Part 854

Eu"phu*ize (?), v. t. To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.

Eu"pi*one (?), n. [Gr. &?; very fat; e'y^ well + &?; fat.] (Chem.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [Written also eupion.]

Eu*pit"tone (?), n. [Pref. eu- + pittacal + -one.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid. [Written also eupitton.]

Eu`pit*ton"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.

Eu*plas"tic (?), a. [Pref. eu- + -plastic.] (Med.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.

Eu*plas"tic, n. (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.

||Eu`plec*tel"la (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; well plaited; e'y^ well + &?; plaited.] (Zoöl) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

||Eu`plex*op"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. e'y^ well + &?; to plait + &?; a wing.] (Zoöl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.

||Eup*næ"a (?), n. [NL., fr. gr. &?; easy breathing; &?; well + &?; to breathe.] (Physiol.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnæa, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. Foster.

Eu*pyr"i*on (?), n. [Gr. &?; well + &?; fire.] A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneously, as a lucifer match. Brande & C.

Eu*ra"sian (?), n. [European + Asian.] 1. A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.

2. One born of European parents in Asia.

Eu*ra"sian (?), a. Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.

Eu*ra`si*at"io (?), a. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.

||Eu*re"ka (?). [Gr. &?; I have found, perfect indicative of &?; to find.] The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.

Eu*rhip`i*du"rous (?), a. [Gr. &?; well + &?; a fan + &?; a tail.] (Zoöl.) Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipiduræ, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.

Eu"ri*pize (?), v. t. [See Euripus.] To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]

Eu*ri"pus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; well + &?; a rushing motion.] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient frith of this name between Eubœa and Bœotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

Eu"rite ("rt), n. [Cf. F. eurite.] (Min.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.

Eu*rit"ic (?), a. Of or relating to eurite.

Eu*roc"ly*don (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; the southeast wind + &?; wave, billow; according to another reading, &?;, i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Vulgate Euro-aquilo.] A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.

A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon.

Acts xxvii. 14.

Eu`ro*pe"an (?), a. [L. europeaus, Gr. &?;, fr. Gr. &?; (L. europa.)] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.

On the European plan, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]

Eu`ro*pe"an, n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe.

Eu`ro*pe"an*ize (?), v. t. To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.

A state of society . . . changed and Europeanized.