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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>ETERNITY</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="eternity"> eternity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. all time; all the past and all the future; time without beginning or ending. (SYN) timelessness. <DD> 2. the endless period after death; future life. Ex. All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity (Shakespeare). (SYN) immortality. <DD> 3. a period of time that seems endless. Ex. The injured man waited an eternity for the ambulance to arrive. <DD> 4. eternal quality; endlessness. </DL> <A NAME="eternityring"> eternity ring,<DL COMPACT><DD> a ring for the finger set with a circle of small diamonds or other stones. </DL> <A NAME="eternization"> eternization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of eternizing. </DL> <A NAME="eternize"> eternize, transitive verb, -nized, -nizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make eternal; perpetuate; immortalize. </DL> <A NAME="etesian"> etesian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of certain Mediterranean winds) recurring annually. </DL> <A NAME="eth"> eth, noun. =edh.</DL> <A NAME="eth"> -eth (1),<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix.) the form of -th when the cardinal number to which it is attached ends in -y, as in twentieth, fiftieth. </DL> <A NAME="eth"> -eth (2),<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic or Poetic.) a suffix used to form the third person singular of verbs in the present indicative active, as in Ex. the iceman cometh, the wind bloweth, the fire consumeth. One is uneasily conscious of the injunction that he that girdeth his harness on should not boast like him who taketh his harness off (Harold Hobson). </DL> <A NAME="eth"> Eth.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Ethiopia. </DL> <A NAME="ethacrynicacid"> ethacrynic acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> a potent diuretic drug, effective in congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema. </DL> <A NAME="ethambutol"> ethambutol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a synthetic drug that inhibits the growth of tuberculosis bacilli. </DL> <A NAME="ethane"> ethane, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, odorless, gaseous hydrocarbon of the methane series, found in natural gas, coal gas, and crude petroleum. It is used as a refrigerant and as a fuel. </DL> <A NAME="ethanol"> ethanol, noun. =ethyl alcohol.</DL> <A NAME="ethanolamine"> ethanolamine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless liquid produced from petroleum gases, used as a cleaning agent and in making soap. </DL> <A NAME="ethbaal"> Ethbaal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a king of Tyre, the father of Jezebel (in the Bible). </DL> <A NAME="ethene"> ethene, noun. =ethylene.</DL> <A NAME="ether"> ether, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a colorless, sweet-smelling liquid that burns and evaporates readily; ethyl ether; diethyl ether. Its fumes cause unconsciousness when deeply inhaled. Ether is produced by the action of sulfuric acid on ethyl alcohol and is used as an anesthetic, as a solvent for fats and resins, and as a refrigerant. <DD> 2. the upper regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; clear sky; aether. <DD> 3. the invisible, elastic substance formerly supposed to fill all space and to conduct light waves, electric waves, etc.; aether. <DD> 4. any one of a group of organic compounds consisting of two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom. Ethers are formed by the action of acids on alcohols. </DL> <A NAME="ethereal"> ethereal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. light; airy; delicate. Ex. the ethereal beauty of a butterfly. Her ethereal beauty made her seem more like a goddess than a human being. <DD> 2. not of the earth; heavenly. Ex. An angel is an ethereal messenger. She longed for an ethereal home. Where thy footstep gleams--In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams (Edgar Allan Poe). (SYN) celestial. <DD> 3. of or having to do with the upper regions of space. <DD> 4. of or having to do with the ether diffused through space. <DD> 5. (Chemistry.) of or like ether or one of the ethers. Ex. Esters are called ethereal salts because they often have ether-like odors (Monroe M. Offner). <DD> Also, aethereal (for defs. 1-4). adv. ethereally. noun etherealness. </DL> <A NAME="ethereality"> ethereality, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> ethereal quality. </DL> <A NAME="etherealization"> etherealization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or the result of etherealizing. </DL> <A NAME="etherealize"> etherealize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make ethereal. </DL> <A NAME="ethereous"> ethereous, adjective. =ethereal.</DL> <A NAME="etherial"> etherial, adjective. =ethereal.</DL> <A NAME="etheric"> etheric, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or beloning to the ether group of compounds. <DD> 2. of or belonging to the chemical substance ether. Ex. etheric wave transmission. </DL> <A NAME="etherification"> etherification, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the formation of the chemical substance ether. </DL> <A NAME="etherify"> etherify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> to change into ether or one of the ethers. </DL> <A NAME="etherization"> etherization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition of the system when under the anesthetic influence of ether. <DD> 2. the act or process of giving ether as an anesthetic. <DD> 3. (Chemistry.) the process of producing ether; etherification. </DL> <A NAME="etherize"> etherize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make unconscious with ether fumes. Ex. When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table (T. S. Eliot). <DD> 2. to change into ether; etherify. </DL> <A NAME="etherizer"> etherizer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that etherizes. </DL> <A NAME="ethic"> ethic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. =ethical. <DD>noun system of ethics; ethics. Ex. From her grandfather, a one-time Lutheran minister ... she inherited a sense of compassion and a strong personal ethic (Time). </DL> <A NAME="ethical"> ethical, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having to do with standards of right and wrong; of ethics or morals. Ex. ethical standards. <DD> 2. morally right. Ex. ethical conduct. <DD> 3. in accordance with formal or professional rules of right and wrong. Ex. It is not considered ethical for a doctor to repeat a patient's confidences. <DD> 4. of or having to do with ethical drugs. Ex. ethical products. <DD>noun Usually, ethicals. a drug that cannot be obtained without a doctor's prescription; ethical drug. adv. ethically. noun ethicalness. </DL> <A NAME="ethicalculture"> Ethical Culture,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a chiefly American movement founded in 1876 which holds the ethical factor in life to be paramount and above all theological and other considerations. <DD> 2. the beliefs and practices of this movement. </DL> <A NAME="ethicalculturist"> Ethical Culturist,<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in and observes the tenets of Ethical Culture. </DL> <A NAME="ethicaldative"> ethical dative,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Grammar.) the dative case used to indicate a person who has a sympathetic interest in the statement, as mihi in Quid mihi Celsus agit? (How does my Celsus?) or me in "He plucked me ope his doublet and offered them his throat to cut." </DL> <A NAME="ethicaldrug"> ethical drug,<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug that cannot be dispensed by a pharmacist without a doctor's prescription. Antibiotics and narcotics are ethical drugs. </DL> <A NAME="ethicality"> ethicality, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> ethical standard or principle; ethics. Ex. the ethicality of business. </DL> <A NAME="ethicals"> ethicals, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under ethical, n. </DL> <A NAME="ethician"> ethician, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies ethics. </DL> <A NAME="ethicism"> ethicism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. devotion to ethics or ethical ideals. <DD> 2. a tendency to moralize. Ex. Their art ... was marred by the intense ethicism that pervaded the New England mind for two hundred years (William Dean Howells). </DL> <A NAME="ethicist"> ethicist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person versed in ethics; ethician. </DL> <A NAME="ethicize"> ethicize, transitive verb, -cized, -cizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make ethical. </DL> <A NAME="ethics"> ethics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (sing. in use) <DD> a. the study of standards of right and wrong; that part of philosophy dealing with moral conduct, duty, and judgment. Ex. Ethics is concerned with morality. From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness (Macaulay). <DD> b. a book about ethics. <DD> 2. (pl. in use) <DD> a. formal or professional rules of right and wrong; system of conduct or behavior. Ex. It is against medical ethics for doctors to advertise. <DD> b. moral principles by which a person is guided. Ex. The seat of ethics is in our hearts, not in our minds (Atlantic). (SYN) morality, morals. </DL> <A NAME="ethionamide"> ethionamide, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a synthetic drug that inhibits the growth of tuberculosis bacilli. </DL> <A NAME="ethionine"> ethionine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an amino acid which inhibits the production of protein by tissue cells. The synthetic drug has been used experimentally in the treatment of cancer and to prevent the development of certain viruses. </DL> <A NAME="ethiop"> Ethiop, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic or Poetic.) Ethiopian. Ex. Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="ethiope"> Ethiope, adjective, noun. =Ethiopian.</DL> <A NAME="ethiopian"> Ethiopian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with Ethiopia, a country in northeastern Africa, or its people. <DD> 2. having to do with the region that includes Africa south of the Sahara, and Madagascar. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) Negro. <DD>noun 1. a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia. <DD> 2. (Ethnology.) a member of one of the five races into which mankind was formerly divided, including the African Negro and the Negrito. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) a Negro. </DL> <A HREF="ethiopic.dic">NEXT</A>