Ecballium
— Noun
– English
~ exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
ecc
— Noun
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~ (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors
eccentric
— Noun
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~ a person with an unusual or odd personality
eccentric
— Noun
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~ a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
eccentricity
— Noun
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~ strange and unconventional behavior
eccentricity
— Noun
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~ (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"
eccentricity
— Noun
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~ a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
ecchymosis
— Noun
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~ the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
ecchymosis
— Noun
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~ the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
eccles
— Noun
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~ Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
Eccles cake
— Noun
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~ a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit
ecclesiastes
— Noun
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~ an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC
ecclesiastic
— Noun
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~ a clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastical calendar
— Noun
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~ a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals
ecclesiastical benefice
— Noun
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~ an endowed church office giving income to its holder
ecclesiastical attire
— Noun
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~ attire that is appropriate to wear in a church
ecclesiasticism
— Noun
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~ excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion"
ecclesiasticism
— Noun
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~ religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
Ecclesiasticus
— Noun
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~ an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
ecclesiology
— Noun
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~ the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church