A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window...
"Pull over!"
"No," she shouts back, "a pair of socks!"
- computing overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates. environmental adj. Environmentally adv. [french environ surroundings]
EPIDIASCOPE
n. Optical projector capable of giving images of both opaque and transparent objects. [from *epi-, *dia-, *-scope]
EPOCHMAKING
adj. Remarkable; very important.
EQUIANGULAR
adj. Having equal angles.
EQUIDISTANT
adj. At equal distances.
EQUILATERAL
adj. Having all its sides equal in length.
EQUILIBRIUM
n. (pl. -ria or -s) 1 state of physical balance.
- state of composure. [latin libra balance]
EQUINOCTIAL
—adj. Happening at or near the time of an equinox. —n. (in full equinoctial line) = *celestial equator. [latin: related to *equinox]
ERYTHROCYTE
n. Red blood cell. [greek eruthros red, *-cyte]
ESCHATOLOGY
n. Theology of death and final destiny. eschatological adj. [greek eskhatos last]
Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.
