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Elastic
- adjective - a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material
- a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
- able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
- capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk"
Eleatic
- - Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason. -- n. A philosopher of the Eleatic school.
Elegiac
- adjective - expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"
- resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death"
Ellagic
- - Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.
Embolic
- adjective - of or relating to an embolism or embolus
Empiric
- adjective - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
- relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
Emulsic
- - Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.
En Bloc
- adverb -
- all together; "the students turned out en masse"
- In a lump; as a whole; all together.
Endemic
- adjective - a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
- a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island"
- native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
- of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
- originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"