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." |