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3,813 words match “NIS”

EDUCATIONIST n.
One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
ELOCUTIONIST n.
One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.
EMANCIPATIONIST n.
An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.
EMIGRATIONIST n.
An advocate or promoter of emigration.
ENISLED p.
aced alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.
ENTORGANISM n.
An internal parasitic organism.
EPICUREANISM n.
Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.
EPIORNIS n.
One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Æpiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also Æpyornis.]
EPISCOPALIANISM n.
The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.
EQUESTRIANISM n.
he art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.
ERASTIANISM n.
The principles of the Erastains.
ESSENISM n.
The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. De Quincey.
EUDEMONISM; EUDAEMONISM n.
That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.
EUDEMONIST; EUDAEMONIST n.
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.
EUDEMONISTIC; EUDAEMONISTIC a.
Of or pertaining to eudemonism.
EUDEMONISTICAL; EUDAEMONISTICAL a.
Eudemonistic.
EUPHONISM n.
An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
EUTYCHIANISM n.
The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.
EVANISH v.
To vanish. Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Burns.
EVANISHMENT n.
A vanishing; disappearance. [R.] T. Jefferson.
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