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Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.

A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

A genus of palms.

A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color. Elæolite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the presence of elæolite.

The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also elaoptene.]

An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.

ural subfamily including buntings and some New World sparrows. Syn. -- subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae. [WordNet 1.5]

= Encenia.

The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age. The eons of geological time. Huxley.

An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

Growing on, or close to, the ground.

Red in color. "The erythrean main." Milton.

Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c). Shak.

A good angel. Southey.

That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics. J. Grote.

That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

One who believes in eudemonism. I am too much of a eudæmonist; I hanker too much after a state of happiness both for myself and others. De Quincey.

Of or pertaining to eudemonism.

Eudemonistic.