evacuation | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: emptying, voidance |
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(noun) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection | - |
(noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | Synonyms: elimination, excreting, excretion, voiding |
evacuee | (noun) a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place | - |
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evaluation | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | Synonyms: rating |
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(noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: rating, valuation |
evaluator | (noun) an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | Synonyms: judge |
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evanescence | (noun) the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight | - |
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evangel | (noun) the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings | Synonyms: Gospel, Gospels |
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evangelicalism | (noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation | - |
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evangelism | (noun) zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel | - |
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evangelist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: gospeler, gospeller, revivalist |
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evaporation | (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour |
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(noun) the process of extracting moisture | Synonyms: dehydration, desiccation, drying up |
evaporite | (noun) the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater | - |
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evaporometer | (noun) an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water | Synonyms: atmometer |
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evasion | (noun) the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver | - |
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(noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: dodging, escape |
(noun) the deliberate act of failing to pay money | Synonyms: nonpayment |
(noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | Synonyms: equivocation |
evasiveness | (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: equivocation, prevarication |
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