Vocabulary : Elatery to Elbowed
Elatery : Acting force; elasticity.
Elating : of Elate
Elation : A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
Elative : 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.
Elatrometer : An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
Elayl : Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.
Elbow : The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another. ;; To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow. ;; To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
Elbowboard : The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.
Elbowchair : A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.
Elbowed : of Elbow
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