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| EATING | | apple etc. N. Apple etc. Suitable for eating raw. | |
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| ECCLES | | cake n. Round cake of pastry filled with currants etc. [eccles in n. England] | |
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| ECHOIC | | adj. (of a word) onomatopoeic. | |
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| ECLAIR | | n. Small elongated iced cake of choux pastry filled with cream. [french, = lightning] | |
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| ECTOMY | | comb. Form denoting the surgical removal of part of the body (appendectomy). [greek ektome excision] | |
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| ECZEMA | | n. Inflammation of the skin, with itching and discharge. [latin from greek] | |
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| EDGING | | n. Thing forming an edge or border. | |
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| EDIBLE | | adj. Fit to be eaten. edibility n. [latin edo eat] | |
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| EDITOR | | n. - person who edits.
- person who directs the preparation of a newspaper or broadcast news programme or a particular section of one (sports editor).
- person who selects or commissions material for publication.
- computer program for entering and modifying textual data. editorship n. | |
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| EFFACE | | v. (-cing) 1 rub or wipe out (a mark, recollection, etc.).
- surpass, eclipse.
- refl. (usu. As self-effacing adj.) Treat oneself as unimportant. effacement n. [french: related to *face] | |
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