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   eelblenny
         n 1: eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters

English Dictionary: Elavil by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elavil
n
  1. a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications
    Synonym(s): amitriptyline, amitriptyline hydrochloride, Elavil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elflike
adj
  1. small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
    Synonym(s): elfin, elflike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elf \Elf\ ([ecr]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([ecr]lvz). [AS. [91]lf,
      ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel.
      [amac]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [rsdot]bhu skillful,
      artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.]
      1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite,
            much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit,
            supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally
            represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
  
                     Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird
                     from brier.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
  
      {Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English
            rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric
            make in the fields and formerly attributed them to
            fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf
            shot}.
  
      {Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of
            one they had stolen. See {Changeling}.
  
      {Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
  
      {Elf owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of
            Southern California and Arizona.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elf \Elf\ ([ecr]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([ecr]lvz). [AS. [91]lf,
      ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel.
      [amac]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [rsdot]bhu skillful,
      artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.]
      1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite,
            much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit,
            supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally
            represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
  
                     Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird
                     from brier.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
  
      {Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English
            rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric
            make in the fields and formerly attributed them to
            fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf
            shot}.
  
      {Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of
            one they had stolen. See {Changeling}.
  
      {Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
  
      {Elf owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of
            Southern California and Arizona.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elfland \Elf"land`\, n.
      Fairyland. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elflock \Elf"lock`\, n.
      Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   92olipile \[92]*ol"i*pile\, 92olipyle \[92]*ol"i*pyle\, n. [L.
      aeolipilae; Aeolus god of the winds + pila a ball, or Gr. [?]
      gate (i. e., doorway of [92]olus); cf. F. [82]olipyle.]
      An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a
      globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes,
      through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing
      it to revolve. [Written also {eolipile}.]
  
      Note: Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of
               Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been
               called the first steam engine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eolipile \E*ol"i*pile\, n. [Cf. F. [82]olipyle.]
      Same as {[92]olipile}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   92olipile \[92]*ol"i*pile\, 92olipyle \[92]*ol"i*pyle\, n. [L.
      aeolipilae; Aeolus god of the winds + pila a ball, or Gr. [?]
      gate (i. e., doorway of [92]olus); cf. F. [82]olipyle.]
      An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a
      globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes,
      through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing
      it to revolve. [Written also {eolipile}.]
  
      Note: Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of
               Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been
               called the first steam engine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eolipile \E*ol"i*pile\, n. [Cf. F. [82]olipyle.]
      Same as {[92]olipile}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Elbow Lake, MN (city, FIPS 18458)
      Location: 45.99178 N, 95.97735 W
      Population (1990): 1186 (580 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56531

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ellabell, GA
      Zip code(s): 31308

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ellaville, GA (city, FIPS 26980)
      Location: 32.23763 N, 84.30970 W
      Population (1990): 1724 (716 housing units)
      Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31806

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eliphalet
      God his deliverance, one of David's sons (2 Sam. 5:16); called
      also Eliphelet (1 Chr. 3:8).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Elipheleh
      God will distinguish him, one of the porters appointed to play
      "on the Sheminith" on the occasion of the bringing up of the ark
      to the city of David (1 Chr. 15:18, 21).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eliphelet
      God his deliverance. (1.) One of David's distinguished warriors
      (2 Sam. 23:34); called also Eliphal in 1 Chr. 11:35.
     
         (2.) One of the sons of David born at Jerusalem (1 Chr. 3:6;
      14:5); called Elpalet in 1 Chr. 14:5. Also another of David's
      sons (1 Chr. 3:8); called Eliphalet in 2 Sam. 5:16; 1 Chr. 14:7.
     
         (3.) A descendant of king Saul through Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:39).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eliphal, a miracle of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eliphalet, the God of deliverance
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Elpaal, God's work
  

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