Name Report For First Name ERIN:

ERIN

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

Rhymes with ERIN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ERIN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ERƯN AS A WHOLE:

falerina erinyes nerine guerin cerin catherine cherina cherine katherina katherine kerin tangerina verina berinhard severin waeringawicum aherin caterina nerina ekaterina ecaterina tangerine erina hererinc hilderinc

NAMES RHYMING WITH ERƯN (According to last letters):

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

camarin ihrin codrin dorin sorin quirin airrin aubrin brin farin farrin kamrin karrin kerrin krin lorrin mairin marin morrin tarin aldrin berrin corin corrin darin darrin derrin jarin jerrin lorin orin orrin perrin sevrin tarrin terrin torin florin irin lohengrin dorrin garin garrin caitrin

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

fatin yasmin brengwain maolmin delbin kristin adin gin ixcatzin tepin tlazohtzin xochicotzin yoltzin zeltzin adwin akin alafin din kayin yerodin abbudin abdul-muhaimin aladdin amin husain mazin muhsin yasin agravain alain custennin erbin mabonagrain pheredin taliesin tortain txomin zadornin fiamain rivalin ashlin garvin quentin bain banain bealantin coinleain giollanaebhin guin nevin slevin constantin nopaltzin ollin tepiltzin zolin

NAMES RHYMING WITH ERƯN (According to first letters):

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

eri erian eriantha erianthe erica erich erichthonius erie erienne erigone erik erika erikas eriko erim eriphyle eriq eris erith eritha

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

eraman eramana eran erasmo erasmus erasto erato erc erchanbold erchanhardt ercole erconberht erea erebus erec erechtheus erek erela erelah erembourg erencia erendira erendiria erensia ereonberht erhard erhardt erkerd erland erle erleen erlene erlina erline erling erma ermanno ermengardine erna ernesha ernest ernesta ernestin ernestina ernestine ernesto ernesztina ernst eron errando errapel errita errol erroll erromon erskina erskine erssike ertha ervin ervine erving erwin erwina erwyn erwyna erykah erymanthus eryn erynn erysichthon erytheia erzsebet erzsi erzsok

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ERƯN:

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

eachan eachann eachthighearn eadaion eadlin eadlyn eadwyn eagan eagon ealdian ealdun ealhdun eallison eamon eamonn earlson earnan earvin earwyn eason easton eathelin eathelyn eaton eatun eavan eban eben eburacon eburscon echion edan eddison edeen eden edern edison edlen edlin edlyn edlynn edmon edson edwardson edwin edwyn efnisien efrain efran efren efron egan egerton eghan egon ehren eibhlhin eibhlin eideann eileen eimhin einion eithan elan eldan elden eldon eldrian eldwin eldwyn elgin elhanan eljin elleen ellen ellison elliston ellyn elsdon elson elston elton elvern elvin elvyn elwen elwin elwyn elynn eman emerson emlyn emmalyn emman encarnacion endymion eoghan eoghann eoin eorlson

English Words Rhyming ERIN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ERƯN AS A WHOLE:

accouteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accoutre

adheringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adhere

administeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Administer

adulterinenoun (n.) An illegitimate child.
 adjective (a.) Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.

afteringsnoun (n. pl.) The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.

algerinenoun (n.) A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

alteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alter

angeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anger

anserineadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Anseres.

answeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Answer

ashleringnoun (n.) The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
 noun (n.) Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
 noun (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.

atherinenoun (n.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.

attemperingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attemper

badgeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Badger
 noun (n.) The act of one who badgers.
 noun (n.) The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.

banteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banter

barberingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barber

barteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barter

batteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Batter

bebeerinenoun (n.) Alt. of Bebirine

beerinessnoun (n.) Beery condition.

beleagueringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beleaguer

beplasteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beplaster

berberinenoun (n.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.

beslaveringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beslaver

bespatteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespatter

betteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Better

bewilderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewilder
 adjective (a.) Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties.

bickeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bicker
 noun (n.) A skirmishing.
 noun (n.) Altercation; wrangling.

bitteringnoun (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

bladderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bladder

blatteringnoun (n.) Senseless babble or boasting.

blisteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blister

blubberingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blubber
 noun (n.) The act of weeping noisily.

blunderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blunder
 adjective (a.) Characterized by blunders.

blusteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluster
 adjective (a.) Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.
 adjective (a.) Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.

bolsteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bolster

borderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Border

boroughmongeringnoun (n.) Alt. of Boroughmongery

botheringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bother

butcheringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butcher
 noun (n.) The business of a butcher.
 noun (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

butteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butter

butterinenoun (n.) A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.

bacterinnoun (n.) A bacterial vaccine.

blatheringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blather

calenderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calender

camberingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Camber

cankeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canker

cannoneringnoun (n.) The use of cannon.

canteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canter

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


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


achroodextrinnoun (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

alizarinnoun (n.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

antiarinnoun (n.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.

aurinnoun (n.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

autopsorinnoun (n.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

aspirinnoun (n.) A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid used as a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines.

bassorinnoun (n.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.

brinnoun (n.) One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

brompicrinnoun (n.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.

burinnoun (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.
 noun (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.

butyrinnoun (n.) A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.

castorinnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

cerebrinnoun (n.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

cerinnoun (n.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
 noun (n.) A variety of the mineral allanite.

cetrarinnoun (n.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

chagrinnoun (n.) Vexation; mortification.
 noun (n.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
 adjective (a.) Chagrined.
 verb (v. i.) To be vexed or annoyed.

chanfrinnoun (n.) The fore part of a horse's head.

chlorhydrinnoun (n.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

chlorocruorinnoun (n.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.

chlorpicrinnoun (n.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.

cholesterinnoun (n.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.

chondrinnoun (n.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.

chrysaurinnoun (n.) An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.

coniferinnoun (n.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

convallamarinnoun (n.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.

convallarinnoun (n.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

coumarinnoun (n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

cruorinnoun (n.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.

culverinnoun (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

demiculverinnoun (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

dextrinnoun (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin.

dulcamarinnoun (n.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

eburinnoun (n.) A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.

elleborinnoun (n.) See Helleborin.

elytrinnoun (n.) See Chitin.

erinnoun (n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.

erythrinnoun (n.) Alt. of Erythrine

erythrodextrinnoun (n.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.

etherinnoun (n.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

fibrinnoun (n.) A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.
 noun (n.) The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.
 noun (n.) An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.

fiorinnoun (n.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

florinnoun (n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.

gentiopikrinnoun (n.) A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

glairinnoun (n.) A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.

glycerinnoun (n.) Alt. of Glycerine

gorgerinnoun (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.

grinnoun (n.) A snare; a gin.
 noun (n.) The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
 verb (v. i.) To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.
 verb (v. i.) To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
 verb (v. t.) To express by grinning.

haematoporphyrinnoun (n.) See Haematoin.

helleborinnoun (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.

homocerebrinnoun (n.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

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


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


eriachnoun (n.) Alt. of Eric

ericnoun (n.) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.

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

ericaceousadjective (a.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.

ericinolnoun (n.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

ericiusnoun (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.

ericolinnoun (n.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.

eridanusnoun (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.

erigibleadjective (a.) Capable of being erected.

erinaceousadjective (a.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.

eringonoun (n.) The sea holly. See Eryngo.

erinitenoun (n.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.

erinysnoun (n.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.

eriometernoun (n.) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.

eristalisnoun (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

eristicadjective (a.) Alt. of Eristical

eristicaladjective (a.) Controversial.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ERƯN:

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

esopianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aesop, or in his manner.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Esopic

ealdermannoun (n.) Alt. of Ealdorman

ealdormannoun (n.) An alderman.

earldormannoun (n.) Alderman.

earnnoun (n.) See Ern, n.
 verb (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
 verb (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To grieve.
 verb (v. i.) To long; to yearn.
 verb (v. i.) To curdle, as milk.

earthbornadjective (a.) Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.
 adjective (a.) Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.

earthdinnoun (n.) An earthquake.

earthenadjective (a.) Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

easternadjective (a.) Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
 adjective (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.

east indiannoun (n.) A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
  () Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.

eblaninnoun (n.) See Pyroxanthin.

ebonnoun (n.) Ebony.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of ebony.
 adjective (a.) Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

ebullitionnoun (n.) A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
 noun (n.) Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.
 noun (n.) A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.

eburnationnoun (n.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

eburneanadjective (a.) Made of or relating to ivory.

eburnificationnoun (n.) The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

eccaleobionnoun (n.) A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

ecderonnoun (n.) See Ecteron.

echelonnoun (n.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance.
 noun (n.) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation.
 verb (v. t.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.
 verb (v. i.) To take position in echelon.

echinidannoun (n.) One the Echinoidea.

echonnoun (pron.) Alt. of Echoon

echoonnoun (pron.) Each one.

economizationnoun (n.) The act or practice of using to the best effect.

ecteronnoun (n.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon.

ectozoonnoun (n.) See Epizoon.

ectropionnoun (n.) An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

edennoun (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

edentationnoun (n.) A depriving of teeth.

edificationnoun (n.) The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
 noun (n.) A building or edifice.

editionnoun (n.) A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
 noun (n.) The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

educationnoun (n.) The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

eductionnoun (n.) The act of drawing out or bringing into view.

edulcorationnoun (n.) The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
 noun (n.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water.

eennoun (n.) The old plural of Eye.

effascinationnoun (n.) A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.

effectionnoun (n.) Creation; a doing.

effectuationnoun (n.) Act of effectuating.

effeminationnoun (n.) Effeminacy; womanishness.

effigiationnoun (n.) The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy.

efflationnoun (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

effluxionnoun (n.) The act of flowing out; effusion.
 noun (n.) That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.

efformationnoun (n.) The act of giving shape or form.

effossionnoun (n.) A digging out or up.

effrenationnoun (n.) Unbridled license; unruliness.

effusionnoun (n.) The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
 noun (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
 noun (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
 noun (n.) The liquid escaping or exuded.

egeanadjective (a.) See Aegean.

egestionnoun (n.) Act or process of egesting; a voiding.

eghennoun (n. pl.) Eyes.

egremoinnoun (n.) Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria).

egressionnoun (n.) The act of going; egress.

egyptiannoun (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.
 noun (n.) A gypsy.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

eidolonnoun (n.) An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.

eighteennoun (n.) The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
 adjective (a.) Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

eikonnoun (n.) An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

ejaculationnoun (n.) The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
 noun (n.) The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.
 noun (n.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

ejectionnoun (n.) The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.
 noun (n.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.
 noun (n.) The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

ejulationnoun (n.) A wailing; lamentation.

ekaboronnoun (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.

ekasiliconnoun (n.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.

elaborationnoun (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
 noun (n.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

elaidinnoun (n.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

elainnoun (n.) Same as Olein.

elapidationnoun (n.) A clearing away of stones.

elapsionnoun (n.) The act of elapsing.

elastinnoun (n.) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.

elationnoun (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

eldernadjective (a.) Made of elder.

electionadjective (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
 adjective (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
 adjective (a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
 adjective (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.
 adjective (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
 adjective (a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
 adjective (a.) Those who are elected.

electriciannoun (n.) An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.

electrificationnoun (n.) The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

electritionnoun (n.) The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.

electrizationnoun (n.) The act of electrizing; electrification.

electrolyzationnoun (n.) The act or the process of electrolyzing.

electronnoun (n.) Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.
  () One of those particles, having about one thousandth the mass of a hydrogen atom, which are projected from the cathode of a vacuum tube as the cathode rays and from radioactive substances as the beta rays; -- called also corpuscle. The electron carries (or is) a natural unit of negative electricity, equal to 3.4 x 10-10 electrostatic units. It has been detected only when in rapid motion; its mass, which is electromagnetic, is practically constant at the lesser speeds, but increases as the velocity approaches that of light. Electrons are all of one kind, so far as known, and probably are the ultimate constituents of all atoms. An atom from which an electron has been detached has a positive charge and is called a coelectron.

eleidinnoun (n.) Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

elementationnoun (n.) Instruction in the elements or first principles.

eleminnoun (n.) A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.

eleusinianadjective (a.) Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.

elevationnoun (n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
 noun (n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
 noun (n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
 noun (n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
 noun (n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
 noun (n.) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction.
 noun (n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.

elevennoun (n.) The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
 noun (n.) A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
 noun (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
 adjective (a.) Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

elfinnoun (n.) A little elf or urchin.
 adjective (a.) Relating to elves.

elfkinnoun (n.) A little elf.

elicitationnoun (n.) The act of eliciting.

eliminationnoun (n.) The act of expelling or throwing off
 noun (n.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
 noun (n.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
 noun (n.) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.]

elinguationnoun (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

eliquationnoun (n.) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.

elisonnoun (n.) Division; separation.
 noun (n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.

elixationnoun (n.) A seething; digestion.

elizabethannoun (n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature.

elmenadjective (a.) Belonging to elms.

elocationnoun (n.) A removal from the usual place of residence.
 noun (n.) Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy.

elocutionnoun (n.) Utterance by speech.
 noun (n.) Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
 noun (n.) Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.

elodiannoun (n.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

elongationnoun (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.
 noun (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.
 noun (n.) Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
 noun (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

elsinnoun (n.) A shoemaker's awl.

elucidationnoun (n.) A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

eluctationnoun (n.) A struggling out of any difficulty.

elucubrationnoun (n.) See Lucubration.

elusionnoun (n.) Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

elutriationnoun (n.) The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.