All English words - page 1238

Meanings of Elfish:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of an elf or elves.

Usage examples:

Small elfish features

Meanings of Elfishly:

adverb

In a way that relates to or is like an elf (= an imaginary magical being in stories, often like a small person with pointed ears)

Usage examples:

She looked up and grinned elfishly at us., he was dressed in a black cloak and elfishly pointed bla…

Meanings of Elia:

proper noun

The pseudonym adopted by charles lamb in his essays of elia (1823) and last essays of elia (1833).

Meanings of Elias:

noun

A national park (= a large area of land protected by the government because of its natural beauty or because it has a special history) in the us state of alaska

Usage examples:

Of the 5,000 square miles of glacial ice in wrangell-st. elias, the root glacier is the most access…

Meanings of Elicits:

verb

Evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone.

Usage examples:

I tried to elicit a smile from joanna

Meanings of Elided:

adjective

(of a sound or syllable) omitted when speaking.

Usage examples:

Elided consonants

verb

Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking.

Usage examples:

English speakers often elide the vowel completely

Meanings of Elidible:

adjective

Able to be elided.

Meanings of Eliding:

verb

Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking.

Usage examples:

English speakers often elide the vowel completely

Meanings of Eligibilities:

noun

The fact of being allowed to do or receive something because you satisfy certain conditions

Usage examples:

The poverty level is the official measure used to decide eligibility for federal health, housing, n…

Meanings of Eligibility:

noun

The state of having the right to do or obtain something through satisfaction of the appropriate conditions.

Usage examples:

Your eligibility for benefits will depend on your income

Meanings of Eligible:

adjective

Having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions.

Usage examples:

Customers who are eligible for discounts

Meanings of Eligibly:

adverb

In a way that satifies the necessary conditions or has the necessary qualities

Usage examples:

Should athletes be questioned before they can eligibly compete?, any land that was not eligibly sit…

Meanings of Eliminant:

noun

An agent that causes or promotes excretion of waste material, foreign or toxic substances, etc.

adjective

Causing or promoting excretion. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Eliminate:

verb

Completely remove or get rid of (something).

Usage examples:

A policy that would eliminate inflation

Meanings of Eliminating:

adjective

Leading to exclusion from consideration or further participation.

Usage examples:

Teams who had fought their way through the eliminating rounds

verb

Completely remove or get rid of (something).

Usage examples:

A policy that would eliminate inflation

Meanings of Eliminations:

noun

The complete removal or destruction of something.

Usage examples:

The elimination of extreme poverty is a key objective

Meanings of Eliminative:

adjective

Of, relating to, or causing elimination of waste material, foreign or toxic substances, etc., from the body.

Meanings of Eliminator:

noun

A thing that completely removes or gets rid of something.

Usage examples:

The goats served as natural grass eliminators

Meanings of Eliminators:

noun

A thing that completely removes or gets rid of something.

Usage examples:

The goats served as natural grass eliminators

Meanings of Elisha:

proper noun

(9th century bc), a hebrew prophet, disciple and successor of elijah.

Meanings of Elision:

noun

The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in i'm, let's ).

Usage examples:

The shortening of words by elision

Meanings of Elisor:

noun

(now chiefly us). either of two people appointed by the court to select a jury (or occasionally perform other duties), when the sheriff is disqualified from acting.

Meanings of Elite:

noun

A select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

Usage examples:

The elite of britain's armed forces

Meanings of Elites:

noun

A select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

Usage examples:

The elite of britain's armed forces

Meanings of Elitism:

noun

The belief that a society or system should be led by an elite.

Usage examples:

Local government in the nineteenth century was the very essence of elitism