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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9,568 words match “LES”

ECCLESIASTICALLY adv.
In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
ECCLESIASTICISM n.
Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
ECCLESIASTICUS n.
A book of the Apocrypha.
ECCLESIOLOGICAL a.
Belonging to ecclesiology.
ECCLESIOLOGIST n.
One versed in ecclesiology.
ECCLESIOLOGY n.
The science or theory of church building and decoration.
ECHOLESS a.
Without echo or response.
EDGELESS a.
Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
EDILESHIP n.
The office of ædile. T. Arnold.
EFFECTLESS a.
Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. -- Ef*fect"less*ly, adv.
EFFORTLESS a.
Making no effort. Southey.
ELGIN MARBLES n.
Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
ELLES adv.
See Else. [Obs.]
EMOLLESCENCE n.
That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
ENDLESS a. 4 definitions
or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.
ENDLESSLY adv.
In an endless manner.
ENDLESSNESS n.
The quality of being endless; perpetuity.
ENFLESH v.
To clothe with flesh. [Obs.] Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio.
EREWHILE; EREWHILES adv.
Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. [Archaic] I am as fair now as I was erewhile. Shak.
EVENTLESS a.
Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
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