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   enema
         n 1: an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate
               evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn:
               {enema}, {clyster}]

English Dictionary: eonian by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enemy
n
  1. an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"
  2. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
    Synonym(s): enemy, foe, foeman, opposition
  3. any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
  4. a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
    Synonym(s): foe, enemy
    Antonym(s): ally, friend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eonian
adj
  1. of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era)
    Synonym(s): eonian, aeonian
  2. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"
    Synonym(s): ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enema \En"e*ma\, n.; pl. L. {Enemata}. [L. enema, Gr. [?], fr.
      [?] to send in; [?] in + [?] to send.] (Med.)
      An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a
      medicine, or to impart nourishment. --Hoblyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enemy \En"e*my\, n.; pl. {Enemies}. [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from
      L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See {Amicable}.]
      One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or
      attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an
      enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
  
               To all good he enemy was still.               --Spenser.
  
               I say unto you, Love your enemies.         --Matt. v. 44.
  
      {The enemy} (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is
            construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular
            or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we
            have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
  
                     It was difficult in such a country to track the
                     enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Foe; antagonist; opponent. See {Adversary}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Enemy \En"e*my\, a.
      Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]
  
               They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eunomy \Eu"no*my\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] well + [?] law.]
      Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government.
      [R.] --Mitford.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Enon, OH (village, FIPS 25452)
      Location: 39.86552 N, 83.93552 W
      Population (1990): 2605 (1033 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45323

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eynon, PA
      Zip code(s): 18403

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Enam, fountain, open place
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Enan, cloud
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Enon, cloud; mass of darkness; fountain; eye
  
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