Enwind
En‐wind″ (?), v. t. To wind about; to encircle.In the circle of his armsEnwound us both. Tennyson.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Enwoman
En‐wom″an (?), v. t. To endow with the qualities of a woman. Daniel.
Enwomb
En‐womb″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Enwombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Enwombing.] 1. To conceive in the womb. Spenser.2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or ca...
Enwrap
En‐wrap″ (?), v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap.
Enwrapment
En‐wrap″ment (?), n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford.
Enwreathe
En‐wreathe″ (?), v. t. See Inwreathe. Shelton.
Enzoötic
En′zo‐öt″ic (ĕn′zō̍‐ŏt″ĭk), a. [Gr. εν̓ in + ζῳ̑ον an animal: cf. F. enzoötique.] Afflicting animals; — used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to ...
Enzyme
En″zyme (ĕn″zīm), n. [Pref. en- (Gr. εν̓ in) + Gr. ζύμη leaven.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a solub...
Eocene
E″o‐cene (?), a.(Geol.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation i...
Eolian
E‐o″li‐an (?), a. [See Æolian.] 1. Æolian.2. (Geol.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.
Eolic
E‐ol″ic (?), a. & n. See Æolic.
Eolipile
E‐ol″i‐pile (?), n. [Cf. F. éolipyle.] Same as Æolipile.
Eolis
E″o‐lis (?), n. [L. Aeolis a daughter of Æolus, Gr. Αιολἴσ.] (Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillæ along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Wri...
Eon
{ E″on (?), Æ″on (?), } n. [L. aeon, fr. Gr. αιων̓ space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum. See Age.] 1. An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a ...
Eophyte
E″o‐phyte (?), n.(Paleon.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.
Eophytic
E′o‐phyt″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to eophytes.
Eos
‖E″os (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Ηὤσ.] (Gr. Myth.) Aurora, the goddess of morn.
Eosaurus
‖E′o‐sau″rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ηὤσ dawn + σαυ̑ροσ lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; — so named because supposed to be of th...
Eosin
E″o‐sin (?), n.(Chem.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresceïn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also ...
Eosphorite
E‐os″pho‐rite (?), n.(Min.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, — whence the name.
Eozoic
E′o‐zo″ic (?), a. [See Eozoön.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.☞ This term has been proposed fo...
Eozoön
‖E′o‐zo″ön (?), n.; pl.Eozoöns (#), L. Eozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ηὤσ dawn + ζῳ̑ον an animal.] (Paleon.) A peculiar structure found in the Archæan limestones of Canada and other r...
Eozoönal
E′o‐zo″ön‐al (ē′ō̍‐zō″ŏn‐al), a.(Paleon.) Pertaining to the eozoön; containing eozoöns; as, eozoönal limestone.
Ep-
Ep– (ĕp–). [Gr. επἴ.] See Epi-.
Epacris
‖Ep″a‐cris (ĕp″ȧ‐krĭs), n. [NL., from Gr. ἔπακροσ pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Z...
Epact
E″pact (ē″păkt), n. [F. épacte, fr. Gr. επακτὄσ brought on or in, added, fr. επἄγειν to bring on or in; επἴ on, in + ἄγειν to bring or lead. See Epi-, and Act.] (Chron.) The moo...
Epagoge
Ep′a‐go″ge (?), n. [L., from Gr. επαγωγἤ a bringing in, fr. επἄγειν. See Epact.] (Logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argumen...