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DESPICABLY adv.
In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy.
DESPICIENCY n.
A looking down; despection. [Obs.]
DIAGEOTROPIC a.
Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.
DIAHELIOTROPIC a.
Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.
DICHROSCOPIC a.
Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.
EARPICK n.
An instrument for removing wax from the ear.
ECTOPIC a.
Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.
EGILOPICAL a.
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.
ELECTROSCOPIC a.
Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.
ELECTROTYPIC a.
Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy.
EMMETROPIC a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.
EPIC a. 2 definitions
us events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail. T. Arnold.
EPICAL a.
Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.
EPICARDIAC a.
Of or relating to the epicardium.
EPICARDIUM n.
That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
EPICARICAN n.
An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
EPICARP n.
The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
EPICEDE n.
A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] Donne.
EPICEDIAL a.
Elegiac; funereal.
EPICEDIAN a. 2 definitions
Epicedial. -- n.
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