Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; perh. akin to AS. [=a] always. Cf. , , , .] [Sometimes contracted into {e'er}.] 1. At any time; at any period or point of More…
E-mail \E-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\([=e]"m[^a]l`), n. electronic mail; a digitally encoded message sent from one computer to another through an electronic More…
E-mail \E-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\v. t. [imp. & p. p. ; p. pr. & vb. n. .] to send (an e-mail message) to someone; as, I emailed the article to the editor; she More…
Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less More…
Horned \Horned\, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned More…
Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See .] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; — called also , , . More…
canon \can"on\ (k[a^]n"[u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, More…
earflap \earflap\ n. one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On some hats the earflaps may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in More…
Lobe \Lobe\ (l[=o]b), n. [F. lobe, Gr. lobo`s.] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form; as: (a) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf. More…
earned \earned\ ([~e]rnd), adj. 1. Gained as a result of effort or action; — used especially of income; as, earned income. Contrasted with . 2. (Baseball) not resulting More…
earpiece \earpiece\ n. a device for converting electric signals into sounds, designed to be held over or inserted into the ear; as, The common telephone handset has a speaker and More…
Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (ground"n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[ae]a} (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining More…