DRAW"INGROOM, _s._ a room to which company withdraw--originally withdrawing-room
DRE"ADFUL, _a._ terrible; frightful
DRE"ARINESS, _s._ gloominess; sorrowfulness
DRE"ARY, _a._ sorrowful; gloomy; dismal; horrid
DU"CAT, _s._ a coin struck by Dukes; in silver valued at about four shillings and sixpence, in gold at nine shillings and sixpence
DURA"TION, _s._ power of continuance; length of continuance
DU"RING, _prep._ for the time of the continuance
EA"RLY, _ad._ soon; betimes
EA"RTHQUAKE, _s._ tremour or convulsion of the earth
EA"STERN, _a._ belonging to the east; lying to the east; oriental
EA"SY, _a._ not difficult; ready; contented; at rest
ECLI"PSE, _s._ an obscuration of the heavenly luminaries; darkness; obscuration
ECO"NOMY, _s._ frugality; discretion of expense; system of matter
E"DIFICE, _s._ a fabric; a building
EDI"TION, _s._ publication of anything, particularly of a book
EDUCA"TION, _s._ formation of manners in youth
EFFE"CT, _s._ that which is produced by an operating cause; success; purpose; meaning; consequence
EFFE"CTUAL, _a._ productive of effects; expressive of facts
EFFE"MINACY, _s._ softness; unmanly delicacy
E"FFLUENCE, _s._ what issues from some other principle
E"FFULGENCE, _s._ l.u.s.tre; brightness; splendour
EFFU"SE, _v.a._ to pour out; to spill, to shed
EJA"CULATION, _s._ an exclamation
ELA"BORATE, _a._ finished with care
ELE"CTRIC, _a._ relating to electricity
ELE"CTRO-MA"GNETISM, _s._ a branch of electrical science
E"LEGANCE, _s._ beauty, rather soothing than striking; beauty without grandeur
E"LEGY, _s._ a mournful song; short poem without points or turns
E"LEPHANT, _s._ a large quadruped
E"LEVA"TED, _a._ exalted; raised up; progressed in rank
ELEVA"TION, _s._ the act of raising up aloft; exaltation
ELOCU"TION, _s._ the power of fluent speech; the power of expression; eloquence; flow of language
E"LOQUENCE, _s._ the power or speaking with fluency and elegance
ELU"DE, _v.a._ to mock by unexpected escape
E"MANATE, _v.a._ to issue; to flow from something else
EMBA"LM, _v.a._ impregnate a body with aromatics, that it may resist putrefaction
EMBA"RK, _v.n._ to go on board a ship; to engage in any affair
EMBROI"DERY, _s._ variegated work; figures raised upon a ground
E"MERALD, _s._ a precious stone of a green colour
EME"RGE, _v.n._ to issue; to proceed; to rise
EME"RGENCY, _s._ the act of rising into view; any sudden occasion; pressing necessity
E"MINENCE, _s._ loftiness; height; summit; distinction
E"MINENT, _a._ celebrated; renowned
EMI"T, _v.a._ to send forth; to let fly; to dart
EMO"LUMENT, _s._ profit; advantage
E"MPEROR, _s._ a monarch of t.i.tle and dignity superior to a king
EMPLO"Y, _v.a._ busy; keep at work; use as materials; trust with the management of any affairs; use as means
E"MULATE, _v.a._ to vie
EMULA"TION, _s._ rivalry; desire of superiority
ENA"BLE, _v.a._ make able; confer power