Английские слова, начинающиеся на ep

prefix

Variant spelling of epi- shortened before a vowel or h (as in eparch, ephod ).

abbreviation

Electroplate.

abbreviation

(in the us) environmental protection agency.

noun

Abbreviation for the environmental protection agency: a government organization in the us that protects human health and the environment

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The epa wants to work with companies to do what it can to continue to improve the condition of the …

noun

An ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, especially on the coat or jacket of a military uniform.

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An army greatcoat with fancy epaulettes and brass buttons

noun

An ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, especially on the coat or jacket of a military uniform.

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An army greatcoat with fancy epaulettes and brass buttons

noun

An ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, especially on the coat or jacket of a military uniform.

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An army greatcoat with fancy epaulettes and brass buttons

noun

A sharp-pointed duelling sword, used, with the end blunted, in fencing.

noun

A sharp-pointed duelling sword, used, with the end blunted, in fencing.

noun

(in ancient greece) a young man of 18–20 years undergoing military training.

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An ephebe describes a teenage boy in ancient greece (but could also describe most of the male chara…

noun

(in ancient greece) a young man of 18–20 years undergoing military training.

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An ephebe describes a teenage boy in ancient greece (but could also describe most of the male chara…

adjective

Relating to or like an ephebe (= a young man, especially in ancient greece, or a young person who is not yet a fully grown adult)

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He plays an ephebic character, a young man who has not quite reached adulthood., the gymnast wore a…

noun

An evergreen shrub of warm arid regions which has trailing or climbing stems and tiny scale-like leaves.

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The vegetation is a mix of grasses, annual herbs and isolated patches of mesquite, cholla, ephedra …

plural noun

Things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.

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There were papers, letters, old boxes—all sorts of ephemera

noun

Objects that, when they were produced, were not intended to last a long time or were specially produced for one occasion

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Amongst other pop ephemera, the auction will be selling off rock stars' stage clothes.

adjective

Lasting for a very short time.

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Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old

noun

An ephemeral plant.

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Ephemerals avoid the periods of drought as seeds

noun

The quality or state of lasting only for a short time

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I'm attracted to the fragility and ephemerality of these delicate flowers., i learned a lesson on t…

adverb

In a way that lasts for only a short time

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The fireworks lit up the sky ephemerally., water flows through the channel ephemerally to provide d…

noun

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.

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Happily did he write epics according to ancient rule; no one was impressed.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics.

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Our national epic poem beowulf

adverb

In a way that relates to or is similar to an epic (= a film, poem, or book that is long, contains a lot of action, and usually deals with a historical subject)

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There are three epically lengthy novels in the series., she writes epically about her home city., w…

adjective

Denoting a fold of skin from the upper eyelid covering the inner angle of the eye, typical in many peoples of eastern asia and found as a congenital abnormality elsewhere.

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Pink or brown, time to break with an ignoble past, and that includes breaking with reptile-brained …

noun

A fold of skin across the inside corner of the eye in some people

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The facial features typical of the syndrome include a wide, flat nasal bridge, epicanthic folds, sm…

noun

A fold of skin overlapping the inner angle (canthus) of the eye.

noun

A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium, attached to the muscles of the wall of the heart.

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Reference to the pericardium, epicardium, myocardium, endocardium and valves, chordae, ventricular …

noun

A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium, attached to the muscles of the wall of the heart.

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Reference to the pericardium, epicardium, myocardium, endocardium and valves, chordae, ventricular …

adjective

Having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex.

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The sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age

noun

An epicene person.

noun

The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.

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The most persuasive evidence for the existence of subduction zones is the narrow benioff zones of e…

noun

The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.

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The most persuasive evidence for the existence of subduction zones is the narrow benioff zones of e…

noun

The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.

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The most persuasive evidence for the existence of subduction zones is the narrow benioff zones of e…