Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Elementar

El′e‐men″tar (?), a. Elementary. Skelton.

974

Elementariness

El′e‐men″ta‐ri‐ness (?), n. The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.

975

Elementarity

El′e‐men‐tar″i‐ty (?), n. Elementariness. Sir T. Browne.

976

Elementary

El′e‐men″ta‐ry (?), a. [L. elementarius: cf. F. élémentaire.] 1. Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elem...

977

Elementation

El′e‐men‐ta″tion (?), n. Instruction in the elements or first principles.

978

Elementoid

El″e‐men‐toid′ (?), a. [Element + -oid.] Resembling an element.

979

Elemi

El″e‐mi (?), n. [Cf. F. élemi, It. elemi, Sp. elemi; of American or Oriental. origin.] A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canariu...

980

Elemin

El″e‐min (?), n.(Chem.) A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.

981

Elench

E‐lench″ (ē̍‐lĕṉk″), n.; pl.Elenchs (#). [L. elenchus, Gr. �, fr. � to convict, confute, prove: cf. OF. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusivenes...

982

Elenchical

E‐len″chic‐al (?), a. Pertaining to an elench.

983

Elenchically

E‐len″chic‐al‐ly, adv. By means of an elench.

984

Elenchize

E‐len″chize (?), v. i. To dispute. B. Jonson.

985

Elenchtic

{ E‐lench″tic, E‐lench″tic‐al (?) }, a. Same as Elenctic.

986

Elenchus

‖E‐len″chus (?), n. Same as Elench.

987

Elenctic

{ E‐lenc″tic (?), E‐lenc″tic‐al (?), } a.(Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; — applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

988

Elenge

El″enge (?), a. [Cf. AS. ellende foreign, strange, G. elend miserable.] Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble. Chaucer.

989

Elengeness

El″enge‐ness, n. Loneliness; misery.

990

Elephansy

El″e‐phan‐sy (?), n. [L. elephantia.] Elephantiasis. Holland.

991

Elephant

El″e‐phant (ĕl″ē̍‐fant), n. [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. éléphant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr. ελἔφασ, -φαντοσ; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, wi...

992

Elephantiac

El′e‐phan″ti‐ac (?), a.(Med.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.

993

Elephantiasis

‖El′e‐phan‐ti″a‐sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, from ελἔφασ, -φαντοσ, an elephant.] (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fi...

994

Elephantine

El′e‐phan″tine (?), a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. �: cf. F. éléphantin.] Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; hea...

995

Elephantoid

{ El″e‐phan‐toid′ (?; 277), El′e‐phan‐toid″al (?), } a. [Elephant + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.

996

Eleusinian

El′eu‐sin″i‐an (?), a. [L. Eleusinius, Gr. �.] Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.

997

Eleuthero-petalous

E‐leu′ther‐o–pet″al‐ous (?), a. [Gr. ελεu̓́θεροσ free + E. petal.] (Bot.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; — said of both plant and flower.

998

Eleutheromania

‖E‐leu′ther‐o‐ma″ni‐a (?), n. [Gr. ελεu̓́θεροσ free + E. mania.] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. Carlyle.

999

Eleutheromaniac

E‐leu′ther‐o‐ma″ni‐ac, a. Mad for freedom.