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| ELECTIVE | | adj. - chosen by or derived from election.
- (of a body) having the power to elect.
- optional, not urgently necessary. | |
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| ELECTRIC | | blanket n. Blanket heated by an internal electric element.
- chair n. Electrified chair used for capital punishment.
- eel n. Eel-like fish able to give an electric shock.
- eye n. Colloq. Photoelectric cell operating a relay when a beam of light is broken.
- fire n. Electrically operated portable domestic heater.
- guitar n. Guitar with a solid body and built-in pick-up rather than a soundbox.
- shock n. Effect of a sudden discharge of electricity through the body of a person etc.
- —adj. - of, worked by, or charged with electricity; producing or capable of generating electricity.
- causing or charged with excitement. —n. (in pl.) Colloq. Electrical equipment. [greek elektron amber] | |
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| ELECTRON | | lens n. Device for focusing a stream of electrons by means of electric or magnetic fields.
- microscope n. Microscope with high magnification and resolution, using electron beams instead of light.
- n. Stable elementary particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids. | |
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| ELEPHANT | | n. (pl. Same or -s) largest living land animal, with a trunk and ivory tusks. [greek elephas]
- n. (pl. Same or -s) largest living land animal, with a trunk and ivory tusks. [greek elephas] | |
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| ELEVATOR | | n. - us lift.
- movable part of a tailplane for changing an aircraft's altitude.
- hoisting machine.
- n. - us lift.
- movable part of a tailplane for changing an aircraft's altitude.
- hoisting machine. | |
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| ELEVENTH | | adj. & n. - next after tenth.
- each of eleven equal parts of a thing. eleventh hour last possible moment.
- adj. & n. - next after tenth.
- each of eleven equal parts of a thing. eleventh hour last possible moment. | |
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| ELIGIBLE | | adj. - (often foll. By for) fit or entitled to be chosen (eligible for a rebate).
- desirable or suitable, esp. For marriage. eligibility n. [latin: related to *elect]
- adj. - (often foll. By for) fit or entitled to be chosen (eligible for a rebate).
- desirable or suitable, esp. For marriage. eligibility n. [latin: related to *elect] | |
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| ELLIPSIS | | n. (pl. Ellipses) 1 omission of words needed to complete a construction or sense.
- set of three dots etc. Indicating omission. | |
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| ELLIPTIC | | adj. (also elliptical) of or in the form of an ellipse. elliptically adv. | |
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| ELONGATE | | v. (-ting) lengthen, extend. elongation n. [latin longus long] | |
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