<B>European chafer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a beetle of Europe that has spread to the United States, where its larva destroys lawns, pasture, hay, and small grains. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanchar">
<B>European char,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a trout of the cold lakes and mountain streams of northern Europe. </DL>
<A NAME="europeancommonmarket">
<B>European Common Market,</B> =European Economic Community.</DL>
<B>European cowslip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cowslip with showy, fragrant clusters of large yellow or purple flowers that grows in meadows throughout Europe. </DL>
<A NAME="europeancranberry">
<B>European cranberry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small cranberry with red berries, found in swamps of cold regions in Europe, Asia, and North America; bogberry. </DL>
<A NAME="europeancranberrybush">
<B>European cranberry bush,</B> <B>=cranberry tree </B>(def. 2).</DL>
<A NAME="europeaneconomiccommunity">
<B>European Economic Community,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an organization of European states formed to operate a common market and eventually a complete customs union; Common Market. (Abbr:) EEC </DL>
<A NAME="europeangoldfinch">
<B>European goldfinch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, brownish, redfaced finch with yellow on the wings, native to Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. It has been introduced into North America. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanism">
<B>Europeanism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>European characteristics, ideas, methods, etc. <DD><B> 2. </B>a European trait or practice. <DD><B> 3. </B>the neutralization or union of European countries. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the powerful trend toward Europeanism and the towering strength of the European Common Market (James M. Gavin).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="europeanist">
<B>Europeanist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person supporting Europeanism or Europeanization. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanization">
<B>Europeanization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of making or becoming European. <DD><B> 2. </B>the process of Europeanizing, free of any particular nation. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanize">
<B>Europeanize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make European in appearance, habit, way of life, or the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>to put under the rule of a neutral commission so as to make (a territory claimed by two or more countries) part of all Europe. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanlarch">
<B>European larch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cone-bearing tree native to the Alps, largely cultivated in the United States for ornament and in Europe for its tough and durable timber. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanly">
<B>Europeanly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a European way or style. <BR> <I>Ex. He was Europeanly precise in his movements (Harold Brodkey).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="europeanmole">
<B>European mole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mole native to Europe that builds as its nest a central chamber connected to other smaller rooms, instead of building tunnels. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanmonetarysystem">
<B>European Monetary System,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a monetary system to stabilize exchange rates of the currencies of member countries in the European Economic Community. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanmountainash">
<B>European mountain ash,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tree of the rose family, native to Europe and Asia, often cultivated for its bright-red, berrylike fruit; rowan. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanness">
<B>Europeanness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being European in character, outlook, ideas, or manners. <BR> <I>Ex. Russia's essential Europeanness.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="europeanparliament">
<B>European Parliament,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the legislative and advisory branch of the European Economic Community, consisting of 410 members elected by the voters of member nations. </DL>
<B>European plan,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a system of charges to guests in a hotel by which the price covers the room, but not the meals (distinguished from <I>American plan</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="europeanplum">
<B>European plum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several varieties of blue or red plums with medium to very large fruits and a high sugar content, often dried as prunes; garden plum. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanrecoveryprogram">
<B>European Recovery Program,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plan adopted by the United States for financial aid to European Nations after World War II. It was originally called the Marshall Plan because it was formally proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall in 1947. It began in April, 1948. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanwhitebirch">
<B>European white birch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the weeping birch of northern Europe. </DL>
<A NAME="europeanwildcat">
<B>European wildcat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, powerful wildcat resembling the tabby in color, found in Scotland, parts of the European continent, and in central Siberia. It is possibly an ancestor of the domestic cat. </DL>
<A NAME="europium">
<B>europium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, grayish, chemical element of the same group as cerium. It is a rare-earth, metallic element that occurs only in combination with other elements. Europium compounds are used in coating color television screens and in control rods in atomic power plants. </DL>
<A NAME="europocentric">
<B>Europocentric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having Europe as its center. <BR> <I>Ex. He [a historian] knows that for half a millennium the nations of Western Europe were destined to predominate. Thus, it is natural for him to have a Europocentric view of the modern world (Benjamin Quarles).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="europort">
<B>Europort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a European port serving as a major import and export harbor, especially for the Common Market countries. </DL>
<A NAME="eurovision">
<B>Eurovision, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a television network linking most of the countries of Western Europe. </DL>
<A NAME="eurus">
<B>Eurus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the east or southeast wind. </DL>
<B>Euryclea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the nurse of Odysseus in Homeric legend, who after twenty years identified him by a scar. </DL>
<A NAME="eurydice">
<B>Eurydice, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the wife of Orpheus. He freed her from Hades by the charm of his music, but lost her again because he disobeyed the orders of Pluto and turned back to see if she was following. </DL>
<B>eurygnathism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> eurygnathous feature or characteristic. </DL>
<A NAME="eurygnathous">
<B>eurygnathous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a broad upper jaw. </DL>
<A NAME="euryhaline">
<B>euryhaline, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) capable of living in water of any degree of saltiness within a wide range. </DL>
<A NAME="eurynome">
<B>Eurynome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a daughter of Oceanus, and mother by Zeus of the Graces. </DL>
<A NAME="euryon">
<B>euryon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the point of either end of the greatest crosswise diameter of the skull. </DL>
<A NAME="euryphagous">
<B>euryphagous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) living on a wide variety of foods. </DL>
<A NAME="euryprognathous">
<B>euryprognathous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anthropology.) having wide cheekbones and upper jaws, combined with prognathism. </DL>
<A NAME="eurypterid">
<B>eurypterid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of an extinct order of crustaceans of the Paleozoic era, varying in size from a few inches to six feet, related to the king crabs. </DL>
<A NAME="eurypterus">
<B>eurypterus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, scorpionlike eurypterid. </DL>
<A NAME="eurypylous">
<B>eurypylous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having or characterized by one or more large, wide openings. </DL>
<A NAME="eurystheus">
<B>Eurystheus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the king at whose bidding Hercules performed his twelve labors. </DL>
<A NAME="eurystomatous">
<B>eurystomatous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having a wide or distensible mouth. <BR> <I>Ex. an eurystomatous snake.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eurytherm">
<B>eurytherm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a eurythermal organism. </DL>
<A NAME="eurythermal">
<B>eurythermal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) able to live in any temperature within a broad range. </DL>
<B>eurytopic, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) able to tolerate a wide range of variations in environmental conditions. </DL>
<A NAME="eusebians">
<B>Eusebians, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the followers of Eusebius of Nicomedia, an Arian bishop of Constantinople in the 300's. </DL>
<A NAME="euskara">
<B>Euskara</B> or <B>Euskera, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Basque language. <BR> <I>Ex. The Basques of Northern Spain ... proudly tell visitors that no foreigner has ever been able to master their complex language, Euskara (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="eusol">
<B>eusol, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an antiseptic solution containing hypochlorous acid. </DL>
<A NAME="eusporangiate">
<B>eusporangiate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having sporangia formed from a group of epidermal cells. </DL>
