Name Report For First Name ENY:
ENY
First name ENY's origin is Irish. ENY means "ardent". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ENY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of eny.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with ENY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ENY - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ENY
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ENY AS A WHOLE:
agbenyaga kenya enygeus enyo kolenya kenyatta zeleny fenyang denyse enya enyd gwenyver phoenyx ballindeny denys enyeto jenyd kenyon stanbeny thienyNAMES RHYMING WITH ENY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ny) - Names That Ends with ny:
peony czigany cerny krany silny anny bethany bonny briony brittany brittny bryony dany devany devenny devony ebony estefany fanny genny ginny harmony jenny leilany millenny nanny siany slany tawny tiffany uny adny anthany anthony benny conny danny denny donny johnny kenny kinny lanny lany lenny manny quany renny ronny shelny sonny tony voliny amany antony vollny cluny vanny penny sunny brettany destiny jinny cony evonyNAMES RHYMING WITH ENY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (en) - Names That Begins with en:
ena enando enapay enat encarnacion enceladus enda endre endymion ene enea eneas enerstina enerstyne engel engelbertha engelbertina engelbertine engjell engl englbehrt englebert engleberta engracia engres enid enide enit enite enkoodabao enkoodabaoo enkoodabooaoo ennea ennis enno eno enoch enok enola enos enrica enrichetta enrico enriqua enrique enriqueta enzoNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ENY:
First Names which starts with 'e' and ends with 'y':
eddy edwy eily ellery elliemay elly eloy elroy elvey elvy ely emery emily emmy emory etney etty eustachy everley everly evoyEnglish Words Rhyming ENY
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ENY AS A WHOLE:
abiogeny | noun (n.) Same as Abiogenesis. |
anthropogeny | noun (n.) The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man. |
astheny | noun (n.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces. |
astrogeny | noun (n.) The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens. |
allegheny | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al"le*gha`ny. |
biogeny | noun (n.) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis. |
noun (n.) Life development generally. |
coparceny | noun (n.) An equal share of an inheritance. |
cormogeny | noun (n.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals. |
cormophylogeny | noun (n.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. |
crystallogeny | noun (n.) The science which pertains to the production of crystals. |
denying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deny |
diphenyl | noun (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united. |
electrogeny | noun (n.) A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves. |
embryogeny | noun (n.) The production and development of an embryo. |
endogeny | noun (n.) Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell. |
ethenyl | noun (n.) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C. |
noun (n.) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl. |
genys | noun (n.) See Gonys. |
glycogeny | noun (n.) Alt. of Glycogenesis |
heterogeny | noun (n.) Heterogenesis. |
histogeny | noun (n.) Same as Histogenesis. |
homogeny | noun (n.) Joint nature. |
noun (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor. |
hymenogeny | noun (n.) The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former. |
ideogeny | noun (n.) The science which treats of the origin of ideas. |
ingeny | noun (n.) Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. |
larceny | noun (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement. |
methenyl | noun (n.) The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds. |
monogeny | noun (n.) Monogenesis. |
noun (n.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin. |
morphogeny | noun (n.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny. |
odontogeny | noun (n.) Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth. |
ontogeny | noun (n.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny. |
organogeny | noun (n.) Organogenesis. |
osteogeny | noun (n.) The formation or growth of bone. |
quartenylic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid. |
parthenogeny | noun (n.) Same as Parthenogenesis. |
pathogeny | noun (n.) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled. |
noun (n.) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease. |
phenyl | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives. |
phenylamine | noun (n.) Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen. |
phenylene | noun (n.) A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine. |
phenylic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, phenyl. |
photogeny | noun (n.) See Photography. |
phylogeny | noun (n.) The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally. |
physiogeny | noun (n.) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny. |
phytogeny | noun (n.) The doctrine of the generation of plants. |
polygeny | noun (n.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis. |
progeny | noun (n.) Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. |
propenyl | noun (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl. |
sheeny | adjective (a.) Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. |
spleeny | adjective (a.) Irritable; peevish; fretful. |
adjective (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy. |
sweeny | noun (n.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ENY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ny) - English Words That Ends with ny:
acrimony | noun (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. |
noun (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. |
acrophony | noun (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object. |
aegophony | noun (n.) Same as Egophony. |
agony | noun (n.) Violent contest or striving. |
noun (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. | |
noun (n.) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. | |
noun (n.) The last struggle of life; death struggle. |
agrimony | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Rose family. |
noun (n.) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens). |
alimony | noun (n.) Maintenance; means of living. |
noun (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. |
amphictyony | noun (n.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. |
amphigony | noun (n.) Sexual propagation. |
ancony | noun (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends. |
androgyny | noun (n.) Alt. of Androgynism |
anemony | noun (n.) See Anemone. |
angelophany | noun (n.) The actual appearance of an angel to man. |
antagony | noun (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism. |
antimony | noun (n.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb. |
antiphony | noun (n.) A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing. |
noun (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. |
any | noun (a. & pron.) One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be. |
noun (a. & pron.) Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? | |
adverb (adv.) To any extent; in any degree; at all. |
aphony | noun (n.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance. |
archegony | noun (n.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis. |
astrogony | noun (n.) Same as Astrogeny. |
atony | noun (n.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile. |
autochthony | noun (n.) An aboriginal or autochthonous condition. |
autophony | noun (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. |
averpenny | noun (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average. |
awny | adjective (a.) Having awns; bearded. |
agrotechny | noun (n.) That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology. |
balcony | noun (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater. |
noun (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships. |
barony | noun (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron. |
noun (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. |
baryphony | noun (n.) Difficulty of speech. |
betony | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.). |
binny | noun (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food. |
blenny | noun (n.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidae; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous. |
bonny | noun (n.) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. |
adjective (a.) Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. | |
adjective (a.) Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. |
bony | adjective (a.) Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. |
adjective (a.) Having large or prominent bones. |
botany | noun (a. & n.) The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant. |
noun (a. & n.) A book which treats of the science of botany. |
bottony | adjective (a.) Alt. of Bottone |
brainy | adjective (a.) Having an active or vigorous mind. |
branny | adjective (a.) Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran. |
brawny | adjective (a.) Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. |
brimstony | adjective (a.) Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. |
briny | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood. |
briony | noun (n.) See Bryony. |
bronchophony | noun (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease. |
browny | adjective (a.) Brown or, somewhat brown. |
bryony | noun (n.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic. |
bunny | noun (n.) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it. |
noun (n.) A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel. |
buttony | adjective (a.) Ornamented with a large number of buttons. |
cacophony | noun (n.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. |
noun (n.) A combination of discordant sounds. | |
noun (n.) An unhealthy state of the voice. |
cacotechny | noun (n.) A corruption or corrupt state of art. |
calumny | noun (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. |
canny | adjective (a.) Alt. of Cannei |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ENY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (en) - Words That Begins with en:
enabling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enable |
enablement | noun (n.) The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. |
enacting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enact |
enact | noun (n.) Purpose; determination. |
verb (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law. | |
verb (v. t.) To act; to perform; to do; to effect. | |
verb (v. t.) To act the part of; to represent; to play. |
enactive | adjective (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law. |
enactment | noun (n.) The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. |
noun (n.) That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment. |
enactor | noun (n.) One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. |
enacture | noun (n.) Enactment; resolution. |
enaliosaur | noun (n.) One of the Enaliosauria. |
enaliosauria | noun (n. pl.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. |
enaliosaurian | noun (n.) One of the Enaliosauria. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. |
enallage | noun (n.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another. |
enameling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enamel |
enamel | noun (n.) Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel. |
noun (n.) A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion. | |
adjective (a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. | |
verb (v. t.) A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors. | |
verb (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe. | |
verb (v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated. | |
verb (v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. | |
verb (v. t.) To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted. | |
verb (v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel. | |
verb (v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth. | |
verb (v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion. | |
verb (v. i.) To practice the art of enameling. |
enamelar | adjective (a.) Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. |
enameled | adjective (a.) Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Enamel |
enameler | noun (n.) Alt. of Enamelist |
enamelist | noun (n.) One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. |
enamoring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enamor |
enamorment | noun (n.) The state of being enamored. |
enantiomorphous | adjective (a.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals. |
enantiopathic | adjective (a.) Serving to palliate; palliative. |
enantiopathy | noun (n.) An opposite passion or affection. |
noun (n.) Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists. |
enantiosis | noun (n.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries. |
enarched | adjective (a.) Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary. |
enargite | noun (n.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver. |
enarmed | adjective (a.) Same as Armed, 3. |
enarration | noun (n.) A detailed exposition; relation. |
enarthrodia | noun (n.) See Enarthrosis. |
enarthrosis | noun (n.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation. |
enascent | adjective (a.) Coming into being; nascent. |
enatation | noun (n.) A swimming out. |
enate | adjective (a.) Growing out. |
enation | noun (n.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth. |
enbattled | adjective (a.) Embattled. |
engaging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encage |
noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engage | |
adjective (a.) Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. |
encamping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encamp |
encampment | noun (n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. |
noun (n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. |
encapsulation | noun (n.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule. |
encarpus | noun (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. |
encasement | noun (n.) The act of encasing; also, that which encases. |
noun (n.) An old theory of generation similar to embo/tement. See Ovulist. |
encashment | noun (n.) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc. |
encauma | noun (n.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. |
encaustic | adjective (a.) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. |
adjective (a.) The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors. |
enceinte | noun (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place. |
noun (n.) The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. | |
adjective (a.) Pregnant; with child. |
encenia | noun (n. pl.) A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors. |
encense | noun (n.) To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. |
encephalic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain. |
encephalitis | noun (n.) Inflammation of the brain. |
encephalocele | noun (n.) Hernia of the brain. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ENY:
English Words which starts with 'e' and ends with 'y':
earthly | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise. |
adjective (a.) Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable. | |
adjective (a.) Made of earth; earthy. | |
adverb (adv.) In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly. |
earthy | adjective (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal. | |
adjective (a.) Gross; low; unrefined. | |
adjective (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture. |
easterly | adjective (a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind. |
adjective (a.) Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage. | |
adverb (adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east. |
ebony | noun (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. |
adjective (a.) Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance. |
ebriety | noun (n.) Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety. |
ebriosity | noun (n.) Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness. |
ebulliency | noun (n.) A boiling up or over; effervescence. |
eccentricity | noun (n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. |
noun (n.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. | |
noun (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit. | |
noun (n.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. |
ecclesiology | noun (n.) The science or theory of church building and decoration. |
echometry | noun (n.) The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes. |
noun (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes. |
eclampsy | noun (n.) Same as Eclampsia. |
economy | noun (n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. |
noun (n.) Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy. | |
noun (n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy. | |
noun (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. |
ecstasy | noun (n.) The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. |
noun (n.) Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. | |
noun (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. | |
noun (n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. | |
verb (v. t.) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. |
ectopy | noun (n.) Same as Ectopia. |
ectypography | noun (n.) A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief. |
edacity | noun (n.) Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. |
eddy | noun (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current. |
noun (n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. | |
verb (v. i.) To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. | |
verb (v. t.) To collect as into an eddy. |
edgy | adjective (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper. |
adjective (a.) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. |
edibility | noun (n.) Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness. |
edificatory | adjective (a.) Tending to edification. |
educability | noun (n.) Capability of being educated. |
eery | adjective (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. |
adjective (a.) Affected with fear; affrighted. |
effeminacy | noun (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. |
effervescency | noun (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid. |
efficacity | noun (n.) Efficacy. |
efficacy | noun (n.) Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. |
efficiency | noun (n.) The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. |
noun (n.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. |
effigy | noun (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. |
efflorescency | noun (n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence. |
effluency | noun (n.) Effluence. |
effrontery | noun (n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. |
effumability | noun (n.) The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. |
egality | noun (n.) Equality. |
eggery | noun (n.) A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs. |
egoity | noun (n.) Personality. |
egophony | noun (n.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion. |
egrimony | noun (n.) Sorrow. |
() The herb agrimony. |
egyptology | noun (n.) The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. |
eighty | noun (n.) The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects. |
noun (n.) A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx. | |
adjective (a.) Eight times ten; fourscore. |
ejaculatory | adjective (a.) Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels. |
adjective (a.) Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition. | |
adjective (a.) Sudden; hasty. |
elaboratory | noun (n.) A laboratory. |
adjective (a.) Tending to elaborate. |
elasticity | noun (n.) The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air. |
noun (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork. |
elatery | noun (n.) Acting force; elasticity. |
elderly | adjective (a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people. |
electary | noun (n.) See Electuary. |
electorality | noun (n.) The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. |
electricity | noun (n.) A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause. |
noun (n.) The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science. | |
noun (n.) Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic. |
electrology | noun (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties. |
elextrometry | noun (n.) The art or process of making electrical measurements. |
electropathy | noun (n.) The treatment of disease by electricity. |
electrotypy | noun (n.) The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n. |
electuary | noun (n.) A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection. |
eleemosynary | noun (n.) One who subsists on charity; a dependent. |
adjective (a.) Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation. | |
adjective (a.) Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance. | |
adjective (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor. |
elegancy | noun (n.) The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. |
noun (n.) That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive. |
elegy | noun (n.) A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. |
elementality | noun (n.) The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed. |
elementarity | noun (n.) Elementariness. |
elementary | adjective (a.) Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. |
elephansy | noun (n.) Elephantiasis. |
elevatory | noun (n.) See Elevator, n. (e). |
adjective (a.) Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces. |
eligibility | noun (n.) The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage. |
ellipticity | noun (n.) Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /. |
elmy | adjective (a.) Abounding with elms. |
elocutionary | adjective (a.) Pertaining to elocution. |
elogy | noun (n.) The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy. |
elucidatory | adjective (a.) Tending to elucidate; elucidative. |
elusory | adjective (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. |
emanatory | adjective (a.) Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. |
emancipatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. |
emasculatory | adjective (a.) Serving or tending to emasculate. |
embassadry | noun (n.) Embassy. |
embassy | noun (n.) The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message. |
noun (n.) The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys. | |
noun (n.) The residence or office of an ambassador. |
emblazonry | noun (n.) The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. |
emboly | noun (n.) Embolic invagination. See under Invagination. |
embracery | noun (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements. |
embroidery | noun (n.) Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering. |
noun (n.) Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. |
embryogony | noun (n.) The formation of an embryo. |
embryography | noun (n.) The general description of embryos. |
embryology | noun (n.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage. |
embryonary | adjective (a.) Embryonic. |
embryotomy | noun (n.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
emendatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to emendation; corrective. |
emergency | noun (n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. |
noun (n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. |
emery | noun (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. |
emictory | noun (a. & n.) Diuretic. |
eminency | noun (n.) State of being eminent; eminence. |
emissary | noun (n.) An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. |
adjective (a.) Exploring; spying. | |
adjective (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls. |
emissivity | noun (n.) Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body. |
noun (n.) Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place; | |
noun (n.) the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourier external conductivity). |
emissory | adjective (a.) Same as Emissary, a., 2. |
emmetropy | noun (n.) Same as Emmetropia. |
emotivity | noun (n.) Emotiveness. |
empery | noun (n.) Empire; sovereignty; dominion. |
emphyteuticary | noun (n.) One who holds lands by emphyteusis. |
employ | noun (n.) That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. |
verb (v. t.) To inclose; to infold. | |
verb (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies. | |
verb (v. t.) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. | |
verb (v. t.) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. |
empty | noun (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties." |
superlative (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles. | |
superlative (superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. | |
superlative (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened. | |
superlative (superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats. | |
superlative (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc. | |
superlative (superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. | |
superlative (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. | |
superlative (superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. | |
verb (v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. | |
verb (v. i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean. | |
verb (v. i.) To become empty. |
emulatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. |
emunctory | noun (n.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter. |
encephalology | noun (n.) The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions. |
encephalopathy | noun (n.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning. |
encephalotomy | noun (n.) The act or art of dissecting the brain. |