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81. eclipsāciǒun n.

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Alch. Obscuration, ?darkening attending the loss of identity of separate ingredients in the process of producing the Philosopher's Stone. …

82. eclipse n.

22 quotations in 3 senses
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Astron. Eclipse (of the sun or moon); in eclipse; universal eclipse, total eclipse; particular eclipse, partial eclipse. …

83. ei n.(1)

86 quotations in 7 senses
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The edible egg of a domesticated fowl, esp. a hen's egg. …

84. elementāt ppl.

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Alch. Elemental, i.e. having the nature of a pure 'element.' …

85. elevāten v.

14 quotations in 5 senses
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To raise to a higher position. …

86. embīben v.

10 quotations in 3 senses
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To feed a liquid (into something), to suffuse or saturate (with a liquid). …

87. encorporing ger.

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Alch. The process of forming an amalgam or compound. …

88. englūting ger.

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Alch. The process of coating (a vessel) with a sticky substance; sealing (a vessel). …

89. enlūting ger.

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Alch. The process of sealing or cementing (an alchemical vessel) with clay. …

90. entente n.

160 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Purpose or intention; aim or object; reason (for doing something); (b) of entente, intentionally, deliberately, voluntarily; double of entente, ?shifty; (c) for, in, til, to, with (the) entente……

91. ē̆rthe n.(1)

291 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) The physical earth as part of God's creation, often as contrasted with the heavens above and hell below; (b) the earth as a sphere. …

92. essencia, -ie n.

Additional spellings: essencie, ensencie
8 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Phil. Substance, or true being, as distinguished from accidental qualities; (b) theol. divine essence or being; that in respect of which the three persons of the Trinity are one. …

93. exaltāciǒun n.(1)

24 quotations in 5 senses
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Astrol. The position of a planet in the zodiac where it was thought to exert its greatest influence; also, the point of highest elevation of the sun. …

94. exalten v.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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To set up or rear (a structure); to lift up, raise aloft. …

95. exūberāten v.

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Alch. To render (a mixture) fruitful or productive. …

96. fāce n.

112 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The face of man in its general physical aspects; (b) the face of an animal; (c) the face (of Fortune); the (double) face (of Janus, Law). …

97. ferment n.

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(a) Sourdough, leaven; (b) ferment water, boiling water [cp.Barth. XVII. lxviii: Fermentum a feruore est]; (c) alch. a substance which causes matter to effervesce, give off heat, and change its……

98. fermentaciǒun n.

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Alch. Any process which causes matter to effervesce, give off heat, and change its properties. …

99. fermenten v.

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(a) Of dough: undergo fermentation; (b) alch. to cause (something) to effervesce, give off heat, and change its properties. …

100. fermenting ger.

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Alch. The act or process of making something ferment, i.e. effervesce, give off heat, and change its properties. …

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