Eremitic (a.) Alt. of Eremitical
Eremitical (a.) Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.
Eremitish (a.) Eremitic.
Eremitism (n.) The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.
Eretation (n.) A creeping forth.
Ereption (n.) A snatching away.
Erethism (n.) A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.
Erethistic (a.) Relating to erethism.
Erewhile (adv.) Alt. of Erewhiles
Erewhiles (adv.) Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore.
Erven (pl. ) of Erf
Erf (n.) A garden plot, usually about half an acre.
Erg (n.) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.
Ergat (v. t.) To deduce logically, as conclusions.
Ergo (conj. / adv.) Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.
Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
Ergot (n.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
Ergot (n.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).
Ergotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
Ergotin (n.) An extract made from ergot.
Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
Ergotism (n.) A logical deduction.
Ergotism (n.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
Ergotized (a.) Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
Eriach (n.) Alt. of Eric
Eric (n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.
Erica (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
Ericaceous (a.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.
Ericinol (n.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.
Ericolin (n.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.
Erigible (a.) Capable of being erected.
Erin (n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
Erinaceous (a.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.
Eringo (n.) The sea holly. See Eryngo.
Erinite (n.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
Erinyes (pl. ) of Erinys
Erinys (n.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.
Eriometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.
Eristic (a.) Alt. of Eristical
Eristical (a.) Controversial.
Erke (a.) ASlothful.
Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
Erme (v. i.) To grieve; to feel sad.
Ermelin (n.) Alt. of Ermilin
Ermilin (n.) See Ermine.
Ermin (n.) An Armenian.
Ermine (n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
Ermine (n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.
Ermine (n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.
Ermine (n.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
Ermine (v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
Ermined (a.) Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.
Ermines (n.) Alt. of Erminois
Erminois (n.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
Ermit (n.) A hermit.
Ern (n.) Alt. of Erne
Erne (n.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
Ern (v. i.) To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]
Ernest (n.) See Earnest.
Ernestful (a.) Serious.
Eroded (imp. & p. p.) of Erode
Eroding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erode
Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
Eroded (p. p. & a.) Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.
Eroded (p. p. & a.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
Erodent (n.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
Erogated (imp. & p. p.) of Erogate
Erogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erogate
Erogate (v. t.) To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.
Erogation (n.) The act of giving out or bestowing.
Eros (n.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
Erose (a.) Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.
Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.
Erosion (n.) The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
Erosive (a.) That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.
Erostrate (a.) Without a beak.
Eroteme (n.) A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.
Erotesis (n.) A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -
Erotic (a.) Alt. of Erotical
Erotical (a.) Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.
Erotic (n.) An amorous composition or poem.
Eroticism (n.) Erotic quality.
Erpetologist (n.) Herpetologist.
Erpetology (n.) Herpetology.
Erred (imp. & p. p.) of Err
Erring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Err
Err (v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.
Err (v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
Err (v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
Err (v. i.) To offend, as by erring.
Errable (a.) Liable to error; fallible.
Errableness (n.) Liability to error.
Errabund (a.) Erratic.
Errancy (n.) A wandering; state of being in error.