Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of eos is as below...

Apotheosis :: Apotheosis (n. pl.) The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, the gods; deification..

Areosystyle :: Areosystyle (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation, and Araeosystyle..

Otheoscope :: Otheoscope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter.

Onyx :: Onyx (n.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground..

Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.

Occultism :: Occultism (n.) A certain Oriental system of theosophy.

Catbird :: Catbird (n.) An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat..

Tracheoscopy :: Tracheoscopy (n.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

Theosopher :: Theosopher (n.) A theosophist.

Picamar :: Picamar (n.) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Cresylic :: Cresylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc..

Labyrinthici :: Labyrinthici (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes..

Neossine :: Neossine (n.) The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.

Geostatic :: Geostatic (a.) Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.

Creosoting :: Creosoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creosot.

Rheostat :: Rheostat (n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will..

Oreoselin :: Oreoselin (n.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition..

Eosin :: Eosin (n.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluorescein, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent..

Geosynclinal :: Geosynclinal (n.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal..

Geanticlinal :: Geanticlinal (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal..

Random Fonts

Most Popular