<B>euonymus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees, native of northern temperate regions, having loose clusters (cymes) of small purplish flowers, followed by (usually) crimson capsules that on opening disclose the seed wrapped in an orange-colored covering (aril), as the wahoo and spindle tree. Also, <B>evonymus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="eupatorium">
<B>eupatorium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a large genus of composite plants, mostly perennial and native of America, with white or purplish flowers, as thoroughwort, joe-pye weed, and hemp agrimony, and especially a cultivated species, the mistflower. </DL>
<A NAME="eupatrid">
<B>eupatrid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>one of the hereditary aristocrats (eupatridae) of ancient Athens and other Greek states, in whom were vested the powers of making and administering the law. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Rare.) a patrician. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the eupatrids. </DL>
<A NAME="eupatridae">
<B>eupatridae, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the eupatrids. </DL>
<A NAME="eupepsia">
<B>eupepsia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> good digestion (contrasted with <I>dyspepsia</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="eupeptic">
<B>eupeptic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having or characteristic of good digestion. <DD><B> 2. </B>aiding digestion. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) gay; optimistic. <BR> <I>Ex. The company would employ eupeptic scoundrels of this sort (New Yorker).</I> adv. <B>eupeptically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="eupepticity">
<B>eupepticity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of feeling resulting from good digestion. </DL>
<A NAME="euphausid">
<B>euphausid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a numerous group of small shrimplike crustaceans found in all oceans, important as food for whales, seals, and similar animals. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the euphausids. </DL>
<B>euphemism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the use of a mild or indirect expression instead of one that is harsh or unpleasantly direct. <DD><B> 2. </B>a word or expression used in this way. "Pass away" is a common euphemism for "die." </DL>
<A NAME="euphemist">
<B>euphemist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who uses euphemisms. </DL>
<A NAME="euphemistic">
<B>euphemistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or showing euphemism; using mild or indirect words instead of harsh or unpleasant ones. </DL>
<B>euphemistically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by way of euphemism; using euphemism. <BR> <I>Ex. Teachers wondered what to do with those in their classes whom we euphemistically call "slow learners" (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphemize">
<B>euphemize, </B>verb, <B>-mized,</B> <B>-mizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to express by euphemism. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make use of euphemisms. </DL>
<A NAME="euphemizer">
<B>euphemizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who speaks euphemistically. </DL>
<A NAME="euphenic">
<B>euphenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with euphenics. </DL>
<A NAME="euphenics">
<B>euphenics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a science dealing with ways of improving the human race after birth, especially by technological means such as organ transplantation and prosthetics. <BR> <I>Ex. Attempts to control the basic characteristics of the organisms which develop under the influence of defective genetic constitutions have been spoken of ... as 'euphenics', in contrast to 'eugenics', which tries to change the genetic constitution itself (John Newell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphone">
<B>euphone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a 16-foot organ stop with free reeds, giving a sweet, subdued, clarinetlike tone. </DL>
<A NAME="euphonic">
<B>euphonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with euphony. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=euphonious.</B> adv. <B>euphonically.</B> noun <B>euphonicalness.</B> </DL>
<B>euphonious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeable; harmonious. <BR> <I>Ex. Our door chimes have a euphonious sound. Lionel Trilling, someone once remarked, is the owner of the most euphonious name in American letters today (Newsweek).</I> adv. <B>euphoniously.</B> noun <B>euphoniousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="euphonism">
<B>euphonism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of euphonious words. </DL>
<A NAME="euphonistic">
<B>euphonistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by euphonism. </DL>
<A NAME="euphonium">
<B>euphonium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a brass musical instrument like a tuba, but having a mellower, deeper tone. </DL>
<A NAME="euphonize">
<B>euphonize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nized,</B> <B>-nizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make euphonious. </DL>
<A NAME="euphony">
<B>euphony, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>pleasing effect to the ear; agreeableness of sound, especially agreeableness of speech sounds as uttered or combined in utterance. (SYN) consonance. <DD><B> 2. </B>a tendency to change sounds so as to favor ease of utterance. </DL>
<A NAME="euphorbia">
<B>euphorbia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of plants of the spurge family, with acrid, milky juice and small, inconspicuous flowers; spurge. Some euphorbias, especially African species, resemble cactuses. </DL>
<A NAME="euphorbiaceous">
<B>euphorbiaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the spurge family. </DL>
<A NAME="euphorbium">
<B>euphorbium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an extremely bitter gum resin obtained from a species of euphorbia, used as a plaster in veterinary medicine and formerly as a cathartic. </DL>
<A NAME="euphorbus">
<B>Euphorbus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a brave Trojan, slain by Menelaus. Pythagoras professed to be animated by his soul. </DL>
<A NAME="euphoria">
<B>euphoria, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a feeling of happiness and bodily well-being. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a few months after the armistice, in the early euphoria of peace (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphoriant">
<B>euphoriant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug used to relieve depressionand induce a feeling of well-being. <BR> <I>Ex. Besides the hallucinogens there are, for instance, euphoriants. They incapacitate by making their victim so witlessly optimistic about everything that he is no good for anything (Robert Coughlan).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphoric">
<B>euphoric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characterized by euphoria. <BR> <I>Ex. We're glad to bring such good tidings [of a business boom], but the euphoric glow shouldn't blind us to some perils (Life).</I> adv. <B>euphorically.</B> </DL>
<B>euphotic layer</B> or <B>zone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the relatively thin surface of a body of water that receives sunlight and in which photosynthesis and consequent production of organic matter can take place. <BR> <I>Ex. During the summer in these latitudes, the euphotic zone is steadily depleted of nutrient, and this limits the production (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphrasy">
<B>euphrasy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies.</B> <B>=eyebright </B>(a plant). <I>Ex. Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see (Milton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphratean">
<B>Euphratean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Euphrates River or the region around it. <BR> <I>Ex. Euphratean routes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="euphroe">
<B>euphroe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) a block having holes through which the ropes of a crowfoot are passed and spread, from which an awning is suspended. Also, <B>uphroe.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="euphrosyne">
<B>Euphrosyne, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) one of the three Graces. Euphrosyne means joy. </DL>
<A NAME="euphuism">
<B>euphuism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an affected style of speaking and writing English that was fashionable in England in the late 1500's, characterized by long series of antitheses, frequent similes, and alliteration. (Example:) Be valiant but not too venturous. Let thy attire be comely but not costly (John Lyly). <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any affected, elegant style of writing; flowery, artificial language. <DD><B> 3. </B>a euphuistic phrase or composition. </DL>
<A NAME="euphuist">
<B>euphuist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who uses euphuism. </DL>
<A NAME="euphuistic">
<B>euphuistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> using or containing euphuism; like euphuism. adv. <B>euphuistically.</B> </DL>
<B>euplastic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that can easily be transformed into permanent organized tissue, as the cells that differentiate into organs of the body embryologically. <DD><I>noun </I> euplastic matter. </DL>
<A NAME="euploid">
<B>euploid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Genetics.) having a number of chromosomes which is a multiple of the haploid number for the species. </DL>
<A NAME="eupnea">
<B>eupnea</B> or <B>eupnoea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) natural or normal breathing; easy respiration. </DL>
<A NAME="eupyrene">
<B>eupyrene, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of certain spermatozoa) having a well-developed nucleus. </DL>
<A NAME="eur">
<B>Eur-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of <B>Euro-</B> before vowels, as in <I>Eurafrican.</I> </DL>
<B>Eurafrican, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having to do with Europe and Africa taken together. <DD><B> 2. </B>of mixed European and African descent. <DD><I>noun </I> a person of mixed European and African descent. </DL>
<A NAME="eurailpass">
<B>Eurailpass, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pass permitting unlimited railroad transportation for a specified period of time in countries of the Western European continent. </DL>
