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

eudiometer
noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases

Eudyptes
genus Eudyptes noun rock hoppers

Eugene
Prince Eugene of Savoy noun Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

Eugenia
genus Eugenia noun tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood

Eugenia corynantha
noun Australian tree with sour red fruit

eugenic
adjective pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced

eugenics
noun the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)

euglena
noun minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae

Euglenaceae
family Euglenaceae noun considered green algae

euglenoid
euglenophyte noun marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism

Euglenophyceae
class Euglenophyceae noun coextensive with the division Euglenophyta

Euglenophyta
division Euglenophyta noun free-swimming flagellate algae

eukaryote
eucaryote noun an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good` or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells

eukaryotic
eucaryotic adjective having cells with `good` or membrane-bound nuclei

Euler
Leonhard Euler noun Swiss mathematician (1707-1783)

eulogist
panegyrist noun an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics

eulogize
eulogise verb praise formally and eloquently; `The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral`

eulogy
eulogium noun a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently

Eumeces
genus Eumeces noun New World skinks

Eumenes
genus Eumenes noun mason wasps

Eumetopias
genus Eumetopias noun sea lions

Eumops
genus Eumops noun mastiff bats

Eumycetes
class Eumycetes noun category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota

Eumycota
division Eumycota noun true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)

Eunectes
genus Eunectes noun anacondas

eunuch
castrate noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; `eunuchs guarded the harem`

Euonymus
genus Euonymus noun widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines

Euonymus americanus
noun upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

Euonymus atropurpureus
noun deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

Euopean hoopoe
Upupa epops noun pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings

Eupatorium
genus Eupatorium noun large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers

Eupatorium capillifolium
noun weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers

Euphagus
genus Euphagus noun a genus of Icteridae

Euphausia pacifica
noun food for jellyfish

Euphausiacea
order Euphausiacea noun small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill

euphemism
noun an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

euphemistic
adjective of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology; ``peepee` is a common euphemistic term`

euphemistically
adverb in a euphemistic manner; `his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away`

euphemize
euphemise verb refer to something with a euphemism

euphonic
euphonical adjective of or relating to or characterized by euphony

euphonious
euphonous adjective having a pleasant sound; `a euphonious trill of silver laughter`

euphonium
noun a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family

Euphorbia
genus Euphorbia noun type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice

Euphorbia medusae
Euphorbia caput-medusae noun African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches

Euphorbiaceae
family Euphorbiaceae noun a family of plants of order Geraniales

euphorbium
gum eurphorbium noun an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine

euphoria
euphory noun a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation

euphoriant
adjective tending to produce euphoria

euphoric
adjective exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Euphractus
genus Euphractus noun a genus of Dasypodidae

Euphrates
Euphrates River noun a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia

Euphrosyne
noun (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces

euphuism
noun an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology

Euplectella
genus Euplectella noun a genus of Hyalospongiae

eupnea
eupnoea noun normal relaxed breathing

Euproctis
genus Euproctis noun a genus of Lymantriidae

Eurafrican
adjective relating to or coming from Europe and Africa

Eurasia
noun the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia

Eurasian
Eurasiatic adjective relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia; `His mother was Eurasian, and his father Chinese`; `the Eurasian landmass is the largest in the world`

Eurasian badger
Meles meles noun a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia

Eurasian green toad
Bufo viridis noun Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring

Eurasian hamster
Cricetus cricetus noun a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia

Eurasian kingfisher
Alcedo atthis noun small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage

Eurasian otter
Lutra lutra noun otter found in Europe and Asia

Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola noun short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock

Eureka
noun a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean

Euripides
noun one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)

euro
noun the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies

Eurobabble
noun the jargon of European community documents and regulations

Eurocentric
Europocentric adjective focussed on Europe and the Europeans

Eurocentrism
noun belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans

Eurocurrency
noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing

Eurodollar
noun a United States dollar deposited in a European bank and used as an international currency to finance trade

Euronithopoda
suborder Euronithopoda noun widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon)

Europa
noun the 4th largest of Jupiter`s satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water

Europan
noun an artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European language

Europe
noun the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe` to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

European
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe; `European Community`

European ash
common European ash noun tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath

European beggar-ticks
trifid beggar-ticks noun bur marigold of temperate Eurasia

European bittern
Botaurus stellaris noun a kind of bittern

European black grouse
heathfowl noun large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail

European bog asphodel
Narthecium ossifragum noun of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal

European bream
Abramis brama noun European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food

European catfish
sheatfish noun large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe

European Central Bank
noun the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency; `The European Central Bank is Europe`s equivalent of the Federal Reserve`

European chestnut
sweet chestnut noun wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

European corn borer moth
corn borer moth noun native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants

European country
European nation noun countries occupying the European continent

European cranberry
small cranberry noun small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere

European creeper
Certhia familiaris noun common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill

European cuckoo
Cuculus canorus noun common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds

European curlew
Numenius arquata noun common Eurasian curlew

European dewberry
Rubus caesius noun creeping European bramble bearing dewberries

European dogtooth
Erythronium dens-canis noun sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties

European fire salamander
Salamandra salamandra noun a kind of European salamander

European flatfish
Platichthys flesus noun important food fish of Europe

European fly honeysuckle
European honeysuckle noun cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit

European gallinule
Porphyrio porphyrio noun purple gallinule of southern Europe

European goatsucker
European nightjar noun Old World goatsucker