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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

east by south
EbS noun the compass point that is one point south of due east

East Chadic
noun a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad

East China Sea
noun part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia

East Coast
noun the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.)

East German
adjective relating to or characteristic of East Germany; `East German spies`

East Germanic
East Germanic language noun an extinct branch of the Germanic languages

East Germany
German Democratic Republic noun a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990

East India Company
noun an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny

East India kino
Malabar kino noun reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc

East Malaysia
noun the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo

East Midland
noun the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English

east northeast
ENE noun the compass point midway between northeast and east

East River
noun a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn

East Saint Louis
noun a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis

east side
noun the side that is on the east

east southeast
ESE noun the compass point midway between east and southeast

East Sussex
noun a county in southern England on the English Channel

East Timor
noun a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation

East Turkistan Islamic Movement
East Turkestan Islamic Movement noun a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression

east wind
easter noun a wind from the east

east-central
adjective of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia

East-sider
noun a resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City

east-west direction
noun in a direction parallel with lines of latitude

eastbound
eastward adjective moving toward the east; `eastbound trains`

Easter
noun a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox

Easter bunny
noun a rabbit that delivers Easter eggs

Easter cactus
Hatiora gaertneri noun spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera

Easter card
noun a card expressing an Easter greeting

Easter daisy
stemless daisy noun dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona

Easter egg
noun a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter

Easter lily
Bermuda lily noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring

Easter Sunday
Easter Day noun the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated

eastern
adjective lying toward or situated in the east; `the eastern end of the island`

Eastern Catholicism
noun the beliefs and practices of any of the eastern Catholic Churches based in Constantinople or Antioch or Alexandria or Moscow or Jerusalem

eastern chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii noun long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees

eastern chipmunk
hackee noun small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches

Eastern Church
Byzantine Church noun the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire

eastern coral snake
Micrurus fulvius noun ranges from Central America to southeastern United States

eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus noun widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions

Eastern cottonwood
necklace poplar noun a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber

eastern cricket frog
Acris gryllus noun a cricket frog of eastern United States

eastern dasyure
Dasyurus quoll noun a variety of dasyure

Eastern Desert
noun a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea

eastern fence lizard
pine lizard noun small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia

eastern grey squirrel
eastern gray squirrel noun common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England

eastern ground snake
Potamophis striatula noun in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America

eastern hemisphere
noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

eastern hemlock
Canadian hemlock noun common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

Eastern hop hornbeam
ironwood 2 ironwood tree 2 Ostrya virginiana noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

eastern indigo snake
Drymarchon corais couperi noun a variety of indigo snake

eastern kingbird
noun a kingbird that breeds in North America and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail

eastern lowland gorilla
Gorilla gorilla grauri noun a kind of gorilla

eastern meadowlark
Sturnella magna noun a meadowlark of eastern North America

eastern narrow-mouthed toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis noun small toad of southeastern United States

Eastern Orthodox
Russian Orthodox adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

eastern pipistrel
Pipistrellus subflavus noun one of the smallest bats of eastern North America

eastern poison oak
Toxicodendron quercifolium noun poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact

eastern red cedar
red cedar 2 red juniper noun small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles

eastern red-backed salamander
Plethodon cinereus noun common salamander of eastern North America

Eastern silvery aster
noun a variety of aster

Eastern Time
Eastern Standard Time noun standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

eastern United States
noun the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

eastern woodrat
Neotoma floridana noun large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States

easterner
noun an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.

easternmost
eastmost adjective farthest to the east

Eastertide
noun the Easter season

Eastman
George Eastman noun United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932)

eastside
adjective of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan; `the eastside silk-stocking district`

eastward
eastwards adverb toward the east; `they migrated eastward to Sweden`

easy
easygoing adjective not hurried or forced; `an easy walk around the block`; `at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace`

easy chair
lounge chair noun a comfortable upholstered armchair

easy money
gravy train noun income obtained with a minimum of effort

easy street
noun financial security

easygoing
calm adjective living without undue worry; taking life easy; `an easygoing man rarely stirred to anger`; `an air of placid sufficiency`

easygoingness
noun being without worry or concern

eat
eat on verb worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; `What`s eating you?`

eat
verb cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; `The acid corroded the metal`; `The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink`

eat in
dine in verb eat at home

eat into
fret 2 rankle verb gnaw into; make resentful or angry; `The injustice rankled her`; `his resentment festered`

eat out
dine out verb eat at a restaurant or at somebody else`s home

eat up
finish verb finish eating all the food on one`s plate or on the table; `She polished off the remaining potatoes`

eat up
eat d deplete verb use up (resources or materials); `this car consumes a lot of gas`; `We exhausted our savings`; `They run through 20 bottles of wine a week`

eatage
forage noun animal food for browsing or grazing

eater
noun any green goods that are good to eat; `these apples are good eaters`

eating
feeding noun the act of consuming food

eating apple
dessert apple noun an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking

eating disorder
noun a disorder of the normal eating routine

Eau Claire
noun a town in west central Wisconsin

eau de cologne mint
Mentha citrata noun mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange

eau de vie
noun strong coarse brandy

eaves
noun the overhang at the lower edge of a roof

eavesdropper
noun a secret listener to private conversations

ebb
reflux noun the outward flow of the tide

ebbtide
noun the tide while water is flowing out

Ebenaceae
family Ebenaceae noun fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon

Ebenales
order Ebenales noun trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae

Ebionite
adjective of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion

Ebionite
noun a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome

EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization noun income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company`s profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts)

eblis
noun (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology