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DISFROCK v.
To unfrock.
DITROCHEAN a.
Containing two trochees.
DITROCHEE n.
A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
DROCK n.
A water course. [Prov. Eng.]
ECTOPROCTA n.
An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
ELECTROCUTE v.
To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n.
EMBROCATE v.
To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
EMBROCATION n. 2 definitions
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
ENROCKMENT n.
A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
ENTEROCELE n.
A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
ENTEROCOELE n.
A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.
ENTOPROCTA n.
A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
ENTROCHAL a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.
ENTROCHITE n.
A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.
EPITROCHLEA n.
A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
EPITROCHLEAR a.
Relating to the epitrochlea.
EPITROCHOID n.
A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.
ERYTHROCHROIC a.
Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.
ERYTHROCHROISM n.
An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.
EUROCLYDON n.
ortheast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14.
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