Elixophyllin
— Noun
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~ a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
— Noun
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~ English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
Elizabeth
— Noun
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~ Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
Elizabeth
— Noun
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~ daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-); "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain"
Elizabethan
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen; "Elizabethan music"
Elizabethan age
— Noun
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~ a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity
elizabethan
— Noun
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~ a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan"
elk
— Noun
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~ large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
elk
— Noun
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~ large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
elk
— Noun
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~ common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
elkhound
— Noun
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~ breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk
elkwood
— Noun
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~ small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches
ell
— Noun
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~ an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
ellas
— Noun
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~ a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
Elli
— Noun
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~ (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match
ellington
— Noun
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~ United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
ellipse
— Noun
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~ a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
ellipsis
— Noun
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~ omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
ellipsoid
— Adjective
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~ having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
ellipsoid
— Noun
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~ a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid"