English words: electrotonicity to elevator butt
300 English words, part 24 of 85 of the words starting with E, A to Z. 21 have a page of their own.
English words electrotonicity to elevator butt
- electrotonicity noun: The quality or degree of being electrotonic.
- electrotonize verb: To produce electrotonus
- electrotonizing adjective: Causing electrotonus.
- electrotonous adjective: electrotonic
- electrotonus noun: The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it
- electrotopological adjective: Relating to electrotopology
- electrotopology noun: The topology of the electron orbitals of an atom or molecule
- electrotorture noun: torture involving electric shock
- electrotransfect verb: To transfect by means of electrotransfection
- electrotransfection noun: transfection by means of an electric field
- electrotransfer noun, verb: the use of electroporation to transfer genetic material into cells
- electrotransfered verb: Alternative form of electrotransferred.
- electrotransference noun: The process, or the result of electrotransferring
- electrotransferred adjective: transferred by means of electrotransfer
- electrotransform verb: To cause, or to undergo electrotransformation
- electrotransformant noun: A transformant undergoing electrotransformation
- electrotransformation noun: The transformation of the genetic material of an organism by means of electrotransfer
- electrotransformed adjective: transformed via electrotransformation (or by electrotransfer)
- electrotransport noun, verb: The transport of material in an electric field
- electrotroph noun: Any organism that obtains metabolic energy from an electric source
- electrotrophic adjective: Relating to electrotrophs
- electrotrophy noun: The condition of being an electrotroph
- electrotropism noun: Growth or motion in response to an electric field.
- electrotuneable adjective: electronically tuneable
- electrotype noun, verb: a plate, made by electroplating a mold, such as used in letterpress printing
- electrotyper noun: One who electrotypes.
- electrotypic adjective: pertaining to, or produced by means of, electrotypy
- electrotyping noun: the act or process of making electrotypes
- electrotypist noun: One who produces electrotype plates.
- electrotypy noun: electrotyping
- electroultrafiltration noun: Alternative form of electro-ultrafiltration.
- electrovaccinate verb: To vaccinate by means of electrovaccination
- electrovacuum noun: A particular solution to a field equation in general relativity.
- electrovalence noun: Alternative form of electrovalency.
- electrovalency noun: The net electric charge on an ion.
- electrovalent adjective: Of or pertaining to electrovalency/electrovalence.
- electrovalve noun: An electromechanical valve
- electrovestibulography noun: A non-invasive, neuroelectrophysiological medical technique that measures vestibuloacoustic neural activities for the diagnosis of various neurodegenerative...
- electrovibration noun: Vibration in an electric field.
- electrovibrational adjective: Relating to electrovibration
- electroviscosity noun: The condition of being electroviscous.
- electroviscous adjective: Describing the effects of electric charge on viscosity
- electrovital adjective: Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals and...
- electrovore noun /ɪˈlɛktɹəvɔː(ɹ)/: An organism or entity which feeds on electricity.
- electrowave noun: Synonym of synthwave.
- electroweak adjective: Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
- electroweak interaction noun: A unified description of electromagnetic interaction and weak nuclear interaction.
- electroweakino noun: A supersymmetric partner of the electroweak gauge boson, also referred to as a wino.
- electrowelded adjective: That has been joined or fabricated using an electric welding process.
- electrowelding noun: An electric welding process.
- electrowetting noun: The modification of the wetting properties of a (typically hydrophobic) surface by means of an applied electric field.
- electrowin verb: To win (extract) electrically.
- electrowinning noun: The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
- electrowon adjective: Obtained by means of electrowinning.
- electrozone noun: The zone in close proximity to an electrode
- electrum noun /ɪˈlɛktɹəm/: Amber.
- electuary noun: Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
- eledoisin noun: An undecapeptide of mollusk origin, belonging to the tachykinin family of neuropeptides.
- eleemosynar noun: One who distributes charitable gifts.
- eleemosynarily adverb: In an eleemosynary manner; out of charity; charitably.
- eleemosynariness noun: The quality of being eleemosynary.
- eleemosynary adjective, noun /ˌɛl.ɪ.iːˈmɒ.sɪ.nə.ɹi/: Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.
- eleemosynary corporation noun: A corporation dedicated to charity, particularly one established for the perpetual distribution of the alms or bounty of the founder.
- eleemosynous adjective: Of a gift or donation: made as an act of charity or almsgiving; charitable.
- eleet adjective, noun: Dated form of leet (“elite”).
- elegance noun /ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns/: Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
- elegancy noun: Alternative form of elegance.
- elegant adjective, noun /ˈɛləɡənt/: Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.
- elegant crested tinamou noun: A tinamou, Eudromia elegans.
- elegant parrot noun: A small, olive-green parrot, Neophema elegans, native to southern Australia.
- elegant quail noun: A New World quail of northwestern Mexico which is related to the California, Gambel's and scaled quails, Callipepla douglasii.
- elegant tit noun: Pardaliparus elegans, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, of the Philippines
- elegant variation noun: The use of synonyms to avoid repetition (regarded as a stylistic fault when done excessively).
- elegante noun: A fashionable lady.
- elegantin noun: A particular disintegrin.
- elegantly adverb: Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
- elegantness noun: Elegance.
- elegiac adjective, noun /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/: Of or relating to an elegy.
- elegiac pentameter noun: A poetic metre of six dactylic feet, the third and sixth shortened to a single long syllable.
- elegiacal adjective /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪəkəl/: elegiac; expressing sorrow.
- elegiacally adverb: In the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem
- elegiast noun: An elegist (maker of elegies).
- elegiographer noun: an elegist
- elegious adjective: Melancholy, miserable, plaintive.
- elegise verb: Alternative spelling of elegize.
- elegist noun: A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse
- elegit noun: A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
- elegization noun: The process or result of elegizing.
- elegize verb: To compose an elegy for.
- elegy noun /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/: A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
- Eleian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Elean.
- eleidin noun: A clear intracellular protein present in the stratum lucidum of the skin, a transformation product of keratohyalin.
- Eleima noun: Alternative form of Ireima.
- Elejalde syndrome noun: A rare autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by moderate pigment dilution, profound central nervous system dysfunction, no immune defects, and hair...
- Elektrian adjective /ɪˈlɛktriən/: Of or relating to the tragic figure Elektra in Greek mythology.
- elektro-baglama noun: A baglama modified with magnetic pickups so as to be a modern electric instrument.
- elem adjective, noun: Clipping of elementary (elementary school).
- Eleme fig noun: A superior kind of fig (the fruit).
- elemeno noun: A nonexistent letter of the alphabet which some children think comes between k and p.
- element noun, verb /ˈɛlɪmənt/: One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- element 0 noun: Alternative form of element zero.
- element number noun: Synonym for atomic number
- element of surprise noun: The strategic advantage afforded to a party when its opposition may be caught by surprise.
- element zero noun: Synonym of neutronium (“material composed of neutrons”).
- elemental adjective, noun /(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəl/: Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
- elemental magic adjective, noun: Elementally magical (having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to elemental magic).
- elementalism noun: Synonym of elementarism (“the view that things are constructed from simpler elements”).
- elementalist noun: An advocate of elementalism
- elementalistic adjective: Of or relating to elementalism.
- elementalistically adverb: In an elementalistic manner.
- elementality noun: The property of being elemental or elementary.
- elementalize verb: To reduce to, or treat as, one or more elements.
- elementally adverb: in an elemental manner
- elementarily adverb: In an elementary way.
- elementariness noun: The state or condition of being elementary.
- elementarism noun: The view that things are constructed from simpler elements.
- elementarist noun: An advocate of elementarism (the view that things are constructed from simpler elements).
- elementaristic adjective: Relating to elementarism
- elementarity noun: elementariness (the quality of being elementary).
- elementary adjective, noun /ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi/: Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
- elementary algebra noun: An informally defined area of algebra considered suitable to be taught to secondary school students.
- elementary cellular automaton noun: A one-dimensional, two-state cellular automaton in which a cell's state in the next generation depends only on its current state and the states of its two...
- elementary charge noun: The electric charge on a single proton or electron
- elementary equivalence noun: A relation between two structures which have the property that every first-order formula is valid in one structure if and only if it is valid in the other.
- elementary function noun: Any function that is composed of algebraic functions, trigonometric functions, exponential functions and/or logarithmic functions, combined using addition,...
- elementary geometry noun: The part of Euclidean geometry pertaining to the simple properties of straight lines, planes, polyhedra, and other basic shapes.
- elementary matrix noun: A square matrix which is obtained from the identity matrix by a single elementary row (or column) operation.
- elementary, my dear Watson phrase /ˌɛlɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi maɪ dɪə ˈwɒtsn̩/: Used to emphasize that the speaker's deductive abilities are better than those of the listener.
- elementary particle noun: A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
- elementary school noun: A children’s school, typically older than toddlers and younger than adolescents. In the U.S., elementary schools cover grades 1 through 5, and the ages of...
- elementary schooler noun: A student who goes to an elementary school.
- elementary spaceship noun: Any spaceship, either naturally occurring or found with the aid of computer programs, that cannot be usefully analyzed as consisting of discrete parts, and...
- elementary substance noun: A pure chemical substance consisting of a single element (e.g. hydrogen gas).
- elementary symmetric polynomial noun: a coefficient of some power of t in (t+x_1)(t+x_2)⋯(t+x_n), for some n∈ N
- elementary topos noun: A Cartesian closed category which has a subobject classifier.
- elementation noun: Instruction in the elements or first principles.
- elemented adjective, verb: Having a specified number of elements.
- elementism noun: The breaking down of a complex thing into the elements of which it is made
- elementoid adjective: Resembling an element.
- elementological adjective: Relating to elementology.
- elementology noun: An approach to medicine based on the ancient elements of air, earth, fire, and water.
- elements noun /ˈɛlɪmənts/: The weather, such as wind or rain; environmental conditions considered as a source of danger, wear, etc.
- elementwise adjective: Obtained by operating on one element (of a matrix etc) at a time.
- elemi noun: A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.
- elemicin noun: 3,4,5-trimethoxyallylbenzene, a natural organic compound found in the essential oil of nutmeg or elemi.
- elemin noun: A clear oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water.
- elemol noun: A sesquiterpenoid related to isopropanol, used in food, fragrances, and chemical synthesis.
- Elena proper noun: A female given name from Italian, Spanish, or Ancient Greek.
- elench noun /ɪˈlɛŋk/: That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
- elenchic adjective: Pertaining to an elench.
- elenchical adjective: Pertaining to an elench.
- elenchically adverb: By means of, or in the form of, an elench.
- elenchid noun: Any strepsipteran in the family Elenchidae.
- elenchize verb: To dispute.
- elenchtic adjective: Alternative form of elenctic.
- elenchtical adjective: Alternative form of elenctic.
- elenchus noun /ɪˈlɛŋ.kəs/: A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with...
- elenctic adjective /ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/: Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
- elenctic method noun: Synonym of Socratic method.
- elenctical adjective: Alternative form of elenctic.
- elenge adjective: Alternative form of ellinge
- Eleni proper noun: A transliteration of the Greek female given name Ελένη (Eléni).
- eleocyte noun: A coelomocyte that contains many fat globules
- eleolite noun: Alternative form of elaeolite.
- eleomargaric acid noun: eleostearic acid in the form of its glycerol ester
- eleometer noun: Synonym of oleometer.
- Eleonora proper noun: A female given name.
- Eleonora's falcon noun: Falco eleonorae, a medium-sized raptor of the falcon family.
- eleoptene noun: Alternative spelling of elaeoptene.
- eleosaccharum noun: Alternative form of oleosaccharum.
- eleostearate noun: A salt or ester of eleostearic acid.
- eleostearic adjective: Relating to an eleostearic acid or its derivatives
- eleostearic acid noun: Either of two isomers of octadecatrienoic acid.
- eleotrid noun: Any member of species in the family Eleotridae of sleeper fishes.
- elepaio noun: Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
- elephant noun /ˈɛlɪfənt/: A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
- elephant apple noun: otenga (Dillenia indica)
- elephant beetle noun: Megasoma elephas, a large rhinoceros beetle.
- elephant bird noun: Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until...
- elephant bush noun: Synonym of spekboom.
- elephant calf noun: A young elephant.
- elephant creeper noun: Argyreia nervosa, a perennial climbing vine native to the Indian subcontinent.
- elephant door noun: An extremely tall and wide (and typically sliding and soundproof) door, used in event venues, film sound stages, etc. for bringing in large equipment.
- elephant dose noun: Large amount.
- elephant ear noun: A funnel cake.
- elephant ear tree noun: A monkey-ear tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum)
- elephant ears noun: taro (Colocasia esculenta)
- elephant fish noun: Alternative form of elephantfish.
- elephant foot yam noun: A plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, similar to the titan arum, cultivated for food.
- elephant garlic noun: A perennial plant related to leeks, Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum, having large cloves that can be substituted for garlic in cooking.
- elephant grass noun: Synonym of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
- elephant gun noun: A large-calibre firearm capable of killing an elephant or other big game.
- elephant in the corner noun: Alternative form of elephant in the room.
- elephant in the room noun: A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.
- elephant juice interjection, noun: Used as a stimulant for horses.
- elephant leg noun: The rotating slab of meat from which slices are carved when making kebabs.
- elephant paper noun: A large size of paper, measuring 23 by 28 inches, or sometimes 22 by 30, or (double elephant paper) 26 by 40 inches.
- elephant polo noun: A variety of polo played while riding elephants rather than horses.
- elephant race noun: A situation in which one truck tries to overtake another at a slightly higher speed, blocking the road for passenger car drivers behind.
- elephant's adjective: drunk (intoxicated with alcohol)
- elephant's ear noun: A plant, Enterolobium cyclocarpum
- elephant's foot noun: Adenia pechuelii.
- elephant's leg noun: Alternative form of elephant leg (“rotating slab of meat used in making kebabs”).
- elephant's snout volute noun: Cymbium glans, a species of sea snail.
- elephant's teeth noun: ivory
- elephant's tooth noun: A die (cube thrown in games of chance).
- elephant's toothpaste noun: A foamy substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using potassium iodide as a catalyst; the outcome of a popular educational...
- elephant's trunk adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, -'s, trunk.
- elephant seal noun: Any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.
- elephant shrew noun: A sengi (order Macroscelidea).
- elephant skin noun: matground
- elephant test noun: Synonym of duck test.
- elephant toothpaste noun: Alternative form of elephant's toothpaste.
- elephant trap noun /ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt ˌtɹæp/: A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
- elephant tree noun: A distinctive shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico and the farthest southern edge of California and Arizona (Bursera microphylla), having a...
- elephant trunk noun: An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.
- elephant trunkfish noun: A species of large sea cucumber, Holothuria fuscopunctata, native to shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific.
- elephant walk noun: The taxiing of multiple aircraft in close formation before a mass take-off.
- Elephanta noun: A strong southerly or southeasterly wind that blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the onset of the...
- elephantarch noun: The commander of a military corps of elephants.
- elephantback noun: The back of an elephant.
- elephantbird noun: Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elephantdom noun: The state or essence of being an elephant.
- elephantesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
- elephantess noun: A female elephant.
- elephantfish noun: A fish of the family Mormyridae, noted for its ability to generate electric fields.
- elephanthood noun: The state or essence of being an elephant.
- elephantiac adjective, noun: Afflicted with elephantiasis.
- elephantiasic adjective: Relating to elephantiasis.
- elephantiasis noun /ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs/: A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of...
- elephantiasis Arabum noun: Synonym of elephant leg.
- elephantic adjective: Of or relating to elephants
- elephanticide noun: The killing of an elephant.
- elephantid noun: Any member of the family Elephantidae of elephants and their extinct close relatives.
- elephantimorph noun: Any mammal of the clade Elephantimorpha
- elephantin noun: A sesquiterpenoid tumor inhibitor found in Elephantopus elatus.
- elephantine adjective, noun /ɛl.əˈfæn.tin/: Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.
- elephantine tortoise noun: A huge land tortoise, especially the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea, from the Seychelles, or the Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger, from...
- elephantinely adverb: In a manner resembling an elephant; in an elephantine manner.
- elephantish adjective: Resembling an elephant.
- elephantitis noun: Misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- elephantitus noun: Misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- elephantless adjective: Without an elephant or elephants.
- elephantlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
- elephantnose fish noun: Synonym of Peters's elephantnose fish.
- elephantoid adjective, noun: Any mammal of the superfamily Elephantoidea
- elephantoidal adjective: Resembling an elephant; elephantoid.
- elephantol noun: A compound obtained by alkaline hydrolysis of elephantin.
- elephantophile noun: One who loves elephants.
- elephantopin noun: A sesquiterpene lactone found in Elephantopus elatus.
- elephantous adjective: Of or relating to elephantiasis.
- elephantpox noun: A viral disease of elephants that is related to cowpox
- elephantry noun /ˈɛlɪfəntɹi/: A branch of an army that uses elephants.
- elephants' ear noun: Alternative form of elephant's ear
- elephants' graveyard noun: A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.
- elephanty adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
- elepidote adjective, noun: Not lepidote.
- elesclomol noun /ɪˈlɛskləmɒl/: A drug that triggers apoptosis in cancer cells.
- Elet noun: Alternative form of Oirat.
- eletriptan noun: A triptan drug used to treat migraine.
- eleusine noun: A tropical grass (Eleusine coracana, finger millet) similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving.
- Eleusinian adjective: Pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
- Eleusinian mysteries noun: Alternative form of Eleusinian Mysteries.
- Eleusinion noun: A temple of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- Eleuthera proper noun /iˈluːθəɹə/: A long thin Bahamas island, east of Nassau, New Providence.
- Eleutheran adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to Eleuthera
- eleutherarch noun /ɛˈljuːθəˌɹɑːk/: The leader of the eleutheri.
- eleutheri noun /ɛˈljuːθəˌɹaɪ/: A secret society, usually 19th century and sinister.
- Eleutheria proper noun: A personification of liberty, represented on certain ancient coins, and sometimes denoting the goddess Artemis.
- Eleutherian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Eleutheran: of or relating to the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, especially to the original settlers of the island.
- eleutherin noun: A benzoisochromanequinone, extracted from bulbs of Eleutherine bulbosa, that has limited antibiotic activity
- eleutherism noun: An ideology based around freedom.
- eleuthero noun: The shrub Eleutherococcus senticosus, used in traditional medicine.
- eleutherodactylid noun: Any frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.
- eleutherodactyline noun: Any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.
- eleutherodontid noun: Any extinct mammal of the family †Eleutherodontidae
- eleutheroembryo noun: A free-floating embryo of a fish
- eleutherognathine adjective: Having a jaw that is free to move (not hinged to another bone)
- eleutheromania noun /ɪˌl(j)uːθə.rə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/: A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- eleutheromaniac adjective, noun /ɪˌl(j)uːθə.rə(ʊ)ˈmeɪniæk/: Having a passionate mania for freedom.
- eleutheromaniacal adjective: of, exhibiting, or affected with eleutheromania
- eleutherophobia noun: Fear of freedom.
- eleutheroside noun: Any of several diverse glycosides present in Eleutherococcus shrubs
- eleutherozoic adjective: of or pertaining to the Subphylum Eleutherozoa
- elev. noun: Abbreviation of elevation.
- elevatable adjective: Capable of being mechanically elevated.
- elevate adjective, verb /ˈɛləveɪt/: To raise (something) to a higher position.
- elevated adjective, noun, verb /ˈɛl.əˌveɪ.dɪd/: Raised, usually above ground level.
- elevated line noun: Synonym of elevated railway.
- elevated railway noun: A rapid transit railway with tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure.
- elevatedly adverb: In an elevated manner.
- elevatedness noun: The quality of being elevated.
- elevating work platform noun: An aerial work platform.
- elevatingly adverb: So as to elevate or raise up.
- elevation noun /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/: The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
- elevational adjective: Of or pertaining to an elevation.
- elevationally adverb: By means of an elevation; in terms of elevation
- elevator noun, verb /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/: Anything that raises or uplifts.
- elevator butt noun: The raising of a domestic cat's hindquarters in response to being petted, scratched, or otherwise stimulated, usually at the base of the tail.
Part 23 · Part 25 · English words: E
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under E: 25,290 words, in 85 parts.