Words starting with e

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

earl of leicester means: an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)

earl of warwick means: English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)

earl russell means: English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)

earl warren means: United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)

earlap means: one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm

earldom means: the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess

earldom means: the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess

earleaved umbrella tree means: small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips

earless means: lacking external ears

earless lizard means: any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

algorithmic program means: a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

ascidian tadpole means: free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord

continental drift means: the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)

cupressus goveniana means: small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress

death penalty means: putting a condemned person to death

galwegian means: of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people

interview means: a conference (usually with someone important)

interview means: the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists

interview means: conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

interview means: discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation

interview means: go for an interview in the hope of being hired

jane fonda means: United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)

klemens metternich means: Austrian statesman (1773-1859)

livonian means: the Finnic language spoken by the people of Livonia in Estonia and Latvia

livonian means: a member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia

mad-dog weed means: an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic

order pycnogonida means: sea spiders

penny stock means: a stock selling for less that $1/share

pervasively means: in a pervasive manner

procyon cancrivorus means: a South American raccoon