Vocabulary : Eleutheromania to Elevatory
Eleutheromania : A mania or frantic zeal for freedom.
Eleutheromaniac : Mad for freedom.
Eleuthero-petalous : Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.
Elevate : Elevated; raised aloft. ;; To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc. ;; To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. ;; To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. ;; To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. ;; To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. ;; To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. ;; To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
Elevated : of Elevate ;; Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.
Elevatedness : The quality of being elevated.
Elevating : of Elevate
Elevation : 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. ;; Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. ;; That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. ;; 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. ;; The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. ;; 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. ;; 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.
Elevator : One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. ;; A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. ;; An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. ;; A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.
Elevatory : Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces. ;; See Elevator, n. (e).
Next
: Eleve, Eleven, Eleventh, Elextrometry, Elf, Elfin, Elfish, Elfishly, Elfishness, Elfkin
Previous
: Elenge, Elengeness, Elephansy, Elephant, Elephantiac, Elephantiasis, Elephantine, Elephantoid, Elephantoidal, Eleusinian
Index
: Sanjeev.NET : Vocabulary