Name Report For First Name ENDA:

ENDA

First name ENDA's origin is Irish. ENDA means "name of a saint". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ENDA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of enda.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with ENDA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ENDA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ENDA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ENDA AS A WHOLE:

jendayi orenda muenda penda pendaran kendall brenda brendalynn gwendalynn kendal melisenda brendan kendale lendall rendall tinotenda ablendan tugenda wenda jenda wendale wendall

NAMES RHYMING WITH ENDA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (nda) - Names That Ends with nda:

balinda nehanda clarimunda yolanda dorinda chamunda chanda clorinda wakanda sanda adelinda standa tonda almunda amalasanda amanda ananda anda arlinda armanda arminda belinda branda brynda calinda calynda chelinda cinda clarimonda clarinda crissinda deanda delinda diamanda dianda edmanda edmonda edmunda fernanda florinda fonda inda jacinda jakinda kasinda landa larunda laurinda leonda linda lorinda lynda malinda manda maranda melinda melynda meranda miranda odanda odelinda olinda raimunda rhonda rosalinda rosemunda rozmonda segunda wynda yolonda zarahlinda iolanda zerlinda wanda vanda rolanda ethelinda ararinda marlinda

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (da) - Names That Ends with da:

dada makda makeda rashida saida sauda sroda ghayda huda mas'ouda nashida nida rida warda zada daghda oppida seda milada arvada afreda

NAMES RHYMING WITH ENDA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (end) - Names That Begins with end:

endre endymion

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (en) - Names That Begins with en:

ena enando enapay enat encarnacion enceladus ene enea eneas enerstina enerstyne engel engelbertha engelbertina engelbertine engjell engl englbehrt englebert engleberta engracia engres enid enide enit enite enkoodabao enkoodabaoo enkoodabooaoo ennea ennis enno eno enoch enok enola enos enrica enrichetta enrico enriqua enrique enriqueta eny enya enyd enyeto enygeus enyo enzo

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ENDA:

First Names which starts with 'e' and ends with 'a':

eada eadda eadwiella ealga eara earlena earlina earna earnestyna eartha earwyna eathellreda ebba ebissa ecaterina echa echidna eda edana edda edelina edenia edina edita editha editta edla edna edorta edra edrea eduarda edva edwa edwina edwinna edytha eeva eferhilda efia efra efthemia egberta egbertina egeria egesa eglantina eguskina eidothea eila eileithyia eilena eilinora eirica eisa eithna eja ejona ekaterina el-saraya elaina elana elayna elberta elbertina elbertyna elda eldora eldreda eldrida eleadora eleanora electra eleena elefteria elena elenora eleonora eleora elepheteria eleta elethea elethia eleuia elexa elfreda elfrida elfrieda elga elia eliana elica elicia elida elija elina eliora elisa elisabeta elisabetta

English Words Rhyming ENDA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ENDA AS A WHOLE:

amendableadjective (a.) Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error.

amendatoryadjective (a.) Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.

appendagenoun (n.) Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
 noun (n.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

appendagedadjective (a.) Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.

appendancenoun (n.) Something appendant.

appendantnoun (n.) Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
 noun (n.) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
 verb (v. t.) Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
 verb (v. t.) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.

arendatornoun (n.) In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

ascendableadjective (a.) Capable of being ascended.

ascendancynoun (n.) Alt. of Ascendance

ascendancenoun (n.) Same as Ascendency.

ascendantnoun (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.
 noun (n.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
 noun (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
 noun (n.) An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Ascendent

attendancynoun (n.) The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.

attendantnoun (n.) One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.
 noun (n.) One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.
 noun (n.) That which accompanies; a concomitant.
 noun (n.) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.
 verb (v. t.) Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
 verb (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
 verb (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.

bendableadjective (a.) Capable of being bent.

calendarnoun (n.) An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.
 noun (n.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.
 noun (n.) An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy.
 verb (v. t.) To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

calendaringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calendar

calendarialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.

calendaryadjective (a.) Calendarial.

codefendantnoun (n.) A joint defendant.

commendableadjective (a.) Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

commendamnoun (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

commendatarynoun (n.) One who holds a living in commendam.

commendationnoun (n.) The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
 noun (n.) That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
 noun (n.) A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.

commendatornoun (n.) One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.

commendatorynoun (n.) A commendation; eulogy.
 adjective (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.
 adjective (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.

chippendaleadjective (a.) Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular.

defendableadjective (a.) Capable of being defended; defensible.

defendantnoun (n.) One who defends; a defender.
 noun (n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
 adjective (a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.
 adjective (a.) Making defense.

delendanoun (n. pl.) Things to be erased or blotted out.

dependableadjective (a.) Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.

dependantnoun (n.) Alt. of Dependancy

dependancenoun (n.) Alt. of Dependancy

dependancynoun (n.) See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

descendantnoun (n.) One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
 adjective (a.) Descendent.

discommendableadjective (a.) Deserving, disapprobation or blame.

discommendationnoun (n.) Blame; censure; reproach.

emendableadjective (a.) Corrigible; amendable.

emendationnoun (n.) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
 noun (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

emendatornoun (n.) One who emends or critically edits.

emendatoryadjective (a.) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.

endableadjective (a.) That may be ended; terminable.

endamagingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endamage

endamageableadjective (a.) Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable.

endamagementnoun (n.) Damage; injury; harm.

endangeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endanger

endangermentnoun (n.) Hazard; peril.

endaspideanadjective (a.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

exigendarynoun (n.) See Exigenter.

extendantadjective (a.) Displaced.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ENDA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (nda) - English Words That Ends with nda:


anacondanoun (n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

haciendanoun (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.

jacarandanoun (n.) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.
 noun (n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.

marimondanoun (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

morindanoun (n.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.

nondanoun (n.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.

pandanoun (n.) A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.

propagandanoun (n.) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.
 noun (n.) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world.
 noun (n.) Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles.

pudendanoun (n. pl.) The external organs of generation.

racoondanoun (n.) The coypu.

rotundaadjective (a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.

tiendanoun (n.) In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.

verandanoun (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ENDA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (end) - Words That Begins with end:


endnoun (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.
 noun (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.
 noun (n.) Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.
 noun (n.) The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.
 noun (n.) That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.
 noun (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
 verb (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech.
 verb (v. t.) To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy; to put to death.
 verb (v. i.) To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

endingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of End
 noun (n.) Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
 noun (n.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5.

endearingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endear
 adjective (a.) Making dear or beloved; causing love.

endearednessnoun (n.) State of being endeared.

endearmentnoun (n.) The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.

endeavoringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endeavor

endeavornoun (n.) An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
 verb (v. t.) To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
 verb (v. i.) To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.

endeavorernoun (n.) One who makes an effort or attempt.

endeavormentnoun (n.) Act of endeavoring; endeavor.

endecagonnoun (n.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

endecagynousadjective (a.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

endecanenoun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.

endecaphyllousadjective (a.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.

endeicticadjective (a.) Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.

endeixisnoun (n.) An indication.

endemialadjective (a.) Endemic.

endemicnoun (n.) An endemic disease.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Endemical
 adjective (a.) Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as, a plant endemic in Australia; -- often distinguished from exotic.

endemicaladjective (a.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

endemiologynoun (n.) The science which treats of endemic affections.

endenizationnoun (n.) The act of naturalizing.

endernoun (n.) One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.

endermaticadjective (a.) Endermic.

endermicadjective (a.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.

enderonnoun (n.) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.

endiademedadjective (a.) Diademed.

endictmentnoun (n.) See Indictment.

endivenoun (n.) A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.

endlessadjective (a.) Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.
 adjective (a.) Infinite; excessive; unlimited.
 adjective (a.) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
 adjective (a.) Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.

endlessnessnoun (n.) The quality of being endless; perpetuity.

endmostadjective (a.) Farthest; remotest; at the very end.

endoblastnoun (n.) Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,

endoblasticadjective (a.) Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

endocardiacadjective (a.) Alt. of Endocardial

endocardialadjective (a.) Pertaining to the endocardium.
 adjective (a.) Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.

endocarditisnoun (n.) Inflammation of the endocardium.

endocardiumnoun (n.) The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

endocarpnoun (n.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

endochondraladjective (a.) Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.

endochromenoun (n.) The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

endocystnoun (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

endodermnoun (n.) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
 noun (n.) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

endodermaladjective (a.) Alt. of Endodermic

endodermicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

endodermisnoun (n.) A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

endogamousadjective (a.) Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

endogamynoun (n.) Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

endogennoun (n.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

endogenesisnoun (n.) Endogeny.

endogeneticadjective (a.) Endogenous.

endogenousadjective (a.) Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.
 adjective (a.) Originating from within; increasing by internal growth.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ENDA:

English Words which starts with 'e' and ends with 'a':

earthpeanoun (n.) A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

ecclesianoun (n.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
 noun (n.) A church, either as a body or as a building.

echidnanoun (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
 noun (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

echinodermatanoun (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata.

echinoideanoun (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.

echinozoanoun (n. pl.) The Echinodermata.

echiuroideanoun (n. pl.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.

eclampsianoun (n.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

ecphonemanoun (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.

ectasianoun (n.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

ecthymanoun (n.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.

ectopianoun (n.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

ectoproctanoun (n. pl.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

eczemanoun (n.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

eddanoun (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

edemanoun (n.) Same as oedema.

edentatanoun (n. pl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

edriophthalmanoun (n. pl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca.

egestanoun (n. pl.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.

elasipodanoun (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.

elcajanoun (n.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

eleutheromanianoun (n.) A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.

emgallanoun (n.) The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

emmetropianoun (n.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.

emphysemanoun (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.

empyemanoun (n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.

empyreumanoun (n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

emydeanoun (n. pl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

enaliosaurianoun (n. pl.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

enarthrodianoun (n.) See Enarthrosis.

encaumanoun (n.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.

encenianoun (n. pl.) A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

enchondromanoun (n.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.

enchylemmanoun (n.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

enchymanoun (n.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

encrinoideanoun (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

encyclopedianoun (n.) Alt. of Encyclopaedia

encyclopaedianoun (n.) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

endophragmanoun (n.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

endoplasmanoun (n.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.

endoplasticanoun (n. pl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.

endopleuranoun (n.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

endorhizanoun (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

endostomanoun (n.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

endothecanoun (n.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.

endozoanoun (n. pl.) See Entozoa.

endymanoun (n.) See Ependyma.

enemanoun (n.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.

enigmanoun (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
 noun (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

enheahedrianoun (n.) Alt. of Enheahedron

enneandrianoun (n.) A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens.

enoplanoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

entasianoun (n.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.

enteralgianoun (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic.

enteropneustanoun (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.

enthelminthanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Enthelminthes

entomophaganoun (n. pl.) One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.
 noun (n. pl.) A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.
 noun (n. pl.) A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.

entomostracanoun (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.

entoproctanoun (n. pl.) A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.

entozoanoun (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.
 noun (n. pl.) An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.
  (pl. ) of Entozoon

epanaphoranoun (n.) Same as Anaphora.

epeiranoun (n.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

ependymanoun (n.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.

ephanoun (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

ephemeranoun (n.) A fever of one day's continuance only.
 noun (n.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
  (pl. ) of Ephemeron

ephyranoun (n.) A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.

epiblemanoun (n.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.

epichiremanoun (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.

epigaeanoun (n.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

epimeranoun (n. pl.) See Epimeron.
  (pl. ) of Epimeron

epiphonemanoun (n.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.

epiphoranoun (n.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
 noun (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

epistomanoun (n.) Alt. of Epistome

epithecanoun (n.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

epitheliomanoun (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.

epithemanoun (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

epitrochleanoun (n.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

epochanoun (n.) See Epoch.

epopoeianoun (n.) An epic poem; epic poetry.

equinianoun (n.) Glanders.

eranoun (n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
 noun (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
 noun (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.

ericanoun (n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

errantianoun (n. pl.) A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda.

erratanoun (n. pl.) See Erratum.
  (pl. ) of Erratum

erucanoun (n.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.

erythemanoun (n.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.

erythrinanoun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

escharanoun (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

eschscholtzianoun (n.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

estancianoun (n.) A grazing; a country house.

estufanoun (n.) An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.

etnanoun (n.) A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.

eucopepodanoun (n. pl.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.

eudipleuranoun (n. pl.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves.

eugenianoun (n.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.

eupepsianoun (n.) Alt. of Eupepsy

euphorbianoun (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

euplectellanoun (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

euplexopteranoun (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.

eupnaeanoun (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized.