Equivalved (a.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
Equivalvular (a.) Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
Equivocacy (n.) Equivocalness.
Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
Equivocal (a.) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
Equivocal (a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
Equivocal (n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Equivocally (adv.) In an equivocal manner.
Equivocalness (n.) The state of being equivocal.
Equivocated (imp. & p. p.) of Equivocate
Equivocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equivocate
Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
Equivocate (v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
Equivocator (n.) One who equivocates.
Equivocatory (a.) Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
Equivoque (n.) Alt. of Equivoke
Equivoke (n.) An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations.
Equivoke (n.) An equivocation; a guibble.
Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.
Equus (n.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
-er () .
-er () The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
-er () A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
Eras (pl. ) of Era
Era (n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
Era (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Eradiated (imp. & p. p.) of Eradiate
Eradiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradiate
Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate.
Eradiation (n.) Emission of radiance.
Eradicable (a.) Capable of being eradicated.
Eradicated (imp. & p. p.) of Eradicate
Eradicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradicate
Eradicate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
Eradicate (v. t.) To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
Eradication (n.) The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Eradication (n.) The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Eradicative (a.) Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
Eradicative (n.) A medicine that effects a radical cure.
Erasable (a.) Capable of being erased.
Erased (imp. & p. p.) of Erase
Erasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erase
Erase (v. t.) To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
Erase (v. t.) Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
Erased (p. pr. & a.) Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.
Erased (p. pr. & a.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.
Erasement (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.
Eraser (n.) One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
Erasion (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.
Erastianism (n.) The principles of the Erastains.
Erasure (n.) The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
Erative (a.) Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Erbium (n.) A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.
Ercedeken (n.) An archdeacon.
Erd (n.) The earth.
Ere (adv.) Before; sooner than.
Ere (adv.) Rather than.
Ere (v. t.) To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.
Erebus (n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.
Erebus (n.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.
Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
Erect (a.) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.
Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erect
Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erect
Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
Erect (v. t.) To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
Erect (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
Erect (v. i.) To rise upright.
Erectable (a.) Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather.
Erecter (n.) An erector; one who raises or builds.
Erectile (a.) Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.
Erectility (n.) The quality or state of being erectile.
Erection (n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
Erection (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
Erection (n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
Erective (a.) Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
Erectly (adv.) In an erect manner or posture.
Erectness (n.) Uprightness of posture or form.
Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Erector (n.) One who, or that which, erects.
Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.
Erector (n.) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.
Erelong (adv.) Before the /apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.
Eremacausis (n.) A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.
Eremitage (n.) See Hermitage.
Eremite (n.) A hermit.