Part 26

~Dreadful~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrible, horrible, horrid, direful, dire, fearful, frightful, terrific, awful, tremendous.

~2.~ Venerable, awful.

~Dream~, _n._ ~1.~ Sleeping vision.

~2.~ Reverie, fancy, fantasy, conceit, idle fancy, day-dream.

~Dream~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Have visions in sleep.

~2.~ Think, imagine, fancy, have a notion.

~3.~ Give a loose rein to the fancy, give the reins to the imagination, indulge in reverie, build castles in the air.

~Dream away~, Spend idly, pass in reverie.

~Dreamer~, _n._ Visionary, enthusiast, castle-builder.

~Drear~, _a._ Gloomy, DREARY.

~Dreary~, _a._ Gloomy, cheerless, comfortless, dismal, dark, drear.

~Dredge-box~, _n._ Dredging-box, flour-dredge.

~Dreggy~, _a._ Muddy, turbid, dirty, feculent, foul.

~Dregs~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Sediment, lees, grounds, feculence.

~2.~ Dross, scum, refuse.

~Drench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Saturate, soak, steep, imbrue, wet thoroughly.

~2.~ Physic, purge.

~Drenching~, _n._ Soaking, wetting, ducking.

~Dress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Align, make straight.

~2.~ Adjust, arrange, dispose, set or put in order.

~3.~ Prepare, fit, make suitable or fit, get ready, make ready.

~4.~ Clothe, array, attire, apparel, accoutre, robe, rig, trick out.

~5.~ Adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, trim, set out, set off.

~Dress~, _v. n._ Be clothed, make one's toilet.

~Dress~, _n._ ~1.~ Clothes, clothing, raiment, garments, garb, habit, apparel, attire, habiliment, vesture, suit, costume.

~2.~ Array, fine clothes, rich garments, elegant attire.

~3.~ Lady's gown.

~Dress-coat~, _n._ Body-coat.

~Dressing~, _n._ ~1.~ Preparing, putting in order.

~2.~ Manure, fertilizer, compost.

~3.~ Force-meat, stuffing.

~Dressy~, _a._ Showy, flashy, gaudy, fond of dress.

~Drib~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crop, lop, cut off, lop off.

~2.~ Entice, allure, decoy, coax, tweedle.

~Dribble~, _v. n._ Drip, trickle, fall in drops.

~Driblet~, _n._ Fragment, small portion.

~Drier~, _n._ Desiccative.

~Drift~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, bearing, direction.

~2.~ Aim, purpose, intention, intent, proposal, design, scope, tendency, object, mark.

~3.~ (_Geol._) Diluvium, diluvial formations.

~4.~ (_Mining._) Passage (_under ground, between shafts_).

~Drift~, _v. a._ Drive into heaps.

~Drift~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Float, be wafted.

~2.~ Accumulate in heaps, be driven into heaps.

~Driftless~, _a._ Aimless, purposeless, without an object.

~Drill~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, perforate, bore.

~2.~ Instruct, exercise, teach, train.

~Drink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ GUZZLE.

~2.~ Take a drink (_of spirituous liquor_), TAKE A HORN, LIQUOR UP, SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE, WET ONE'S WHISTLE.

~3.~ Tipple, tope, be a drunkard, be a toper, be intemperate (_in the use of spirituous liquors_), be of intemperate habits, take a drop too much.

~4.~ Carouse, revel, indulge in a drinking-bout.

~Drink~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Swallow, QUAFF, SIP, SUP, GUZZLE, SWILL, SWIG.

~2.~ Imbibe, absorb, suck in.

~Drink~, _n._ Beverage, potion.

~Drinkable~, _a._ Potable, that may be drunk.

~Drinking~, _n._ Tippling, toping, intemperate habits.

~Drinking-bout~, _n._ Carouse, carousal, revel, revelry, SPREE, jollification, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail, orgies.

~Drink to~, Pledge, toast, drink in honor of, drink the health of.

~Drip~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dribble, trickle, fall in drops.

~2.~ Have drops falling from.

~Drip~, _v. a._ Let fall in drops.

~Drive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impel.

~2.~ Hurl, send, propel.

~3.~ Force, oblige, coerce, compel.

~4.~ Press, urge.

~5.~ Prosecute, carry on.

~6.~ Guide (_by reins_).

~7.~ Take in a carriage, carry on a drive.

~Drive away~, Expel, disperse, scatter, dispel, drive off.

~Drive back~, Repel, repulse.

~Drive off~, Expel, drive away.

~Drive out~, Expel, reject, eject, cast out, turn out.

~Drive~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be forced along, be impelled, be urged forward.

~2.~ Rush, go furiously.

~3.~ Ride in a carriage.

~4.~ (_Naut._) Scud, drift.

~Drive at~, Intend, purpose, aim at, tend to, be after, aspire at, aspire after, endeavor after.

~Drive~, _n._ Airing, ride.

~Drivel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slaver, slobber, drool.

~2.~ Dote, be imbecile, be foolish.

~Drivel~, _n._ ~1.~ Slaver, drivelling.

~2.~ Nonsense, balderdash, stuff, foolish talk.

~Driveller~, _n._ [Written also _Driveler_.] Slaverer, fool, simpleton, idiot, dotard.

~Drivelling~, _n._ [Written also _Driveling_.] ~1.~ Slaver.

~2.~ Foolishness, folly, idiocy.

~Drizzle~, _v. n._ Rain (_in small drops_), mizzle.

~Droll~, _n._ ~1.~ Jester (_by profession_), buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, jack- pudding, merry Andrew, pickle-herring.

~2.~ Farce, comic show.

~Droll~, _a._ ~1.~ Comic, comical, funny, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, ridiculous.

~2.~ Odd, queer, facetious, waggish, amusing, diverting.

~Drollery~, _n._ Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality.

~Drone~, _n._ ~1.~ Male honey-bee.

~2.~ Idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow.

~3.~ Humming, humming noise.

~Drone~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lounge, dawdle, waste time in trifles, live in idleness.

~2.~ Make a dull, humming sound.

~Drone~, _v. a._ Read monotonously.

~Dronish~, _a._ Idle, lazy, indolent, sluggish, slow, inactive.

~Dronte~, _n._ Dodo.

~Drool~, _v. n._ Slaver, drivel, drop saliva.

~Droop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wilt, wither, fade.

~2.~ Languish, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited.

~Drop~, _n._ ~1.~ Globule.

~2.~ Ear-ring.

~Drop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lower, sink, depress, let down, let fall, let go.

~2.~ Leave, quit, forsake, desert, relinquish, abandon, forswear, give up, give over.

~3.~ Discontinue, intermit, remit, cease, desist from, break off, leave off, lay aside.

~4.~ Bedrop, spot, speckle, variegate.

~Drop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Distil, fall in drops.

~2.~ Fall suddenly.

~3.~ Cease, come to an end, come to nothing.

~Drop astern~, (_Naut._) Move back.

~Drop down~, (_Naut._) Move toward the sea.

~Drop in~, Call, happen in.

~Drop serene~, Amaurosis, GUTTA SERENA.

~Dross~,_ n._ ~1.~ Scum, recrement, scoria.

~2.~ Refuse, waste matter.

~Drought~, _n._ Dryness (_of weather_), aridity, drouth, want of rain.

~Drouth~, _n._ DROUGHT.

~Drove~, _n._ ~1.~ Herd, flock.

~2.~ Crowd, collection.

~Drown~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Kill by immersing.

~2.~ Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood.

~3.~ Overcome, overpower.

~Drown~, _v. n._ Be drowned.

~Drowse~, _v. n._ Slumber, doze, nap, be half asleep.

~Drowsy~, _a._ ~1.~ Sleepy, dozy.

~2.~ Lethargic, comatose, stupid.

~3.~ Soporific, lulling.

~Drub~, _v. a._ Beat, thrash, cudgel, cane.

~Drubbing~, _n._ Beating, flogging, thrashing, cudgelling, caning, pounding, flagellation.

~Drudge~, _v. n._ Slave, toil, plod, work hard.

~Drudge~, _n._ Slave, menial, scullion, hack, fag, hard-worker.

~Drudgery~, _n._ Hard or toilsome work, ignoble toil, mean labor.

~Drug~, _n._ ~1.~ Medicine, physic, remedy.

~2.~ Unsalable article.

~Drum~, _n._ (_Anat._) Tympanum.

~Drunk~, _a._ Intoxicated, tipsy, inebriated, fuddled, disguised, maudlin, drunken, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups, half seas over.

~Drunkard~, _n._ Toper, tippler, sot, carouser, reveller, bacchanal, bacchanalian.

~Drunken~, _a._ ~1.~ Intoxicated, drunk.

~2.~ Sottish, given to intoxication.

~Drunkenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Intoxication, inebriety, ebriety.

~2.~ Sottishness.

~Drupe~, _n._ Stone-fruit.

~Dry~, _a._ ~1.~ Arid, not wet, not moist.

~2.~ Thirsty, craving drink.

~3.~ Uninteresting, barren, dull, jejune, meagre, tame, vapid, unembellished, plain.

~4.~ Sarcastic, severe, sly, keen, sharp.

~Dry~, _v. a._ Desiccate, exsiccate, free from moisture, make dry.

~Dry~, _v. n._ Become dry, lose moisture.

~Dryad~, _n._ Wood-nymph.

~Dry goods~, Textile fabrics (_as distinguished from groceries_).

~Dry-rot~, _n._ Sap-rot, POWDER-POST.

~Dualism~, _n._ Manicheism, doctrine of two supreme principles (_good and evil_).

~Dub~, _v. a._ Name, style, term, denominate, designate, call, entitle, christen.

~Dubiety~, _n._ [_Rare._] Doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty.

~Dubious~, _a._ Uncertain, doubtful, equivocal, ambiguous, not plain, not clear.

~Duck~, _v. a._ Immerse, plunge, souse, dip.

~Duck~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dive, plunge, dip, immerse one's self.

~2.~ Bow, cringe.

~Duck-bill~, _n._ Ornithorhynchus, platypus, mullangong, tambreet, water-mole.

~Duck-hawk~, _n._ Harpy, marsh-harrier, moor-buzzard (_Circus œruginosus_).

~Ducking~, _n._ ~1.~ Plunge, dive, dip.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Wetting, drenching, soaking.

~Ducking-stool~, _n._ Trebuchet, tumbrel, castigatory, cucking-stool.

~Duct~, _n._ Conduit, channel, canal.

~Ductile~, _a._ ~1.~ Tractable, complying, docile, yielding, facile.

~2.~ Extensible, capable of being drawn out.

~Ductility~, _n._ ~1.~ Tractableness, docility.

~2.~ Extensibility.

~Dudgeon~, _n._ Anger, resentment, indignation, ire, malice, ill-will.

~Duds~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Old clothing, tattered garments.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Effects, things.

~Due~, _a._ ~1.~ Owed, to be paid.

~2.~ Proper, fit, suitable, appropriate, becoming, befitting.

~3.~ Owing, to be ascribed.

~Due~, _n._ ~1.~ Debt, what is due.

~2.~ Right, just title, lawful claim.

~Due~, _ad._ Directly, exactly.

~Due to~, Owing to, occasioned by, to be ascribed to.

~Duel~, _n._ Affair of honor.

~Dug~, _n._ Teat (_of a beast_), nipple, pap, udder.

~Dulcamara~, _n._ Woody night-shade, bitter-sweet (_Solanum dulcamara_).

~Dulcet~, _a._ ~1.~ Sweet, luscious, honeyed.

~2.~ Pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, delightful, charming.

~Dull~, _a._ ~1.~ Stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, brutish, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow, blunt-witted.

~2.~ Apathetic, insensible, unimpassioned, passionless, dead, callous.

~3.~ Inert, inactive, lifeless, inanimate, heavy, sluggish, slow, torpid.

~4.~ Blunt, obtuse, not sharp.

~5.~ Gloomy, sad, dismal, cheerless.

~6.~ Dim, obscure, not bright, not vivid.

~7.~ Tedious, wearisome, tiresome, uninteresting.

~Dull~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blunt, make blunt.

~2.~ Stupefy, benumb, deaden, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make or render insensible, render callous, make obtuse.

~3.~ Depress, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, deject, make melancholy, make sad or dejected.

~4.~ Quiet, allay, moderate, assuage, mitigate, alleviate, soften.

~5.~ Sully, tarnish.

~Dullard~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Duly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Properly, fitly, in a suitable manner.

~2.~ Regularly, in course, at the proper time.

~Dumb~, _a._ ~1.~ Unable to speak, incapable of speech.

~2.~ Mute, speechless, silent, taciturn, mum.

~Dumb-show~, _n._ Pantomime.

~Dumb-waiter~, _n._ DUMMY.

~Dumfound~, _v. a._ Confuse, confound, pose, nonplus, strike dumb.

~Dumfounder~, _v. a._ Confuse, confound, pose, nonplus, strike dumb.

~Dummador~, _n._ Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, May-bug, tree-beetle, May- beetle, (_Melontha vulgaris_).

~Dummy~, _n._ ~1.~ Mute, dumb person.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Dumb-waiter.

~3.~ Fourth hand (_when only three persons play at whist_).

~Dumpish~, _a._ Sad, dejected, dispirited, MELANCHOLY, despondent, moping.

~Dumps~, _n. pl._ Dejection, depression, sadness, MELANCHOLY, despondency, BLUES, blue devils.

~Dumpy~, _a._ Short and thick (_in person_).

~Dun~, _a._ Dull brown.

~Dun~, _v. a._ Press (_for a debt_), importune, urge.

~Dun~, _n._ ~1.~ Importunate creditor.

~2.~ Dunning letter.

~Dunce~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, dolt, ignoramus, wiseacre, blockhead, block, numskull, dullard, thickhead, thick-skull, dunderhead, dunderpate, clod-poll, beetle-head, bull-head, dull-head, addle-head, logger-head, CHUCKLE-HEAD, jolt-head, lack-brain, shallow-brain, moon- calf, halfwit, oaf, changeling, booby, noodle, spooney, tony, NINCOMPOOP, ninny, JOBBERNOWL, flat, sawney, driveller, noddy, natural, SAP-HEAD, ass, jackass, goose, coot, loon, calf, non-compos, stupid fellow, silly fellow.

~Dunder~, _n._ Lees (_of cane juice_).

~Dunderhead~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Dunder-pate~, _n._ DUNCE.

~Dundiver~, _n._ Goosander, dish-washer, wagtail (_Mergus-merganser_ or _Mergus castor_).

~Dung~, _n._ Excrement, ordure, fæces.

~Dung~, _v. a._ Manure (_with dung_).

~Dungeon~, _n._ Prison (_especially one underground and dark_).

~Dungmeers~, _n. pl._ Compost pits.

~Dupe~, _n._ Cat's-paw, gull, cully, credulous person.

~Dupe~, _v. a._ Cheat, deceive, delude, trick, circumvent, overreach, beguile, cully, chouse, cozen, gull, impose upon.

~Duplicate~, _a._ Double, twofold.

~Duplicate~, _n._ Copy, transcript, counterpart.

~Duplicity~, _n._ Dissimulation, chicanery, guile, deceit, deception, hypocrisy, circumvention, artifice, Machiavelism, double dealing.

~Durability~, _n._ Permanence, durableness.

~Durable~, _a._ Permanent, lasting, abiding, continuing, constant, stable.

~Durableness~, _n._ Permanence, durability.

~Durance~, _n._ DURESS.

~Duration~, _n._ Continuance (_in time_), continuation, lastingness, ENDURANCE.

~Duress~, _n._ Constraint, restraint, captivity, confinement, imprisonment, durance.

~During~, _prep._ For the time of, for the period of.

~Dusk~, _n._ Twilight.

~Dusky~, _a._ Obscure, murky, dim, shadowy, cloudy, shady, overcast, somewhat dark.

~Dutch gold~, Pinchbeck.

~Dutch oven~, [_U. S._] Bake-kettle.

~Duteous~, _a._ Obedient, DUTIFUL.

~Dutiful~, _a._ ~1.~ Obedient, submissive, duteous.

~2.~ Reverential, respectful, deferential.

~Duty~, _n._ ~1.~ What one ought to do, what one is bound or under obligation to do.

~2.~ Service, business, function, office.

~3.~ Tax, impost, toll, custom, excise.

~Dwale~, _n._ ~1.~ Stupefying potion, soporific draught.

~2.~ Belladonna, banewort, deadly-night-shade (_Atropa belladonna_).

~Dwarf~, _n._ Pygmy, hop o' my thumb.

~Dwarf~, _v. a._ Stunt, hinder from growth.

~Dwarfish~, _a._ Stunted, dwarfed, under-sized, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Lilliputian, Pygmean.

~Dwell~, _v. n._ Inhabit, reside, live, stay, sojourn, tarry, abide, plant one's self, be settled, have a habitation.

~Dweller~, _n._ Inhabitant, inhabiter, resident, citizen.

~Dwelling~, _n._ Habitation, abode, residence, lodging, quarters, domicile, home, place of residence, place of abode, dwelling-place, house.

~Dwelling-place~, _n._ DWELLING.

~Dwell on~, ~1.~ Hang upon fondly, be absorbed with, be deeply interested in.

~2.~ Continue long upon, occupy a long time with.

~Dwell upon~, ~1.~ Hang upon fondly, be absorbed with, be deeply interested in.

~2.~ Continue long upon, occupy a long time with.

~Dwindle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Diminish, decrease, lessen, shrink, grow less, grow little.

~2.~ Sink, degenerate, decline, decay, fall away, fall off.

~Dwindle~, _v. a._ Diminish, decrease, lessen, make less.

~Dye~, _n._ ~1.~ Coloring liquor.

~2.~ Color, hue, tint, tinge, stain, cast, shade.

~Dye~, _v. a._ Color, tinge, stain.

~Dyer's-weed~, _n._ Green-broom, green-weed (_Genista tinctoria_).

~Dying~, _a._ ~1.~ Expiring.

~2.~ Mortal, perishable.

~Dying~, _n._ Death, decease, demise, dissolution, departure, exit, end of life.

~Dynamics~, _n._ Science of forces.

~Dynasty~, _n._ ~1.~ Government, sovereignty, dominion, empire.

~2.~ Race of rulers, family of sovereigns.

~Dysentery~, _n._ Bloody-flux.

~Dyspepsia~, _n._ (_Med._) Indigestion, difficulty of digestion.

~Dyspepsy~, _n._ (_Med._) Indigestion, difficulty of digestion.

~Dyspnoea~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Difficulty of breathing.

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~Each~, _a._ ~1.~ One and the other (_of two_), both.

~2.~ Every one (_of several_).

~Eager~, _a._ ~1.~ Longing, yearning, greedy, impatient, keenly desirous.

~2.~ Ardent, zealous, vehement, impetuous, earnest, animated, fervent, fervid, glowing, hot, sanguine.

~Eagerness~, _n._ ~1.~ Longing, yearning, avidity, greediness, impatience.

~2.~ Ardor, zeal, vehemence, impetuosity, earnestness, fervor, fervency, heartiness, devotion.

~Eagle~, _n._ ~1.~ King of birds.

~2.~ Ten dollars (_U. S. gold coin_).

~Eagle-eyed~, _a._ Discerning, perspicacious, quick-sighted, sharp- sighted, lynx-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed.

~Eagre~, _n._ Bore, great tidal wave.

~Ear~, _n._ ~1.~ Organ of hearing.

~2.~ Musical perception, faculty of discriminating sounds, sense of hearing.

~3.~ Regard, heed, attention, hearing.

~4.~ Spike (_of grain_), head.

~Earache~, _n._ Otalgia, otalgy, pain in the ear.

~Ear-drop~, _n._ Ear-ring, pendant.

~Early~, _a._ ~1.~ Timely, seasonable, in season, not late.

~2.~ Forward, premature.

~3.~ At dawn, at day-break, at the opening of day.

~Early~, _ad._ Soon, betimes, seasonably, in good season, in good time.

~Earn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gain, get, acquire, win, obtain, procure.

~2.~ Merit, deserve, be entitled to.

~Earnest~, _a._ ~1.~ Ardent, zealous, eager, fervent, fervid, glowing, animated, importunate, warm, hearty.

~2.~ Intent, steady, fixed, close.

~Earnest~, _n._ ~1.~ Seriousness, reality, not a jest.

~2.~ Pledge, first-fruits.

~3.~ EARNEST-MONEY.

~Earnest-money~, _n._ Earnest, pay in advance (_to bind a bargain_).

~Earnings~, _n. pl._ WAGES.

~Ear-ring~, _n._ Pendant, ear-drop.

~Earth~, _n._ ~1.~ World, globe.

~2.~ Soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod.

~Earth-born~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrigenous, born on the earth.

~2.~ Of low birth, of mean extraction.

~3.~ Earthly, low, mean, base, abject, grovelling, earth-bred.

~Earth-bred~, _a._ Low, base, vile, abject, grovelling, earth-born.

~Earth-flax~, _n._ Amianth, amianthus (_species of Asbestos_).

~Earthly~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrestrial.

~2.~ Sensual, sordid, worldly, low, grovelling, vile, base, gross, earthly-minded, earth-born, not spiritual.

~Earthly-minded~, _a._ Sensual, sordid, EARTHLY.

~Earthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Terrene, composed of earth.

~2.~ Earthly, terrestrial.

~3.~ Gross, coarse, unrefined.

~Ear-wax~, _n._ Cerumen.

~Ease~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, repose, quiescence.

~2.~ Quiet, quietude, quietness, tranquillity, peace, content, contentment.

~3.~ Facility, easiness, readiness.

~Ease~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Relieve, disburden, disencumber, free from pressure or restraint.

~2.~ Alleviate, allay, assuage, appease, mitigate, soothe, pacify, quiet, still, abate.

~Ease away~, (_Naut._) Slacken gradually (_a rope_), ease off.

~Easement~, _n._ (_Law._) Privilege (_by grant or prescription_), convenience, accommodation, advantage.

~Ease off~, (_Naut._) EASE AWAY.

~Eastern~, _a._ ~1.~ Oriental, orient.

~2.~ Towards the east.

~Easy~, _a._ ~1.~ Light, not difficult, not burdensome.

~2.~ Quiet, tranquil, untroubled, comfortable, contented, satisfied, at rest, at ease, without anxiety, without pain.

~3.~ Yielding, complying, pliant, facile, submissive, accommodating, complaisant.

~4.~ Unconstrained, graceful, not formal, not stiff.

~5.~ Gentle, moderate.

~6.~ Not straitened (_pecuniarily_).

~Eat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Chew and swallow.

~2.~ Corrode, consume, wear away.

~Eat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feed, take food.

~2.~ Act corrosively.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Taste, relish.

~Eatable~, _a._ Esculent, edible.

~Eat dirt~, Humble one's self, abase one's self, lower one's note, fall on one's knees, eat humble pie, get a set-down, sing small.

~Eat humble pie~, Suffer humiliation, endure mortification, be humbled, be abashed, be taken down, eat dirt.

~Eating~, _a._ Corrosive, erosive, corroding, caustic, catheretic.

~Eating-house~, _n._ Restaurant, chop-house.

~Eat one's words~, Take back what was said, retract a statement.

~Eau-de-Cologne~, [Fr.] Cologne, cologne-water.

~Eavesdropper~, _n._ Stealthy listener.

~Eavesdropping~, _n._ Listening by stealth.

~Ebb~, _n._ ~1.~ Regression, regress, retrocession, retrogression, reflux, refluence, return.

~2.~ Decline, decay, deterioration, degeneracy.

~3.~ Decrease, diminution, abatement, decrement, subsidence.

~Ebb~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Recede, retire, flow back.

~2.~ Decline, decrease, decay, wane, sink, fall away.

~Ebon~, _a._ ~1.~ Dark, black, inky.

~2.~ Made of ebony.

~Ebriety~, _n._ Drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, inebriety.

~Ebullience~, _n._ Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over.

~Ebulliency~, _n._ Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over.

~Ebullient~, _a._ Effervescing, boiling over.

~Ebullition~, _n._ ~1.~ Boiling.

~2.~ Effervescence, fermentation.

~3.~ Burst, outburst, outbreak, fit, paroxysm.

~Eccentric~, _a._ ~1.~ Not circular.

~2.~ Irregular, abnormal, anomalous, peculiar, uncommon, unnatural, singular, strange, wayward, odd, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.

~Eccentricity~, _n._ Irregularity, peculiarity, oddness, oddity, singularity, waywardness, strangeness, aberration.

~Ecclesiastic~, _a._ Not civil, not secular.

~Ecclesiastical~, _a._ Not civil, not secular.

~Ecclesiastic~, _n._ Priest, clergyman, churchman, minister, parson, pastor, divine.

~Echinate~, _a._ Prickly, bristled.

~Echinated~, _a._ Prickly, bristled.

~Echo~, _n._ Reverberation, reflected sound.

~Echo~, _v. n._ Resound, reverberate, be sounded back.

~Echo~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reverberate, reëcho.

~2.~ Repeat, sound again.

~Éclaircissement~, _n._ [Fr.] Explanation, explication.

~Eclaircize~, _v. a._ [_Modern._] Explain, unfold, expound, elucidate, illustrate, make plain, make clear.

~Éclat~, _n._ ~1.~ Acclamation, applause, plaudit, burst of applause.

~2.~ Brilliancy, splendor, show, pomp, lustre, striking effect.

~Eclectic~, _a._ Selecting, choosing.

~Eclecticism~, _n._ Eclectic philosophy.

~Eclipse~, _n._ ~1.~ Occultation.

~2.~ Obscuration.

~Eclipse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Darken, obscure, dim.

~2.~ Cloud, veil, shroud, hide.

~3.~ Degrade, throw into the shade.

~Eclogue~, _n._ Bucolic, idyl, pastoral, pastoral poem.

~Economical~, _a._ Saving, sparing, provident, thrifty, frugal, not wasteful, not lavish.

~Economics~, _n._ Household management, household economy.

~Economize~, _v. a._ Save, husband, manage frugally, use prudently.

~Economize~, _v. n._ Retrench, be frugal, be prudent, be economical, practise economy, husband one's resources.

~Economy~, _n._ ~1.~ Frugality, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry, good housewifery.

~2.~ Arrangement, regulation, management.

~3.~ System, plan, established order.

~Ecphonesis~, _n._ [Gr.] (_Rhet._) Exclamation, ejaculation, interjection.

~Ecstasy~, _n._ ~1.~ Trance.

~2.~ Transport, rapture, ravishment, delight, great joy.

~3.~ Enthusiasm, fanaticism.

~Ecstatic~, _a._ ~1.~ Entrancing.

~2.~ Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, very delightful.

~Ecstatical~, _a._ ~1.~ Entrancing.

~2.~ Transporting, ravishing, rapturous, very delightful.

~Ecumenic~, _a._ [Written also _Œcumenic_ and _Œcumenical_.] General (_applied especially to councils of the Church_), universal ~Ecumenical~, _a._ [Written also _Œcumenic_ and _Œcumenical_.] General (_applied especially to councils of the Church_), universal.

~Edacious~, _a._ Greedy, voracious, devouring.

~Eddish~, _n._ Aftermath, rowen.

~Eddy~, _n._ ~1.~ Counter-current.

~2.~ Whirlpool, vortex.

~Edentate~, _a._ Toothless.

~Edentated~, _a._ Toothless.

~Edge~, _n._ ~1.~ Cutting side (_of a blade_).

~2.~ Border, rim, brim, margin, verge, brink.

~3.~ Keenness, sharpness, intensity.

~Edge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sharpen.

~2.~ Fringe, border.

~3.~ Move sideways, move little by little.

~Edge~, _v. n._ Move sideways, move little by little.

~Edge-bone~, _n._ Aitchbone, natchbone.

~Edging~, _n._ Fringe, border.

~Edible~, _n._ Eatable, esculent.

~Edict~, _n._ Command, order, decree, rescript, mandate, ordinance, proclamation, ban.

~Edification~, _n._ Instruction (_with reference to improving the character_), enlightenment, improvement, education.

~Edifice~, _n._ Building, fabric, structure.

~Edify~, _v. a._ Instruct (_in order to improve the character_), teach, enlighten, educate, improve.

~Edit~, _v. a._ Conduct (_a literary work_), manage, prepare for publication, superintend the publication of.

~Edition~, _n._ Impression, number (_of copies_) printed at once.

~Editor~, _n._ Conductor (_of a literary work_).

~Educate~, _v. a._ Train, discipline, teach, instruct, nurture, breed, school, EDIFY, drill, bring up, develop the faculties of, form the mind and character of.