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- English Word Ericolin Definition A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
- English Word Eridanus Definition A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.
- English Word Erigible Definition Capable of being erected.
- English Word Erin Definition An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
- English Word Erinaceous Definition Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.
- English Word Eringo Definition The sea holly. See Eryngo.
- English Word Erinite Definition A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
- English Word Erinyes Definition of Erinys
- English Word Erinys Definition An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.
- English Word Eriometer Definition An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
- English Word Eristalis Definition A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.
- English Word Eristic Definition Alt. of Eristical
- English Word Eristical Definition Controversial.
- English Word Erke Definition ASlothful.
- English Word Erlking Definition A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
- English Word Erme Definition To grieve; to feel sad.
- English Word Ermelin Definition Alt. of Ermilin
- English Word Ermilin Definition See Ermine.
- English Word Ermin Definition An Armenian.
- English Word Ermine Definition A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.