ed ['ed] -n

  1. education
    • driver's ed
    • adult ed
  2. edited; edition; editor

ED -abbr

  1. erectile dysfunction

eda·cious [i-'dā-shəs] -adj, n

  1. of or relating to eating
  2. voracious

Edam ['ē-dəm, 'ē-,dam] -n

  1. 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

  1. immature green soybeans usu. in the pod

edaph·ic [i-'da-fik] -adj, adv

  1. of or relating to the soil
  2. resulting from or influenced by the soil rather than the climate

edaphic climax -n

  1. an ecological climax resulting from soil factors and commonly persisting through cycles of climatic and physiographic change

EDB -abbr

  1. ethylene dibromide

EdD -abbr

  1. doctor of education

EDD -abbr

  1. English Dialect Dictionary

Ed·dic ['e-dik] -adj

  1. of, relating to, or resembling the Old Norse Edda

ed·dy ['e-dē] -n

  1. a current of water or air running contrary to the main current
  2. a circular current : whirlpool
  3. something moving similarly
  4. a contrary or circular current (as of thought or policy)

eddy -vb

  1. to cause to move in an eddy
  2. to move in an eddy or in the manner of an eddy

eddy current -n

  1. an electric current induced by an alternating magnetic field

edel·weiss ['ā-dᵊl-,vīs, -,wīs] -n

  1. 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

  1. an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity called also dropsy
  2. watery swelling of plant organs or parts
  3. any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellings

Eden ['ē-dᵊn] -n, adj

  1. paradise
  2. the garden where according to the account in Genesis Adam and Eve first lived
  3. a place of pristine or abundant natural beauty

eden·tate [(,)ē-'den-,tāt] -adj

  1. lacking teeth
  2. being an edentate

edentate -n

  1. 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

  1. toothless

Ed·gar ['ed-gər] -n

  1. a statuette awarded annually by a professional organization for notable achievement in mystery-novel writing

edge ['ej] -n, adj

  1. the cutting side of a blade
    • a razor's edge
  2. the sharpness of a blade
    • a knife with no edge
  3. force, effectiveness
    • blunted the edge of the legislation
  4. vigor or energy esp. of body
    • maintains his hard edge
  5. incisive or penetrating quality
    • writing with a satirical edge
  6. a noticeably harsh or sharp quality
    • her voice had an edge to it
  7. a secondary but distinct quality
    • rock music with a bluesy edge
  8. keenness or intensity of desire or enjoyment
    • lost my competitive edge
  9. the line where an object or area begins or ends : border
    • on the edge of a plain
  10. the narrow part adjacent to a border
    • the edge of the deck
  11. a point near the beginning or the end
  12. brink, verge
    • on the edge of disaster
  13. the threshold of danger or ruin
    • living on the edge
  14. a favorable margin : advantage
    • has an edge on the competition
  15. a line or line segment that is the intersection of two plane faces (as of a pyramid) or of two planes
  16. to give an edge to
  17. to be on an edge of
    • trees edging the lake
  18. to move or force gradually
    • edged him off the road
  19. to incline (a ski) sideways so that one edge cuts into the snow
  20. to defeat by a small margin often used with out
    • edged out her opponent
  21. to advance by short moves

edge city -n

  1. a suburb that has developed its own political, economic, and commercial base independent of the central city

edged ['ejd, 'e-jid] -adj

  1. having a specified kind of edge, boundary, or border or a specified number of edges
    • rough- edged
    • two- edged
  2. sharp, cutting
    • an edged knife
    • an edged remark

edge effect -n

  1. 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

  1. quartersawn

edge in -vt

  1. to work in : interpolate
    • edged in a few remarks

edg·er ['e-jər] -n

  1. one that edges
  2. a tool used to trim the edge of a lawn along a sidewalk or curb

edge tool -n

  1. a tool with a sharp cutting edge

edge·ways ['ej-,wāz] -adv

  1. sideways

edge·wise [-,wīz] -adv

  1. sideways
  2. as if by an edge : barely usu. used in the phrase get a word in edgewise

edg·ing -n

  1. something that forms an edge or border

edgy ['e-jē] -adj, adv, n

  1. having an edge : sharp
  2. being on edge : tense, irritable
  3. characterized by tension
    • edgy negotiations
  4. having a bold, provocative, or unconventional quality
    • an edgy film

edh ['eth] -n

  1. 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

  1. being or belonging to an assemblage of extinct multicellular marine organisms of the late Precambrian era
    • Ediacaran fauna

ed·i·ble ['e-də-bəl] -adj, n

  1. fit to be eaten : eatable

edict ['ē-,dikt] -n, adj

  1. a proclamation having the force of law
  2. order, command
    • we held firm to Grandmother's edict -- M. F. K. Fisher

ed·i·fi·ca·tion [,e-də-fə-'kā-shən] -n

  1. an act or process of edifying

ed·i·fice ['e-də-fəs] -n

  1. building
  2. a large or massive structure
  3. a large abstract structure
    • holds together the social edifice -- R. H. Tawney

ed·i·fy ['e-də-,fī] -vt

  1. build
  2. establish
  3. to instruct and improve esp. in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
  4. enlighten, inform

ed·it ['e-dət] -vt, adj

  1. to prepare (as literary material) for publication or public presentation
  2. to assemble (as a moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging
  3. to alter, adapt, or refine esp. to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose
    • carefully edit ed the speech
    • edit a data file
  4. to direct the publication of
    • edit s the daily newspaper
  5. delete usu. used with out

edit -n

  1. an instance or result of editing

edi·tion [i-'di-shən] -n

  1. the form or version in which a text is published
    • a paperback edition
    • the German edition
  2. the whole number of copies published at one time
  3. a usu. special issue of a newspaper (as for a particular day or purpose)
    • Sunday edition
    • international edition
  4. one of the usu. several issues of a newspaper in a single day
    • city edition
    • late edition
  5. one of the forms in which something is presented
    • this year's edition of the annual charity ball
  6. the whole number of articles of one style put out at one time
    • a limited edition of collectors' pieces
  7. copy, version

edi·tio prin·ceps [ā-,di-tē-(,)ō-'priŋ-,keps, i-,di-shē-(,)ō-'prin-,seps] -n

  1. the first printed edition esp. of a work that circulated in manuscript before printing became common

ed·i·tor ['e-də-tər] -n

  1. someone who edits esp. as an occupation
  2. a device used in editing motion-picture film or magnetic tape
  3. 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

  1. of or relating to an editor or editing
    • an editorial office
  2. being or resembling an editorial
    • an editorial statement

editorial -n

  1. a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers
  2. an expression of opinion that resembles such an article
    • a television editorial

ed·i·to·ri·al·ist [-ē-ə-list] -n

  1. a writer of editorials

ed·i·to·ri·al·ize [,e-də-'tȯr-ē-ə-,līz] -vi, n

  1. to express an opinion in the form of an editorial
  2. to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts
  3. to express an opinion (as on a controversial issue)

editor in chief -n

  1. an editor who heads an editorial staff

ed·i·tress ['e-də-trəs] -n

  1. a woman who is an editor

ed·i·trix ['e-də-,triks] -n

  1. editress

EdM -abbr

  1. master of education

Edom·ite ['ē-də-,mīt] -n

  1. a member of a Semitic people living south of the Dead Sea in biblical times

EDP -abbr

  1. electronic data processing

EdS -abbr

  1. specialist in education

EDT -abbr

  1. eastern daylight time

EDTA [,ē-(,)dē-(,)tē-'ā] -n

  1. 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

  1. educational institution usu. preceded by a period; used in World Wide Web addresses

educ -abbr

  1. education; educational

ed·u·ca·ble ['e-jə-kə-bəl] -adj, n

  1. capable of being educated
  2. capable of some degree of learning

ed·u·cate ['e-jə-,kāt] -vb

  1. to provide schooling for
    • chose to educate their children at home
  2. to train by formal instruction and supervised practice esp. in a skill, trade, or profession
  3. to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically esp. by instruction
  4. to provide with information : inform
    • educating themselves about changes in the industry
  5. to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way
    • educate the public to support our position
  6. to educate a person or thing

educated -adj, n

  1. having an education
  2. having an education beyond the average
    • educated speakers
  3. giving evidence of training or practice : skilled
    • educated hands
  4. befitting one that is educated
    • educated taste
  5. based on some knowledge of fact
    • an educated guess

ed·u·ca·tion [,e-jə-'kā-shən] -n, adj, adv

  1. the action or process of educating or of being educated
  2. a stage of such a process
  3. the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process
    • a person of little education
  4. the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools

educational psychology -n

  1. psychology concerned with human maturation, school learning, teaching methods, guidance, and evaluation of aptitude and progress by standardized tests

educational television -n

  1. television that provides instruction esp. for students
  2. public television

ed·u·ca·tion·ese [,e-jə-,kā-shə-'nēz, -'nēs] -n

  1. the jargon used esp. by educational theorists

ed·u·ca·tion·ist [,e-jə-'kā-sh(ə-)nist] -n

  1. a professional educator
  2. an educational theorist

ed·u·ca·tive ['e-jə-,kā-tiv] -adj

  1. tending to educate : instructive
    • an educative experience
  2. of or relating to education

ed·u·ca·tor ['e-jə-,kā-tər] -n

  1. one skilled in teaching : teacher
  2. a student of the theory and practice of education : educationist
  3. an administrator in education

educe [i-'düs also -'dyüs] -vt, adj, n

  1. to bring out (as something latent)
  2. deduce

educ·tor [i-'dək-tər] -n

  1. ejector

ed·u·tain·ment [,e-jə-'tān-mənt, ,e-dyü-] -n

  1. entertainment (as by games, films, or shows) that is designed to be educational

Ed·war·di·an [e-'dwär-dē-ən, -'dwȯr-] -adj, n

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Edward VII of England or his age
  2. marked by the hourglass silhouette for women and long narrow fitted suits and high collars for men