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

evasion
noun the deliberate act of failing to pay money; `his evasion of all his creditors`; `he was indicted for nonpayment`

evasive
adjective avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; `pilots are taught to take evasive action`

evasive action
noun an action aimed at evading an opponent

evasive answer
noun (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint

evasively
adverb with evasion; in an evasive manner; `her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were`

Eve
noun (Old Testament) Adam`s wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam`s rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

even
regular adjective occurring at fixed intervals; `a regular beat`; `the even rhythm of his breathing`

even
adjective equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; `even amounts of butter and sugar`; `on even terms`; `it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split`; `had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance`; `an even fight`

even a little
adverb to any extent at all; `are you in the least interested?`

even out
verb make even or more even

even spacing
noun regularity of spacing

even-pinnate
abruptly-pinnate adjective of a leaf shape; pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex

even-pinnate leaf
abruptly-pinnate leaf noun a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex

even-textured
adjective having an even texture

even-toed ungulate
artiodactyl noun placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

evenhanded
adjective without partiality; `evenhanded justice`

evening
eve noun the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); `he enjoyed the evening light across the lake`

evening bag
noun a handbag used with evening wear

evening grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertina noun North American grosbeak

Evening Prayer
evensong noun (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer

evening primrose
noun any of several plants of the family Onagraceae

evening shift
noun workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)

evening star
Hesperus noun a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

evening-snow
Linanthus dichotomus noun small California annual with white flowers

Evenki
Ewenki noun a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia

evenly
adverb in a level and regular way

evenness
noun a quality of uniformity and lack of variation

event
noun something that happens at a given place and time

event planner
noun someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)

eventful
adjective full of events or incidents; `the most exhausting and eventful day of my life`

eventration
noun protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall

eventual(a)
adjective expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; `hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue`; `if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market`

eventuality
contingency noun a possible event or occurrence or result

eventually
yet adverb within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; `he will understand eventually`; `he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves`; `sooner or later you will have to face the facts`; `in time they came to accept the harsh reality`

eventuate
verb come out in the end

ever
adverb at any time; `did you ever smoke?`; `the best con man of all time`

ever so
adverb (intensifier for adjectives) very; `she was ever so friendly`

ever-present
adjective being present always

Everest
Mount Everest noun a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)

Everglades
noun a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife

Everglades National Park
noun a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals

evergreen
adjective (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year

evergreen bittersweet
Euonymus fortunei radicans noun broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties

evergreen blueberry
Vaccinium myrsinites noun shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit

evergreen huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum noun stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements

evergreen thorn
Crataegus oxyacantha noun evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe

everlasting
everlasting flower noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

everlasting pea
noun any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus

everlastingly
eternally adverb for a limitless time; `no one can live forever`; `brightly beams our Father`s mercy from his lighthouse evermore`- P.P.Bliss

everlastingness
noun the property of lasting forever

evermore
adverb at any future time; in the future; `lead a blameless life evermore`

Evernia
genus Evernia noun lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus

Evers
Medgar Evers noun United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)

eversion
noun the position of being turned outward; `the eversion of the foot`

eversion
everting noun the act of turning inside out

evert
verb turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; `evert the eyelid`

every inch
adverb in every way; completely; `he was every inch a statesman`

every last(p)
adjective (used as intensive) every; `every last one of you`

every so often
every now and then adverb occasionally; `every so often she visits her father`

every(a)
adjective (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception; `every person is mortal`; `every party is welcome`; `had every hope of success`; `every chance of winning`

everyday
mundane adjective found in the ordinary course of events; `a placid everyday scene`; `it was a routine day`; `there`s nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute`- Anita Diamant

everyday
adjective suited for everyday use; `casual clothes`; `everyday clothes`

everyman
noun the ordinary person

everywhere
everyplace adverb to or in any or all places; `You find fast food stores everywhere`; `people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem`; `he carried a gun everywhere he went`; `looked all over for a suitable gift`; (`everyplace` is used informally for `everywhere`)

evict
verb expel from one`s property or force to move out by a legal process; `The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months`

eviction
dispossession noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

eviction
noun action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved

evidence
grounds noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; `the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling`

evidenced
adjective supported by evidence; `their evidenced friendliness to the US`

evidential
evidentiary adjective serving as or based on evidence; `evidential signs of a forced entry`; `its evidentiary value`

evidentiary
adjective pertaining to or constituting evidence; `evidentiary technique`; `an evidentiary fact`

evil
harmful adjective tending to cause great harm

evil eye
noun a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm

evil spirit
noun a spirit tending to cause harm

evil-looking
adjective having an evil appearance

evil-minded
adjective having evil thoughts or intentions

evince
verb give expression to; `She showed her disappointment`

eviscerate
adjective having been disembowelled

evisceration
noun surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

evitable
avoidable adjective capable of being avoided or warded off

evocation
noun imaginative re-creation

evocation
noun calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

evocative
redolent adjective serving to bring to mind; `cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note`- Wilder Hobson; `a campaign redolent of machine politics`

evoke
verb call to mind; `this remark evoked sadness`

evoked potential
noun the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus; `he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram`

evolution
organic evolution noun (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

evolutionary
adjective of or relating to or produced by evolution; `evolutionary biology`

evolutionary trend
noun a general direction of evolutionary change

evolutionist
noun a person who believes in organic evolution

evolve
germinate verb work out; `We have developed a new theory of evolution`

ewe
noun female sheep

Ewing`s sarcoma
Ewing`s tumor noun malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones)

ex cathedra
adverb with the full authority of the office; `the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible`

ex gratia
adjective as a favor; not compelled by legal right; `ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers`

ex officio
adjective by virtue of an office or position; `the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board`

ex post facto
retroactive adjective affecting things past; `retroactive tax increase`; `an ex-post-facto law`; `retro pay`

ex-directory
not listed adjective (of telephone numbers) not in the telephone directory; `an ex-directory number` (British usage)

ex-gambler
noun a former gambler

ex-husband
noun a man who was formerly a certain woman`s husband

ex-mayor
noun a former mayor