Index of English words, starting with "el"

(1) - Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.

(1) - Elephantine (a.) Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.

(1) - Elevate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
(2) - Elevate (v. t.) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
(3) - Elevate (v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
(4) - Elevate (v. t.) To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
(5) - Elevate (v. t.) To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
(6) - Elevate (v. t.) To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
(7) - Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
(8) - Elevate (a.) Elevated; raised aloft.