adj. - chosen by or derived from election.

- (of a body) having the power to elect.

- optional, not urgently necessary.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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.

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]

n. (pl. Ellipses) 1 omission of words needed to complete a construction or sense.

- set of three dots etc. Indicating omission.

adj. (also elliptical) of or in the form of an ellipse. elliptically adv.

v. (-ting) lengthen, extend. elongation n. [latin longus long]