Ecballium elaterium
1: Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched [syn: {squirting cucumber}, {exploding cucumber}, {touch-me-not}]
ECC
1: (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors [syn: {error correction code}]
ecce homo
1: a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns
eccentric
1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "...
eccentric person
1: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: {eccentric}, {flake}, {oddball}, {geek}]
eccentricity
1: strange and unconventional behavior 2: (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; "a circle is an ellips...
ecchymosis
1: the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise 2: the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin [also: {...
Eccles
1: Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) [syn: {John Eccles}, {Sir John Carew Eccles}]
Eccles cake
1: a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit
Ecclesiastes
1: an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC [syn: {Book of Ecclesiastes}]
ecclesiastic
1: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastical}] n : a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: {cleric}, {churchman}, {divi...
ecclesiastical
1: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: {ecclesiastic}]
ecclesiastical calendar
1: a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals [syn: {church calendar}]
ecclesiastical law
1: the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church [syn: {canon law}]
ecclesiastical mode
1: any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode [syn: {Gregorian mode}, {church mode}, {medieval mode}]
ecclesiastical province
1: the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical orderi; "the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him"
ecclesiastical robe
1: attire that is appropriate to wear in a church [syn: {ecclesiastical attire}]
ecclesiastically
1: in an ecclesiastic manner; "the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed"
ecclesiasticism
1: excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion" 2: religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
Ecclesiasticus
1: an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) [syn: {Ben Sira}, {Sirach}, {Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach}]
ecclesiology
1: the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
ECCM
1: electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare [syn: {electronic counter-countermeasures}]
eccrine
1: (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature [ant: {apocrine}]
eccrine gland
1: a small sweat gland the produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
eccyesis
1: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus [syn: {ectopic pregnancy}, {extrauterine pregnancy}, {ectopic gestation}, {extrauterine gestation}, {metacyesis}]
ecdemic
1: of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs [ant: {endemic}, {epidemic}]
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ecdysiast
1: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music [syn: {stripper}, {striptease artist}, {striptease}, {stripteaser}, {exotic dancer}, {peeler}]
ecdysis
1: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: {molt}, {molting}, {moult}, {moulting}] [also: {ecdyses} (pl)]
ecesis
1: (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat [syn: {establishment}]
ECF
1: liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid" [syn: {extracellular fluid}]
ECG
1: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph [syn: {electrocardiogram}, {cardiogram}, {EKG}]
echelon
1: a body of troops arranged in a line 2: a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
Echeneididae
1: fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships [syn: {family Echeneididae}, {family Echeneidae}]
Echeneis
1: type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras [syn: {genus Echeneis}]
echidna
1: New Guinea echidnas [syn: {spiny anteater}, {anteater}] 2: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: {spiny anteater}, {anteat...
Echidnophaga
1: a genus of Siphonaptera [syn: {genus Echidnophaga}]
Echinacea
1: small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs [syn: {genus Echinacea}]
echinocactus
1: any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil [syn: {barrel cactus}]
Echinocactus grusonii
1: large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines [syn: {golden barrel cactus}]
Echinocereus
1: large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States [syn: {genus Echinocereus}]
Echinochloa
1: annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions [syn: {genus Echinochloa}]
Echinochloa crusgalli
1: a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing [syn: {barnyard grass}, {barn grass}, {barn millet}]
Echinochloa frumentacea
1: coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States [syn: {Japanese millet}, {billion-dollar grass}, {Japanes...
echinococcosis
1: infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) [syn: {hydatid disease}, {hydatidosis}]
echinococcus
1: tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals [also: {echinococci} (pl)]
echinoderm
1: marine invertebrates with tube feet and calcite-covered five-part radially symmetrical bodies
Echinodermata
1: radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers [syn: {phylum Echinodermata}]
Echinoidea
1: sea urchins and sand dollars [syn: {class Echinoidea}]
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