Index of English words, starting with "el"

(1) - Elevated (a.) Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.
(2) - Elevated (imp. & p. p.) of Elevate

(1) - Elevation (n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.
(2) - Elevation (n.) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction.
(3) - Elevation (n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
(4) - Elevation (n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
(5) - Elevation (n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
(6) - Elevation (n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation.
(7) - Elevation (n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.

(1) - Elevator (n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
(2) - Elevator (n.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
(3) - Elevator (n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
(4) - Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
(5) - Elevator (n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
(6) - Elevator (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything

(1) - Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
(2) - Eleven (n.) A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
(3) - Eleven (n.) The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
(4) - Eleven (a.) Ten and one added; as, eleven men.