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1: archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts

1: city in Tunisia

1: 30 to 300 gigahertz [syn: {extremely high frequency}]

1: Russian novelist (1891-1967) [syn: {Ilya Ehrenberg}, {Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg}]

1: German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915) [syn: {Paul Ehrlich}]

1: water hyacinth; water orchid [syn: {genus Eichhornia}]

1: a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States [syn: {water hyacinth}, {water orchid}, {Eichhornia spe...

1: a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States [syn: {water hyacinth}, {water orchid}, {Eichhornia cra...

1: Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962) [syn: {Adolf Eichmann}, {Karl Adolf Eichmann}]

1: an omega-3 fatty acid with 20 carbon atoms; found in fish (especially tuna and bluefish)

1: duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females [syn: {eider duck}]

1: duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females [syn: {eider}]

1: a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider [syn: {duvet}, {continental quilt}] 2: down of the eider duck

1: of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy

{eidolon}

1: (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group

1: French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923) [syn: {Alexandre Gustave Eiffel}]

1: a wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889; for many years it was the tallest man-made structure

1: German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927) [syn: {Manfred Eigen}]

1: being one more than seven [syn: {8}, {viii}] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: {8}, {VIII}, {eighter}, {eighter from Decatur}, {octad}, {ogdoad}, {octonary}, {octet}] ...

1: a black pool ball bearing the number 8; should be the last to go in certain pool games

1: of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members [syn: {8-membered}]

1: a playing card with eight pips on the face

1: being one more than seventeen [syn: {18}, {xviii}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one [syn: {18}, {XVIII}]

1: coming next after the seventeenth in position [syn: {18th}] n : position 18 in a countable series of things

1: an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932

1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: {eight}, {8}, {VIII}, {eighter from Decatur}, {octad}, {ogdoad}, {octonary}, {octet}]

1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: {eight}, {8}, {VIII}, {eighter}, {octad}, {ogdoad}, {octonary}, {octet}]

1: having eight units or components [syn: {octuple}]

1: coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position [syn: {8th}] n 1: position eight in a countable series of things 2: an eighth part [syn: {one-eighth}]

1: a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea [syn: {acoustic nerve}, {auditory nerve}, {vestibulocochlear nerve}, {nervus vestibuloco...

1: a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note [syn: {quaver}]

1: the decade from 1880 to 1889 [syn: {1880s}] 2: the decade from 1980 to 1989 [syn: {1980s}] 3: the time of life between 80 and 90 [syn: {mid-eighties}]

1: the ordinal number of eighty in counting order [syn: {80th}] n : position 80 in a countable series of things

1: a coin worth eight pennies

1: used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long

1: a nail 2.5 inches long

1: eight people considered as a unit [syn: {octet}, {octette}] 2: a Scottish reel for eight dancers

1: the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves [syn: {octavo}, {8vo}]

1: being ten more than seventy [syn: {80}, {lxxx}, {fourscore}] n : the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight [syn: {80}, {LXXX}, {fourscore}]

1: being eight more than eighty [syn: {88}, {lxxxviii}]

1: the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order [syn: {85th}]

1: being five more than eighty [syn: {85}, {lxxxv}]

1: being four more than eighty [syn: {84}, {lxxxiv}]

1: being nine more than eighty [syn: {89}, {ixc}]

1: being one more than eighty [syn: {81}, {lxxxi}]

1: being seven more than eighty [syn: {87}, {lxxxvii}]

1: being six more than eighty [syn: {86}, {lxxxvi}]

1: being three more than eighty [syn: {83}, {lxxxiii}]

1: being two more than eighty [syn: {82}, {lxxxii}]

1: Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930) [syn: {Christiaan Eijkman}]

1: United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002) [syn: {Farrell}]

1: parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates [syn: {coccidium}]

1: a family of protoctista in the order Coccidia [syn: {family Eimeriidae}]

1: city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry

1: physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (l...

1: a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) [syn: {general relativity}, {general theory of relativity}, {general relativity theory}]

1: a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems [syn: {sp...

1: (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts [syn: {relativity}, {theory of relativity}, {relativity theory}]

1: of or relating to Albert Einstein or his theories; "the Einsteinian universe"

1: a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: {Es}, {E}, {atomic number 99}]

1: Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927) [syn: {Willem Einthoven}]

1: a genus of Mustelidae [syn: {genus Eira}]

1: long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America [syn: {tayra}, {taira}]

1: a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921 [syn: {Ireland}, {Irish Free State}]

{eisegesis}

1: personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas [also: {eisegeses} (pl)]

1: United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) [syn: {Dwight Eisenhower}, {Dwight D. Eisenhower}, {Dwi...

1: United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898) [syn: {Alfred Eisenstaedt}]

1: Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948) [syn: {Sergei Eisenstein}, {Sergei Mikhail...

1: any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing) [also: {eisteddfodau} (pl)]

{eisteddfod}

1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement [syn: {midden}, {kitchen midden}]

1: after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dess...

1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {semen}, {seed}, {seminal fluid}, {cum}] v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blu...

1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: {interjection}] 2: the discharge of semen in males

1: a man who ejaculates semen 2: a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation

1: a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland

1: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom" [syn: {expel}, {chuck out}, {exclude}, {throw out}, {kick out}, {turf out}, {boot out}, {turn out}] 2: eliminate (substanc...

1: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn: {expulsion}, {projection}, {forcing out}] 2: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the ch...

1: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: {ejector seat}, {capsule}]

1: a person who ousts or supplants someone else [syn: {ouster}] 2: a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing [syn: {cartridge ejector}]

1: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: {ejection seat}, {capsule}]

1: feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs [syn: {restless legs syndrome}, {restle...

1: supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal" [syn: {fill out}] 2: live from day to day, as with s...

1: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph [syn: {electrocardiogram}, {cardiogram}, {ECG}]

1: Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954) [syn: {Vagn Walfrid Ekman}]

1: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [syn: {elevation}, {altitude}, {ALT}] 2: an electric elevated railway [syn: {elevated railway}, {elevated railroad}, {overhead ...

1: a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast

1: a village west of Alexandria on the north coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942 2: in World War II (1942); a decisive Allied victory by British troops unde...

1: the capital and chief port of Qatar [syn: {Doha}, {Bida}, {capital of Qatar}]

1: Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) [syn: {Franco}, {Francisco Franco}]

1: the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century

1: an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers [syn: {eldorado}]

1: an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx [syn: {Giza}]

1: Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614) [syn: {Greco}, {Domenikos Theotocopoulos}]

1: the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt [syn: {Alexandria}]

1: Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) [syn: {Bolivar}, {Simon Bolivar}] 2: a mountain in the Andes in Argentin...

1: the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru

1: a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high)

1: (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time 2: the Christ child

1: a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns

1: a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez

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}, {Egyptian capital}, {capital of Egypt}]

1: a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America [syn: {Republic of El Salvador}, {Salvador}]

1: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos [syn: {colon}]

1: monetary unit in El Salvador

1: a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and about Thebes [syn: {Luxor}]

1: an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the Uni...

1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" [syn: {luxuriant}] 2: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of th...

1: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme" [syn: {deta...

1: with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: {intricately}, {in an elaborate way}]

1: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: {elaboration}, {intricacy}, {involution}] 2: an ornate appearance; being elaborately decorated [syn: {ornateness}]

1: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" [syn: {amplification}] 2: the result of im...

1: shrubs or small trees often armed [syn: {family Elaeagnaceae}, {oleaster family}]

1: oleaster [syn: {genus Elaeagnus}]

1: deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having gray leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny [syn: {Russian olive}, {silver berry}]

1: deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits [syn: {silverberry}, {silver berry}, {silverbush}, {silver-bush}]

1: erect shrub or climber of India and China with red olivelike fruit [syn: {wild olive}]

1: oil palms [syn: {genus Elaeis}]