| ETIOLATE | • etiolate v. To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant. • etiolate v. To make pale and sickly-looking. • etiolate v. (Intransitive) To become pale or blanched. |
| ETIOLATED | • etiolated adj. (Chiefly botany, horticulture) Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation… • etiolated adj. (Horticulture) Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark. • etiolated adj. (By extension) Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak. |
| ETIOLATES | • etiolates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etiolate. • ETIOLATE v. to make pale by preventing exposure to sunlight. |
| ETIOLATING | • etiolating v. Present participle of etiolate. • ETIOLATE v. to make pale by preventing exposure to sunlight. |
| ETIOLATION | • etiolation n. (Botany) Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems… • etiolation n. (Botany) Blanching of plants, accomplished by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. • etiolation n. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. |
| ETIOLATIONS | • etiolations n. Plural of etiolation. • ETIOLATION n. the operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. |
| ETIOLIN | • etiolin n. (Biochemistry, now rare) A yellow pigment in plants grown without sufficient light; a precursor of chlorophyll. • ETIOLIN n. a yellow pigment in light-starved plants. |
| ETIOLINS | • etiolins n. Plural of etiolin. • ETIOLIN n. a yellow pigment in light-starved plants. |
| ETIOLOGIC | • etiologic adj. Alternative spelling of aetiologic. • ETIOLOGIC adj. relating to etiology, the study of causes, also ETIOLOGICAL. |
| ETIOLOGICAL | • etiological adj. Relating to an etiology. • ETIOLOGICAL adj. relating to etiology, the study of causes, also ETIOLOGIC. |
| ETIOLOGICALLY | • etiologically adv. In an etiological manner; determined on an etiological basis. • ETIOLOGICAL adv. relating to etiology, the study of causes, also ETIOLOGIC. |
| ETIOLOGIES | • etiologies n. Plural of etiology Alternative spelling of aetiologies. • ETIOLOGY n. the science of causes, esp. of disease, also AETIOLOGY. |
| ETIOLOGIST | • etiologist n. A practitioner of etiology. • ETIOLOGIST n. a student of etiology, also AETIOLOGIST. |
| ETIOLOGISTS | • etiologists n. Plural of etiologist. • ETIOLOGIST n. a student of etiology, also AETIOLOGIST. |
| ETIOLOGY | • etiology n. US standard spelling of aetiology. • ETIOLOGY n. the science of causes, esp. of disease, also AETIOLOGY. |