Ettwë Cundulkas
A Lord of the Great Ordeal.

et caetera
-others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on;
-- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).

et cetera
-alt. of et caetera

etaac
-the blue buck.

etacism
-the pronunciation of the greek / (eta) like the italian e long, that is like a in the english word ate. see itacism.

etacist
-one who favors etacism.

etagere
-a piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.

etat major
-the staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

etch
-a variant of eddish.
-to produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.
-to subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
-to sketch; to delineate.
-to practice etching; to make etchings.

etched
-of etch

etcher
-one who etches.

etching
-of etch
-the act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. see etch, v. t.
-a design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
-an impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.

eteostic
-a kind of chronogram.

eterminable
-interminable.

etern
-alt. of eterne

eternal
-without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
-without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.
-continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
-existing at all times without change; immutable.
-exceedingly great or bad;
-- used as a strong intensive.
-one of the appellations of god.
-that which is endless and immortal.

eternalist
-one who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.

eternalize
-to make eternal.

eternally
-in an eternal manner.

eterne
-eternal.
-see etern.

eternify
-to make eternal.

eternities
-of eternity

eternity
-infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.
-condition which begins at death; immortality.

eternization
-the act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.

eternize
-to make eternal or endless.
-to make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.

eternized
-of eternize

eterniziing
-of eternize

etesian
-periodical; annual;
-- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during july and august.

ethal
-a white waxy solid, c16h33.oh;
-- called also cetylic alcohol. see cetylic alcohol, under cetylic.

ethane
-a gaseous hydrocarbon, c2h6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. it is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. called also dimethyl.

ethe
-easy.

ethel
-noble.

ethene
-ethylene; olefiant gas.

ethenic
-pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.

ethenyl
-a trivalent hydrocarbon radical, ch3.c.
-a univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, ch2:ch;
-- called also vinyl. see vinyl.

etheostomoid
-pertaining to, or like, the genus etheostoma.
-any fish of the genus etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches;
-- also called darter. the etheostomoids are small and often bright
-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of north america. about seventy species are known. see darter.

ether
-a medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.
-supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
-a light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (c2h5)2o, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. it is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. called also ethyl oxide.
-any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.

ethereal
-pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
-consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
-pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.

etherealism
-ethereality.

ethereality
-the state of being ethereal; etherealness.

etherealization
-an ethereal or spiritlike state.

etherealize
-to convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.
-to render ethereal or spiritlike.

ethereally
-in an ethereal manner.

etherealness
-ethereality.

ethereous
-formed of ether; ethereal.
-pertaining to, or resembling, ether.

etherification
-the act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.

etheriform
-having the form of ether.

etherin
-a white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether;
-- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

etherization
-the administration of ether to produce insensibility.
-the state of the system under the influence of ether.

etherize
-to convert into ether.
-to render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.

etherized
-of etherize

etherizing
-of etherize

etherol
-an oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

ethic
-alt. of ethical

ethical
-of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.

ethically
-according to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.

ethicist
-one who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.

ethics
-the science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

ethide
-any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

ethidene
-ethylidene.

ethine
-acetylene.

ethionic
-pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.

ethiop
-alt. of ethiopian

ethiopian
-a native or inhabitant of ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.
-alt. of ethiopic

ethiopic
-of or relating to ethiopia or the ethiopians.
-the language of ancient ethiopia; the language of the ancient abyssinian empire (in ethiopia), now used only in the abyssinian church. it is of semitic origin, and is also called geez.

ethiops
-a black substance;
-- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.

ethmoid
-alt. of ethmoidal
-the ethmoid bone.

ethmoidal
-like a sieve; cribriform.
-pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.

ethmotrubinal
-see turbinal.
-an ethmoturbinal bone.

ethmovomerine
-pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.

ethnarch
-the governor of a province or people.

ethnarchy
-the dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule.

ethnic
-alt. of ethnical
-a heathen; a pagan.

ethnical
-belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
-pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to christianity; heathen; pagan;
-- opposed to jewish and christian.

ethnically
-in an ethnical manner.

ethnicism
-heathenism; paganism; idolatry.

ethnographer
-one who investigates ethnography.

ethnographic
-alt. of ethnographical

ethnographical
-pertaining to ethnography.

ethnographically
-in an ethnographical manner.

ethnography
-that branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. see ethnology.

ethnologic
-alt. of ethnological

ethnological
-of or pertaining to ethnology.

ethnologically
-in an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an african race.

ethnologist
-one versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.

ethnology
-the science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

ethologic
-alt. of ethological

ethological
-treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character.

ethologist
-one who studies or writes upon ethology.

ethology
-a treatise on morality; ethics.
-the science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual.

ethopoetic
-expressing character.

ethule
-ethyl.

ethyl
-a monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, c2h5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether.

ethylamine
-a colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, c2h5.nh2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. it is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.

ethylate
-a compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, c2h5.o.k.

ethylene
-a colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, c2h4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. it is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (dutch liquid),
-- hence called olefiant gas. called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.

ethylic
-pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.

ethylidene
-an unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, c2h4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, ch3.ch to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, ch2.ch2. its compounds are derived from aldehyde. formerly called also ethidene.

ethylin
-any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.

ethylsulphuric
-pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.

etiolate
-to become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
-to become pale through disease or absence of light.
-to blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
-to cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
-alt. of etiolated

etiolated
-of etiolate
-having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

etiolating
-of etiolate

etiolation
-the operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
-paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.

etiological
-pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; aetiological.

etiology
-the science of causes. same as /tiology.

etiquette
-the forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.

etna
-a kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.

etnean
-pertaining to etna, a volcanic mountain in sicily.

etoile
-see estoile.

etoolin
-a yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll.

etrurian
-of or relating to ancient etruria, in italy.
-a native or inhabitant of ancient etruria.

etruscan
-of or relating to etruria.
-a native or inhabitant of etruria.

etter pike
-the stingfish, or lesser weever (tranchinus vipera).

ettin
-a giant.

ettle
-to earn. [obs.] see addle, to earn.

etude
-a composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
-a study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.

etui
-a case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.

etwee
-see etui.

etym
-see etymon.

etyma
-of etymon

etymic
-relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word.

etymologer
-an etymologist.

etymological
-pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words.

etymologicon
-an etymological dictionary or manual.

etymologies
-of etymology

etymologist
-one who investigates the derivation of words.

etymologize
-to give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.
-to search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

etymology
-that branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning.
-that part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

etymon
-an original form; primitive word; root.
-original or fundamental signification.

etymons
-of etymon

etypical
-diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.