esurience : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   eagerness
         n 1: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
               [syn: {eagerness}, {avidity}, {avidness}, {keenness}]
         2: prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions";
            "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they
            disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he
            tried to explain his forwardness in battle" [syn:
            {readiness}, {eagerness}, {zeal}, {forwardness}]

English Dictionary: esurience	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eccrine adj (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature Antonym(s): apocrine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eccrine gland n a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egg cream n made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eichhornia n water hyacinth; water orchid [syn: Eichhornia, {genus Eichhornia}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eichhornia crassipes n a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States Synonym(s): water hyacinth, water orchid, Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eichhornia spesiosa n a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States Synonym(s): water hyacinth, water orchid, Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
esurience n excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience, ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness] extreme gluttony Synonym(s): edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
esurient adj extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" Synonym(s): famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" Synonym(s): avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" Synonym(s): edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excrement n waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body Synonym(s): body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Treacle \Trea"cle\ (tr[emac]"k'l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th[82]riaque (cf. Pr. triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. [?], fr. [?] of wild or venomous beasts, fr. qhri`on a beast, a wild beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. {Theriac}.] 1. (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See {Theriac}, 1. We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. --Jer. Taylor. 2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.] Christ which is to every harm treacle. --Chaucer. 3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called {sugarhouse molasses}. Note: In the United States molasses is the common name; in England, treacle. 4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like. {Treacle mustard} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus {Erysimum}, especially the {E. cheiranthoides}, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac. {Treacle water}, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. --Nares. {Venice treacle}. (Old Med.) Same as {Theriac}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eagerness \Ea"ger*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. [bd]The eagerness of love.[b8] --Addison. 2. Tartness; sourness. [Obs.] Syn: Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egerminate \Eger"minate\, v. i. [From L. egerminare to sprout.] To germinate. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egranulose \Egran"ulose`\, a. [Pref. e- + granule.] (Bot.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. --R. Brown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egremoin \Eg"re*moin\, n. [See {Agrimony}.] Agrimony ({Agrimonia Eupatoria}). [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egrimony \Eg"rimony\, [Corrupted fr. agrimony.] (Bot.) The herb agrimony. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egrimony \Eg"rimony\, n. [L. aegrimonia.] Sorrow. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escharine \Es"cha*rine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family {Escharid[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Physostigmine \Phy`so*stig"mine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of {Physostigma venenosum}), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called {eserine}, with which it was regarded as identical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eserine \Es"er*ine\ (?; 104), n. [From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. [82]s[82]rine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of {Physostigma venenosum}; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Physostigmine \Phy`so*stig"mine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of {Physostigma venenosum}), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called {eserine}, with which it was regarded as identical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eserine \Es"er*ine\ (?; 104), n. [From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. [82]s[82]rine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of {Physostigma venenosum}; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esquire \Es*quire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Esquired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Esquiring}.] To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Essorant \Es"so*rant\, a. [F.] (Her.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esurient \Esu"rient\, a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.] Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] --Bailey. [bd]Poor, but esurient.[b8] --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esurient \Esu"rient\, n. One who is hungry or greedy. [R.] An insatiable esurient after riches. --Wood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esurine \Es"u*rine\, a. [See {Esurient}.] Causing hunger; eating; corroding. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esurine \Es"u*rine\, n. (Med.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euchrone \Eu"chrone\n. (Chem.) A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See {Eychroic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Maia \[d8]Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species ({Maia squinado}). (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth ({Eucronia maia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excarnate \Ex*car"nate\, v. t. [LL. excarnatus, p. p. of excarnare; L. ex out + caro, carnis, flesh.] To deprive or clear of flesh. --Grew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excarnation \Ex`car*na"tion\, n. The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excarnificate \Excar"nifi*cate\, v. t. [L. ex out + LL. carnificatus, p. p. carnificare to carnify; cf. L. excarnificare to tear to pieces, torment. See {Carnify}.] To clear of flesh; to excarnate. --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excarnification \Excar`nifi*ca"tion\, n. The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excern \Ex*cern"\, v. t. [L. excernere. See {Excrete}.] To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [R.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excernent \Ex*cern"ent\, a. [See {Excern}.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr[82]ment. See {Excrete}.] Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See {Excrescence}.] An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] [bd]Ornamental excrements.[b8] --Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excremental \Ex`cre*men"tal\, a. Of or pertaining to excrement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrementitial \Ex`crementi"tial\, Excrementitious \Ex`crementi"tious\, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrementitial \Ex`crementi"tial\, Excrementitious \Ex`crementi"tious\, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrementive \Ex`cre*men"tive\, a. Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] [bd]The excrementive parts.[b8] --Felthman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrementize \Ex"crementize`\v. i. To void excrement. [R.] --Life of A. Wood [?].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excurrent \Ex*cur"rent\, a. [L. excurrens, p. p. of excurrere, excursum, to run out; ex out + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. Running or flowing out; as: (Bot.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top. 2. (Zo[94]l) Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exornation \Ex`or*na"tion\, n. [L. exornatio, fr. exornare. See {Ornate}.] Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.] Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect. --Burton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eckerman, MI Zip code(s): 49728
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ekron, KY (city, FIPS 24094) Location: 37.93070 N, 86.17729 W Population (1990): 110 (43 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40117
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ekron firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but came again into the full possession of the Philistines (1 Sam. 5:10). It was the last place to which the Philistines carried the ark before they sent it back to Israel (1 Sam. 5:10; 6:1-8). There was here a noted sanctuary of Baal-zebub (2 Kings 1: 2, 3, 6, 16). Now the small village Akir. It is mentioned on monuments in B.C. 702, when Sennacherib set free its king, imprisoned by Hezekiah in Jerusalem, according to the Assyrian record.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ekron, barrenness; torn away
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Esrom, dart of joy; division of a song