Encelia farinosa
— Noun
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~ fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
Eileen Farrell
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~ United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002)
Erigonum fasciculatum
— Noun
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~ low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
edible fat
— Noun
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~ oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
entrance fee
— Noun
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~ the fee charged for admission
express feelings
— Verb
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~ give verbal or other expression to one's feelings
Edna Ferber
— Noun
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~ United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)
Enrico Fermi
— Noun
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~ Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
elkhorn fern
— Noun
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~ commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
erythroblastosis fetalis
— Noun
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~ severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis
Ebola fever
— Noun
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~ a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa
enteric fever
— Noun
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~ serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
efferent fiber
— Noun
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~ a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands
electrostatic field
— Noun
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~ electric field associated with static electric charges
electric field
— Noun
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~ a field of force surrounding a charged particle