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| eight |
being eight in number. [1/3 definitions] |
| eight ball |
a black ball with the number eight on it used in playing pool. [2 definitions] |
| eightfold |
having eight parts or elements. [2/3 definitions] |
| eighth |
one of eight equal parts of a whole. [1/4 definitions] |
| eighty |
the product of multiplying ten times eight. [1/5 definitions] |
| elementary school |
a school in which the first six to eight years of a child's education is taught. |
| erbium |
a rare-earth metal chemical element of the lanthanide series that has sixty-eight protons in each nucleus. (symbol: Er) |
| Feb. |
abbreviation of "February," the second month of the Gregorian calendar year, usu. having twenty-eight days, but having one additional day every leap, or fourth, year. |
| February |
the second month of the Gregorian calendar year, usu. having twenty-eight days, but having one additional day every leap, or fourth, year. |
| gallon |
in the US, a unit of capacity equal to four quarts, eight pints, or 3.7854 liters. (abbr.: gal.) [2/3 definitions] |
| Hanukkah |
an eight-day festival beginning on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev in which, by lighting the menorah each night, Jews celebrate the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrians, the rededication of the temple at Jerusalem, and the miracle of the lamp. |
| Ivy League |
an association of eight prestigious colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. [1/2 definitions] |
| junior high school |
an intermediate school between elementary and high school, usu. including grades seven, eight, and nine; middle school. |
| king-size |
of a bed, about seventy-eight by eighty inches. [1/2 definitions] |
| leatherback |
the largest living sea turtle, characterized by its leathery upper shell, which can reach a length of over eight feet. |
| legal pad |
a pad of yellow or white ruled paper measuring eight and one-half by fourteen inches. |
| legal-size |
designating paper having an approximate size of eight and one-half by fourteen inches. [1/2 definitions] |
| middle school |
a school that includes grades five through eight or grades six through eight. |
| modal |
of or pertaining to the use of any of various sequences of the eight diatonic tones, esp. in medieval church music. [1/5 definitions] |
| mode1 |
in music, any of several arrangements of the eight diatonic tones of the octave; scale. [1/4 definitions] |
| month |
the average period of one revolution of the moon around the earth, approximately twenty-eight days. [1/3 definitions] |
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