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1: burst forth into or as if into flower; "These manifestations effloresced in the past" [syn: {burst forth}] 2: assume crystalline form; become crystallized [syn: {crystallize}, {crystalize}, {crysta...

1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower}, {prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {flush}] 2: any red eruption of the skin [syn: {rash}, {roseola}, {skin rash}] 3: th...

1: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: {abloom}, {flowering}]

1: the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {efflux}] [ant: {inflow}, {inflow}]

1: that is flowing outward [syn: {outflowing}] n : water mixed with waste matter [syn: {wastewater}, {sewer water}]

{effluvium}

1: a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) [also: {effluvia} (pl)]

1: the process of flowing out [syn: {outflow}, {effluence}] [ant: {inflow}, {inflow}]

1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [syn: {att...

1: requiring great physical effort [ant: {effortless}]

1: the quality of requiring deliberate effort [ant: {effortlessness}]

1: requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air" [ant: {effortful}] 2: not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with cas...

1: without effort or apparent effort; "she danced gracefully and effortlessly"; "swallows gliding effortlessly through the air"

1: the quality of requiring little effort; "such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice" [ant: {effortfulness}]

1: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: {presumption}, {presumptuousness}, {assumption}]

1: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: {radiance}, {radiancy}, {shine}, {refulgence}, {refulgency}]

1: radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" [syn: {beaming}, {beamy}, {radiant}, {refulgent}]

1: pour out; "effused brine" [syn: {pour out}] 2: flow or spill forth [syn: {flow out}] 3: give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness"

1: an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: {gush}, {outburst}, {blowup}, {ebullition}] 2: flow under pressure

1: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" [syn: {burbling}, {burbly}, {gushing}] 2: extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentime...

1: in an effusive manner; "the critics praised her effusively"

1: a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn: {expansiveness}]

1: United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985) [syn: {Zimbalist}]

1: a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

1: a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean [syn: {Aegadean Isles}, {Aegadean Islands}, {Isole Egadi}, {Aegates}]

1: favoring social equality; "a classless society" [syn: {classless}] n : a person who believes in the equality of all people [syn: {equalitarian}] [ant: {elitist}]

1: the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality [syn: {equalitarianism}]

1: king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)

1: small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants [syn: {genus Egeria}]

1: aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria [syn: {dense-leaved elodea}, {Elodea densa}]

1: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: {excrete}, {eliminate}, {pass}]

1: animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds 2: oval reproducti...

1: the female reproductive cell; the female gamete [syn: {ovum}]

1: made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water

1: dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg [syn: {eggcup}]

1: egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin [syn: {shirred egg}, {baked egg}]

1: omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish [syn: {egg fu yung}]

1: omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish [syn: {egg foo yong}]

1: the production of eggs (especially in birds) [syn: {laying}]

1: narrow strip of pasta dough made with eggs

1: urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: {prod}, {incite}]

1: minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried [syn: {spring roll}]

1: a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs

1: the white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water [syn: {albumen}, {ovalbumin}]

1: the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

1: a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape [syn: {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-tongue}]

1: a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape [syn: {egg-and-anchor}, {egg-and-tongue}]

1: a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape [syn: {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-anchor}]

1: the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria [syn: {monotreme}]

1: capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring [syn: {egg-producing(a)}, {young-bearing(a)}]

1: rounded like an egg [syn: {elliptic}, {elliptical}, {oval}, {ovate}, {oviform}, {ovoid}, {prolate}]

1: moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons [syn: {egger}]

1: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: {helicopter}, {chopper}, {whirlybird}] 2: a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream [syn: {eggwhisk}]

1: dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg [syn: {egg cup}]

1: made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth

1: moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons [syn: {eggar}]

1: ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies [syn: {canistel}]

1: an intellectual (who is bald?)

1: a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor

1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: {aubergine}, {mad apple}] 2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivat...

1: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable [syn: {eggplant}, {aubergine}, {brinjal}, {garden egg}, {mad appl...

1: oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food [syn: {egg}]

1: toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce

1: a milkshake with egg in it

1: the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: {shell}]

1: a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream [syn: {eggbeater}]

1: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: {breastplate}, {aegis}]

1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: {sweetbrier}, {sweetbriar}, {brier}, {briar}, {Rosa eglanteria}]

1: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others [syn: {egotism}, {self-importance}] 2: your consciousness of your own identity [syn: {self}] 3: (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

1: (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives

1: an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance [syn: {self-aggrandizement}, {self-aggrandisement}]

{ego-trip}

{ego-trip}

1: limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs [syn: {egoistical}, {self-centered}, {self-centred}] n : a self-centered person with little regard for others [syn: {egoist}]

1: attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means) [syn: {egoism}, {self-interest}, {self-concern}, {self-centeredness}] [ant: {altruism}]

1: attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means) [syn: {egocentrism}, {self-interest}, {self-concern}, {self-centeredness}] [ant: {altruism}]

1: a conceited and self-centered person [syn: {egotist}, {swellhead}] 2: a self-centered person with little regard for others [syn: {egocentric}]

1: of or relating to the self [ant: {altruistic}]

1: limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs [syn: {egocentric}, {self-centered}, {self-centred}]

1: an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs

1: an abnormally egotistical person

1: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn: {self-importance}, {swelled head}] 2: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others [syn: {ego}, {self-importance}]

1: a conceited and self-centered person [syn: {egoist}, {swellhead}]

1: characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance [syn: {egotistical}, {narcissistic}, {self-loving}] 2: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-imp...

1: characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance [syn: {egotistic}, {narcissistic}, {self-loving}] 2: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-impor...

1: in an egotistical manner; "he behaved egotistically" [syn: {selfishly}] [ant: {unselfishly}]

1: act in a way that attracts attention; "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him"

1: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank trea...

1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse [syn: {emersion}] [ant: {ingress}, {ingress}] 2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrena...

1: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: {egress}, {emergence}]

1: any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

1: small Old and New World herons [syn: {genus Egretta}]

1: the common American egret; a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus [syn: {American egret}, {great white heron}]

1: small bluish gray heron of the western hemisphere [syn: {little blue heron}]

1: Old World egret [syn: {little egret}]

1: small New World egret [syn: {snowy egret}, {snowy heron}]

1: a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings [s...

1: a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC [syn: {Arab Republic of Egypt}, {United Arab Repub...

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language n 1: a native or inhabitant of Egypt 2: the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written record...

1: perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetabl...

1: the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs [syn: {Cairo}, {Al Qahira}, {El Qahira}, {capital of Egypt}]

1: a domestic cat of Egypt

1: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death [syn: {asp}, {Naja haje}]

1: sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn: {durra}, {doura}, {dourah}, {Indian millet}, {Guinea corn}]

1: fine long-stable somewhat brownish cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton

1: a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians

1: an ancient empire west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament [syn: {Egypt}]

1: a creeping grass with spikes like fingers [syn: {crowfoot grass}, {Dactyloctenium aegypticum}]

1: poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine [syn: {Hyoscyamus muticus}]

1: an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells; "the original Jihad was re...

1: white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control [syn: {white lupine}, {field lupine}, {wolf bean}, {Lupinus albus}]

1: monetary unit in Egypt

1: type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers [syn: {tree onion}, {top onion}, {Allium cepa viviparum}]

1: tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times [syn: {papyrus}, {Egyptian paper rush}, {paper rush}, {paper plant}, {Cyperus papyrus}]

1: tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times [syn: {papyrus}, {Egyptian paper reed}, {paper rush}, {paper plant}, {Cyperus papyrus}]

1: Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds [syn: {chickpea}, {chickpea plant}, {Cicer arietinum}]

1: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters [syn: {pound}]

1: small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia [syn: {Pharaoh's chicken}, {Neophron percnopterus}]

1: white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: {lotus}, {white lotus}, {white lily}, {Nymphaea lotus}]

1: an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology