| electric |
of or pertaining to electricity. [4 definitions] |
| electrical |
electric. |
| electrician |
one who installs, maintains, repairs, or operates electrical equipment for a living. |
| electricity |
a physical phenomenon caused by the movement of certain charged particles such as electrons, esp. between points having different electrical charges, and seen in naturally occurring phenomena such as lightning and magnetic attraction and repulsion. [4 definitions] |
| electrocute |
to kill by electricity, esp. to execute (a condemned prisoner) by electricity, as in an electric chair. |
| electrode |
a solid conductor through which an electric current enters or exits from an electric or electronic device. [2 definitions] |
| electromagnet |
a magnet in which an iron or steel core is magnetized by the electric current in the coil of insulated wire wound around it. |
| electron |
a negatively charged particle, considered a fundamental unit of matter, that exists independently or outside the nucleus of an atom. |
| electronic |
of or relating to devices, circuits, or systems based on electronics. [2 definitions] |
| electronic mail |
messages typed into a computer terminal and sent via telephone cable to another terminal. |
| electronics |
(used with a sing. verb) the science that is concerned with the flow of electrons in various physical media, and with their properties and uses. [2 definitions] |
| elegant |
beautifully and tastefully designed or decorated. [3 definitions] |
| element |
a part of any whole. [6 definitions] |
| elementary |
of or relating to first principles; irreducible; fundamental. [3 definitions] |
| elementary school |
a school in which the first six to eight years of a child's education is taught. |
| elephant |
either of two large mammals, one Asian and one African, that have a long, flexible trunk used for grasping food or lifting burdens, upper incisors elongated into curving tusks, and, in the African species, esp. large fan-shaped ears. |
| elevate |
to raise or lift up to a higher physical position. [4 definitions] |
| elevation |
the height to which something rises or is raised, or its height above sea level or ground level. [4 definitions] |
| elevator |
a machine which raises or lifts, esp. a platform or enclosure in a vertical shaft, with its equipment and parts, used to raise and lower people or goods from one level to another in a building. [3 definitions] |
| eleven |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 11 and by the Roman numeral XI. [3 definitions] |
| eleventh |
indicating rank or position between tenth and twelfth. [3 definitions] |