| erg2 |
a vast area covered with sand dunes; desert. |
| ergo |
as a consequence; therefore. |
| ergocalciferol |
a sterol that can be converted into vitamin D and added to foods. |
| ergonomics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of how to adapt machines or work space to human needs. |
| ergosterol |
a sterol derived from yeast which produces vitamin D2, used to prevent or cure certain diseases such as rickets. |
| ergot |
a fungal disease that infects the flowering stems of cereal plants and replaces the grains with hard, dark, fungal bodies. [3 definitions] |
| ergotism |
a severe poisoning caused by overdose of ergot compounds or by eating grain foods that are infested with ergot. |
| Eric Blair |
see "George Orwell." |
| Erick Honecker |
leader of Communist East Germany from 1971 to 1989 (b.1912--d.1994) |
| Eric the Red |
a Nordic outlaw and explorer who established the first Nordic settlement of Greenland in 985 (b.950--d.1003). |
| Erie |
Lake Erie, the southernmost of the Great Lakes between the United States and Canada. [2 definitions] |
| Erie Canal |
a U.S. canal that runs through New York State and connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. After many years of work, the canal was completed and opened in 1825. |
| Erik Torvaldsson |
see "Eric the Red." |
| Erin |
in literary usage, Ireland. |
| Erin go bragh |
Ireland forever (Irish Gaelic); (used to express loyalty to Ireland). |
| Eris |
in Greek mythology, the goddess of conflict or discord; Discordia. |
| Eritrea |
a country on the Red Sea, bordered by Sudan and Ethiopia; formerly a province of Ethiopia. |
| Erlenmeyer flask |
a conical laboratory flask with a broad, flat base and a short, narrow neck, used to mix liquids by hand. |
| ermine |
any of various weasels of northern regions that have white coats with black tail tips in the winter. [2 definitions] |
| erne |
any of several European sea eagles. |
| Ernest Hemingway |
U.S. fiction writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 (b.1899--d.1961). |