<B>-ent,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix added to verbs.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(to form adjectives) that ______s; ______ing. <BR> <I>Ex. Absorbent = that absorbs or absorbing. Indulgent = that indulges or indulging.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(to form nouns) one that ________s. <BR> <I>Ex. Correspondent = one that corresponds. President = one that presides.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(to form adjectives) other meanings, as in <I>competent, confident.</I> See also <B>-ant.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ent">
<B>ent.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> entomology. </DL>
<A NAME="ent">
<B>ENT</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> ear, nose, and throat. </DL>
<A NAME="entablature">
<B>entablature, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) a part of a building resting on the top of columns. A classical entablature consisted of an architrave, frieze, and cornice. </DL>
<A NAME="entablement">
<B>entablement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=entablature.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of a pedestal above the dado. </DL>
<A NAME="entad">
<B>entad, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy, Zoology.) on or towards the inner side or interior; in or into a position nearer to the center. </DL>
<A NAME="entail">
<B>entail, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to impose or require. <BR> <I>Ex. Owning an automobile entailed greater expense than he had expected.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to limit the inheritance of (property or right) to a specified line of heirs so that it cannot be left to anyone else. An entailed estate usually passes to the eldest son. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or process of entailing. <DD><B> 2. </B>an entailed inheritance. <DD><B> 3. </B>the order of inheritance settled for an estate. <BR> <I>Ex. Though the nobleman had quarreled with his heir, he could not break the entail and leave the estate to someone else.</I> noun <B>entailer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="entailment">
<B>entailment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action of entailing. </DL>
<B>entame, </B>transitive verb, <B>-tamed,</B> <B>-taming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to tame; subdue. </DL>
<A NAME="entameba">
<B>entameba</B> or <B>entamoeba, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bas,</B> <B>-bae.</B> <B>=endameba.</B></DL>
<A NAME="entangle">
<B>entangle, </B>transitive verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to get twisted up and caught; tangle. <BR> <I>Ex. Threads are easily entangled. He entangled his feet in the coil of rope and fell down.</I> (SYN) snarl, knot, mat. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to get into difficulty; involve. <BR> <I>Ex. entangling alliances. Do not entangle my brother in your schemes.</I> (SYN) implicate, ensnare. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make tangled. <BR> <I>Ex. The kitten entangled the ball of yarn.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to perplex; confuse. <BR> <I>Ex. My mind is entangled by this mass of data.</I> (SYN) bewilder, embarrass. adv. <B>entanglingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="entanglement">
<B>entanglement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of entangling or condition of being entangled. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) George Washington warned against entanglement with foreign countries.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing that entangles; snare; something hard to get out of or get through. <BR> <I>Ex. The trenches were protected by barbed-wire entanglements.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="entangler">
<B>entangler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that entangles or ensnares. </DL>
<A NAME="entasia">
<B>entasia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a constrictive spasm, such as in a cramp or in lockjaw. </DL>
<A NAME="entasis">
<B>entasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) a slight, gradual swelling and tapering of the shaft of a column between the base and capital. </DL>
<A NAME="ente">
<B>ente, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) divided from the rest of the field by a wedge-shaped or chevronlike outline. </DL>
<A NAME="entelechy">
<B>entelechy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-chies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Philosophy.) a thing that is real or actual, and not simply a potentiality. </DL>
<A NAME="entellus">
<B>entellus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Indian monkey having a long tail, a full beard, and a caplike growth of hair. The Hindus regard it as a sacred animal. </DL>
<A NAME="entelodont">
<B>entelodont, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of giant pigs that lived during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs. They attained a height of six feet. </DL>
<A NAME="entemple">
<B>entemple, </B>transitive verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to enclose as in a temple; enshrine. </DL>
<A NAME="entente">
<B>entente, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an understanding; agreement between two or more governments. <BR> <I>Ex. Two powerful groups are ... to fix the basis for an entente (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the parties to an understanding; governments that have made an agreement. </DL>
<A NAME="ententecordiale">
<B>entente cordiale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a friendly understanding or agreement, especially between two or more governments. <BR> <I>Ex. Between the Greeks and the Turks ... there is an entente cordiale (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ententecordiale">
<B>Entente Cordiale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the agreement between France and Great Britain in 1904, which became the Triple Entente when Russia joined it in 1907. </DL>
<A NAME="enter">
<B>enter, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to go into; come into. <BR> <I>Ex. He entered the house. The bullet entered his heart. (Figurative.) The idea ... had never entered her head (Anthony Trollope).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to become a part or member of; join. <BR> <I>Ex. to enter a contest. He entered the university at seventeen. The men entered the army.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to cause to join or enter; enroll. <BR> <I>Ex. Parents enter their children in school.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to begin; start. <BR> <I>Ex. After years of training, the doctor entered the practice of medicine.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to write or print in a book, list, or other place for holding data. <BR> <I>Ex. In a dictionary words are entered in alphabetical order.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Law.) to put in regular form; make a record of; record. <BR> <I>Ex. The teller entered the deposit in my bank book. The injured man entered a complaint in court.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to report (a ship or its cargo) at the custom house. <BR> <I>Ex. The cargo having been entered in due form, we began trading (Richard Henry Dana).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) to initiate; introduce; train. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to go in; come in. <BR> <I>Ex. Let them enter. The actor's cue to enter was after the first speech.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>enter into,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to take part in; join in; form a part of. </I> <I>Ex. The two speakers entered into a debate. Lead enters into the composition of pewter. The principle of nuclear fission enters into the operation of a nuclear reactor.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to consider; discuss. <BR> <I>Ex. to enter into a question of law. Let's enter into the subject of taxes.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>enter on</B> (or <B>upon</B>) <DD><B> a. </B>to begin; start. </I> <I>Ex. He entered on his professional duties as soon as he finished law school.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to take possession of. <BR> <I>Ex. The heir entered upon the estate the first of the following year.</I> noun <B>enterer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="enter">
<B>enter-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of <B>entero-</B> before vowels, as in <I>enteritis.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="enterable">
<B>enterable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be entered. </DL>
<B>entering chisel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bent chisel with a bezel on each side, used by sculptors. </DL>
<A NAME="enteritis">
<B>enteritis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the intestines, usually accompanied by diarrhea and fever. </DL>
<A NAME="entero">
<B>entero-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) intestine; intestines. <BR> <I>Ex. Enterology = the study of diseases of the intestines.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>enter-</B> before vowels. </DL>
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<A NAME="enterobacteria">
<B>enterobacteria, </B>noun pl. of. <B>enterobacterium.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> intestinal bacteria, especially those belonging to a large family of rod-shaped bacteria that includes E. coli and klebsiella. </DL>
<A NAME="enterobactin">
<B>enterobactin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance produced by enterobacteria that has an inhibiting effect on other bacteria. </DL>
<A NAME="enterobiasis">
<B>enterobiasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> infestation of the intestines with pinworms. </DL>
<A NAME="enterocele">
<B>enterocele, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hernia containing part of the intestines. </DL>
<A NAME="enterococcal">
<B>enterococcal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with an enterococcus or a disease caused by enterococci. </DL>
<A NAME="enterococcus">
<B>enterococcus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cocci.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a streptococcus usually found in the human intestine. </DL>
<A NAME="enterocoele">
<B>enterocoele, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Embryology.) the coelom formed by eversion of the wall of the archenteron. </DL>
<A NAME="enterocolitis">
<B>enterocolitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the intestines. </DL>
<A NAME="enterogastrone">
<B>enterogastrone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hormone of the intestinal mucosa that inhibits gastric movement and secretions. <BR> <I>Ex. Fat entering the duodenum releases a hormone (enterogastrone), which also inhibits gastric peristalsis (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="enterograph">
<B>enterograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for recording the peristaltic movements of the intestines. </DL>
<A NAME="enterography">
<B>enterography, </B>noun, pl. <B>-phies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a description of the intestines. </DL>
