Effigies (pl. ) of Effigy
Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.
Efflagitate (v. t.) To ask urgently.
Efflate (v. t.) To fill with breath; to puff up.
Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
Effloresced (imp. & p. p.) of Effloresce
Efflorescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effloresce
Effloresce (v. i.) To blossom forth.
Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.
Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.
Efflorescence (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
Efflorescence (n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
Efflorescence (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.
Efflorescency (n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.
Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.
Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.
Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.
Effluence (n.) A flowing out, or emanation.
Effluence (n.) That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.
Effluency (n.) Effluence.
Effluent (a.) Flowing out; as, effluent beams.
Effluent (n.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
Effluviable (a.) Capable of being given off as an effluvium.
Effluvial (a.) Belonging to effluvia.
Effluviate (v. i.) To give forth effluvium.
Effluvia (pl. ) of Effluvium
Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
Efflux (n.) The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.
Efflux (n.) That which flows out; emanation; effluence.
Efflux (v. i.) To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.
Effluxion (n.) The act of flowing out; effusion.
Effluxion (n.) That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.
Effodient (a.) Digging up.
Efforced (imp. & p. p.) of Efforce
Efforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Efforce
Efforce (v. t.) To force; to constrain; to compel to yield.
Efform (v. t.) To form; to shape.
Efformation (n.) The act of giving shape or form.
Effort (n.) An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.
Effort (n.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
Effort (v. t.) To stimulate.
Effortless (a.) Making no effort.
Effossion (n.) A digging out or up.
Effranchise (v. t.) To enfranchise.
Effray (v. t.) To frighten; to scare.
Effrayable (a.) Frightful.
Effrenation (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness.
Effront (v. t.) To give assurance to.
Effronteries (pl. ) of Effrontery
Effrontery (n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Effrontit (a.) Marked by impudence.
Effrontuously (adv.) Impudently.
Effulged (imp. & p. p.) of Effulge
Effulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effulge
Effulge (v. t.) To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam.
Effulge (v. i.) To shine forth; to beam.
Effulgence (n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
Effulgent (a.) Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.
Effulgently (adv.) In an effulgent manner.
Effumability (n.) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor.
Effume (v. t.) To breathe or puff out.
Effund (v. t.) To pour out.
Effuse (a.) Poured out freely; profuse.
Effuse (a.) Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
Effuse (a.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence.
Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.
Effuse (n.) Effusion; loss.
Effused (imp. & p. p.) of Effuse
Effusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effuse
Effuse (v. t.) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
Effuse (v. i.) To emanate; to issue.
Effusion (n.) The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
Effusion (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
Effusion (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
Effusion (n.) The liquid escaping or exuded.
Effusive (a.) Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
Efreet (n.) See Afrit.
Eft (n.) A European lizard of the genus Seps.
Eft (n.) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
Eft (adv.) Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.
Eftsoon (adv.) Alt. of Eftsoons
Eftsoons (adv.) Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.
Egad (interj.) An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.
Egal (a.) Equal; impartial.
Egality (n.) Equality.
Egean (a.) See Aegean.
Egence (n.) The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
Eger (a.) Alt. of Egre
Egre (a.) Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.
Eger (n.) An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.
Egerminate (v. i.) To germinate.
Egest (v. t.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.
Egesta (n. pl.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.
Egestion (n.) Act or process of egesting; a voiding.
Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
Egg (n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
Egg (n.) Anything resembling an egg in form.
Egged (imp. & p. p.) of Egg
Egging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Egg