easy going
         n 1: easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem
               the rest was plain sailing" [syn: {plain sailing}, {clear
               sailing}, {easy going}]

English Dictionary: exciseman	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
easygoing adj not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace" Synonym(s): easy, easygoing, leisurely not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job" Synonym(s): cushy, soft, easygoing relaxed and informal in attitude or standards; "an easygoing teacher who allowed extra time for assignments"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
easygoingness n being without worry or concern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echo chamber n an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echo sounder n a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee" Synonym(s): sonar, echo sounder, asdic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echo sounding n determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it Synonym(s): echolocation, echo sounding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egocentric adj limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs Synonym(s): egoistic, egoistical, egocentric, self-centered, self-centred Antonym(s): altruistic, selfless n a self-centered person with little regard for others [syn: egocentric, egoist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egocentrism n concern for your own interests and welfare [syn: egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self- centeredness] Antonym(s): altruism, selflessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egoism n (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality concern for your own interests and welfare Synonym(s): egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self- centeredness Antonym(s): altruism, selflessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Equus hemionus n Asiatic wild ass Synonym(s): onager, Equus hemionus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Equus hemionus hemionus n Mongolian wild ass [syn: chigetai, dziggetai, {Equus hemionus hemionus}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Equus kiang n wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia [syn: kiang, {Equus kiang}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esox americanus n small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states [syn: redfin pickerel, barred pickerel, Esox americanus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esox masquinongy n large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America [syn: muskellunge, Esox masquinongy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esox niger n common in quiet waters of eastern United States [syn: chain pickerel, chain pike, Esox niger]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Exacum n genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets Synonym(s): Exacum, genus Exacum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Exacum affine n perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers Synonym(s): Persian violet, Exacum affine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exciseman n someone who collects taxes for the government [syn: {tax collector}, taxman, exciseman, collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excision n the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" Synonym(s): deletion, excision, cut surgical removal of a body part or tissue Synonym(s): ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society Synonym(s): excommunication, excision the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence Synonym(s): extirpation, excision, deracination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exigency n a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency" a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" Synonym(s): emergency, exigency, pinch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exigent adj demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" Synonym(s): clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" Synonym(s): exigent, exacting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exocentric adj not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents; "when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction" Antonym(s): endocentric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogamic adj characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related Synonym(s): exogamous, exogamic Antonym(s): autogamic, autogamous, endogamic, endogamous pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe Synonym(s): exogamous, exogamic Antonym(s): endogamic, endogamous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogamous adj characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related Synonym(s): exogamous, exogamic Antonym(s): autogamic, autogamous, endogamic, endogamous pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe Synonym(s): exogamous, exogamic Antonym(s): endogamic, endogamous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogamy n marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law Synonym(s): exogamy, intermarriage Antonym(s): endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogen n flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside Synonym(s): dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogenic adj derived or originating externally [syn: exogenous, exogenic] Antonym(s): endogenic, endogenous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogenous adj derived or originating externally [syn: exogenous, exogenic] Antonym(s): endogenic, endogenous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogenous depression n an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief) Synonym(s): exogenous depression, reactive depression
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exogenous obesity n obesity caused by overeating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eucalyptus \[d8]Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from GR. [?] well,       good + [?] covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a       hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at       anthesis.] (Bot.)       A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them       grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the       height even of the California Sequoia.          Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned                toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums,                whence they called {gum trees}, and their timber is of                great value. {Eucalyptus Globulus} is the blue gum; {E.                gigantea}, the stringy bark: {E. amygdalina}, the                peppermint tree. {E. Gunnii}, the Tasmanian cider tree,                yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark                in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids,                dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in                Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman                Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting                groves of these trees.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Easy-going \Eas"y-go`ing\, a.       Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egoism \E"go*ism\, n. [F. [82]go[8b]sme, fr. L. -ego I. See {I},       and cf. {Egotism}.]       1. (Philos.) The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or             disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which             finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the             relations which it implies or provides for.          2. Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding             one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness;             -- opposed to altruism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eikosane \Ei"ko*sane\, n. [Gr. e'i`kosi.] (Chem.)       A solid hydrocarbon, {C20H42}, of the paraffine series, of       artificial production, and also probably occurring in       petroleum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equisonance \E*quis"o*nance\, n. [Equi- + L. sonans, p. pr. of       sonare to sound: cf. F. [82]quisonnance. See {Sonant}.]       (Mus.)       An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its       octaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equisonant \E*quis"o*nant\a.       Of the same or like sound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escocheon \Es*coch"eon\, n.       Escutcheon. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A large American pike ({Esox nobilitor}) found in the Great       Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence       River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also       {maskallonge}, {maskinonge}, {muskallonge}, {muskellonge},       and {muskelunjeh}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Essoin \Es*soin"\[or] Essoign \Es*soign\, n. [OF. essoine,       essoigne, F. exoine, L. essonia, exonia; pref. ex- (L. ex       from) + sunnis, sunnia, sonia, hindrance, excuse. Cf. Icel.       syn refusal, synja to deny, refuse, Goth. sunja truth,       sunj[omac]n to justify, OS. sunnea impediment, OHG. sunna.]       1. (Eng. Law) An excuse for not appearing in court at the             return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the             court.          2. Excuse; exemption. [Obs.]                         From every work he challenged essoin. --Spenser.          {Essoin day} (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the             term, on which the court sits to receive essoins.             --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exacinate \Ex*ac"i*nate\, v. t. [L. ex out + acinus kernel.]       To remove the kernel form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exacination \Ex*ac`i*na"tion\, n.       Removal of the kernel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exciseman \Ex*cise"man\, n.; pl. {Excisemen}.       An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise       duty. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exciseman \Ex*cise"man\, n.; pl. {Excisemen}.       An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise       duty. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excise \Ex*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excised}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Excising}.]       1. To lay or impose an excise upon.          2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excision \Ex*ci"sion\, n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See       {Excide}.]       1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation;             destruction.                         Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on                      those nations that have . . . grown ripe for                      excision.                                          --Atterbury.          2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church;             excommunication.          3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a             cutting instrument. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excusement \Ex*cuse"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. excusement.]       Excuse. [Obs.] --Gower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excuse \Ex*cuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excused}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Excusing}.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F.       excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to       plead. See {Cause}.]       1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or             blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to             justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve;             to acquit.                         A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not                      excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really                      and indeed it be against Gog's law.   --Abp. Sharp.          2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to             be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse             irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear             to justify it.                         I must excuse what can not be amended. --Shak.          3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to             overlook; to pardon.                         And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No                      whiter page than Addison remains.      --Pope.          4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to             disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to             remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.                         I pray thee have me excused.               --xiv. 19.          5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make             apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or             indulgence for.                         Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? --2 Cor.                                                                               xii. 19.          Syn: To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit.          Usage: - {To Pardon}, {Excuse}, {Forgive}. A superior pardons                   as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or                   an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave                   offence, as one against law or morals, may be                   pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social                   or conventional obligations, slight omissions or                   neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses                   against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to                   forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon                   grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an                   act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon                   is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of                   excuse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excussion \Ex*cus"sion\, n. [L. excussio a shaking down; LL., a       threshing of corn: cf. F. excussion.]       The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exesion \Ex*e"sion\, n. [L. exedere, exesum, to eat up; ex out +       edere to eat.]       The act of eating out or through. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigence \Ex"i*gence\, n. [F.]       Exigency. --Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigency \Ex"i*gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia:       cf. F. exigence.]       The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing       necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate       action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.       [bd]The present exigency of his affairs.[b8] --Ludlow.          Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency;                necessity; crisis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigency \Ex"i*gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia:       cf. F. exigence.]       The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing       necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate       action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.       [bd]The present exigency of his affairs.[b8] --Ludlow.          Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency;                necessity; crisis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigendary \Ex`i*gen"da*ry\, n.       See {Exigenter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigent \Ex`i*gent\, a. [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere       to drive out or forth, require, exact. See {Exact}.]       Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing;       critical. [bd]At this exigent moment.[b8] --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigent \Ex"i*gent\, n.       1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]                         Why do you cross me in this exigent?   --Shak.          2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before             outlawry. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigenter \Ex"i*gent*er\, n. (O. Eng. Law)       An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas       whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now       abolished. --Cowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exogamous \Ex*og"a*mous\, a. [Exo- + Gr. [?] marriage.]       Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's       own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exogamy \Ex*og"a*my\, n.       The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between       members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; --       opposed to endogamy. --Lubbock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exogen \Ex"o*gen\, n. [Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exog[8a]ne.] (Bot.)       A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable       kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c       wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the       other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition       of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves       are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is       two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. {Endogen}.       --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exogenetic \Ex`o*ge*net"ic\, a. (Biol.)       Arising or growing from without; exogenous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exogenous \Ex*og"e*nous\, a.       1. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an             exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.          2. (Biol.) Growing by addition to the exterior.          3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed             to {autogenous}. --Owen.          {Exogenous aneurism} (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by             causes acting from without, as from injury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exogenous \Ex*og"e*nous\, a.       1. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an             exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.          2. (Biol.) Growing by addition to the exterior.          3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed             to {autogenous}. --Owen.          {Exogenous aneurism} (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by             causes acting from without, as from injury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from       Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]       (Med.)       The tubers of the Mexican plant {Ipom[d2]a purga} (or       {Exogonium purga}), a climber much like the morning-glory.       The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers,       are well known purgative medicines. Other species of       Ipom[d2]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the {I.       Orizabensis}, and {I. tuberosa}.          {False jalap}, the root of {Mirabilis Jalapa}, four-o'clock,             or marvel of Peru.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exosmose \Ex"os*mose`\, n. [Exo+osmose: cf. F. ezosmose.]       (Physics)       The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or       porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose;       -- opposed to endosmose. See {Osmose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exosmotic \Ex`os*mot`ic\, a.       Pertaining to exosmose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exsiccant \Ex*sic"cant\, a. [L. exsiccans, p. pr. of exsiccare.       See {Exsiccate}.]       Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. -- n.       (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Essex County, MA (county, FIPS 9)       Location: 42.64285 N, 70.87365 W       Population (1990): 670080 (271977 housing units)       Area: 1290.0 sq km (land), 856.3 sq km (water)    Essex County, NJ (county, FIPS 13)       Location: 40.78730 N, 74.24631 W       Population (1990): 778206 (298710 housing units)       Area: 327.1 sq km (land), 8.6 sq km (water)    Essex County, NY (county, FIPS 31)       Location: 44.11310 N, 73.76796 W       Population (1990): 37152 (21493 housing units)       Area: 4654.1 sq km (land), 309.9 sq km (water)    Essex County, VA (county, FIPS 57)       Location: 37.94441 N, 76.95143 W       Population (1990): 8689 (4073 housing units)       Area: 667.7 sq km (land), 72.9 sq km (water)    Essex County, VT (county, FIPS 9)       Location: 44.73185 N, 71.72060 W       Population (1990): 6405 (4403 housing units)       Area: 1723.1 sq km (land), 22.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Essex Junction, VT (village, FIPS 24400)       Location: 44.49035 N, 73.11240 W       Population (1990): 8396 (3375 housing units)       Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 05452
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
echo cancellation          A process which removes unwanted echoes from the signal on a       telephone line.   Echoes are usually caused by impedance       mismatches along an analogue line.