| 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." |
| em- |
in; into. [2 definitions] |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usu. by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| emaciation |
unnatural thinness, as caused by starvation or disease. [2 definitions] |
| email |
the practice or system by which messages may be typed into one computer terminal and sent by telephone, cable, or wireless to another computer terminal; electronic mail. [4 definitions] |
| email address |
a unique identifying label that allows internet messages to be received in one's electronic mail account. The "@" symbol is a part of every email address |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| emanation |
the act or an instance of emanating. [2 definitions] |
| emancipate |
to free from some external control or constraint, such as enslavement or ignorance. [2 definitions] |
| emancipation |
the act of freeing from some constraint or confinement. [2 definitions] |
| Emancipation Proclamation |
the declaration first introduced in 1862 by President Lincoln that freed all the slaves from Confederate states that were not yet under Union control during the United States Civil War. |
| emasculate |
to castrate. [2 definitions] |