ed ['ed] -n
- education
- edited; edition; editor
ED -abbr
- erectile dysfunction
eda·cious [i-'dā-shəs] -adj, n
- of or relating to eating
- voracious
Edam ['ē-dəm, 'ē-,dam] -n
- a yellow pressed cheese of Dutch origin usu. made in flattened balls and often coated with red wax
ed·a·ma·me [,e-də-'mä-mā] -n
- immature green soybeans usu. in the pod
edaph·ic [i-'da-fik] -adj, adv
- of or relating to the soil
- resulting from or influenced by the soil rather than the climate
edaphic climax -n
- an ecological climax resulting from soil factors and commonly persisting through cycles of climatic and physiographic change
EDB -abbr
- ethylene dibromide
EdD -abbr
- doctor of education
EDD -abbr
- English Dialect Dictionary
Ed·dic ['e-dik] -adj
- of, relating to, or resembling the Old Norse Edda
ed·dy ['e-dē] -n
- a current of water or air running contrary to the main current
- a circular current : whirlpool
- something moving similarly
- a contrary or circular current (as of thought or policy)
eddy -vb
- to cause to move in an eddy
- to move in an eddy or in the manner of an eddy
eddy current -n
- an electric current induced by an alternating magnetic field
edel·weiss ['ā-dᵊl-,vīs, -,wīs] -n
- a small alpine perennial composite herb ( Leontopodium alpinum) of central and southeast Europe that has a dense woolly white pubescence
ede·ma [i-'dē-mə] -n, adj
- an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity called also dropsy
- watery swelling of plant organs or parts
- any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellings
Eden ['ē-dᵊn] -n, adj
- paradise
- the garden where according to the account in Genesis Adam and Eve first lived
- a place of pristine or abundant natural beauty
eden·tate [(,)ē-'den-,tāt] -adj
- lacking teeth
- being an edentate
edentate -n
- any of an order (Edentata) of mammals having few or no teeth and including the sloths, armadillos, and New World anteaters and formerly also the pangolins and the aardvark
eden·tu·lous [(,)ē-'den-chə-ləs] -adj
- toothless
Ed·gar ['ed-gər] -n
- a statuette awarded annually by a professional organization for notable achievement in mystery-novel writing
edge ['ej] -n, adj
- the cutting side of a blade
- the sharpness of a blade
- force, effectiveness
- blunted the edge of the legislation
- vigor or energy esp. of body
- incisive or penetrating quality
- writing with a satirical edge
- a noticeably harsh or sharp quality
- her voice had an edge to it
- a secondary but distinct quality
- rock music with a bluesy edge
- keenness or intensity of desire or enjoyment
- the line where an object or area begins or ends : border
- the narrow part adjacent to a border
- a point near the beginning or the end
- brink, verge
- the threshold of danger or ruin
- a favorable margin : advantage
- has an edge on the competition
- a line or line segment that is the intersection of two plane faces (as of a pyramid) or of two planes
- to give an edge to
- to be on an edge of
- to move or force gradually
- to incline (a ski) sideways so that one edge cuts into the snow
- to defeat by a small margin often used with out
- to advance by short moves
edge city -n
- a suburb that has developed its own political, economic, and commercial base independent of the central city
edged ['ejd, 'e-jid] -adj
- having a specified kind of edge, boundary, or border or a specified number of edges
- sharp, cutting
edge effect -n
- the effect of an abrupt transition between two quite different adjoining ecological communities on the numbers and kinds of organisms in the marginal habitat
edgegrain ['ej-,grān] -adj
- quartersawn
edge in -vt
- to work in : interpolate
edg·er ['e-jər] -n
- one that edges
- a tool used to trim the edge of a lawn along a sidewalk or curb
edge tool -n
- a tool with a sharp cutting edge
edge·ways ['ej-,wāz] -adv
- sideways
edge·wise [-,wīz] -adv
- sideways
- as if by an edge : barely usu. used in the phrase get a word in edgewise
edg·ing -n
- something that forms an edge or border
edgy ['e-jē] -adj, adv, n
- having an edge : sharp
- being on edge : tense, irritable
- characterized by tension
- having a bold, provocative, or unconventional quality
edh ['eth] -n
- the letter used in Old English to represent either of the fricatives th or and in Icelandic and some phonetic alphabets to represent the fricative
Edi·a·car·an [,ē-dē-'a-k(ə-)rən, -ə-'ka-rən] -adj, n
- being or belonging to an assemblage of extinct multicellular marine organisms of the late Precambrian era
ed·i·ble ['e-də-bəl] -adj, n
- fit to be eaten : eatable
edict ['ē-,dikt] -n, adj
- a proclamation having the force of law
- order, command
- we held firm to Grandmother's edict -- M. F. K. Fisher
ed·i·fi·ca·tion [,e-də-fə-'kā-shən] -n
- an act or process of edifying
ed·i·fice ['e-də-fəs] -n
- building
- a large or massive structure
- a large abstract structure
- holds together the social edifice -- R. H. Tawney
ed·i·fy ['e-də-,fī] -vt
- build
- establish
- to instruct and improve esp. in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
- enlighten, inform
ed·it ['e-dət] -vt, adj
- to prepare (as literary material) for publication or public presentation
- to assemble (as a moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging
- to alter, adapt, or refine esp. to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose
- carefully edit ed the speech
- to direct the publication of
- edit s the daily newspaper
- delete usu. used with out
edit -n
- an instance or result of editing
edi·tion [i-'di-shən] -n
- the form or version in which a text is published
- the whole number of copies published at one time
- a usu. special issue of a newspaper (as for a particular day or purpose)
- one of the usu. several issues of a newspaper in a single day
- one of the forms in which something is presented
- this year's edition of the annual charity ball
- the whole number of articles of one style put out at one time
- a limited edition of collectors' pieces
- copy, version
edi·tio prin·ceps [ā-,di-tē-(,)ō-'priŋ-,keps, i-,di-shē-(,)ō-'prin-,seps] -n
- the first printed edition esp. of a work that circulated in manuscript before printing became common
ed·i·tor ['e-də-tər] -n
- someone who edits esp. as an occupation
- a device used in editing motion-picture film or magnetic tape
- a computer program that permits the user to create or modify data (as text or graphics) esp. on a display screen
ed·i·to·ri·al [,e-də-'tȯr-ē-əl] -adj, adv
- of or relating to an editor or editing
- being or resembling an editorial
editorial -n
- a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers
- an expression of opinion that resembles such an article
ed·i·to·ri·al·ist [-ē-ə-list] -n
- a writer of editorials
ed·i·to·ri·al·ize [,e-də-'tȯr-ē-ə-,līz] -vi, n
- to express an opinion in the form of an editorial
- to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts
- to express an opinion (as on a controversial issue)
editor in chief -n
- an editor who heads an editorial staff
ed·i·tress ['e-də-trəs] -n
- a woman who is an editor
ed·i·trix ['e-də-,triks] -n
- editress
EdM -abbr
- master of education
Edom·ite ['ē-də-,mīt] -n
- a member of a Semitic people living south of the Dead Sea in biblical times
EDP -abbr
- electronic data processing
EdS -abbr
- specialist in education
EDT -abbr
- eastern daylight time
EDTA [,ē-(,)dē-(,)tē-'ā] -n
- a white crystalline acid C 10H 16N 2O 8used esp. as a chelating agent, a preservative, and in medicine as an anticoagulant and in the treatment of lead poisoning
edu -abbr
- educational institution usu. preceded by a period; used in World Wide Web addresses
educ -abbr
- education; educational
ed·u·ca·ble ['e-jə-kə-bəl] -adj, n
- capable of being educated
- capable of some degree of learning
ed·u·cate ['e-jə-,kāt] -vb
- to provide schooling for
- chose to educate their children at home
- to train by formal instruction and supervised practice esp. in a skill, trade, or profession
- to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically esp. by instruction
- to provide with information : inform
- educating themselves about changes in the industry
- to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way
- educate the public to support our position
- to educate a person or thing
educated -adj, n
- having an education
- having an education beyond the average
- giving evidence of training or practice : skilled
- befitting one that is educated
- based on some knowledge of fact
ed·u·ca·tion [,e-jə-'kā-shən] -n, adj, adv
- the action or process of educating or of being educated
- a stage of such a process
- the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process
- a person of little education
- the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools
educational psychology -n
- psychology concerned with human maturation, school learning, teaching methods, guidance, and evaluation of aptitude and progress by standardized tests
educational television -n
- television that provides instruction esp. for students
- public television
ed·u·ca·tion·ese [,e-jə-,kā-shə-'nēz, -'nēs] -n
- the jargon used esp. by educational theorists
ed·u·ca·tion·ist [,e-jə-'kā-sh(ə-)nist] -n
- a professional educator
- an educational theorist
ed·u·ca·tive ['e-jə-,kā-tiv] -adj
- tending to educate : instructive
- of or relating to education
ed·u·ca·tor ['e-jə-,kā-tər] -n
- one skilled in teaching : teacher
- a student of the theory and practice of education : educationist
- an administrator in education
educe [i-'düs also -'dyüs] -vt, adj, n
- to bring out (as something latent)
- deduce
educ·tor [i-'dək-tər] -n
- ejector
ed·u·tain·ment [,e-jə-'tān-mənt, ,e-dyü-] -n
- entertainment (as by games, films, or shows) that is designed to be educational
Ed·war·di·an [e-'dwär-dē-ən, -'dwȯr-] -adj, n
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Edward VII of England or his age
- marked by the hourglass silhouette for women and long narrow fitted suits and high collars for men