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1: common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England [syn: {cat squirrel}, {Sciurus carolinensis}]

1: in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-gray snake of eastern North America [syn: {Potamophis striatula}, {Haldea striatula}]

1: the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia [syn: {orient}]

1: common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood [syn: {Canadian hemlock}, {spruce pine}, {Tsuga canadensis}]

1: a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia [syn: {Great Dividing Range}]

1: medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America [syn: {ironwood}, {ironwood tree}, {Ostrya virginiana}]

1: a variety of indigo snake [syn: {Drymarchon corais couperi}]

1: a kingbird that breeds in North American and winters in tropical America; distinguished by a white band on the tip of the tail

1: a kind of gorilla [syn: {Gorilla gorilla grauri}]

1: an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages [syn: {Oceanic}]

1: a meadowlark of eastern North America [syn: {Sturnella magna}]

1: small toad of southeastern United States [syn: {Gastrophryne carolinensis}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: {Orthodox}, {Russian Orthodox}, {Greek Orthodox}] n : derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites [syn...

1: derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites [syn: {Orthodox Church}, {Orthodox Catholic Church}, {Eastern Church}, {Eastern Orthodox}]

1: short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia [syn: {American pasqueflower}, {wild crocus}, {lion's beard}, {prairie anemone}, {blue tulip}, {Ameri...

1: one of the smallest bats of eastern North America [syn: {Pipistrellus subflavus}]

1: poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact [syn: {Toxicodendron quercifolium}, {Rhus quercifolia}, {Rhus toxicodenedron}]

1: small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles [syn: {red cedar}, {red juniper}, {Juniperus virginiana}]

1: common salamander of eastern North America [syn: {Plethodon cinereus}]

1: a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 [syn: {Byzantine Empire}, {Byzantium}]

1: a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa [syn: {American Samoa}, {AS}]

1: a variety of aster

1: a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux [syn: {Santee}, {Santee Sioux}, {Santee Dakota}]

1: medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood [syn: {red spruce}, {yellow spruce}, {Picea rubens}]

1: standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States [syn: {Eastern Time}, {EST}]

1: standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States [syn: {Eastern Standard Time}, {EST}]

1: a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan) [syn: {Chagatai}, {Jagatai}, {Jaghatai}]

1: the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River [syn: {East}]

1: tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree [syn: {American white pine}, {weymouth pine}, {Pinus strobus}]

1: large grayish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States [syn: {Neotoma floridana}]

1: an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.

1: farthest to the east [syn: {eastmost}]

1: the Easter season

1: United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854...

1: farthest to the east [syn: {easternmost}]

1: of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan; "the eastside silk-stocking district"

1: moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: {eastbound}] adv : toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden" [syn: {eastwards}]

1: toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden" [syn: {eastward}]

1: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma...

1: a comfortable upholstered armchair [syn: {lounge chair}, {overstuffed chair}]

1: easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing" [syn: {plain sailing}, {clear sailing}]

1: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: {soap}, {scoop}, {max}, {liquid ecstasy}, {grievous bodily harm}, {goop}, {Georgia home boy}]

1: a defenseless victim [syn: {sitting duck}]

1: income obtained with a minimum of effort [syn: {gravy train}] 2: the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure [ant: {tight money}]

1: financial security

1: inclined to be excessively tolerant 2: unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow conversation" [syn: {laid-back}, {mellow}] 3: not hurried or forced; "an easy walk around the block"; "a...

1: being without worry or concern

1: take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" 2: eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't...

1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: {erode}, {gnaw}, {gnaw at}, {wear away}]

1: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: {erode}, {fret}] 2: wear away or erode [syn: {fret}]

1: eat at home [syn: {dine in}] [ant: {eat out}]

1: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: {fret}, {rankle}, {grate}]

1: worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?" [syn: {eat}]

1: eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home [syn: {dine out}] [ant: {eat in}]

1: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" [syn: {finish}, {polish off}] 2: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of ga...

1: suitable for use as food [syn: {edible}, {comestible}] [ant: {inedible}] n : any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible}, {edible}, {pabulum}, {victual}, {victuals}]

1: animal food for browsing or grazing [syn: {forage}, {pasture}, {pasturage}, {grass}]

{eat}

1: destroyed or wasted as if by eating; "forests devoured by flame"; "an inheritance eaten up by debt" [syn: {devoured}, {eaten up(p)}]

1: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: {feeder}] 2: any green goods that are good to eat; "these apples are good eaters"