English words starting with el

Meanings of El:

noun

(in the us) an elevated railway, especially that in chicago.

Usage examples:

I’ve been riding the el nearly every day for about 17 months now.

suffix

Forming nouns having or originally having a diminutive sense.

Usage examples:

Mantle

Meanings of Elaborate:

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

Meanings of Elaborately:

adverb

In a detailed and carefully arranged manner.

Usage examples:

Elaborately decorated cakes

Meanings of Elaborates:

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

Meanings of Elaborating:

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

Meanings of Elaboration:

noun

The process of developing or presenting a theory, policy, or system in further detail.

Usage examples:

His work led to the elaboration of a theory of evolution

Meanings of Elaborations:

noun

The process of developing or presenting a theory, policy, or system in further detail.

Usage examples:

His work led to the elaboration of a theory of evolution

Meanings of Elaeosaccharum:

noun

A preparation made by triturating sugar with an essential oil.

Meanings of Elaiosome:

noun

Any of various oil-rich structures or tissues attached to or surrounding the seeds of certain plants; especially one that acts as an attractant to ants that aid dispersal by carrying the seed away from the plant.

Meanings of Elamite:

noun

A native or inhabitant of ancient elam.

Usage examples:

This new empire lasted until roughly 2000 when pressure from the elamites and amorites reached its …

adjective

Relating to the ancient elamites or their language.

Usage examples:

Elam, whose capital was at susa, was a part of sumerian-mesopotamian cultural region although the e…

Meanings of Elan:

noun

Energy, style, and enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

They performed with uncommon elan onstage

Meanings of Eland:

noun

A large spiral-horned african antelope which lives in open woodland and grassland.

Usage examples:

There are antelope species like eland, impala, puku, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu whereas lion leop…

Meanings of Elands:

noun

A large spiral-horned african antelope which lives in open woodland and grassland.

Usage examples:

There are antelope species like eland, impala, puku, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu whereas lion leop…

Meanings of Elapse:

verb

(of time) pass or go by.

Usage examples:

Weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack

Meanings of Elapses:

verb

(of time) pass or go by.

Usage examples:

Weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack

Meanings of Elapsing:

verb

(of time) pass or go by.

Usage examples:

Weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack

Meanings of Elasmobranch:

noun

A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.

Usage examples:

However, the presence of modulation in feeding among the elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) h…

Meanings of Elasmobranchian:

noun

A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.

Usage examples:

However, the presence of modulation in feeding among the elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) h…

Meanings of Elasmobranchii:

noun

A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.

Usage examples:

However, the presence of modulation in feeding among the elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) h…

Meanings of Elasmosaur:

noun

A cretaceous plesiosaur with a long neck shaped like that of a swan.

Usage examples:

The remains include the bones of dinosaurs, birds, and large marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and …

Meanings of Elasmosaurus:

noun

A cretaceous plesiosaur with a long neck shaped like that of a swan.

Usage examples:

The remains include the bones of dinosaurs, birds, and large marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and …

Meanings of Elastase:

noun

A pancreatic enzyme which digests elastin.

Usage examples:

In a related experiment, articular cartilage was incubated for two days with the enzyme elastase, w…

Meanings of Elastases:

noun

A pancreatic enzyme which digests elastin.

Usage examples:

In a related experiment, articular cartilage was incubated for two days with the enzyme elastase, w…

Meanings of Elastic:

adjective

(of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after being stretched or compressed.

Usage examples:

A tourniquet of rubber tubing or other elastic material is placed around the upper arm

noun

Cord, tape, or fabric, woven with strips of rubber, which returns to its original length or shape after being stretched.

Usage examples:

A polythene bag tied with elastic

Meanings of Elastically:

adverb

In a way that is able to stretch and return to its original shape or size

Usage examples:

Your spine is designed to move elastically during exercise., the material can stretch elastically u…