A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You"ll get your chance in court," said the sergeant.
"No, no no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I"ve been trying to do that for years!"
- 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]
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