| El Dorado |
a legendary South American destination of early Spanish explorers seeking gold and riches. [2 definitions] |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
civil rights activist, diplomat, and First Lady to President Franklin Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945; born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (b.1884--d.1962). |
| Eleatic |
of or pertaining to an ancient Greek school of philosophy that developed a systematic method of inquiry, esp. into the illusory character of plurality, movement, and change. [2 definitions] |
| elect |
to select through the process of voting. [8 definitions] |
| electable |
combined form of elect. |
| election |
the process of selecting a person for office by voting. [2 definitions] |
| electioneer |
to campaign on behalf of a political candidate, party, or issue. |
| elective |
pertaining to election by voting. [5 definitions] |
| elector |
one who may participate in an election; qualified voter. [2 definitions] |
| electoral |
of or concerning electors or an election. [2 definitions] |
| electoral college |
a body of people chosen to officially elect the President and Vice President of the United States, based on the popular vote in each state. |
| electoral process |
a set of steps and procedures agreed upon as the method for conducting an election, such as the processes for selecting candidates, registering voters, casting votes, and counting votes. |
| electoral vote |
the tally of the votes cast by the electors of the electoral college in a U.S. presidential election. In most states, the winner of the popular vote receives one hundred percent of that state's electoral vote; therefore, the percentage of the total electoral vote cast for each candidate may not reflect the percentage of the popular vote cast for each candidate. [2 definitions] |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| Electra |
in Greek mythology, a princess who convinced her brother to kill their mother and their mother's lover. |
| Electra complex |
in Freudian psychoanalysis, the unconscious desire of a daughter for sexual gratification from her father, or her wish to take her mother's place in her father's affections. (Cf. Oedipus complex.) |
| electric |
of or pertaining to electricity. [4 definitions] |
| electrical |
electric. |
| electric chair |
a chair through which high voltages of electricity are passed in order to execute a convicted criminal. [2 definitions] |
| electric eel |
any of various eellike fishes native to freshwater rivers of northern South America, capable of giving off strong electrical discharges. |
| electric eye |
see "photoelectric cell." |