ebulience.html - disp. adj.
1 exuberant, high-spirited.
2 Chem. boiling.

ebullience n. ebulliency n. ebulliently adv. [L ebullire ebullient- bubble out (as E-, bullire boil)]

ebulience.html - disp. adj.
1 exuberant, high-spirited.
2 Chem. boiling.

ebullience n. ebulliency n. ebulliently adv. [L ebullire ebullient- bubble out (as E-, bullire boil)]

ebulience.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the movement of the tide out to sea (also attrib. : ebb tide).
2 the process of draining away of flood-water etc.

--v.

intr. (often foll. by away)
1 (of tidewater) flow out to sea; recede; drain away.
2 decline; run low (his life was ebbing away).

at a low ebb in a poor condition or state of decline. ebb and flow a continuing process of decline and upturn in circumstances. on the ebb in decline. [OE ebba, ebbian]

ebulience.html - n.
= VULCANITE. [EBONY + -ITE(1)]

ebulience.html - n. & adj.
--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 a heavy hard dark wood used for furniture.
2 any of various trees of the genus Diospyros producing this.

--adj.

1 made of ebony.
2 black like ebony. [earlier hebeny f. (h)eben(e) = ebon, perh. after ivory]

ebulience.html - disp. adj.
1 exuberant, high-spirited.
2 Chem. boiling.

ebullience n. ebulliency n. ebulliently adv. [L ebullire ebullient- bubble out (as E-, bullire boil)]