Index of English words, starting with "el"

(1) - Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
(2) - Elater (n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
(3) - Elater (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
(4) - Elater (n.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
(5) - Elater (n.) One who, or that which, elates.

(1) - Elaterite (n.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

(1) - Elation (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

(1) - Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

(1) - Elbow (v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
(2) - Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
(3) - Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
(4) - Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
(5) - Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
(6) - Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.