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Eijkman
- noun - Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)
Einkorn
- unknown - A type of wheat (Triticum monococcum syn. T. monococcum subsp. monococcum) typically having one grain per spikelet, grown in semiarid regions. It was domesticated by Neolithic peoples in the Near East and is now cultivated in Europe and southwest Asia.
- ONE OF THE EARLIEST VARIETIES OF WHEAT
Elaidin
- - A solid isomeric modification of olein.
Elastin
- noun - a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries
Elation
- noun - a feeling of joy and pride
- an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
Eleidin
- - Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.
Elision
- noun - a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
- omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
Ellison
- noun - United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)
Elodian
- - One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
Elusion
- noun - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)