e : Idioms & Phrases


abruzzi e molise

  • noun a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic
    Abruzzi.
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dar es salaam

  • noun the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
    capital of Tanzania.
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dasht-e-kavir

  • noun a salt desert in north central Iran
    Great Salt Desert; Kavir Desert.
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dasht-e-lut

  • noun a desert in eastern Iran
    Lut Desert.
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e layer

  • noun a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
    E layer; Heaviside layer; Kennelly-Heaviside layer.
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e region

  • noun a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
    E layer; Heaviside layer; Kennelly-Heaviside layer.
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e-

E-
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  1. A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.
Webster 1913

e-bomb

  • noun a bomb that explodes in midair and releases a massive burst of electromagnetic energy sufficient to disable computers and telecommunications without killing people or damaging buildings
    microwave bomb.
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e-commerce

  • noun commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)
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e-la

E"-la` noun
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  1. Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying. "Why, this is above E-la!" Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1913

e-mail

  • noun (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
    email; electronic mail.
    • you cannot send packages by electronic mail
  • verb communicate electronically on the computer
    netmail; email.
    • she e-mailed me the good news
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e-mycin

  • noun an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
    Ilosone; Erythrocin; Ethril; erythromycin; Pediamycin.
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harkat-ul-jihad-e-islami

  • noun an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan
    Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami; HUJI.
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immunoglobulin e

  • noun one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes
    IgE.
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jaish-e-muhammad

  • noun a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings
    Jaish-i-Mohammed; Army of Muhammad; JEM.
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junk e-mail

  • noun unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
    spam.
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lashkar-e-jhangvi

  • noun a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba
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lashkar-e-omar

  • noun a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda
    Al Qanoon.
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lashkar-e-taiba

  • noun a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
    Army of the Pure; Army of the Righteous; LET; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.
    • Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus
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lashkar-e-tayyiba

  • noun a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
    Army of the Pure; Army of the Righteous; LET; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.
    • Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus
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lashkar-e-toiba

  • noun a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
    Army of the Pure; Army of the Righteous; LET; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.
    • Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus
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mujahidin-e khalq organization

  • noun a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah
    MKO; People's Mujahidin of Iran; MEK.
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robert e lee day

  • noun celebrated in southern United States
    Robert E Lee Day; Lee's Birthday; January 19.
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robert e lee's birthday

  • noun celebrated in southern United States
    Robert E Lee Day; Lee's Birthday; January 19.
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sao thome e principe

  • noun island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
    St. Thomas and Principe; Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Thome e Principe; Sao Tome and Principe.
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sao thome e principe monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit on Sao Tome e Principe
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sao tome e principe

  • noun island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
    St. Thomas and Principe; Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Thome e Principe; Sao Tome and Principe.
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sipah-e-sahaba

  • noun a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan
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tareekh e kasas

  • noun an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan
    Movement for Revenge.
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umma tameer-e-nau

  • noun a nongovernmental organization of Pakistani scientists that has been a supporter of terrorism; has provided information about chemical and biological and nuclear warfare to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda and the Taliban
    UTN.
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v-e day

  • noun the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
    8 May 1945.
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vitamin e

  • noun a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
    tocopherol; E.
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