elaborately - adj. & v. 1 carefully or minutely worked out. 2 highly developed or complicated.... [more]

elaborateness - adj. & v. 1 carefully or minutely worked out. 2 highly developed or complicated.... [more]

elaboration - adj. & v. 1 carefully or minutely worked out. 2 highly developed or complicated.... [more]

elaborative - adj. & v. 1 carefully or minutely worked out. 2 highly developed or complicated.... [more]

elaborator - adj. & v. 1 carefully or minutely worked out. 2 highly developed or complicated.... [more]

elasmosaurus - n. a large extinct marine reptile with paddle-like limbs and tough crocodile-like... [more]

elastically - adj. & n. 1 able to resume its normal bulk or shape spontaneously after contraction,... [more]

elasticity - adj. & n. 1 able to resume its normal bulk or shape spontaneously after contraction,... [more]

elastomeric - n. a natural or synthetic rubber or rubber-like plastic. elastomeric adj. [ELASTIC,... [more]

elation - v. & adj. tr. 1 (esp. as elated adj.) inspirit, stimulate. 2 make proud. archaic... [more]

election - v.tr. elect again, esp. to a further term of office. re-election n. re-eligible... [more]

electively - adj. & n. 1 a (of an office or its holder) filled or appointed by election. b (of... [more]

electorally - adj. relating to or ranking as electors. electoral college ... [more]

electorship - n. 1 a person who has the right of voting to elect an MP etc. 2 (Elector) hist.... [more]

electric - n. 1 (in full diesel engine) an internal-combustion... [more]

electrically - adj. & n. 1 of, worked by, or charged with electricity; producing or capable of... [more]

electricity - adj. (of an electric generator) using permanent magnets. magneto-electricity n.... [more]

electrification - v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 charge (a body) with electricity. 2 convert (machinery or... [more]

electrifier - v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 charge (a body) with electricity. 2 convert (machinery or... [more]

electrochemist - adj. involving electricity as applied to or occurring in chemistry. electrochemist... [more]

electrochemistry - adj. involving electricity as applied to or occurring in chemistry. electrochemist... [more]

electrocution - v.tr. 1 kill by electricity (as a form of capital punishment). 2 cause death of... [more]

electroencephalography - n. an instrument recording the electrical activity of the brain. electroencephalography... [more]

electroluminescent - n. Chem. luminescence produced electrically, esp. by the application of a voltage.... [more]

electrolyser - v.tr. (US -yze) subject to or treat by electrolysis. electrolyser n. [ELECTROLYSIS... [more]

electrolytic - n. 1 Chem. the decomposition of a substance by the application of an electric current.... [more]

electrolytical - n. 1 Chem. the decomposition of a substance by the application of an electric current.... [more]

electrolytically - n. 1 Chem. the decomposition of a substance by the application of an electric current.... [more]

electromagnetically - n. a soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through... [more]

electrometric - n. an instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current... [more]

electrometry - n. an instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current... [more]

electronically - also called EMAIL. electronically adv.... [more]

electrophile - adj. Chem. having an affinity for electrons. electrophile n.... [more]

electrophoretic - n. Physics & Chem. the movement of colloidal particles in a fluid under the influence... [more]

electroplater - v. & n. tr. coat (a utensil etc.) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver,... [more]

ELECTROPLATE - n. & v. (pl. -os) 1 = ELECTROTYPE n. 2 = ELECTROPLATE n. tr. (-oes, -oed) colloq.... [more]

electroscopic - n. an instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, esp. as an indication... [more]

electrotechnic - n. the science of the application of electricity in technology. electrotechnic... [more]

electrotechnical - n. the science of the application of electricity in technology. electrotechnic... [more]

electrotechnics - n. the science of the application of electricity in technology. electrotechnic... [more]

electrotherapeutic - n. the treatment of diseases by the use of electricity. electrotherapeutic adj.... [more]

electrotherapeutical - n. the treatment of diseases by the use of electricity. electrotherapeutic adj.... [more]

electrotherapist - n. the treatment of diseases by the use of electricity. electrotherapeutic adj.... [more]

electrotyper - v. & n. tr. copy by the electrolytic deposition of copper on a mould, esp. for printing.... [more]

ELECTROTYPE - n. & v. (pl. -os) 1 = ELECTROTYPE n. 2 = ELECTROPLATE n. tr. (-oes, -oed) colloq.... [more]

electrovalence - adj. Chem. linking ions by a bond resulting from electrostatic attraction. electrovalence... [more]

electrovalency - adj. Chem. linking ions by a bond resulting from electrostatic attraction. electrovalence... [more]

elegance - see ELECT]... [more]

elegantly - see ELECT]... [more]

elegiac - see ELEGY]... [more]

elegiacally - see ELEGY]... [more]

elegist - v. (also -ise) 1 intr. ( often foll. by upon) write... [more]

elegize - v. (also -ise) 1 intr. ( often foll. by upon) write... [more]

elementalism - adj. & n. 1 of the four elements. 2 of the powers of nature (elemental worship).... [more]

elementarily - adj. 1 a dealing with or arising from the simplest facts of a subject; rudimentary,... [more]

elementariness - adj. 1 a dealing with or arising from the simplest facts of a subject; rudimentary,... [more]

elenctic - n. (pl. elenchi) Logic logical refutation. Socratic... [more]

elevational - see ELEVATE]... [more]

elevatory - v.tr. 1 bring to a higher position .... [more]

elfish - n. (pl. elves) 1 a mythological being, esp. one that is small ... [more]

elicitation - v.tr. (elicited, eliciting) 1 draw out, evoke (an admission, response, etc.). 2... [more]

elicitor - v.tr. (elicited, eliciting) 1 draw out, evoke (an admission, response, etc.). 2... [more]

eligibility - adj. 1 (often foll. by for) fit or entitled to be chosen ... [more]

eligible - v.tr. elect again, esp. to a further term of office. re-election n. re-eligible... [more]

eligibly - adj. 1 (often foll. by for) fit or entitled to be chosen ... [more]

eliminable - v.tr. 1 remove, get rid of. 2 exclude from consideration;... [more]

elimination - v.tr. 1 remove, get rid of. 2 exclude from consideration;... [more]

eliminator - v.tr. 1 remove, get rid of. 2 exclude from consideration;... [more]

eliminatory - v.tr. 1 remove, get rid of. 2 exclude from consideration;... [more]

elliptically - adj. (also elliptical) of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse ... [more]