Eero Saarinen
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English Dictionary: ergriffen werden	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eragrostic abyssinica n an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay Synonym(s): teff, teff grass, Eragrostis tef, Eragrostic abyssinica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eragrostis n annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics [syn: Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis]
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Eragrostis curvula n perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control Synonym(s): weeping love grass, African love grass, Eragrostis curvula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eragrostis tef n an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay Synonym(s): teff, teff grass, Eragrostis tef, Eragrostic abyssinica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eraser n an implement used to erase something
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erasure n a correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript" a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure" deletion by an act of expunging or erasing Synonym(s): expunction, expunging, erasure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eric Arthur Blair n imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) Synonym(s): Orwell, George Orwell, Eric Blair, Eric Arthur Blair
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Erica arborea n evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes Synonym(s): tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erigeron n cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally Synonym(s): Erigeron, genus Erigeron
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Erigeron acer n widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers [syn: {blue fleabane}, Erigeron acer]
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Erigeron annuus n widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb [syn: daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erigeron aurantiacus n mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange- yellow flowers Synonym(s): orange daisy, orange fleabane, Erigeron aurantiacus
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Erigeron canadensis n common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron Synonym(s): horseweed, Canadian fleabane, fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erigeron divergens n well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America Synonym(s): spreading fleabane, Erigeron divergens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erigeron glaucous n slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California Synonym(s): seaside daisy, beach aster, Erigeron glaucous
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Erigeron philadelphicus n especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada Synonym(s): Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus
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Erigeron pulchellus n common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays Synonym(s): robin's plantain, Erigeron pulchellus
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Erigeron speciosus n plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains Synonym(s): showy daisy, Erigeron speciosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eurocurrency n currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &       OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,       Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],       a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]       1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular             mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy             threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a             stone.[b8] --Chaucer.                         They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for                      mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.          Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are                called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the                finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone                is much and widely used in the construction of                buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,                abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.          2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]             --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Something made of stone. Specifically:             (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]                               Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will                            mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.                                                                               --Shak.             (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.                               Should some relenting eye Glance on the where                            our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.          4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the             kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.          5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.          6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a             cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.          7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice             varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]          Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8                lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5                lbs.          8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;             insensibility; as, a heart of stone.                         I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.          9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of             stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a             book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also             {imposing stone}.          Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other                words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or                stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or                pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or                stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone                falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some                adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed                by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;                as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,                etc.          {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or             Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.          {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.          {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as             after the explosion of a meteor.          {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.          {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.          {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when             stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for             weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze             age} succeeded to this.          {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as             {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --             called also {sea perch}.          {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.          {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by             dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.             --Tylor.          {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;             especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow             in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.          {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of             bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).          {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the             genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.          {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a             bruise by a stone.          {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.                      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus             {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they             inflict painful wounds.          {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.          {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.          {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the                   southern coast of the United States and much used as                   food.             (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).          {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus             torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of             the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).          {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus                   crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also                   {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.             (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]             (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]          {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.          {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.          {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.          {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})             which grows on rocks and walls.          {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of             pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied             genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.             The larv[91] are aquatic.          {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a             drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.          {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.          {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a             thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,             -- used for breaking stone.          {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its             habit of sitting on bare stones.          {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.          {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.          {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.          {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela             foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white             throat; -- called also {beech marten}.          {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.          {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used             in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short             distances.          {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.          {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli             Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.          {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},             and {Pi[a4]on}.          {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.          {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.          {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European stone curlew.             (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the                   genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.                   recurvirostris}).             (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]             (d) The ringed plover.             (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to                   other species of limicoline birds.          {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})                   of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,                   often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},                   {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.             (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma                   anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.          {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a             stone may be thrown by the hand.          {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.             [Local, U.S.]          {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) See {Stone roller}             (a), above.             (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in                   the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a                   three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.          {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be             done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earshrift \Ear"shrift`\, n.       A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.]       --Cartwright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Earsore \Ear"sore`\, n.       An annoyance to the ear. [R.]                   The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small                earsore [?]s.                                          --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eraser \E*ras"er\, n.       One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a       piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erasure \E*ra"sure\, n.       An instance of erasing; also, the place where something has       been erased.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erasure \E*ra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [From {Erase}.]       The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS.       h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land,       Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow       pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with                   minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink                   flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms,                   thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It                   is also called {heather}, and {ling}.             (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which                   several are European, and many more are South African,                   some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}.          2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of             country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.                         Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the                      blasted heath.                                    --Milton          {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse}             (below).          {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus             {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths.          {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European             grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called             also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath             fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and             {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}.          {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above).          {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris             macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in             Scotland are used to flavor whisky.          {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which             frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See {Scabious}, a.]       (Bot.)       Any plant of the genus {Scabiosa}, several of the species of       which are common in Europe. They resemble the {Composit[91]},       and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not       connected.          {Sweet scabious}.       (a) Mourning bride.       (b) A daisylike plant ({Erigeron annuus}) having a stout             branching stem.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. {Plant}.]       (Bot.)       Any plant of the genus {Plantago}, but especially the {P.       major}, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and       slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe,       but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all       parts of the world.          {Indian plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Indian}.          {Mud plantain}, a homely North American aquatic plant             ({Heteranthera reniformis}), having broad, reniform             leaves.          {Rattlesnake plantain}, an orchidaceous plant ({Goodyera             pubescens}), with the leaves blotched and spotted with             white.          {Ribwort plantain}. See {Ribwort}.          {Robin's plantain}, the {Erigeron bellidifolium}, a common             daisylike plant of North America.          {Water plantain}, a plant of the genus {Alisma}, having acrid             leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against             hydrophobia. --Loudon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Horseweed \Horse"weed`\, n. (Bot.)       A composite plant ({Erigeron Canadensis}), which is a common       weed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eurycerous \Eu*ryc"er*ous\, a. [Gr. [?] broad + [?] horn.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Having broad horns.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Eric S. Raymond          One of the authors of the Hacker's {Jargon File}.       Eric was involved in the {JOLT} project and {GNU Emacs} as       well as maintaining several {FAQ} lists.   He is a keen       advocate of {open source}.          {Home (http://www.ccil.org/~esr)}.          E-mail:          (1998-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Eurocard          A range of standard circuit board sizes.          Normal          double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm       Extended         double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm       Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm       Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm