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   eel
         n 1: the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh
               water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked
               or pickled
         2: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth
            slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical
            fin but no ventral fins

English Dictionary: el	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
EL n angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) Synonym(s): elevation, EL, altitude, ALT a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level Synonym(s): elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ELA n an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States Synonym(s): Revolutionary People's Struggle, ELA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elia n English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ell n an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elli n (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyehole n a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep Synonym(s): peephole, spyhole, eyehole a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar Synonym(s): eyelet, eyehole
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eale \Eale\, n. [See {Ale}.] Ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Electric \Elec"tric\, Electrical \Elec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. [82]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. [bd]Electric Pindar.[b8] --Mrs. Browning. {Electric atmosphere}, [or] {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}. {Electrical battery}. See {Battery}. {Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}. {Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}. {Electric candle}. See under {Candle}. {Electric cat} (Zo[94]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}. {Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}. {Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {eel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}. {Electrical fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}. {Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. {Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. {Electrical light}, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under {Carbon}. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {machine}, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. {Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2. {Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}. {Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. {Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. {Electric ray} (Zo[94]l.), the torpedo. {Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eel \Eel\, n. [AS. [?]l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. [be]ll, Sw. [86]l.] (Zo[94]l.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus {Anguilla}. The electrical eel is a species of {Gymnotus}. The so called {vinegar eel} is a minute nematode worm. See {Conger eel}, {Electric eel}, and {Gymnotus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Electric \Elec"tric\, Electrical \Elec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. [82]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. [bd]Electric Pindar.[b8] --Mrs. Browning. {Electric atmosphere}, [or] {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}. {Electrical battery}. See {Battery}. {Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}. {Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}. {Electric candle}. See under {Candle}. {Electric cat} (Zo[94]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}. {Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}. {Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {eel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}. {Electrical fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}. {Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. {Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. {Electrical light}, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under {Carbon}. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {machine}, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. {Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2. {Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}. {Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. {Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. {Electric ray} (Zo[94]l.), the torpedo. {Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eel \Eel\, n. [AS. [?]l; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. [be]ll, Sw. [86]l.] (Zo[94]l.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus {Anguilla}. The electrical eel is a species of {Gymnotus}. The so called {vinegar eel} is a minute nematode worm. See {Conger eel}, {Electric eel}, and {Gymnotus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
L \L\, a. 1. Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam. 2. Elevated; -- a symbol for {el.} as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad. -- n. An elevated road; as, to ride on the L. [Colloq., U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
E-la \E"-la`\, n. Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying. [bd]Why, this is above E-la![b8] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
L \L\ ([ecr]l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also {ell}.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also {ell}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ell \Ell\, n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. [?] elbow. Cf. {Elbow}, {Alnage}.] A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.) See {L}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
L \L\ ([ecr]l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also {ell}.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also {ell}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ell \Ell\, n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. [?] elbow. Cf. {Elbow}, {Alnage}.] A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.) See {L}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyehole \Eye"hole`\, n. A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eyle \Eyle\ ([amac]l) v. t. & i. To ail. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eloy, AZ (city, FIPS 22360) Location: 32.74504 N, 111.60651 W Population (1990): 7211 (2333 housing units) Area: 179.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85231
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ely, IA (city, FIPS 25365) Location: 41.87514 N, 91.58727 W Population (1990): 517 (203 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52227 Ely, MN (city, FIPS 19142) Location: 47.90566 N, 91.85060 W Population (1990): 3968 (1997 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55731 Ely, NV (city, FIPS 23500) Location: 39.24913 N, 114.87793 W Population (1990): 4756 (2098 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 89301
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eola, LA Zip code(s): 71322 Eola, TX Zip code(s): 76937
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eolia, KY Zip code(s): 40826 Eolia, MO (village, FIPS 22474) Location: 39.23987 N, 91.01115 W Population (1990): 389 (182 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63344
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ewell, MD Zip code(s): 21824
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
EOL /E-O-L/ n. [End Of Line] Syn. for {newline}, derived perhaps from the original CDC6600 Pascal. Now rare, but widely recognized and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under {BNF}. See also {EOF}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EL1 Extensible Language One. An extensible language by B. Wegbreit of Harvard ca 1974. EL1 is internally somewhat {Lisp}-like, but fully typed with {record}s and pointers. The external {syntax} is {ALGOL}-like and extensible, supporting user-defined {data structure}s, control structures and operations. The {parser} is table-driven, with a modifiable set of productions. Used as the basis for the {ECL} {operating system}. ["Studies in Extensible Programming Languages", B. Wegbreit, Garland. Pub 1980].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ELI 1. An early system on the {IBM 705} and {IBM 650}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. {Embedded Lisp Interpreter}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ELLA A hardware design language from DRA Malvern. Implemented in {ALGOL68-RS}. E-mail: . {SPARC version (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ELLA)}. ["ELLA 2000: A Language for Electronic System Design", J.D. Morison and A.S. Clarke, McGraw-Hill 1993].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ellie An {object-oriented} language with fine-grained {parallelism} for {distributed computing}. Ellie is based on {BETA}, {Smalltalk}, and others. Parallelism is supported by {unbounded RPC} and "{future}" {objects}. Synchronisation is by {dynamic interfaces}. {Classes}, {methods}, {blocks}, and {objects} are all modelled by {first-class} "Ellie objects". It supports {genericity}, {polymorphism}, and {delegation}/{inheritance}. {Home (http://www.diku.dk/ellie/papers/)}? ["Ellie Language Definition Report", Birger Andersen , SIGPLAN Notices 25(11):45-65, Nov 1990]. (2000-04-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EOL 1. {End Of Line}. 2. Expression Oriented Language. A low-level language for strings. Versions: EOL-1, EOL-2, EOL-3. ["EOL - A Symbol Manipulation Language", L. Lukaszewicz, Computer J 10(1):53 (May 1967)]. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EULA {end-user license agreement}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elah terebinth or oak. (1.) Valley of, where the Israelites were encamped when David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Shochoh of Judah and Azekah (17:1). It is the modern Wady es-Sunt, i.e., "valley of the acacia." "The terebinths from which the valley of Elah takes its name still cling to their ancient soil. On the west side of the valley, near Shochoh, there is a very large and ancient tree of this kind known as the 'terebinth of Wady Sur,' 55 feet in height, its trunk 17 feet in circumference, and the breadth of its shade no less than 75 feet. It marks the upper end of the Elah valley, and forms a noted object, being one of the largest terebinths in Palestine." Geikie's, The Holy Land, etc. (2.) One of the Edomite chiefs or "dukes" of Mount Seir (Gen. 36:41). (3.) The second of the three sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh (1 Chr. 4:15). (4.) The son and successor of Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). He was killed while drunk by Zimri, one of the captains of his chariots, and was the last king of the line of Baasha. Thus was fullfilled the prophecy of Jehu (6, 7, 11-14). (5.) The father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel (2 Kings 15:30; 17:1).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Eli ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh (1 Sam. 1:3, 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron's fourth son (1 Chr. 24:3; comp. 2 Sam. 8:17), who held that office. The office remained in his family till the time of Abiathar (1 Kings 2:26, 27), whom Solomon deposed, and appointed Zadok, of the family of Eleazar, in his stead (35). He acted also as a civil judge in Israel after the death of Samson (1 Sam. 4:18), and judged Israel for forty years. His sons Hophni and Phinehas grossly misconducted themselves, to the great disgust of the people (1 Sam. 2:27-36). They were licentious reprobates. He failed to reprove them so sternly as he ought to have done, and so brought upon his house the judgment of God (2:22-33; 3:18). The Israelites proclaimed war against the Philistines, whose army was encamped at Aphek. The battle, fought a short way beyond Mizpeh, ended in the total defeat of Israel. Four thousand of them fell in "battle array". They now sought safety in having the "ark of the covenant of the Lord" among them. They fetched it from Shiloh, and Hophni and Phinehas accompanied it. This was the first time since the settlement of Israel in Canaan that the ark had been removed from the sanctuary. The Philistines put themselves again in array against Israel, and in the battle which ensued "Israel was smitten, and there was a very great slaughter." The tidings of this great disaster were speedily conveyed to Shiloh, about 20 miles distant, by a messenger, a Benjamite from the army. There Eli sat outside the gate of the sanctuary by the wayside, anxiously waiting for tidings from the battle-field. The full extent of the national calamity was speedily made known to him: "Israel is fled before the Philistines, there has also been a great slaughter among the people, thy two sons Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the ark of God is taken" (1 Sam. 4:12-18). When the old man, whose eyes were "stiffened" (i.e., fixed, as of a blind eye unaffected by the light) with age, heard this sad story of woe, he fell backward from off his seat and died, being ninety and eight years old. (See {ITHAMAR}.) Eli, Heb. eli, "my God", (Matt. 27:46), an exclamation used by Christ on the cross. Mark (15:34), as usual, gives the original Aramaic form of the word, Eloi.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elihu whose God is he. (1.) "The son of Barachel, a Buzite" (Job 32:2), one of Job's friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opinion on the points at issue (Job 32-37). (2.) The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam. 1:1). He is called also Eliel (1 Chr. 6:34) and Eliab (6:27). (3.) One of the captains of thousands of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20). (4.) One of the family of Obed-edom, who were appointed porters of the temple under David (1 Chr. 26:7).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elah, an oak; a curse; perjury
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eli, Eli, my God, my God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eli, the offering or lifting up
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eliah, God the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elihu,he is my God himself
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Elohi, Elohim, God