adj. Made of earth or baked clay.

adj. - of the earth or human life on it; terrestrial.

- (usu. With neg.) Colloq. Remotely possible (is no earthly use; there wasn't an earthly reason). not an earthly colloq. No chance or idea whatever.

adj. Of or in the east. easternmost adj.

- church n. Orthodox church.

—adj. Fit to be eaten. —n. (usu. In pl.) Food.

n. Vulcanite. [from *ebony]

n. - level in an organization, in society, etc.; those occupying it (often in pl.: upper echelons).

- wedge-shaped formation of troops, aircraft, etc. [french, = ladder, from latin scala]

n. Australian egg-laying spiny mammal. [greek, = viper]

—n. - obscuring of light from one heavenly body by another.

- loss of light, importance, or prominence. —v. (-sing) 1 (of a heavenly body) cause the eclipse of (another).

- intercept (light).

- outshine, surpass. [greek ekleipsis]

n. Short pastoral poem. [greek: related to *eclectic]

n. - the study of the relations of organisms to one another and to their surroundings.

- the study of the interaction of people with their environment. ecological adj. Ecologically adv. Ecologist n. [greek oikos house]