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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)
Elitism
- noun - the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals
Elitist
- noun - someone who believes in rule by an elite group
Elixirs
- noun - a substance believed to cure all ills
- a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
Elodian
- - One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
Elohist
- - The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist.
Eloping
- verb - run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
Eluding
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
- Escape notice by
- escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Elusion
- noun - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)