Words starting with et

Words and definitions

Etaac means: The blue buck.

Etacism means: The pronunciation of the Greek / (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.

Etacist means: One who favors etacism.

Etagere means: A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.

Etat Major means: The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

Et cetera means: Alt. of Et caetera

Et caetera means: Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).

Etch means: A variant of Eddish.

Etched means: of Etch

Etching means: of Etch

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.