<B>eponychium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the horny embryonic structure from which the nail is developed. <DD><B> 2. </B>the skin of the nail; a film of epidermis which covers part of the body of the nail. </DL>
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<B>eponym, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person, real or imaginary, from whom a nation, tribe, or place gets or is reputed to get its name. <BR> <I>Ex. Romulus is the eponym of Rome.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person whose name is a synonym for something. <BR> <I>Ex. Ananias is the eponym of liar.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eponymic">
<B>eponymic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> relating to or having to do with an eponym. <BR> <I>Ex. an eponymic name, an eponymic legend.</I> </DL>
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<B>eponymist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an eponymous ancestor or founder. </DL>
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<B>eponymous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> giving one's name to a nation, tribe, or place. <BR> <I>Ex. George Washington is the eponymous leader after whom our capital city is named.</I> </DL>
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<B>eponymy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the derivation of names from eponyms. </DL>
<B>epopt, </B>noun, pl. <B>epoptae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a seer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person fully initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries. <DD><B> 3. </B>an initiate in any secret system. </DL>
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<B>epoptic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having the character or faculty of an epopt or seer. <DD><B> 2. </B>perceived by an epopt. <BR> <I>Ex. an epoptic vision.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="epos">
<B>epos, </B>noun. =epopee.</DL>
<A NAME="epoxide">
<B>epoxide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any epoxy compound. </DL>
<A NAME="epoxidize">
<B>epoxidize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dized,</B> <B>-dizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to combine (oils, plastics, or other substance) with epoxy. </DL>
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<B>epoxied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> made with epoxy resin. <BR> <I>Ex. epoxied plastics, epoxied earrings.</I> </DL>
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<B>epoxy, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-oxies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or designating a large group of compounds containing oxygen as a bridge between two different atoms or radicals in a chain. <BR> <I>Ex. epoxy compounds.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=epoxy resin.</B> </DL>
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<B>epoxy resin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various synthetic resins derived by polymerization of an epoxy compound and made to become hard and permanently shaped under application of heat. Epoxy resins are widely used in the manufacture of plastics, adhesives, and coating materials. <BR> <I>Ex. Epoxy resins ... are tough, hard, dimensionally stable, solvent resistant, chemical resistant, heat resistant, and rigid (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>epris, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) enamored; in love. </DL>
<A NAME="epruinose">
<B>epruinose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany, Zoology.) not covered with a whitish powdery substance; not pruinose. </DL>
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<B>epsilon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to short <I>e</I> in English. </DL>
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<B>Epsom Downs,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a course near Epsom, England, where England's famous annual horse race, the Derby, is run. </DL>
<A NAME="epsomite">
<B>epsomite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium sulfate; native Epsom salt. </DL>
<A NAME="epsomsalts">
<B>Epsom salts</B> or <B>salt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bitter, white crystalline powder taken in water as a laxative or as an antidote for poisons, or used to reduce inflammation; hydrated magnesium sulfate. </DL>
<A NAME="epsteinbarrvirus">
<B>Epstein-Barr virus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a virus found to be associated with various types of human cancers. It was first isolated by the British virologists M. A. Epstein and Y. M. Barr in 1964. <BR> <I>Ex. A recent development in the study of infectious mononucleosis is the evidence indicating that its cause may be a herpes-like virus, called the Epstein-Barr virus (Alfred S. Evans).</I> </DL>
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<B>ept, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> capable; clever; effective. <BR> <I>Ex. It is different because it is inept, and those other businesses are very ept indeed. They are eptest at getting what they want from the Administration (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>EPT</B> (no periods), <B>E.P.T.,</B> or <B>e.p.t.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> excess-profits tax. </DL>
<A NAME="eptitude">
<B>eptitude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> ability; cleverness; effectiveness. <BR> <I>Ex. What makes Huntford's Anglo-Saxon hackles rise is less the cleverness and thoroughgoing eptitude of the Social Democratic persuasion-cum-administration machine ... than the supine attitude of the Swede-in-the-street (New York Times Book Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="epulary">
<B>epulary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a feast or banquet. </DL>
<A NAME="epulis">
<B>epulis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small elastic tumor of the gums. </DL>
<B>epulotic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> healing; cicatrizing. <DD><I>noun </I> a medicine or an application that tends to dry, and heal wounds or ulcers. </DL>
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<B>epupillate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having no pupil (applied to a color spot when it is surrounded by a ring of another color, but is without a central dot or pupil). </DL>
<A NAME="epural">
<B>epural, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> situated upon the tail. <DD><I>noun </I> a piece of bone or cartilage, as on the end of the axial column of fishes. </DL>
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<B>epure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) the plan of a building, or part of a building, traced on a wall or horizontal surface, on the same scale as the work to be constructed. </DL>
<A NAME="epursimuove!">
<B>e pur si muove!,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) and yet it does move! (attributed to Galileo, just after his recantation of the doctrine of the earth's movement round the sun). </DL>
<A NAME="epyllion">
<B>epyllion, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pyllia,</B> <B>-pyllions.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a short narrative poem using some of the conventions of epic poetry. Several ancient Greek poets wrote epyllia. </DL>
<B>equability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> equable condition or quality; continued regularity or uniformity. </DL>
<A NAME="equable">
<B>equable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> changing little; uniform; even; tranquil. <BR> <I>Ex. The good-natured policeman had an equable disposition. The Gulf Stream makes England's climate fairly equable.</I> (SYN) unvarying, steady, smooth. noun <B>equableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equably">
<B>equably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an equable manner; evenly. <BR> <I>Ex. an equably tempered person. Laws should be equably enforced.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="equal">
<B>equal, </B>adjective, noun, verb, <B>-qualed,</B> <B>-qualing</B> or (especially British) <B>-qualled,</B> <B>-qualling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>the same in amount, size, number, value, degree, or rank; as much; neither more nor less. <BR> <I>Ex. Ten dimes are equal to one dollar. All men are considered equal in a court of law.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the same throughout; even; uniform. <BR> <I>Ex. an equal mixture.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>evenly matched; with no advantage on either side. <BR> <I>Ex. an equal contest.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) level. <BR> <I>Ex. an equal plan.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) unperturbed; unruffled. <BR> <I>Ex. Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) just; fair. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person or thing that is equal to another, as in rank, ability, age, or strength. <BR> <I>Ex. In spelling she has no equal. She is no equal for his birth (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) peer, match. <DD><B> 2. </B>an equal amount or number. <BR> <I>Ex. 7 + 3 is the equal of 5 X 2.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to be or become the same as. <BR> <I>Ex. Four times five equals twenty.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make or do something equal to (something else); match. <BR> <I>Ex. Our team equaled the other team's score, and the game ended in a tie.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give, do, feel, or show in return. <BR> <I>Ex. ... who answered all her cares and equaled all her love (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) to equalize. <BR><I>expr. <B>equal to,</B> </I>able to; strong enough for; brave enough for. <BR> <I>Ex. One horse is not equal to pulling a load of five tons.</I> noun <B>equalness.</B> </DL>
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<B>equal-area, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Cartography.) homolographic; showing or preserving the relative areas of countries or regions on a map, but not necessarily their true shapes. </DL>
<B>equaliser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD><B> 1. </B>equalizer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a score in a game that makes both sides even. </DL>
<A NAME="equalitarian">
<B>equalitarian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with or believing in the doctrine that all human beings are equal in the social and political realms; egalitarian. <DD><I>noun </I> a believer in or supporter of this doctrine. </DL>
<A NAME="equalitarianism">
<B>equalitarianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrine that every human being is equal socially and politically. <BR> <I>Ex. The dominant liberal ideas were freedom and a certain vague equalitarianism (H. G. Wells).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="equality">
<B>equality, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or quality of being equal; exact likeness in amount, size, number, value, degree, or rank. <BR> <I>Ex. I do not believe in equality of capacity, but I do believe in equality of opportunity (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="equalitystate">
<B>Equality State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Wyoming. </DL>
<A NAME="equalization">
<B>equalization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of equalizing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being equalized. </DL>
