ethanal | (noun) a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs | Synonyms: acetaldehyde |
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ethanamide | (noun) a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds | Synonyms: acetamide |
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ethane | (noun) a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel | Synonyms: C2H6 |
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ethanediol | (noun) a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent | Synonyms: ethylene glycol, glycol |
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ethanoate | (noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: acetate |
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ethanol | (noun) the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline | Synonyms: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol |
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ethchlorvynol | (noun) a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl) | Synonyms: Placidyl |
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ethene | (noun) a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: ethylene |
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ether | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | Synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether |
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(noun) a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves | Synonyms: aether |
(noun) any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom | - |
(noun) the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies | Synonyms: quintessence |
ethernet | (noun) a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second | - |
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ethic | (noun) the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group | Synonyms: moral principle, value-system, value orientation |
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(noun) a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct | Synonyms: ethical code |
ethicality | (noun) The state, quality or manner of conforming to accepted standards of conduct. | - |
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ethician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in ethics | Synonyms: ethicist |
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ethicism | (noun) a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important | - |
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ethicist | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in ethics | Synonyms: ethician |
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ethics | (noun) the philosophical study of moral values and rules | Synonyms: moral philosophy |
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(noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, morality, morals |
ethmoid | (noun) one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity | Synonyms: ethmoid bone |
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ethnarch | (noun) the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority | - |
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ethnic | (noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group | - |
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ethnicity | (noun) an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties | - |
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ethnocentrism | (noun) belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group | - |
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ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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ethnologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies ethnology | - |
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ethnology | (noun) the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics | - |
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ethnos | (noun) people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture | Synonyms: ethnic group |
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ethologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats | - |
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ethology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats | - |
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ethos | (noun) (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era | - |
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ethosuximide | (noun) an anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy | Synonyms: Emeside, Zarontin |
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ethoxyethane | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | Synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ether, ethyl ether, vinyl ether |
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ethyl | (noun) the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom | Synonyms: ethyl group, ethyl radical |
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ethylene | (noun) a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: ethene |
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ethyne | (noun) a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis | Synonyms: acetylene, alkyne |
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