ETHOLOGY — EVAPORABLE

ETHOLOGY — EVAPORABLE NWAD ETHOLOGY.1

ETHOLOGY, n. [Gr. manners, morals, and discourse.] NWAD ETHOLOGY.1

A treatise on morality or the science of ethics. NWAD ETHOLOGY.2

ETIOLATE, v.i. [Gr. to shine.] To become white or whiter; to be whitened by excluding the light of the sun, as plants. NWAD ETIOLATE.1

ETIOLATE, v.t. To blanch; to whiten by excluding the sun’s rays. NWAD ETIOLATE.2

ETIOLATED, pp. Blanched; whitened by excluding the sun’s rays. NWAD ETIOLATED.1

ETIOLATING, ppr. Blanching; whitening by excluding the sun’s rays. NWAD ETIOLATING.1

ETIOLATION, n. The operation of being whitened or of becoming white by excluding the light of the sun. NWAD ETIOLATION.1

In gardening, the rendering plants white, crisp and tender, by excluding the action of light from them. NWAD ETIOLATION.2

ETIOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to etiology. NWAD ETIOLOGICAL.1

ETIOLOGY, n. [Gr. cause, and discourse.] NWAD ETIOLOGY.1

An account of the causes of any thing, particularly of diseases. NWAD ETIOLOGY.2

ETIQUET, n. etiket’. [Eng. to dock. Originally, a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents.] NWAD ETIQUET.1

Primarily, an account of ceremonies. Hence in present usage, forms of ceremony or decorum; the forms which are observed towards particular persons, or in particular places, especially in courts, levees, and on public occasions. From the original sense of the word, it may be inferred that it was formerly the custom to deliver cards containing orders for regulating ceremonies on public occasions. NWAD ETIQUET.2

ETITE, n. [Gr. an eagle.] Eagle-stone, a variety of bog iron. [See Eaglestone.] NWAD ETITE.1

ETNEAN, a. [from Aetna.] Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily. NWAD ETNEAN.1

ETTIN, n. A giant. NWAD ETTIN.1

ETTLE, v.t. To earn. [Not in use.] NWAD ETTLE.1

ETUI, ETWEE, ETWEE-CASE, n. A case for pocket instruments. NWAD ETUI.1

ETYMOLOGER, n. An etymologist. [Not in use.] NWAD ETYMOLOGER.1

ETYMOLOGICAL, a. [See Etymology.] Pertaining to etymology or the derivation of words; according to or by means of etymology. NWAD ETYMOLOGICAL.1

ETYMOLOGICALLY, adv. According to etymology. NWAD ETYMOLOGICALLY.1

ETYMOLOGIST, n. One versed in etymology or the deduction of words from their originals; one who searches into the original of words. NWAD ETYMOLOGIST.1

ETYMOLOGIZE, v.i. To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots. NWAD ETYMOLOGIZE.1

ETYMOLOGY, n. [Gr. true, and discourse.] NWAD ETYMOLOGY.1

1. That part of philology which explains the origin and derivation of words, with a view to ascertain their radical or primary signification. NWAD ETYMOLOGY.2

In grammar, etymology comprehends the various inflections and modifications of words, and shows how they are formed from their simple roots. NWAD ETYMOLOGY.3

2. The deduction of words from their originals; the analysis of compound words into their primitives. NWAD ETYMOLOGY.4

ETYMON, n. [Gr. from true.] An original root, or primitive word. NWAD ETYMON.1

EUCHARIST, n. [Gr. a giving of thanks; well, favor.] NWAD EUCHARIST.1

1. The sacrament of the Lord’s supper; the solemn act or ceremony of commemorating the death of our Redeemer, in the use of bread and wine, as emblems of his flesh and blood, accompanied with approprite prayers and hymns. NWAD EUCHARIST.2

2. The act of giving thanks. NWAD EUCHARIST.3

EUCHARISTIC, EUCHARISTICAL, a. Containing expressions of thanks. NWAD EUCHARISTIC.1

1. Pertaining to the Lord’s supper. NWAD EUCHARISTIC.2

Euchloric gas, the same as euchlorine. NWAD EUCHARISTIC.3

EUCHLORINE, n. [See Chlorine.] In chimistry, protoxyd of chlorine. NWAD EUCHLORINE.1

EUCHOLOGY, n. [Gr. prayer or vow, and discourse.] NWAD EUCHOLOGY.1

A formulary of prayers; the Greek ritual, in which are prescribed the order of ceremonies, sacraments and ordinances. NWAD EUCHOLOGY.2

EUCHYMY, n. [Gr.] A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body. NWAD EUCHYMY.1

EUCHYSIDERITE, n. A mineral, considered as a variety of augite. NWAD EUCHYSIDERITE.1

EUCLASE, n. [Gr. to break; easily broken.] NWAD EUCLASE.1

A mineral, a species of emerald, prismatic emerald, of a greenish white, apple or mountain green, bluish green, or dark sky blue color. It is a rare mineral, and remarkably brittle, whence its name. NWAD EUCLASE.2

EUCRASY, n. [Gr. well, and temperament.] NWAD EUCRASY.1

In medicine, such a due or well proportioned mixture of qualities in bodies, as top constitute health or soundness. NWAD EUCRASY.2

EUDIALYTE, n. A mineral of a brownish red color. NWAD EUDIALYTE.1

EUDIOMETER, n. [Gr. serene, and Jove, air, and measure.] NWAD EUDIOMETER.1

An instrument for ascertaining the purity of the air, or the quantity of oxygen it contains. NWAD EUDIOMETER.2

EUDIOMETRIC, EUDIOMETRICAL, a. Pertaining to an eudiometer; performed or ascertained by an eudiometer; as eudiometrical experiments or results. NWAD EUDIOMETRIC.1

EUDIOMETRY, n. The art or practice of ascertaining the purity of the air by the eudiometer. NWAD EUDIOMETRY.1

EUGE, n. Applause. [Not used.] NWAD EUGE.1

EUGH, a tree. [See Yew.] NWAD EUGH.1

EUHARMONIC, a. [Gr. well, and harmonic.] NWAD EUHARMONIC.1

Producing harmony or concordant sounds; as the euharmonic organ. NWAD EUHARMONIC.2

EUKAIRITE, n. [Gr. opportune.] Cupreous seleniuret of silver, a mineral of a shining lead gray color and granular structure. NWAD EUKAIRITE.1

EULOGIC, EULOGICAL, a. [See Eulogy.] Containing praise; commendatory. NWAD EULOGIC.1

EULOGIST, n. [See Eulogy.] One who praises and commends another; one who writes or speaks in commendation of another, on account of his excellent qualities, exploits or performances. NWAD EULOGIST.1

EULOGIUM, n. An eulogy. NWAD EULOGIUM.1

EULOGIZE, v.t. [See Eulogy.] To praise; to speak or write in commendation of another; to extol in speech or writing. NWAD EULOGIZE.1

EULOGIZED, pp. Praised; commended. NWAD EULOGIZED.1

EULOGIZING, ppr. Commending; writing or speaking in praise of. NWAD EULOGIZING.1

EULOGY, n. [Gr.] Praise; encomium; panegyric; a speech or writing in commendation of a person, on account of his valuable qualities, or services. NWAD EULOGY.1

EUNOMY, n. [Gr. law.] Equal law, or a well adjusted constitution of government. NWAD EUNOMY.1

EUNUCH, n. [Gr. a bed, and to keep.] A male of the human species castrated. NWAD EUNUCH.1

EUNUCHATE, v.t. To make a eunuch; to castrate. NWAD EUNUCHATE.1

EUNUCHISM, n. The state of being an eunuch. NWAD EUNUCHISM.1

EUPAHTY, n. [Gr.] Right feeling. NWAD EUPAHTY.1

EUPATORY, n. [L. eupatorium.] The plant hemp agrimony. NWAD EUPATORY.1

EUPEPSY, n. [Gr. concoction.] Good concoction in the stomach; good digestion. NWAD EUPEPSY.1

EUPEPTIC, a. Having good digestion. NWAD EUPEPTIC.1

EUPHEMISM, n. [Gr. well, and to speak.] A representation of good qualities; particularly in rhetoric, a figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened, or rather by which a delicate word or expression is substituted for one which is offensive to good manners or to delicate ears. NWAD EUPHEMISM.1

EUPHONIC, EUPHONICAL, a. [See Euphony.] Agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; as euphonical orthography. NWAD EUPHONIC.1

The Greeks adopted many changes in the combination of syllables to render their language euphonic, by avoiding such collisions. NWAD EUPHONIC.2

EUPHONY, n. [Gr. voice.] An agreeable sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear. NWAD EUPHONY.1

EUPHORBIA, n. [Gr. with a different signification.] NWAD EUPHORBIA.1

In botany, spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby herbaceous succulents, some of them armed with thorns. NWAD EUPHORBIA.2

EUPHORBIUM, n. [L. from Gr.] NWAD EUPHORBIUM.1

In the materia medica, a gummi-resinous substance, exuding from an oriental tree. It has a sharp biting taste, and is vehemently acrimonious, inflaming and ulcerating the fauces. NWAD EUPHORBIUM.2

EUPHOTIDE, n. A name given by the French to the aggregate of diallage and saussurite. NWAD EUPHOTIDE.1

EUPHRASY, n. [According to DeTheis, this word is contracted from euphrosyne, joy, pleasure; a name given to the plant on account of its wonderful effects in curing disorders of the eyes.] NWAD EUPHRASY.1

Eyebright, a genus of plants, Euphrasia, called in French casse-lunette. NWAD EUPHRASY.2

EURIPUS, n. [Gr. L. Euripus.] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows, as that in Greece, between Euboea and Attica, or Euboea and Boeotia. It is sometimes used for a strait or frith much agitated. NWAD EURIPUS.1

EURITE, n. The white stone [weiss stein] of Werner; a very small-grained granite, with the parts intimately blended, and hence often apparently compact. It is gray, red, etc., according to the color of the felspar, of which it is principally composed. NWAD EURITE.1

Whitestone is a finely granular felspar, containing grains of quartz and scales of mica. NWAD EURITE.2

EUROCLYDON, n. [Gr. wind, and a wave.] A tempestuous wind, which drove ashore, on Malta, the ship in which Paul was sailing to Italy. It is supposed to have blown from an easterly point. Acts 27:14. NWAD EUROCLYDON.1

EUROPE, n. [Bochart supposes this word to be composed of white face, the land of white people, as distinguished from the Ethiopians, black-faced people, or tawny inhabitants of Asia and Africa.] NWAD EUROPE.1

The great quarter of the earth that lies between the Atlantic ocean and Asia, and between the Mediterranean sea and the North sea. NWAD EUROPE.2

EUROPEAN, a. Pertaining to Europe. NWAD EUROPEAN.1

EUROPEAN, n. A native of Europe. NWAD EUROPEAN.2

EURUS, n. [L.] The east wind. NWAD EURUS.1

EURYTHMY, n. [Gr. rythmus, number or proportion.] NWAD EURYTHMY.1

In architecture, painting and sculpture, ease, majesty and elegance of the parts of a body, arising from just proportions in the composition. NWAD EURYTHMY.2

EUSEBIAN, n. An Arian, so called from one Eusebius. NWAD EUSEBIAN.1

EUSTYLE, n. [Gr. a column.] In architecture, a sort of building in which the columns are placed at the most convenient distances from each other, the intercolumniations being just two diameters and a quarter of the column, except those in the middle of the face, before and behind, which are three diameters distant. NWAD EUSTYLE.1

EUTHANASY, n. [Gr. death.] An easy death. NWAD EUTHANASY.1

EUTYCHIAN, n. A follower of Eutychius, who denied the two natures of Christ. NWAD EUTYCHIAN.1

EUTYCHIANISM, n. The doctrines of Eutychius, who denies the two natures of Christ. NWAD EUTYCHIANISM.1

EVACATE, v.t. [L. vaco.] To empty. [Not in use.] NWAD EVACATE.1

EVACUANT, a. [L. evacuans.] Emptying; freeing from. NWAD EVACUANT.1

EVACUANT, n. A medicine which procures evacuations, or promotes the natural secretions and excretions. NWAD EVACUANT.2

EVACUATE, v.t. [L. evacuo; e and vacuus, from vaco, to empty. See Vacant.] NWAD EVACUATE.1

1. To make empty; to free from any thing contained; as, to evacuate the church. NWAD EVACUATE.2

2. To throw out; to eject; to void; to discharge; as, to evacuate dark-colored matter from the bowels. Hence, NWAD EVACUATE.3

3. To empty; to free from contents, or to diminish the quantity contained; as, to evacuate the bowels; to evacuate the vessels by bleeding. NWAD EVACUATE.4

4. To quit; to withdraw from a place. The British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783. NWAD EVACUATE.5

5. To make void; to nullify; as, to evacuate a marriage or any contract. [In this sense, vacate is now generally used.] NWAD EVACUATE.6

EVACUATED, pp. Emptied; cleared; freed from the contents; quitted, as by an army or garrison; ejected; discharged; vacated. NWAD EVACUATED.1

EVACUATING, ppr. Emptying; making void or vacant; withdrawing from. NWAD EVACUATING.1

EVACUATION, n. The act of emptying or clearing of the contents; the act of withdrawing from, as an army or garrison. NWAD EVACUATION.1

1. Discharges by stool or other natural means; a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means. NWAD EVACUATION.2

2. Abolition; nullification. NWAD EVACUATION.3

EVACUATIVE, a. That evacuates. NWAD EVACUATIVE.1

EVACUATOR, n. One that makes void. NWAD EVACUATOR.1

EVADE, v.t. [L. evado; e and vado, to go.] NWAD EVADE.1

1. To avoid by dexterity. The man evaded the blow aimed at his head. NWAD EVADE.2

2. To avoid or escape by artifice or stratagem; to slip away; to elude. The thief evaded his pursuers. NWAD EVADE.3

3. To elude by subterfuge, sophistry, address or ingenuity. The advocate evades an argument or the force of an argument. NWAD EVADE.4

4. To escape as imperceptible or not to be reached or seized. NWAD EVADE.5

EVADE, v.i. To escape; to slip away; formerly and properly with from; as, to evade from perils. But from is now seldom used. NWAD EVADE.6

1. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry for the purpose of eluding. NWAD EVADE.7

The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge in any such ways. NWAD EVADE.8

EVADED, pp. Avoided; eluded. NWAD EVADED.1

EVADING, ppr. Escaping; avoiding; eluding; slipping away from danger, pursuit or attack. NWAD EVADING.1

EVAGATION, n. [L. evagatio, evagor; e and vagor, to wander.] NWAD EVAGATION.1

The act of wandering; excursion; a roving or rambling. NWAD EVAGATION.2

EVAL, a. [L. oevum.] Relating to time or duration. [Not in use.] NWAD EVAL.1

EVANESCENCE, n. [L. evanescens, from evanesco; e and vanesco, to vanish, from vanus, vain, empty. See Vain.] NWAD EVANESCENCE.1

1. A vanishing; a gradual departure from sight or possession, either by removal to a distance, or by dissipation, as vapor. NWAD EVANESCENCE.2

2. The state of being liable to vanish and escape possession. NWAD EVANESCENCE.3

EVANESCENT, a. Vanishing; subject to vanishing; fleeting; passing away; liable to dissipation, like vapor, or to become imperceptible. The pleasures and joys of life are evanescent. NWAD EVANESCENT.1

EVANGEL, n. [L. evangelium.] The gospel. [Not in use.] NWAD EVANGEL.1

EVANGELIAN, a. Rendering thanks for favors. NWAD EVANGELIAN.1

EVANGELIC, EVANGELICAL, a. [Low L. evangelicus, from evangelium, the gospel; Gr. well, good, to announce.] NWAD EVANGELIC.1

1. According to the gospel; consonant to the doctrines and precepts of the gospel, published by Christ and his apostles; as evangelical righteousness, obedience or piety. NWAD EVANGELIC.2

2. Contained in the gospel; as an evangelical doctrine. NWAD EVANGELIC.3

3. Sound in the doctrines of the gospel; orthodox; as an evangelical preacher. NWAD EVANGELIC.4

EVANGELICALLY, adv. In a manner according to the gospel. NWAD EVANGELICALLY.1

EVANGELISM, n. The promulgation of the gospel. NWAD EVANGELISM.1

EVANGELIST, n. A writer of the history, or doctrines, precepts, actions, life and death of our blessed Savior, Jesus Christ; as the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. NWAD EVANGELIST.1

1. A preacher or publisher of the gospel of Jesus Christ, licensed to preach, but not having charge of a particular church. NWAD EVANGELIST.2

EVANGELISTARY, n. A selection of passages from the gospels, as a lesson in divine service. NWAD EVANGELISTARY.1

EVANGELIZATION, n. The act of evnagelizing. NWAD EVANGELIZATION.1

EVANGELIZE, v.t. [Low L. evangelizo.] To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to, and convert to a belief of the gospel; as, to evangelize heathen nations; to evangelize the world. NWAD EVANGELIZE.1

EVANGELIZE, v.i. To preach the gospel. NWAD EVANGELIZE.2

EVANGELIZED, pp. Instructed in the gospel; converted to a belief of the gospel, or to christianity. NWAD EVANGELIZED.1

EVANGELIZING, ppr. Instructing in the doctrines and precepts of the gospel; converting to christianity. NWAD EVANGELIZING.1

EVANGELY, n. Good tidings; the gospel. [Not in use.] NWAD EVANGELY.1

EVANID, a. [L. evanidus. See Vain.] NWAD EVANID.1

Faint; weak; evanescent; liable to vanish or disappear; as an evanid color or smell. NWAD EVANID.2