<B>egg dance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dance performed blindfolded among a number of eggs, a feat formerly popular in England. </DL>
<A NAME="egger">
<B>egger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who gathers eggs. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various moths whose larvae eat foliage, such as the tent caterpillar. </DL>
<A NAME="eggflip">
<B>egg flip,</B> =eggnog.</DL>
<A NAME="eggfooyung">
<B>egg foo yung,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fried omelet filled with bean sprouts, onions, and shrimp or pork, and seasoned with soy sauce. </DL>
<A NAME="eggglass">
<B>egg glass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a glass for holding an egg. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sandglass in which the running of the sand indicates the time during which an egg should be boiled. </DL>
<A NAME="egghead">
<B>egghead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal,) an intellectual. <BR> <I>Ex. An intellectual is "one of the finest minds in the nation" when he agrees with us, and an impractical egghead when he doesn't (Birmingham News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eggheaded">
<B>eggheaded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) intellectual. <BR> <I>Ex. The concerns which give males dignity, integrity, authority, and true appeal ... are today regarded in the USA as eggheaded and silly (Philip Wylie).</I> noun <B>eggheadedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="eggheadism">
<B>eggheadism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) intellectualism. <BR> <I>Ex. Los Alamos is replete with the apparatus of eggheadism--the little theater, the well-stocked library, the concert association (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eggless">
<B>eggless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no egg or eggs; producing no eggs. </DL>
<A NAME="eggnog">
<B>eggnog, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drink made of eggs beaten up with milk and sugar. It often has whiskey, brandy, or wine in it. </DL>
<A NAME="eggplant">
<B>eggplant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a plant with a large, purple fruit shaped somewhat like an egg. It belongs to the nightshade family. Some ornamental varieties may be white, yellow, or striped. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fruit, used as a vegetable; garden egg. <DD><I>adj. </I> dark purple. <BR> <I>Ex. an eggplant organza.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eggroll">
<B>egg roll,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a casing of egg dough containing a mixture of minced vegetables and roast pork, fried in deep fat. </DL>
<A NAME="eggrolling">
<B>egg rolling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a race in which eggs are rolled downhill. <DD><B> 2. </B>Easter egg rolling. </DL>
<A NAME="eggsac">
<B>egg sac,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the silken cocoon in which the eggs of most spiders are deposited and in which they hibernate. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of the pair of egg-containing receptacles at the hinder end in crustaceans, such as some copepods. </DL>
<A NAME="eggsbenedict">
<B>eggs Benedict</B> or <B>benedict,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dish of poached eggs on a slice of broiled ham served on toast or English muffin and topped with hollandaise sauce. </DL>
<A NAME="eggshell">
<B>eggshell, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the shell covering an egg. <DD><B> 2. </B>a yellowish white. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>like an eggshell; very thin and delicate. <DD><B> 2. </B>yellowish-white. </DL>
<A NAME="eggshellchina">
<B>eggshell china</B> or <B>porcelain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> porcelain ware of extreme thinness and delicacy. </DL>
<A NAME="eggtimer">
<B>egg timer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small sandglass used for determining the time in boiling eggs. </DL>
<A NAME="eggtooth">
<B>egg tooth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hard, toothlike projection developing in the jaws of embryo birds, chicks, snakes, and other oviparous animals, that serves to cut the egg membrane and shell at hatching and then drops off. </DL>
<A NAME="eggtray">
<B>egg tray,</B> =egg carton.</DL>
<A NAME="eggwalk">
<B>eggwalk, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to move or advance with extreme care and tact. <BR> <I>Ex. ... eggwalking through a series of compromises between the secular and sacred (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eggwhisk">
<B>eggwhisk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an eggbeater (def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="eggwhite">
<B>egg white,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the white of an egg; albumen. </DL>
<A NAME="eggy">
<B>eggy, </B>adjective. <B>eggier,</B> <B>eggiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> of or like an egg; tasting of cooked eggs. </DL>
<A NAME="egilops">
<B>egilops, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye. Also, <B>aegilops.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="egis">
<B>egis, </B>noun. =aegis.</DL>
<A NAME="eglamore">
<B>Eglamore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> <B>Sir,</B> a brave knight and hero, one of King Arthur's Round Table. </DL>
<B>eglantine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a wild rose with a tall, prickly stem and single, pink flowers; sweetbrier. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain other plants, such as the woodbine and dog rose. </DL>
<A NAME="eglatere">
<B>eglatere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) the eglantine. </DL>
<A NAME="eglestonite">
<B>eglestonite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native oxychloride of mercury, occurring in brownish isometric crystals. </DL>
<A NAME="eglomise">
<B>eglomise, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> painted on the back of a glass or glass panel so that the decoration may be seen on the front. <BR> <I>Ex. an eglomise mirror.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ego">
<B>ego, </B>noun, pl. <B>egos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the individual as a whole in his capacity to think, feel, and act; self. <DD><B> 2. </B>conceit; egotism. <BR> <I>Ex. The new boy's display of ego made the other students dislike him.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Psychoanalysis.) the part of the personality that is conscious of the environment and adapts to it. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Philosophy.) the element of being that consciously and continuously enables an individual to think, feel, and act. </DL>
<A NAME="egocentric">
<B>egocentric, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>self-centered; egoistic. <DD><B> 2. </B>having or recognizing the self as the center of all things. <DD><I>noun </I> an egocentric person. </DL>
<A NAME="egocentrically">
<B>egocentrically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an egocentric manner. </DL>
<A NAME="egocentricity">
<B>egocentricity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> egocentric quality or state; a being self-centered. </DL>
<A NAME="egocentrism">
<B>egocentrism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being egocentric; self-centeredness; egocentricity. <BR> <I>Ex. By the age of 7-8, egocentrism is lessening, and the child acquires skill in communicating and cooperating with others (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<B>ego-dystonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) inacceptable to or inconsistent with the ego. <BR> <I>Ex. ego-dystonic processes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="egoideal">
<B>ego ideal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychoanalysis.) a person's ideal of self-fulfillment, made up of certain characteristics of parents and others with whom he has identified himself. </DL>
<A NAME="egoism">
<B>egoism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>seeking the welfare of oneself only; selfishness. <DD><B> 2. </B>talking too much about oneself; conceit; egotism. <DD><B> 3. </B>the ethical doctrine that morality lies in the pursuit of individual self-interest, and that self-interest motivates all conduct. </DL>
<A NAME="egoist">
<B>egoist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who seeks the welfare of himself only; selfish person. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who talks too much about himself; conceited person. <DD><B> 3. </B>a believer in egoism as a principle of human conduct. </DL>
<A NAME="egoistic">
<B>egoistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>seeking the welfare of oneself only; selfish. <DD><B> 2. </B>talking too much about oneself; conceited. adv. <B>egoistically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="egoistical">
<B>egoistical, </B>adjective. =egoistic.</DL>
<A NAME="egoless">
<B>egoless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> unhampered by the ego; unself-conscious. <BR> <I>Ex. There is a complete, egoless absorption, and no sensation of being used by or using circumstances and people (Maclean's).</I> noun <B>egolessness.</B> </DL>
<B>egomaniac, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an abnormally conceited person. </DL>
<A NAME="egomaniacal">
<B>egomaniacal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by egomania; abnormally conceited. </DL>
<A NAME="egosyntonic">
<B>ego-syntonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) acceptable to or consistent with the ego. <BR> <I>Ex. ego-syntonic impulses.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="egotism">
<B>egotism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thinking, talking, or writing too much of oneself; excessive use of <I>I, my,</I> and <I>me;</I> conceit. <DD><B> 2. </B>selfishness. </DL>
<A NAME="egotist">
<B>egotist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who thinks, talks, or writes about himself too much; conceited person. <BR> <I>Ex. Perhaps the most eminent egotist that ever appeared in the world was Montaigne (Joseph Addison).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a selfish person. </DL>
<B>egotize, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tized,</B> <B>-tizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to talk or write too much about oneself; show egotism. </DL>
<A NAME="egotrip">
<B>ego trip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) something done mainly to show off or boost one's ego. <BR> <I>Ex. There is much more ... in this primary than those "ego trips" by diverse political personalities (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="egotripper">
<B>ego-tripper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a conceited or self-indulgent person. </DL>
<A NAME="egregious">
<B>egregious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very great; outrageous; flagrant. <BR> <I>Ex. He committed an egregious blunder in not stopping when the traffic light was red.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>remarkable; extraordinary. <BR> <I>Ex. She has an egregious need to be successful in everything she does.</I> adv. <B>egregiously.</B> noun <B>egregiousness.</B> </DL>
