English words starting with ecl

Meanings of Eclair:

noun

A long, thin individual cake of choux pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing.

Usage examples:

For dessert they selected a chocolate eclair with vanilla ice cream.

Meanings of Eclaircissement:

noun

An enlightening explanation of something that has hitherto been obscure or inexplicable.

Usage examples:

When the éclaircissement comes there will be a scene

Meanings of Eclairissement:

noun

An enlightening explanation of something that has hitherto been obscure or inexplicable.

Usage examples:

When the éclaircissement comes there will be a scene

Meanings of Eclairs:

noun

A long, thin individual cake of choux pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate icing.

Usage examples:

For dessert they selected a chocolate eclair with vanilla ice cream.

Meanings of Eclampsia:

noun

A condition in which one or more convulsions occur in a pregnant woman suffering from high blood pressure, often followed by coma and posing a threat to the health of mother and baby.

Usage examples:

We determined whether a recorded history of gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia or eclampsia …

Meanings of Eclamptic:

adjective

Characteristic of or affected by eclampsia, a condition in which convulsions occur in a pregnant woman suffering from high blood pressure.

Usage examples:

An eclamptic seizure

Meanings of Eclat:

noun

Brilliant display or effect.

Usage examples:

He finished his recital with great éclat

Meanings of Eclectic:

adjective

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Usage examples:

Universities offering an eclectic mix of courses

noun

A person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Usage examples:

Douglas is the king of jazz's current crop of eclectics: he's the kind of guy who shows up at a jew…

Meanings of Eclectically:

adverb

In an eclectic way (= combining things from different systems or areas)

Usage examples:

This fun, chic, eclectically designed boutique hotel is located in the fishing village of treasure …

Meanings of Eclecticism:

noun

The practice of deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Usage examples:

The eclecticism of his work consciously reflects his upbringing

Meanings of Eclectics:

noun

A person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Usage examples:

Douglas is the king of jazz's current crop of eclectics: he's the kind of guy who shows up at a jew…

adjective

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Usage examples:

Universities offering an eclectic mix of courses

Meanings of Eclipse:

noun

An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

Usage examples:

An eclipse of the sun

verb

(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body).

Usage examples:

Jupiter was eclipsed by the moon

Meanings of Eclipsed:

verb

(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body).

Usage examples:

Jupiter was eclipsed by the moon

noun

An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

Usage examples:

An eclipse of the sun

Meanings of Eclipses:

noun

An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

Usage examples:

An eclipse of the sun

verb

(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body).

Usage examples:

Jupiter was eclipsed by the moon

Meanings of Eclipsing:

verb

(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body).

Usage examples:

Jupiter was eclipsed by the moon

noun

An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

Usage examples:

An eclipse of the sun

Meanings of Ecliptic:

noun

A great circle on the celestial sphere representing the sun's apparent path during the year, so called because lunar and solar eclipses can only occur when the moon crosses it.

Usage examples:

An eclipse occurs only if the moon crosses the ecliptic when very close to either conjunction or op…

adjective

Of an eclipse or the ecliptic.

Usage examples:

Lunar eclipses occur at the time of a full moon, and when the moon is near one of the nodes of inte…

Meanings of Ecliptics:

noun

A great circle on the celestial sphere representing the sun's apparent path during the year, so called because lunar and solar eclipses can only occur when the moon crosses it.

Usage examples:

An eclipse occurs only if the moon crosses the ecliptic when very close to either conjunction or op…

adjective

Of an eclipse or the ecliptic.

Usage examples:

Lunar eclipses occur at the time of a full moon, and when the moon is near one of the nodes of inte…

Meanings of Eclogite:

noun

A metamorphic rock containing granular minerals, typically garnet and pyroxene.

Usage examples:

Specific rock names that record both the parent rock and its mineralogy are relatively rare, but in…

Meanings of Eclogites:

noun

A metamorphic rock containing granular minerals, typically garnet and pyroxene.

Usage examples:

Specific rock names that record both the parent rock and its mineralogy are relatively rare, but in…

Meanings of Eclogue:

noun

A short poem, especially a pastoral dialogue.

Usage examples:

English pastoral was inaugurated by spenser's verse eclogues in the shepheardes calendar and furthe…

Meanings of Eclogues:

noun

A short poem, especially a pastoral dialogue.

Usage examples:

English pastoral was inaugurated by spenser's verse eclogues in the shepheardes calendar and furthe…

Meanings of Eclosion:

noun

(of an insect) the act of coming out of an egg, or out of a pupal case (= the hard covering in which an adult insect develops)

Usage examples:

After adult eclosion, the sex of each insect was recorded., immediately after egg eclosion, the new…