All English words - page 1696

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 Elflocks:

noun

A tangled mass of hair.

Meanings of Eli:

proper noun

(in the bible) a priest who acted as a teacher to the prophet samuel (1 sam. 1–3).

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 Elicit:

verb

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

Usage examples:

I tried to elicit a smile from joanna

Meanings of Elicitation:

noun

The process of getting or producing something, especially information or a reaction

Usage examples:

We discussed the elicitation of confessions in murder investigations., he was charged with fraudule…

Meanings of Elicited:

verb

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

Usage examples:

I tried to elicit a smile from joanna

Meanings of Eliciting:

verb

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

Usage examples:

I tried to elicit a smile from joanna

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 Elide:

verb

Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking.

Usage examples:

English speakers often elide the vowel completely

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 Elides:

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 Eligibleness:

noun

The condition of being eligible; eligibility.

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 Elijah:

proper noun

(9th century bc), a hebrew prophet in the time of jezebel who maintained the worship of jehovah against that of baal and other pagan gods.

Meanings of Eliminability:

noun

The property or quality of being eliminable.

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