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Traditional English :: eerie
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eerthiness.html - adj. (eerier, eeriest) gloomy and strange; weird, frightening (an eerie silence). eerily adv. eeriness n. [orig. N.Engl. and Sc. eri, of obscure orig.: cf. OE earg cowardly] |
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Traditional English :: EEC
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eerthiness.html - abbr.
European Economic Community. |
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Traditional English :: EEG
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eerthiness.html - abbr.
electroencephalogram. |
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Traditional English :: eel
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eerthiness.html - n. 1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person or thing. eel-grass 1 any marine plant of the genus Zostera, with long ribbon-like leaves.
2 any submerged freshwater plant of the genus Vallisneria. eel-like adj. eely adj. [OE ól f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: eelpout
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eerthiness.html - n. 1 any fish of the family Zoarcidae, with slender body and dorsal and anal fins meeting to fuse with the tail. Also called POUT(2). 2 = BURBOT. [OE ] |
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Traditional English :: eelworm
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eerthiness.html - n.
any of various small nematode worms infesting plant roots. |
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