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Of or pelating to eurite.

northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14.

Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]

To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.

lement of the rare-earth group, discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol, Eu; at. wt., 152.0.

The east wind.

A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.

A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.

Having broad horns.

Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.

An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]

A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.

A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.

Discovered by Eustachius.

See Intercolumnlation.

Good or established order or arrangement. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.

The Muse who presided over music.

Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.