| elocution |
training in, or the art of, public speaking. [2 definitions] |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. [3 definitions] |
| elope |
to run away secretly with a lover, esp. to marry and usu. without the consent of parents or guardians. [2 definitions] |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. [2 definitions] |
| eloquent |
fluent, apt, and persuasive, as a speaker or a speech. [2 definitions] |
| El Salvador |
a Central American country on the Pacific coast south of Guatemala. |
| else |
different; other. [4 definitions] |
| elsewhere |
in or to another place; somewhere else. |
| elucidate |
to make clear; clarify or explain. [2 definitions] |
| elude |
to avoid or evade by speed, skill, or trickery. [2 definitions] |
| Elul |
the twelfth and last month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late August through early September in the Gregorian calendar. |
| elusive |
hard to perceive, understand, or remember. [3 definitions] |
| eluviation |
the movement through soil of material that is in suspension or solution in rainwater or snow melt. |
| eluvium |
a deposit of soil, dust, or gravel caused by the weathering and disintegration of rocks, and usu. remaining at the site. (Cf. alluvium.) |
| elver |
a young eel, esp. at the stage of upstream migration from the ocean. |
| elves |
pl. of elf. |
| elvish |
variant of elfish. |
| Elysian |
of, concerning, or resembling Elysium. [2 definitions] |
| Elysian fields |
see "Elysium." |
| Elysium |
in Greek mythology, a place in which virtuous people reside after death; Elysian fields. [2 definitions] |
| 'em |
(informal) contracted form of "them." |