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EPANTHOUS a.
Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.
EPIGNATHOUS a.
Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.
ETHOLOGIC; ETHOLOGICAL n.
treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character. J. S. Mill.
ETHOLOGIST n.
One who studies or writes upon ethology.
ETHOLOGY n. 2 definitions
A treatise on morality; ethics.
ETHOPOETIC n.
Expressing character. [Obs.] Urquhart.
ETHOS n. 2 definitions
work of art which express the ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people -- rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; -- opposed to pathos.
EXAUTHORATE v.
To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.] Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.
EXAUTHORATION n.
Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
EXAUTHORIZE v. 2 definitions
To deprive of uthority. [Obs.] Selden.
FATHOM n. 4 definitions
s capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. Shak.
FATHOMABLE a.
Capable of being fathomed.
FATHOMER n.
One who fathoms.
FATHOMLESS a. 2 definitions
Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.
FELDSPATHIC; FELDSPATHOSE a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.
FOOTHOLD n.
A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
FOOTHOOK n.
See Futtock.
FOOTHOT adv.
; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. Gower. Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer.
FORETHOUGHT a. 2 definitions
Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
FORETHOUGHTFUL a.
Having forethought. [R.]
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