A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.

A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

See Eccentric.

In an eccentric manner.

The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.

A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.

Pertaining to ecchymosis.

The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle.

The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

Ecclesiastical.

An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.

An ecclesiastic.

One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.

Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.

In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.

Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

A book of the Apocrypha.

Belonging to ecclesiology.

One versed in ecclesiology.

The science or theory of church building and decoration.

A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

See Ecteron.

The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.

A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.

A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

Each.

To take position in echelon.

a natural family of fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships.

the type genus of the Echeneididae; they are typical remoras.

A monster, half maid and half serpent.

The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.

a genus of fleas including the stick-tight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), which is a serious pest in subtropical America, infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals.

Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Same as Echinoid.

One the Echinoidea.

Of, or like, an echinite.

A fossil echinoid.

annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions.

infestation with echinococci (tapeworms). An infection with the larval form is called hydatid disease.

A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T/nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. The adult form is not found in man.

a red blood cell which has become crenated.

One of the Echinodermata.

Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.

Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea. One of the Echinoidea.

The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.

The Echinodermata.

Set with small spines or prickles.

A hedgehog.

A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.

To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.

A room with walls that resonate sound, producing audible echoes; it is used especially to create special sound effects in recording music.

One who, or that which, echoes.

Formed in imitation of a natural sound; -- of words. Contrasted to nonechoic.

Reflecting sounds so as to create multiple echoes; as, a hotel with echoing halls.

A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.

The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.

Each one.

A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions.

An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.

To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.

The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.

A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

Same as Eclampsia.

Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.

One who follows an eclectic method.

In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.

Theory or practice of an eclectic.

A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.

To suffer an eclipse.

the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.

A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23/ 28/. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.

Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.

A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.

using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware.

of or pertaining to ecology; as, an ecological disaster.

a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment.

the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.

of or pertaining to econometrics; as, econometric theories.

an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods.

the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data.

Pertaining to the household; domestic.

With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.

The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

same as economize.

a person who economizes and avoids waste.

One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.

The act or practice of using to the best effect.

To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.

One who, or that which, economizes.

The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.

A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

A dancing tune in the Scotch style.

Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.

An explicit declaration.

A breaking out with some interjectional particle.

A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.

An animated or passionate exclamation.

Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. An ecphractic medicine.

The operation performed with an /craseur.

An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.

To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

An enthusiast.

Ecstatic.

Rapturously; ravishingly.

Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad.

Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental.

A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the /ectental line/ or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum.

The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.