All English words - page 1767
Meanings of Epicotyl:
nounThe region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
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These enzymes have also been detected in a wide range of plant organs and tissues undergoing develo…
Meanings of Epicotyledonary:
adjectiveDesignating the part of the stem located above the cotyledons of a plant embryo or seedling; of, relating to, or located on this part of the stem.
Meanings of Epicotyls:
nounThe region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
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These enzymes have also been detected in a wide range of plant organs and tissues undergoing develo…
Meanings of Epicranial:
adjectiveOverlying the skull; specifically designating the tendon and muscle forming the epicranium.
Meanings of Epicranium:
nounThe tissue that covers the top of the skull; specifically the occipitofrontal muscle or its tendinous expansion (galea).
Meanings of Epicrisis:
nounThe rhetorical device by which a speaker proceeds to comment on a passage which he or she has just quoted.
Meanings of Epicritic:
adjectiveRelating to or denoting those sensory nerve fibres of the skin that are capable of fine discrimination of touch or temperature stimuli.
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Active mobility, reflexes and epicritic sensory testing were normal.
Meanings of Epics:
nounA long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.
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Happily did he write epics according to ancient rule; no one was impressed.
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of an epic or epics.
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Our national epic poem beowulf
Meanings of Epicure:
nounA person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
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They see themselves as epicures—delighting in food that is properly prepared
Meanings of Epicurean:
nounA disciple or student of the greek philosopher epicurus.
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They lift the curtain on a hitherto unknown community of philosophical debate among epicureans and …
adjectiveRelating to epicurus or his ideas.
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Epicurean philosophers
Meanings of Epicureanism:
nounAn ancient school of philosophy founded in athens by epicurus. the school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, especially that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
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After epicurus' death, epicureanism continued to flourish as a philosophical movement.
Meanings of Epicureans:
nounA disciple or student of the greek philosopher epicurus.
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They lift the curtain on a hitherto unknown community of philosophical debate among epicureans and …
adjectiveRelating to epicurus or his ideas.
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Epicurean philosophers
Meanings of Epicures:
nounA person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
Usage examples:
They see themselves as epicures—delighting in food that is properly prepared
Meanings of Epicurish:
adjectiveOf the nature of an epicure; sensual, voluptuous, hedonistic.
Meanings of Epicuticle:
nounThe thin, waxy protective outer layer covering the surfaces of some plants, fungi, and insects and other arthropods.
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The thin, soft upper layer of epicuticle is also absent from the surface of c. punctata, possibly d…
Meanings of Epicuticular:
nounA solid substance containing a lot of fat that becomes soft and melts ...
Meanings of Epicycle:
nounA small circle whose centre moves round the circumference of a larger one.
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The historically older concept of epicycles (small cycles on a bigger cycle) has not found use in t…
Meanings of Epicycles:
nounA small circle whose centre moves round the circumference of a larger one.
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The historically older concept of epicycles (small cycles on a bigger cycle) has not found use in t…
Meanings of Epicyclical:
adjectiveDesignating a celestial object which moves around a point which in turn follows a circular orbit around another body or point in space; of, relating to, or involving such an object or its motion.
Meanings of Epicycloid:
nounA curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling on the exterior of another circle.
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He also investigated caustic curves and in particular he studied these associated curves of the par…
Meanings of Epicyte:
nounIn a gregarine protozoan: the outermost layer of the ectoplasm, often exhibiting longitudinal folds.
Meanings of Epideictic:
adjectiveCharacterized by or designed to display rhetorical or oratorical skill.
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The traditional approach to this difficulty is to dismiss epideictic oratory as irrelevant and grat…
Meanings of Epideictical:
adjectiveCharacterized by or designed to display rhetorical or oratorical skill.
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The traditional approach to this difficulty is to dismiss epideictic oratory as irrelevant and grat…
Meanings of Epidemic:
nounA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
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A flu epidemic
adjectiveOf the nature of an epidemic.
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Epidemic diseases
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
Meanings of Epidemics:
nounA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Usage examples:
A flu epidemic
adjective(of a disease) occurring widely in a community at a particular time.
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Epidemic diseases
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