First Names Rhyming ELIA
English Words Rhyming ELIA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ELƯA AS A WHOLE:
| abelian | noun (n.) Alt. of Abelonian |
| amphicoelian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Amphicoelous |
| aristotelian | noun (n.) A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). |
| arundelian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624. |
| aurelia | noun (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora. |
| aurelian | noun (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the aurelia. |
| belial | noun (n.) An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. |
| bromeliaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family. |
| carnelian | noun (n.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals. |
| celiac | adjective (a.) See Coellac. |
| | adjective (a.) Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. |
| cimeliarch | noun (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. |
| coelia | noun (n.) A cavity. |
| coeliac | adjective (a.) Alt. of Celiac |
| cornelian | noun (n.) Same as Carnelian. |
| endothelial | adjective (a.) Of, or relating to, endothelium. |
| epithelial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer. |
| evangelian | adjective (a.) Rendering thanks for favors. |
| froebelian | noun (n.) One who teaches by, or advocates the use of, the kindergarten system. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, Friedrich Froebel, or the kindergarten system of education, which he organized. |
| grindelia | noun (n.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis. |
| hegelian | noun (n.) A follower of Hegel. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to Hegelianism. |
| hegelianism | noun (n.) Alt. of Hegelism |
| heliac | adjective (a.) Heliacal. |
| heliacal | adjective (a.) Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. |
| helianthin | noun (n.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange. |
| helianthoid | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea. |
| helianthoidea | noun (n. pl.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria. |
| herschelian | adjective (a.) Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope. |
| ismaelian | noun (n.) Alt. of Ismaelite |
| lobelia | noun (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. |
| lobeliaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type. |
| machiavelian | noun (n.) One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty. |
| machiavelianism | noun (n.) The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power. |
| meckelian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist. |
| meliaceous | adjective (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar. |
| mentomeckelian | noun (n.) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw. |
| mephistophelian | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty. |
| mesocoelia | noun (n.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter. |
| myoepithelial | adjective (a.) Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra. |
| mendelian | adjective (a.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law. |
| opisthocoelian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Opisthocoelous |
| optocoelia | noun (n.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals. |
| platycoelian | adjective (a.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs. |
| procoelia | noun (n.) Same as Procoele. |
| | noun (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front. |
| procoelian | noun (n.) A reptile having procoelian vertebrae; one of the Procoelia. |
| | adjective (a.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex. |
| prosocoelia | noun (n.) Same as Prosocoele. |
| pseudocoelia | noun (n.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. |
| reliability | noun (n.) The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness. |
| reliable | adjective (a.) Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. |
| reliance | noun (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority. |
| | noun (n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ELƯA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (lia) - English Words That Ends with lia:
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| antlia | noun (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera. |
| alalia | noun (n.) Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called motor, or ataxis, aphasia, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech. |
| bacchanalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler. |
| battalia | noun (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. |
| | noun (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. |
| camellia | noun (n.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea. |
| | noun (n.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. |
| cerealia | noun (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres. |
| | noun (n. pl.) The cereals. |
| cilia | noun (n. pl.) The eyelashes. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora. |
| crocodilia | noun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds. |
| dahlia | noun (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. |
| discodactylia | noun (n. pl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. |
| dulia | noun (n.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God. |
| generalia | noun (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms. |
| glossolalia | noun (n.) Alt. of Glossolaly |
| hematophilia | noun (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds. |
| hemophilia | noun (n.) See Hematophilia. |
| hydrocorallia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora. |
| hyperdulia | noun (n.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. |
| implacentalia | noun (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed. |
| lacertilia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards. |
| larvalia | noun (n. pl.) An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia. |
| lupercalia | noun (n. pl.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan. |
| magnolia | noun (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. |
| mammalia | noun (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. |
| marginalia | noun (n. pl.) Marginal notes. |
| marsupialia | noun (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata. |
| melancholia | noun (n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas. |
| memorabilia | noun (n. pl.) Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them. |
| metabolia | noun (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis. |
| megalocephalia | noun (n.) Alt. of Megalocephaly |
| nebalia | noun (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.) |
| neuroglia | noun (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord. |
| notabilia | noun (n. pl.) Things worthy of notice. |
| quinquennalia | noun (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Public games celebrated every five years. |
| paraphernalia | noun (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments. |
| passacaglia | noun (n.) Alt. of Passacaglio |
| penetralia | noun (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home. |
| physalia | noun (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war. |
| placentalia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials. |
| regalia | noun (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed. |
| reptilia | noun (n. pl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. |
| rosalia | noun (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence. |
| saturnalia | noun (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves. |
| | noun (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence. |
| scaglia | noun (n.) A reddish variety of limestone. |
| scholia | noun (n. pl.) See Scholium. |
| | (pl. ) of Scholium |
| sedilia | noun (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service. |
| stapelia | noun (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion. |
| taglia | noun (n.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. |
| terminalia | noun (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ELƯA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (eli) - Words That Begins with eli:
| elicit | adjective (a.) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. |
| | verb (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion. |
| eliciting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elicit |
| elicitation | noun (n.) The act of eliciting. |
| eliding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Elide |
| eligibility | noun (n.) The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage. |
| eligible | adjective (a.) That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office. |
| | adjective (a.) Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house. |
| eligibleness | noun (n.) The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness. |
| eliminant | noun (n.) The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant. |
| eliminating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eliminate |
| elimination | noun (n.) The act of expelling or throwing off |
| | noun (n.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories. |
| | noun (n.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities. |
| | noun (n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.] |
| eliminative | adjective (a.) Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. |
| elinguation | noun (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue. |
| elinguid | adjective (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb. |
| eliquament | noun (n.) A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure. |
| eliquation | noun (n.) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. |
| elison | noun (n.) Division; separation. |
| | noun (n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together. |
| elisor | noun (n.) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified. |
| elite | noun (n.) A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society. |
| | noun (n.) See Army organization, Switzerland. |
| elixation | noun (n.) A seething; digestion. |
| elixir | noun (n.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form. |
| | noun (n.) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life. |
| | noun (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence. |
| | noun (n.) Any cordial or substance which invigorates. |
| elizabethan | noun (n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ELƯA:
English Words which starts with 'e' and ends with 'a':
| earthpea | noun (n.) A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods. |
| ecclesia | noun (n.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians. |
| | noun (n.) A church, either as a body or as a building. |
| echidna | noun (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater. |
| echinodermata | noun (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. |
| echinoidea | noun (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. |
| echinozoa | noun (n. pl.) The Echinodermata. |
| echiuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans. |
| eclampsia | noun (n.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions. |
| ecphonema | noun (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle. |
| ectasia | noun (n.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal. |
| ecthyma | noun (n.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. |
| ectopia | noun (n.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder. |
| ectoprocta | noun (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles. |
| eczema | noun (n.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum. |
| edda | noun (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes. |
| edema | noun (n.) Same as oedema. |
| edentata | noun (n. pl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking. |
| edriophthalma | noun (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. |
| egesta | noun (n. pl.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta. |
| elasipoda | noun (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. |
| elcaja | noun (n.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch. |
| eleutheromania | noun (n.) A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. |
| emgalla | noun (n.) The South African wart hog. See Wart hog. |
| emmetropia | noun (n.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism. |
| emphysema | noun (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| empyema | noun (n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. |
| empyreuma | noun (n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels. |
| emydea | noun (n. pl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins. |
| enaliosauria | noun (n. pl.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders. |
| enarthrodia | noun (n.) See Enarthrosis. |
| encauma | noun (n.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. |
| 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. |
| enchondroma | noun (n.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. |
| enchylemma | noun (n.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded. |
| enchyma | noun (n.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed. |
| encrinoidea | noun (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea. |
| encyclopedia | noun (n.) Alt. of Encyclopaedia |
| encyclopaedia | noun (n.) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia. |
| endophragma | noun (n.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea. |
| endoplasma | noun (n.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc. |
| endoplastica | noun (n. pl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba. |
| endopleura | noun (n.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen. |
| endorhiza | noun (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo. |
| endostoma | noun (n.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea. |
| endotheca | noun (n.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. |
| endozoa | noun (n. pl.) See Entozoa. |
| endyma | noun (n.) See Ependyma. |
| enema | noun (n.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. |
| enigma | noun (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed. |
| | noun (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma. |
| enheahedria | noun (n.) Alt. of Enheahedron |
| enneandria | noun (n.) A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens. |
| enopla | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis. |
| entasia | noun (n.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc. |
| enteralgia | noun (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic. |
| enteropneusta | noun (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| enthelmintha | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Enthelminthes |
| entomophaga | noun (n. pl.) One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2. |
| | noun (n. pl.) A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum. |
| | noun (n. pl.) A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters. |
| entomostraca | noun (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera. |
| entoprocta | noun (n. pl.) A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina. |
| entozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes. |
| | noun (n. pl.) An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others. |
| | (pl. ) of Entozoon |
| epanaphora | noun (n.) Same as Anaphora. |
| epeira | noun (n.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider. |
| ependyma | noun (n.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis. |
| epha | noun (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer. |
| ephemera | noun (n.) A fever of one day's continuance only. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. |
| | (pl. ) of Ephemeron |
| ephyra | noun (n.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila. |
| epiblema | noun (n.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. |
| epichirema | noun (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. |
| epigaea | noun (n.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus. |
| epimera | noun (n. pl.) See Epimeron. |
| | (pl. ) of Epimeron |
| epiphonema | noun (n.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse. |
| epiphora | noun (n.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. |
| | noun (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. |
| epistoma | noun (n.) Alt. of Epistome |
| epitheca | noun (n.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals. |
| epithelioma | noun (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer. |
| epithema | noun (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. |
| epitrochlea | noun (n.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle. |
| epocha | noun (n.) See Epoch. |
| epopoeia | noun (n.) An epic poem; epic poetry. |
| equinia | noun (n.) Glanders. |
| era | noun (n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned. |
| | noun (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian). |
| | noun (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch. |
| erica | noun (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers. |
| errantia | noun (n. pl.) A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda. |
| errata | noun (n. pl.) See Erratum. |
| | (pl. ) of Erratum |
| eruca | noun (n.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva. |
| erythema | noun (n.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size. |
| erythrina | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers. |
| eschara | noun (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched. |
| eschscholtzia | noun (n.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy. |
| estancia | noun (n.) A grazing; a country house. |
| estufa | noun (n.) An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. |
| etna | noun (n.) A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp. |
| eucopepoda | noun (n. pl.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans. |
| eudipleura | noun (n. pl.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves. |
| eugenia | noun (n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce. |
| eupepsia | noun (n.) Alt. of Eupepsy |
| euphorbia | noun (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products. |
| euplectella | noun (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket. |
| euplexoptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig. |
| eupnaea | noun (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. |
