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

Erastianism
Byzantinism noun the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

erasure
noun a correction made by erasing; `there were many erasures in the typescript`

Erato
noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry

Eratosthenes
noun Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the moon and sun (276-194 BC)

Erb`s palsy
Erb-Duchenne paralysis noun paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)

erbium
Er noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium

Ercilla
genus Ercilla noun a genus of evergreen climbers

Erebus
noun (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day

Erechtites hieracifolia
noun an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers

erect
adjective upright in position or posture; `an erect stature`; `erect flower stalks`; `for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression`; `a column still vertical amid the ruins`; `he sat bolt upright`

erect
rear verb construct, build, or erect; `Raise a barn`

erect bugle
blue bugle noun upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe

erectile
cavernous adjective filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; `erectile tissue`; `the penis is an erectile organ`

erectile dysfunction
male erecticle dysfunction noun impotence resulting from a man`s inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

erectile organ
noun an organ containing erectile tissue

erectile tissue
noun vascular tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid

erecting
erection noun the act of building or putting up

erecting prism
noun a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright

erection
noun a structure that has been erected

erectly
straight-backed adverb in a straight-backed manner; `the old man still walks erectly`

eremite
noun a Christian recluse

eremitic
eremitical adjective of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; `eremitic austerities`

eremitism
noun monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience

Ereshkigal
Eresh-kigal noun goddess of death and consort of Nergal

erethism
noun an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part

Erethizon
genus Erethizon noun a genus of Erethizontidae

Erethizontidae
family Erethizontidae noun New World arboreal porcupines

Eretmochelys
genus Eretmochelys noun hawksbills

erg
noun a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter

ergo
adverb (used as a sentenced connector) therefore or consequently

ergodic
adjective positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions

ergodicity
noun an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions

ergonomic
adjective of or relating to ergonomics

ergonovine
Ergotrate Maleate noun an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion

ergosterol
noun a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation

ergot
Claviceps purpurea noun a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid

ergotamine
noun an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine

ergotic
adjective relating to or produced by ergot

ergotism
noun poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and craming and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs

ergotropic
adjective of or relating to ergotropism

ergotropism
noun an affinity for work

Erianthus
genus Erianthus noun genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs

erica
true heath noun any plant of the genus Erica

Erica arborea
noun evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

Ericaceae
family Ericaceae noun heathers

Ericales
order Ericales noun Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae

Eridanus
noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus

Erie
noun a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania

Erie Canal
noun an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal

Erigeron
genus Erigeron noun cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally

Erignathus
genus Erignathus noun bearded seals

Erin
noun an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry

Erinaceidae
family Erinaceidae noun true hedgehogs

Erinaceus
genus Erinaceus noun type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs

Eriobotrya
genus Eriobotrya noun Asiatic evergreen fruit trees

Eriocaulaceae
family Eriocaulaceae noun chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts

Eriocaulon
genus Eriocaulon noun type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs

Eriodictyon
genus Eriodictyon noun small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico

eriogonum
noun any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers

Eriogonum allenii
noun late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters

Eriophorum
genus Eriophorum noun cotton grass

Eriophyllum
genus Eriophyllum noun genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America

Eriosoma
genus Eriosoma noun woolly aphids

Eris
noun (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares

eristic
eristical adjective given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

Erithacus
genus Erithacus noun Old World thrushes

Eritrea
State of Eritrea noun an African country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993

Eritrean
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people; `Eritrean civil war`

Erlang
noun a unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system

Erlenmeyer
Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer noun German chemist (1825-1909)

Erlenmeyer flask
noun a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck

ermine
shorttail weasel noun mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat

ern
erne noun bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland

erode
eat away verb remove soil or rock; `Rain eroded the terraces`

erode
gnaw at verb become ground down or deteriorate; `Her confidence eroded`

eroded
scoured adjective worn away as by water or ice or wind

Erodium
genus Erodium noun geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions

erogenous
adjective sensitive to sexual stimulation

erogenous zone
noun any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation

Erolia
genus Erolia noun a genus of Scolopacidae

Eros
noun (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid

erose
jagged adjective having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

erose leaf
noun a leaf having a jagged margin as though gnawed

erosion
eroding noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

erotic
titillating adjective giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing

erotically
adverb in an erotic manner

eroticism
erotism noun a state of anticipation of sexuality

eroticism
erotism noun the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

eroticize
sex up verb give erotic or sexy character to; `eroticize the ads`

err
mistake 1 slip verb to make a mistake or be incorrect

errancy
noun fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err

errand
noun a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

errant
adjective uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; `an errant breeze`

erratic
fickle adjective liable to sudden unpredictable change; `erratic behavior`; `fickle weather`; `mercurial twists of temperament`; `a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next`

erratically
unpredictably adverb in an erratic unpredictable manner; `economic changes are proceeding erratically`

errhine
adjective causing nasal discharge

erring
error-prone adjective capable of making an error; `all men are error-prone`

erroneous
inaccurate adjective containing or characterized by error; `erroneous conclusions`; `the answer was inaccurate`

erroneousness
error noun inadvertent incorrectness

error
mistake noun part of a statement that is not correct; `the book was full of errors`