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   echelon
         n 1: a body of troops arranged in a line
         2: a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal
            thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset

English Dictionary: exclaim by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eclampsia
n
  1. a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy
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egg laying
n
  1. the production of eggs (especially in birds) [syn: laying, egg laying]
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egg-laying mammal
n
  1. the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
    Synonym(s): monotreme, egg-laying mammal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eglantine
n
  1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
    Synonym(s): sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esselen
n
  1. a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey
  2. the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
euglena
n
  1. minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euglenaceae
n
  1. considered green algae [syn: Euglenaceae, {family Euglenaceae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
euglenid
n
  1. marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
    Synonym(s): euglenoid, euglenophyte, euglenid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
euglenoid
n
  1. marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
    Synonym(s): euglenoid, euglenophyte, euglenid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euglenophyceae
n
  1. coextensive with the division Euglenophyta [syn: Euglenophyceae, class Euglenophyceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euglenophyta
n
  1. free-swimming flagellate algae [syn: Euglenophyta, division Euglenophyta]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
euglenophyte
n
  1. marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
    Synonym(s): euglenoid, euglenophyte, euglenid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excellence
n
  1. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
  2. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
    Synonym(s): excellence, excellency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Excellency
n
  1. a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'; "Your Excellency"
  2. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
    Synonym(s): excellence, excellency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excellent
adj
  1. very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first- class mind"
    Synonym(s): excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excellently
adv
  1. extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously"
    Synonym(s): excellently, magnificently, splendidly, famously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclaim
v
  1. utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
    Synonym(s): exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout
  2. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
    Synonym(s): proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclaiming
n
  1. an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
    Synonym(s): exclamation, exclaiming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclamation
n
  1. an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
    Synonym(s): exclamation, exclaiming
  2. a loud complaint or protest or reproach
  3. an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
    Synonym(s): ecphonesis, exclamation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclamation mark
n
  1. a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation [syn: exclamation mark, exclamation point]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclamation point
n
  1. a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation [syn: exclamation mark, exclamation point]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclamatory
adj
  1. sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: emphatic, exclamatory]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eye clinic
n
  1. a clinic where specialist care for a patient's eyes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eagle-winged \Ea"gle-winged`\, a.
      Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an
      eagle. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Echelon \Ech"e*lon\ ([ecr]sh"[eit]*l[ocr]n), n. [F., fr.
      [82]chelle ladder, fr. L. scala.]
      1. (Mil.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its
            divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right
            or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of
            a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively;
            as, echelon distance. --Upton (Tactics).
  
      2. (Naval) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V
            formation. --Encyc. Dict.
  
      {Echelon lens} (Optics), a large lens constructed in several
            parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular
            rings beyond the central lens; -- used in lighthouses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Echelon \Ech"e*lon\, v. t. (Mil.)
      To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in
      echelon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Echelon \Ech"e*lon\, v. i.
      To take position in echelon.
  
               Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from
               the right.                                             --Upton
                                                                              (Tactics).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Echelon \Ech"e*lon\ ([ecr]sh"[eit]*l[ocr]n), n. [F., fr.
      [82]chelle ladder, fr. L. scala.]
      1. (Mil.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its
            divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right
            or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of
            a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively;
            as, echelon distance. --Upton (Tactics).
  
      2. (Naval) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V
            formation. --Encyc. Dict.
  
      {Echelon lens} (Optics), a large lens constructed in several
            parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular
            rings beyond the central lens; -- used in lighthouses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See
      {Trump} a trumpet.]
      1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in
            war and military exercises, and of great value in the
            orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved
            (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a
            bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the
            first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets
            capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every
            tone within their compass, although at the expense of the
            true ringing quality of tone.
  
                     The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon.
  
      3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the
            instrument of propagating it. --Shak.
  
                     That great politician was pleased to have the
                     greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet
                     of his praises.                                 --Dryden.
  
      4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide
            or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
  
      {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}.
  
      {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis})
            of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem,
            enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of
            trumpet, and is used for many purposes.
  
      {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate
            sounds with increased force.
  
      {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to
            Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is
            trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}.
  
      {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.]
  
      {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton.
  
      {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma
            radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped
            flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England
            {trumpet ash}.
  
      {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The bellows fish.
            (b) The fistularia.
  
      {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.)
            (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.
            (b) The trumpet honeysuckle.
            (c) A West Indian name for several plants with
                  trumpet-shaped flowers.
  
      {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly.
  
      {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera
            sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers;
            -- called also {trumpet flower}.
  
      {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
            {Sarracenia}.
  
      {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or
            regiment.
  
      {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string,
            sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to
            produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed
            instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others.
            It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance
            to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian
            vessels, which is of the same length and tapering
            shape.[b8] --Grove.
  
      {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine
            univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See
            {Triton}, 2.
  
      {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eglandulose \E*glan"du*lose`\ (?; 135), Eglandulous
   \E*glan"du*lous\, a. [Pref. e- + glandulose, glandulosus.]
      Destitute of glands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eglandulose \E*glan"du*lose`\ (?; 135), Eglandulous
   \E*glan"du*lous\, a. [Pref. e- + glandulose, glandulosus.]
      Destitute of glands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eglatere \Eg"la*tere\, n.
      Eglantine. [Obs. or R.] [Written also {eglantere}.]
      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eglantine \Eg"lan*tine\, n. [F. [82]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent
      brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of
      L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.)
      (a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant
            foliage and flowers of various colors.
      (b) The sweetbrier ({R. rubiginosa}).
  
      Note: Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to
               some twinning plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.
  
                        Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the
                        twisted eglantine.                        --L'Allegro,
                                                                              47.
               [bd]In our early writers and in Gerarde and the
               herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.[b8]
               --Dr. Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Egling \Eg"ling\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European perch when two years old. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eglomerate \E*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [Pref. e- + glomerate.]
      To unwind, as a thread from a ball. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ekaluminium \Ek*al`u*min"i*um\, n. [Skr. [emac]ka one + E.
      aluminium.] (Chem.)
      The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered
      and called {gallium}. See {Gallium}, and cf. {Ekabor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.]
      1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the
            same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to
            be commen[?]urate with.
  
                     On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak.
  
      2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
  
                     Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her
                     love.                                                --Dryden.
  
      3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare
            or regard as equals; to put on equality.
  
                     He would not equal the mind that he found in himself
                     to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.]
      1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the
            same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to
            be commen[?]urate with.
  
                     On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak.
  
      2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
  
                     Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her
                     love.                                                --Dryden.
  
      3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare
            or regard as equals; to put on equality.
  
                     He would not equal the mind that he found in himself
                     to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equalness \E"qual*ness\, n.
      Equality; evenness. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, a. [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr.
      esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See {Eat}.]
      Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as,
      esculent plants; esculent fish.
  
               Esculent grain for food.                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Jones.
  
      {Esculent swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the swallow which makes the
            edible bird's-nest. See {Edible bird's-nest}, under
            {Edible}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, n.
      Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely
      eaten by man.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, a. [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr.
      esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See {Eat}.]
      Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as,
      esculent plants; esculent fish.
  
               Esculent grain for food.                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Jones.
  
      {Esculent swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the swallow which makes the
            edible bird's-nest. See {Edible bird's-nest}, under
            {Edible}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taro \Ta"ro\, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.)
      A name for several aroid plants ({Colocasia antiquorum}, var.
      {esculenta}, {Colocasia macrorhiza}, etc.), and their
      rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large
      fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in
      tropical countries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Esculin \Es*cu"lin\, n. [See {Esculic}.] (Chem.)
      A glucoside obtained from the {[92]sculus hippocastanum}, or
      horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue
      fluorescent solutions. [Written also {[91]sculin}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Esloin \Es*loin"\, v. t. [See {Eloign}.]
      To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.
      [Obs.]
  
               From worldly cares he did himself esloin. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eucalyn \Eu"ca*lyn\ ([umac]"k[adot]*l[icr]n), n. (Chem.)
      An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup
      by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a
      Tasmanian {eucalyptus}, -- whence its name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teosinte \Te`o*sin"te\, n. (Bot.)
      A large grass ({Euchl[91]na luxurians}) closely related to
      maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now
      cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in
      many warm countries. Called also {Guatemala grass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaled}, p. pr. & vb.
      n.. {Exaling}.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe;
      cf.F. exhaler. Cf. {Inhale}.]
      1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as
            an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor;
            marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
  
                     Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum
            exhales the moisture of the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
      1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
            qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
            in virtue.
  
                     Consider first that great Or bright infers not
                     excellence.                                       --Milton.
  
      2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
            excels or is eminent; a virtue.
  
                     With every excellence refined.            --Beattie.
  
      3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
            excellency.
  
                     I do greet your excellence With letters of
                     commission from the king.                  --Shak.
  
      Syn: Superiority; pre[89]minence; perfection; worth;
               goodness; purity; greatness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. {Excellencies}.
      1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
  
                     His excellency is over Israel.            --Ps. lxviii.
                                                                              34.
  
                     Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
            to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
            colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
            to kings and princes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. {Excellencies}.
      1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
  
                     His excellency is over Israel.            --Ps. lxviii.
                                                                              34.
  
                     Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
            to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
            colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
            to kings and princes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excellent \Ex"cel*lent\, a. [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis,
      p. pr. of excellere. See {Excel}.]
      1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the
            sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good
            sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen,
            husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding,
            principles, aims, action.
  
                     To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality;
            -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or
            Ironical] [bd]An excellent hypocrite.[b8] --Hume.
  
                     Their sorrows are most excellent.      --Beau. & Fl.
  
      Syn: Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite;
               transcendent; admirable; worthy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excellent \Ex"cel*lent\, adv.
      Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] [bd]This comes
      off well and excellent.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excellently \Ex"cel*lent*ly\, adv.
      1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.
  
      2. In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not
            implying worthiness. [Obs.]
  
                     When the whole heart is excellently sorry. --J.
                                                                              Fletcher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
      in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate},
      {Column}.]
      1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
            deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
  
                     Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater
                     still, must these excel.                     --Prior.
  
                     I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
                     excelleth darkness.                           --Eccl. ii.
                                                                              13.
  
      2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
  
                     She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the
                     gates wide open stood.                        --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclaim \Ex*claim"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Exclaimed}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Exclaiming}.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex +
      clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See {Clam}.]
      To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with
      vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest
      vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against
      oppression with wonder or astonishment; [bd]The field is
      won![b8] he exclaimed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclaim \Ex*claim"\, n.
      Outcry; clamor. [Archaic]
  
               Cursing cries and deep exclaims.            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclaim \Ex*claim"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Exclaimed}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Exclaiming}.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex +
      clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See {Clam}.]
      To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with
      vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest
      vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against
      oppression with wonder or astonishment; [bd]The field is
      won![b8] he exclaimed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclaimer \Ex*claim"er\, n.
      One who exclaims.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclaim \Ex*claim"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Exclaimed}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Exclaiming}.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex +
      clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See {Clam}.]
      To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with
      vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest
      vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against
      oppression with wonder or astonishment; [bd]The field is
      won![b8] he exclaimed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclamation \Ex`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F.
      exclamation.]
      1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic
            utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is
            cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression
            of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise,
            pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  
                     Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker.
  
                     Thus will I drown your exclamations.   --Shak.
  
                     A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.
                                                                              --Trench.
  
      2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word
            expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
  
      3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic
            utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also {exclamation
            point}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Admiration \Ad`mi*ra"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. admiratio. See
      {Admire}.]
      1. Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.]
  
                     Season your admiration for a while.   --Shak.
  
      2. Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion
            excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or
            high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a
            landscape, of virtue.
  
      3. Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or
            pleased surprise; a prodigy.
  
                     Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration. --Shak.
  
      {Note of admiration}, the mark (!), called also {exclamation
            point}.
  
      Syn: Wonder; approval; appreciation; adoration; reverence;
               worship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclamation \Ex`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F.
      exclamation.]
      1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic
            utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is
            cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression
            of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise,
            pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  
                     Exclamations against abuses in the church. --Hooker.
  
                     Thus will I drown your exclamations.   --Shak.
  
                     A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.
                                                                              --Trench.
  
      2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word
            expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
  
      3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic
            utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also {exclamation
            point}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclamative \Ex*clam"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. exclamatif.]
      Exclamatory. --Earle. -- {Ex*clam"a*tive*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclamative \Ex*clam"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. exclamatif.]
      Exclamatory. --Earle. -- {Ex*clam"a*tive*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclamatory \Ex*clam"a*to*ry\, a.
      Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an
      exclamatory phrase or speaker. --South. --
      {Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exclamatory \Ex*clam"a*to*ry\, a.
      Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an
      exclamatory phrase or speaker. --South. --
      {Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhalant \Ex*hal"ant\, a. [Cf. F. exhalant.]
      Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhalement \Ex*hale"ment\, n.
      Exhalation. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exhalence \Ex*hal"ence\, n.
      Exhalation. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exilement \Ex"ile*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. exilement.]
      Banishment. [R.] --Sir. H. Wotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exile \Ex"ile\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Exiling}.]
      To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive
      away. [bd]Exiled from eternal God.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
               Calling home our exiled friends abroad.   --Shak.
  
      Syn: See {Banish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Exsiliency \Ex*sil"i*en*cy\ (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping
      out, p. pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.]
      A leaping out. [R.] --Latham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyeglance \Eye"glance`\, n.
      A glance of eye.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eagle Mountain, CA
      Zip code(s): 92239
   Eagle Mountain, TX (CDP, FIPS 21856)
      Location: 32.89344 N, 97.44427 W
      Population (1990): 5847 (2306 housing units)
      Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eagle Nest, NM (village, FIPS 22020)
      Location: 36.55297 N, 105.26078 W
      Population (1990): 189 (157 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 87718

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Egeland, ND (city, FIPS 22540)
      Location: 48.62801 N, 99.09763 W
      Population (1990): 103 (51 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58331

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eglin A F B, FL
      Zip code(s): 32542

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eglin AFB, FL (CDP, FIPS 20050)
      Location: 30.46042 N, 86.54993 W
      Population (1990): 8347 (2363 housing units)
      Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eglon, WV
      Zip code(s): 26716

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Escalante, UT (town, FIPS 23750)
      Location: 37.76488 N, 111.60077 W
      Population (1990): 818 (357 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84726

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Escalon, CA (city, FIPS 22790)
      Location: 37.78949 N, 120.99622 W
      Population (1990): 4437 (1640 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95320

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Exeland, WI (village, FIPS 24700)
      Location: 45.66796 N, 91.24019 W
      Population (1990): 180 (111 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54835

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Exline, IA (city, FIPS 26310)
      Location: 40.64883 N, 92.84168 W
      Population (1990): 187 (87 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52555

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Ecole Normale Superieure
  
      (ENS) A higher education and research institution in
      Paris, France.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Excelan
  
      Manufacturers of intelligent {Ethernet} cards.   Software and
      addresses are down-loadable.   The cards have their own {RAM}
      for buffers.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   exclamation mark
  
      The character "!" with {ASCII} code 33.
  
      Common names: {bang}; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; {ITU-T}:
      exclamation mark, exclamation point (US).   Rare: {factorial};
      exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka;
      soldier; {INTERCAL}: spark-spot.
  
      The {Commonwealth Hackish}, "pling", is common among {Acorn
      Archimedes} owners.   {Bang} is more common in the USA.
  
      The occasional {CMU} usage, "shriek", is also used by {APL}
      fans and mathematicians, especially {category} theorists.
  
      Exclamation mark is used in {C} and elsewhere as the logical
      negation {operation} ({NOT}).
  
      (1998-09-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   exclamation point
  
      {exclamation mark}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eglaim
      two ponds, (Isa. 15:8), probably En-eglaim of Ezek. 47:10.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eglon
      the bullock; place of heifers. (1.) Chieftain or king of one of
      the Moabite tribes (Judg. 3:12-14). Having entered into an
      alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the trans-Jordanic
      region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on Jericho, the
      "city of palm trees," which had been by this time rebuilt, but
      not as a fortress. He made this city his capital, and kept
      Israel in subjection for eighteen years. The people at length
      "cried unto the Lord" in their distress, and he "raised them up
      a deliverer" in Ehud (q.v.), the son of Gera, a Benjamite.
     
         (2.) A city in Judah, near Lachish (Josh. 15:39). It was
      destroyed by Joshua (10:5, 6). It has been identified with Tell
      Nejileh, 6 miles south of Tell Hesy or Ajlan, north-west of
      Lachish. (See {LACHISH}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eglaim, drops of the sea
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eglon, same as Eglah
  
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