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.

External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.

The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.

A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm. The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.

One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.

Of or relating to the ectoderm.

Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.

The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.

A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. The ectosarc of protozoan.

Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.

An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

Same as Ectopia.

An external parasitic organism.

The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the am/ba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

See Epizoic.

See Epizo/n.

An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

Same as Ectropion.

Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.

Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence: A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.

A stable.

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.

Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.

Given to eating; voracious; devouring.

Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.

A mild Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.

an extinct heavy-bodied reptile of the late Paleozoic having a dorsal sail or crest.

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.

To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge.

Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.

Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish.

The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.

To collect as into an eddy.

A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps. It is the national flower of Austria.

Same as /dema.

Same as /dematous.

The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.

A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.

Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.

See Edentate, a. One of the Edentata.

See Edentate, a.

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.

One of the Edentata.

Same as Edentate, a.

Toothless.

To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

Same as Aitchbone.

having a specified kind of border or edge; as, a black-edged card; dried sweat left salt-edged patches.

Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

In the direction of the edge.

Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.

With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.

Gradually; gingerly.

Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as /English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth./

Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.

Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Anything edible.

Suitableness for being eaten.

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.

Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

Building; constructing.

The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.

Tending to edification.

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.

Pertaining to an edifice; structural.

One who builds.

To improve.

Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.

See /dile.

The office of /dile.

A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

improved or corrected by critical editing.

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

An editor.

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

to write an opinion in an editorial in a publication.

In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

A female editor.

To guard as a churchwarden does.

One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.

A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.

Capability of being educated.

Capable of being educated.

To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

Of or pertaining to education.

a specialist in the theory of eduction.

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

One who educates; a teacher.

To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

Capable of being educed.

That which is educed, as by analysis.

The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

Tending to draw out; extractive.

One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.

An edulcorant remedy.