elder
— Noun
– English
~ any of various church officers
elderberry
— Noun
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~ berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
elderberry
— Noun
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~ a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
elderberry bush
— Noun
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~ any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
elderly
— Adjective
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~ advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
elderly
— Noun
– English
~ people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"
eldest
— Adjective
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~ first in order of birth; "the firstborn child"
eldest
— Noun
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~ the offspring who came first in the order of birth
eldorado
— Noun
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~ an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers
eldritch
— Adjective
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~ suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
elecampane
— Noun
– English
~ tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally
elect
— Verb
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~ choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
elect
— Verb
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~ select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"
elect
— Adjective
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~ elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"
elect
— Adjective
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~ selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
elect
— Noun
– English
~ an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
elected
— Adjective
– English
~ subject to popular election; "elective official"
election
— Noun
– English
~ the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
election district
— Noun
– English
~ one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place