabyte, exbibyte, EB, EiB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expiable
adj
  1. capable of being atoned for
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escapable \Es*cap"a*ble\, a.
      Avoidable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
      1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of
            avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil;
            flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also,
            the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
  
                     I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
                                                                              lv. 8.
  
      2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
            oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
  
                     I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
                     those former escapes.                        --Burton.
  
      3. A sally. [bd]Thousand escapes of wit.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
            custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
  
      Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
               breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
               from custody, escape being the permission of the
               departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
               negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
               some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
               by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
  
      5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
  
      6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
  
      7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
            wires, caused by defective insulation.
  
      {Escape pipe} (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
            that escapes through a safety valve.
  
      {Escape valve} (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
            valve. See under {Relief}, and {Safety}.
  
      {Escape wheel} (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
      1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of
            avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil;
            flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also,
            the means of escape; as, a fire escape.
  
                     I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
                                                                              lv. 8.
  
      2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
            oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
  
                     I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
                     those former escapes.                        --Burton.
  
      3. A sally. [bd]Thousand escapes of wit.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
            custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
  
      Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
               breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
               from custody, escape being the permission of the
               departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
               negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
               some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
               by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
  
      5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
  
      6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
  
      7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
            wires, caused by defective insulation.
  
      {Escape pipe} (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
            that escapes through a safety valve.
  
      {Escape valve} (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
            valve. See under {Relief}, and {Safety}.
  
      {Escape wheel} (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Expiable \Ex"pi*a*ble\, a. [See {Expiate}.]
      Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable
      offense; expiable guilt. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exuviability \Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty\, n.
      Capability of shedding the skin periodically. --Craig.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exuviable \Ex*u"vi*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. exuviable.]
      Capable of being cast off in the form of exuvi[91].

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Espyville, PA
      Zip code(s): 16424
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