| EPITAPHS | • epitaphs n. Plural of epitaph. • epitaphs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitaph. • EPITAPH v. to compose an inscription on a tomb. |
| EPITASES | • epitases n. Plural of epitasis. • EPITASIS n. the part of the play developing the main action and leading to the catastrophe, also EPITAXIS. |
| EPITASIS | • epitasis n. (Ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins. • epitasis n. (Rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated. • epitasis n. (Obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. |
| EPITAXES | • EPITAXIS n. the part of a play in which the main action develops, also EPITASIS. |
| EPITAXIC | • epitaxic adj. Relating to epitaxy. • EPITAXIC adj. relating to epitaxy, the growth of a thin layer of crystals on another crystal so that they have the same structure, also EPITAXIAL. |
| EPITAXIS | • EPITAXIS n. the part of a play in which the main action develops, also EPITASIS. |
| EPITHECA | • epitheca n. (Microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate. • EPITHECA n. the outer older cell layer of a diatom. |
| EPITHEMA | • epithema n. (Zoology) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. • EPITHEMA n. (Greek) a group of leaf cells which exude water, also EPITHEM. |
| EPITHEMS | • epithems n. Plural of epithem. • EPITHEM n. (Greek) a group of leaf cells which exude water, also EPITHEMA. |
| EPITHETS | • epithets n. Plural of epithet. • EPITHET v. to apply an epithet to. |
| EPITOMES | • epitomes n. Plural of epitome. • EPITOME n. a typical example. |
| EPITOMIC | • epitomic adj. Embodying, summarizing, encapsulating. • EPITOMIC adj. of or like an epitome, also EPITOMICAL. |
| EPITONIC | • epitonic adj. Abnormally tense or tonic; exhibiting an abnormal degree of tension or strain. • EPITONIC adj. overstrained. |
| EPITOPES | • epitopes n. Plural of epitope. • EPITOPE n. a part of an antigen complementary to an antibody. |
| EPITRITE | • epitrite n. (Poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable. • EPITRITE n. a metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable. |