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Etherealness (?), n. Ethereality.
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Ethereous (?), a. [L.aethereus, Gr. � See .] 1. Formed of ether; ethereal. [Obs.]
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This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton.
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2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether.
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Coloq. Ethereous oil . See Ethereal oil, under .
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Etherification (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.
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Etheriform (?), a. [Ether + form.] Having the form of ether.
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Etherin, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.
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Etherization (?) n. (Med.) (a) The administration of ether to produce insensibility. (b) The state of the system under the influence of ether.
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Etherize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etherized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing (?).] [Cf. F. éthériser.] 1. To convert into ether.
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2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.
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Etherol (?), n. [Ether + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

{ Ethic (?), Ethical (?), } a. [L. ethicus, Gr. �, fr. � custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to � custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh�, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh� to set: cf. F. éthique. See , .] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
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The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench.
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Coloq. Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
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ethic (ĕthĭk), n. 1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic. [wns=1]
Syn. -- moral principle, value-system, value orientation.
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2. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. [wns=2]
Syn. -- ethical code.
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Ethically, adv. According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.
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Ethicist (ĕthĭsĭst), n. One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.
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Ethics (ĕthĭks), n. [Cf. F. éthique. See .] The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.
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The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor.
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Ethide (?), n. (Chem.) Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.
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Ethidene (?), n. [From .] (Chem.) Ethylidene. [Obs.]
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Ethine (?), n. (Chem.) Acetylene.
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Ethionic (?), a. [Ethyl + thionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.
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Coloq. Ethionic acid (Chem.), a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.

{ Ethiop (?), Ethiopian (?) }, n. [L. Aethiops, Gr. �; � to burn + � face.] A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.

{ Ethiopian, Ethiopic (?), } a. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.
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Ethiopic, n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.
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Ethiops (?) n. [NL. See .] (Old Chem.) A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also Æthiops.] [Obs.]
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Coloq. Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Coloq. Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Coloq. Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.

{ Ethmoid (?), Ethmoidal (?), } a. [Gr. � like a sieve; � sieve + � from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.] (Anat.) (a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.
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Coloq. Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.
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Ethmoid (?) n. (Anat.) The ethmoid bone.
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Ethmotrubinal (?), a. [Ethmoid + turbinal.] See . -- n. An ethmoturbinal bone.
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Ethmovomerine (?), n. [Ethmoid + vomerine.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.
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Coloq. Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed.
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Ethnarch (?), n. [Gr. �; � nation + � leader, commander. See .] (Gr. Antiq.) The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.
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Ethnarchy (?) n. [Gr. �.] The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.

{ Ethnic (?), Ethnical (?), } a. [L. ethnicus, Gr. �, fr. � nation, � � the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F. ethnique.] 1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
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2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
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3. of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial, cultural, religious or linguistic character; as, ethnic differences within a population can cause civil war.
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4. being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population; as, ethnic Chinese own most of the businesses in Indonesia.
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Ethnic (?) n. 1. A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.]
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No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.
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2. a member of an ethnic group.
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Ethnically (?), adv. In an ethnical manner.
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Ethnicism (?) n. Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. [Obs.] “Taint of ethnicism.” B. Jonson.
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ethnocentric adj. centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own; exhibiting ethnocentrism (in both senses).
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ethnocentrism n. 1. belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group. [wns=1]
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2. a tendency to evaluate other people, activities, cultures, etc. primarily from the perspective of one's own as being superior.
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Ethnographer (?) n. One who investigates ethnography.

{ Ethnographic (?), Ethnographical (?), }. a. [Cf. F. ethnographique.] pertaining to ethnography.
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Ethnographically, adv. In an ethnographical manner.
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Ethnography (?), n. [Gr. � nation + -graphy: cf. F. ethnographie.] That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See .

{ Ethnologic (?), Ethnological (?), } a. Of or pertaining to ethnology.
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Ethnologically, adv. In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.
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Ethnologist (?), n. One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.
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Ethnology (?) n. [Gr. � nation + -logy.] The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

{ Ethologic (?), Ethological (?), } a. [See .] treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character. J. S. Mill.
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Ethologist (?) n. One who studies or writes upon ethology.
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Ethology (?), n. [Gr. � a depicting of character; � custom, moral nature + � to speak.] 1. A treatise on morality; ethics.
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2. The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. J. S. Mill.
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Ethopoetic (?). [Gr. �; � custom, manners + � to make or form.] Expressing character. [Obs.] Urquhart.
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Ethos (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. � character. See .] 1. The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization.
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2. (Æsthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people -- rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; -- opposed to pathos.
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Ethule (?) [Ether + Gr. � substance, base. Cf. , and see .] (Chem.) Ethyl. [Obs.]
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Ethyl (?), n. [Ether + -yl.] (Chem.) A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether.
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Coloq. Ethyl aldehyde . (Chem.) See .
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ethyl alcohol n. (Chem.) the organic compound C2H5.OH, which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; it is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel.
Syn. -- ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol.
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Ethylamine (?), n. [Ethyl + amine.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.
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Ethylate (ĕthĭl�t), n. [From .] (Chem.) A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.
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Ethylate (ĕthĭl�t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ethylated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ethylating.] [From .] (Chem.) To treat in such a way as to cause the introduction of one or more ethyl groups, C2H5-; as, to ethylate alcohol.
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Ethylene (ĕthĭlēn), n. [From .] (Chem.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.
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Coloq. Ethylene series (Chem.), the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and represented by the general formula CnH2n.
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Ethylic (?). (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.
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Ethylidene (?). (Chem.) An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH= to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2=CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.
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Ethylin (?) n. (Chem.) Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.
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ethyl mercaptan (?), (Chem.) A gaseous substance (C2H5.SH) used as an odorant in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection and serve as a warning of leaks.
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Ethylsulphuric (?) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.
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Coloq. Ethylsulphuric acid (Chem.), an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process of etherification.
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Etiolate (?). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Etiolated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Etiolating.] [F. étioler to blanch.] 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
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2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
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Etiolate, v. t. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
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2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

{ Etiolate (?), Etiolated, } a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
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Etiolation (?), n. 1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
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2. (Med.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Dunglison.
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Etiolin (?), n. [See .] (Bot.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll. Encyc. Brit.
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Etiological (?), a. Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; ætiological.
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Etiology (?), n. [Cf. F. étiologie.] The science of causes. Same as � .
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Etiquette (?), n. [F. prop., a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket, OF.estiquete, of German origin; cf. LG. stikke peg, pin, tack, stikken to stick, G. stecken. See , and cf. .] The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
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The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.
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Etna (?), n. A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
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There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry. V. Baker.
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Etnean (?), a. [L. Aetnaeus, Gr. �, fr.� (L. Aetna, Aetne).] Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.
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Étoile (�twäl), n. [F.] (Her.) See .
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Etrurian (?), a. Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy. “Etrurian Shades.” Milton, -- n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
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Etruscan (?), n. [L. Etruscus.] Of or relating to Etruria. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Etruria.
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Etter pike (?), n. [Cf. .] (Zoöl.) The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera).
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Ettin (?), n. [SA. eten, eoten, orig., gluttonous, fr. etan to eat.] A giant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Ettle (?), v. t. [Perh. the same word as addle to earn; bur cf. OE. atlien, etlien, to intend, prepare, Icel. ætla to think, suppose, mean.] To earn. [Obs.] See , to earn. Boucher.
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Étude (�tụd), n. [F. See .] 1. A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
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2. (Mus.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
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Étui (�tw�), n. [F.] A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.
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Etwee (ĕteē), n. See . Shenstone.
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Etym (ĕtĭm), n. See . H. F. Talbot.
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Etymic (�tĭmĭk), a. Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word.
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Etymologer (ĕtĭmŏl�jẽr), n. An etymologist.
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Etymological (-m�lŏjĭk�l), a. [L. etymologicus, Gr. 'etymologikos: cf. F. étymologique. See .] Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. -- Etymologically, adv.
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Etymologicon (-ĭkŏn), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'etymologikon, prop. neut. sing. from 'etymologikos.] An etymological dictionary or manual.
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Etymologist (ĕtĭmŏl�jĭst), n. [Cf. F. étymologiste.] One who investigates the derivation of words.
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Etymologize (-jīz), v. t. [Cf. F. étymologiser.] To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden
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Etymologize, v. t. To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
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How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench.
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Etymology (-j�), n.; pl. Etymologies (-jĭz). [L.etymologia, Gr. 'etymologia; 'etymon etymon + logos discourse, description: cf. F. étymologie. See , and .] 1. That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
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2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
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Etymon (?), n.; pl. E. Etymons (#), Gr. Etyma (#). [L., fr. Gr. 'etymon the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, an etymon, fr. � true, real, prob, akin to Skr. sotya, E. sooth. See .] 1. An original form; primitive word; root.
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2. Original or fundamental signification. [R.]
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Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word. Coleridge.
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Etypical (?), a. [Pref. e- + typical.] (Biol.) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.
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Eu n. (Chem.) the chemical symbol for Europium, an element with atomic number 63 and atomic weight 151.96.
Syn. -- Europium.
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Eu (?). [Gr. e'y^ well, orig. neut. of e'ys good; prob. connected with Skr. su, from the same root as E. is; or with Skr. vasu good, prob. fr. the same root as E. was.] A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.
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Eubacteriales n. one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications it is considered an order of Schizomycetes.
Syn. -- order Eubacteriales.
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Eubryales n. an order of mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules.
Syn. -- order Eubryales.
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Eucairite (?), n. [Gr. � seasonable, opportune; e'y^ well, good + � season.] (Min.) A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.
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Eucalyn (ūkȧlĭn), n. (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name.
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eucalypt n. a tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
Syn. -- eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree, gum tree.
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eucalyptol (?), n. [eucalyptus + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A volatile, terpenelike oil (C10H18O), which is the main constituent of the oil of eucalyptus. It has cockroach repellent activity and is used as a flavoring aid in pharmaceuticals. Chemically it is 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-oxabicyclo-[2,2,2]-octane. MI11
Syn. -- cineole, cajeputol. [ Webster +PJC]

In the Webster eucalytpol was defined as an oil “consisting largely of cymene”. Cymene (isopropyltoluene, C10H14) differs from that of the substance currently called eucalyptol, in having an unsaturated ring and no oxygen. Para-cymene does occur in eucalyptus oil as well as some other essential oils.
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Eucalyptus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. e'y^ well, good + � covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.
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☞ They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; E. gigantea, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees.
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Eucarya n. 1. quandong trees.
Syn. -- genus Eucarya, Fusanus, genus Fusanus.
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eucaryote n. an organism with good or membrane-bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes; eucaryotes also have other membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts, within the cytoplasm enclosed by the outer membrane. Such cells are characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria and blue-green algae. Contrasted with prokaryote.
Syn. -- eukaryote.
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eucaryotic adj. of or pertaining to eukaryotes; same as . Contrasted with prokaryotic.
Syn. -- eukaryotic.
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