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  • ELECTROFISHINGnoun14 findersa kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
  • ELECTROFISHINGSverb4 findersTo take part in electrofishing.
  • ELECTROGRAMnoun1 finderA record of the electrical activity of an organ
  • ELECTROMAGNETnoun1 finderA magnet which attracts metals only when electrically activated.
  • ELECTRONnounIrish36 findersThe subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
  • ELECTROPHILICadjective7 findersof, or relating to an electrophile; electron deficient
  • ELECTROTONICadjective1 finderOf, or pertaining to, or caused by electrotonus
  • ELECTROTONUSnoun3 findersThe variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it
  • ELECTROTYPEnoun1 findera plate, made by electroplating a mold, such as used in letterpress printing
  • ELECTROTYPINGnoun3 findersthe act or process of making electrotypes
  • ELECTROWEAKadjective1 finderDescribing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
  • ELECTRUMnounAncient Greek17 findersAmber.
  • ELECTUARYnounAncient Greek9 findersAny preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
  • ELEGANCEnounLatin2 findersGrace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
  • ELEGANCYnoun4 findersAlternative form of elegance.
  • ELEGANTadjectiveLatin33 findersCharacterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.
  • ELEGANTLYadverb2 findersGracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
  • ELEGIACadjectiveAncient Greek178 findersOf or relating to an elegy.
  • ELEGIASTnoun6 findersAn elegist (maker of elegies).
  • ELEGISTnoun18 findersA writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse
  • ELEGITnounLatin2 findersA judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
  • ELEGYnounAncient Greek151 findersA mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
  • ELEMENTnounLatin4 findersOne of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
  • ELEMENTARYadjectiveLatin15 findersRelating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
  • ELEMInoun3 findersA tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.
  • ELENCHnounOld French4 findersThat part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
  • ELENCHUSnounAncient Greek4 findersA technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended poin
  • ELENCTICadjectiveAncient Greek1 finderServing to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
  • ELEPHANTnounOld English88 findersA large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
  • ELEPHANTICadjective8 findersOf or relating to elephants
  • ELEPHANTOIDnoun6 findersAny mammal of the superfamily Elephantoidea
  • ELEVATEverbLatin2 findersTo raise (something) to a higher position.
  • ELEVATIONnounLatin53 findersThe act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
  • ELEVATORnoun22 findersAnything that raises or uplifts.
  • ELEVATORYadjective8 findersTending to raise, or having power to elevate.
  • ELEVENnounProto-Indo-European1 finderNATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 11, used only with o'clock to indicate direction.
  • ELEVENTHadjectiveProto-Germanic1 finderThe ordinal form of the number eleven.
  • ELEVONnoun11 findersA movable surface at the trailing edge of a tailless airplane (such as the space shuttle) that provides pitch and roll control.
  • ELFHOODnoun1 finderThe state of being an elf.
  • ELFINnounOld English185 findersAn elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
  • ELFISHadjective92 findersCharacteristic of an elf; elfin, elven.
  • ELFISHLYadverb7 findersIn an elfish manner; mischievously.
  • ELFLIKEadjective4 findersResembling or characteristic of an elf.
  • ELFLOCKnoun2 findersA lock of hair that is tangled.
  • ELHInoun4 findersClipping of elementary school/high school. In some countries, the period of elementary school through high school.
  • ELICITverbLatin38 findersTo evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
  • ELICITORnoun3 findersA person or thing that elicits
  • ELIDEverbLatin121 findersTo leave out or omit (something).
  • ELIMINATEverbLatin13 findersTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
  • ELIMINATORnoun6 findersOne who, or that which, eliminates.
  • ELIMINATORYadjective4 findersTending to eliminate.
  • ELISIONnounLatin81 findersThe deliberate omission of something.
  • ELITEadjectiveLatin15 findersOf high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
  • ELITISMnoun12 findersThe belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
  • ELITISTadjective1 finderOf or relating to elitism.
  • ELIXIRnounAncient Greek112 findersA liquid which converts lead to gold.
  • ELKHORNnoun7 findersThe horn of an elk.
  • ELKHOUNDnoun6 findersNorwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
  • ELLIPSISnounAncient Greek8 findersA mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
  • ELLIPSOIDnoun3 findersA surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equati
  • ELLIPTICadjectiveAncient Greek11 findersOf or pertaining to an ellipse.
  • ELMIERadjective2 findersPertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
  • ELMIESTadjective1 finderPertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
  • ELMWOODnoun7 findersA wood populated with elm trees.
  • ELOCUTEverb68 findersTo speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
  • ELOCUTIONnounLatin183 findersThe art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.
  • ELOCUTIONARYadjective37 findersOf or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
  • ELOCUTIONISTnoun9 findersSomeone who practices or teaches elocution.
  • ELODEAnoun2 findersAny of several underwater freshwater perennials, of the genus Elodea, that have grasslike leaves; ditchmoss or pondweed.
  • ELOGEnounLatin2 findersAn expression of praise.
  • ELOGISTnounFrench4 finderssomeone who pronounces an eloge or elogy.
  • ELOGIUMnounAncient Greek6 findersa eulogy
  • ELOGYnounLatin6 findersPraise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph
  • ELOIGNverbLatin6 findersTo remove (something) to a distance.
  • ELONGATEadjectiveProto-Indo-European47 findersElongated, extended, lengthened; having a long and slender form.
  • ELONGATIONnounLatin1 finderThe act of lengthening.
  • ELOPEverbGerman47 findersOf a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour.
  • ELOPEMENTnoun1 finderThe act of running away from home with a paramour.
  • ELOPERnoun7 findersAgent noun of elope: one who elopes.
  • ELOQUENTadjectiveLatin48 findersFluently persuasive and articulate.
  • ELSEadjectiveProto-Indo-European5 findersOther; in addition to previously mentioned items.
  • ELSEWHEREadverbOld English1 finderSynonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.
  • ELSINnounOld English3 findersA shoemaker's awl.
  • ELUATEnounLatin8 findersA liquid solution that results from elution.
  • ELUCIDATEverbProto-Indo-European294 findersTo make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).
  • ELUCIDATIVEadjective14 findersExplanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
  • ELUCIDATORnoun39 findersOne who elucidates.
  • ELUCIDATORYadjective34 findersServing to elucidate.
  • ELUCUBRATEverbLatin2 findersTo solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.
  • ELUCUBRATIONnounLatin4 findersThe act of elucubrating.
  • ELUDEverbLatin31 findersTo evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
  • ELUDERnoun5 findersAgent noun of elude: one who eludes.
  • ELUDIBLEadjective1 finderAvoidable; escapable.
  • ELUENTnounLatin9 findersIn chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.
  • ELUSIONnounLatin6 findersThe act of eluding.
  • ELUSIVEadjectiveLatin92 findersEvading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
  • ELUTEverbLatin8 findersTo separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
  • ELUTIONnoun20 findersThe process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
  • ELUTORnoun2 findersThat which elutes.
  • ELUTRIATEverbLatin1 finderTo decant; to purify something by straining it.

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