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Epitaxy
- noun - growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate
Epithem
- - Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.
Epithet
- noun - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- descriptive word or phrase
Epitome
- noun - a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
- a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
Epitope
- noun - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
Epizoan
- adjective - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
- of or relating to epizoa
Epizoic
- adjective - living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite; "an epizoic plant parasite"
Epizoon
- noun - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
Epochal
- adjective - highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"
Epoches
- noun - (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
- a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
- era