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

English teacher
English professor noun someone who teaches English

English toy spaniel
noun British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head with a short upturned muzzle

English walnut
noun nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking

English-speaking
adjective able to communicate in English

Englishman
noun a man who is a native or inhabitant of England

Englishwoman
noun a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England

engorgement
noun eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

engram
memory trace noun a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

Engraulidae
family Engraulidae noun anchovies

Engraulis
genus Engraulis noun type genus of the family Engraulidae

engrave
verb carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block; `engrave a letter`

engrave
grave verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; `engrave a pen`; `engraved the winner`s name onto the trophy cup`; `the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree`

engraved
etched adjective cut or impressed into a surface; `an incised design`; `engraved invitations`

engraver
noun a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate

engraving
etching noun making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

engross
engage verb engage or engross wholly; `Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely`

engrossed
adjective written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document

engulf
verb flow over or cover completely; `The bright light engulfed him completely`

engulfed
enveloped adjective completely enclosed or swallowed up; `a house engulfed in flames`; `the fog-enveloped cliffs`; `a view swallowed by night`

enhance
heighten verb increase; `This will enhance your enjoyment`; `heighten the tension`

enhanced
adjective increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality; `her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night`s sleep rather than makeup`; `careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting`

enhancement
noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable

Enhydra
genus Enhydra noun sea otters

Enid
noun a town in north central Oklahoma

enigma canon
enigmatic canon noun a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)

enigmatic
enigmatical adjective not clear to the understanding; `I didn`t grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later`; `prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries`

Eniwetok
noun World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold

enjambment
enjambement noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

enjoin
verb give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; `I said to him to go home`; `She ordered him to do the shopping`; `The mother told the child to get dressed`

enjoining
enjoinment noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; `injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order`

enjoy
bask d relish verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; `She relished her fame and basked in her glory`

enjoyable
gratifying adjective affording satisfaction or pleasure; `the company was enjoyable`; `found her praise gratifying`; `full of happiness and pleasurable excitement`; `good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read`

enjoyableness
noun pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed; `the enjoyableness of an afternoon at the beach`

enjoyer
noun a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something

enjoyment
delectation noun act of receiving pleasure from something

enjoyment
noun (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; `we were given the use of his boat`

enkephalin
noun an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere

Enki
noun water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea

Enkidu
noun legendary friend of Gilgamish

enlarge
verb become larger or bigger

enlarged
adjective larger than normal; `enlarged joints`

enlargement
blowup noun a photographic print that has been enlarged

enlarger
noun photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph

enlighten
edify verb make understand; `Can you enlighten me--I don`t understand this proposal`

enlighten
verb give spiritual insight to; in religion

enlightened
knowing adjective highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; `an enlightened public`; `knowing instructors`; `a knowledgeable critic`; `a knowledgeable audience`

enlightening
informative 2 illuminating adjective tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; `an enlightening glimpse of government in action`; `an illuminating lecture`

Enlightenment
Age of Reason noun a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions

Enlil
En-lil noun god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods

enlist
verb join the military

enlist
muster in verb engage somebody to enter the army

enlisted man
noun a male enlisted person in the armed forces

enlisted person
noun a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer

enlisted woman
noun a female enlisted person in the armed forces

enlistment
noun the act of enlisting (as in a military service)

enliven
liven verb make lively; `let`s liven up this room a bit`

enlivened
spirited adjective made lively or spirited; `a meal enlivened by the music`; `a spirited debate`

enmesh
mesh verb entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

enmeshed
intermeshed adjective caught as if in a mesh; `enmeshed in financial difficulties`

ennervation
noun surgical removal of a nerve

ennoble
gentle verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

ennoble
verb confer dignity or honor upon; `He was dignified with a title`

ennoblement
noun the act of raising someone to the nobility

ennobling
exalting adjective tending to exalt; `an exalting eulogy`; `ennobling thoughts`

enol
noun an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom

enolic
adjective of or relating to or consisting of enol

enologist
oenologist noun a specialist in wine making

enology
oenology noun the art of wine making

enormity
noun an act of extreme wickedness

enormous
tremendous adjective extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; `an enormous boulder`; `enormous expenses`; `tremendous sweeping plains`; `a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology`- Walter Lippman; `a plane took off with a tremendous noise`

enormously
tremendously adverb extremely; `he was enormously popular`

enormousness
grandness 1 greatness 1 immenseness noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number

enosis
noun the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)

enough
plenty adverb as much as necessary; `Have I eaten enough?`; (`plenty` is nonstandard) `I`ve had plenty, thanks`

Enovid
noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel

enquiry
research noun a search for knowledge; `their pottery deserves more research than it has received`

enrage
verb put into a rage; make violently angry

enrich
verb make better or improve in quality; `The experience enriched her understanding`; `enriched foods`

enrichment
noun act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding

enrobe
verb adorn with a robe

enroll
inscribe verb register formally as a participant or member; `The party recruited many new members`

enrolled
listed adjective officially entered in a roll or list; `an enrolled student`

enrollee
noun a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study

ensconce
settle verb fix firmly; `He ensconced himself in the chair`

ensemble
noun a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)

ensemble
noun a cast other than the principles

Ensete
genus Ensete noun Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas

enshrine
shrine verb enclose in a shrine; `the saint`s bones were enshrined in the cathedral`

enshroud
hide verb cover as if with a shroud; `The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery`

ensiform
sword-shaped adjective shaped like a sword blade; `the iris has an ensiform leaf`

ensiform leaf
noun a sword-shaped leaf; as of iris

ensign
noun a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

ensile
verb store in a silo; `ensile fodder for the cows`

Ensis
genus Ensis noun razor clams

ensky
verb exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise

enslave
verb make a slave of; bring into servitude

enslavement
noun the act of making slaves of your captives

ensnare
entrap verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap; `I was set up!`; `The innocent man was framed by the police`

ensuing
adjective following immediately and as a result of what went before; `ensuing events confirmed the prediction`

ensure
insure 4 assure 3 secure verb make certain of; `This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us`; `Preparation will guarantee success!`