Eu"pho*ny (?), n.; pl. Euphonies (#). [L. euphonia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; sweet-voiced; e'y^ well + &?; sound, voice; akin to &?; to speak: cf. F. euphonie.] A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
||Eu*phor"bi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium.] (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
{ Eu*phor`bi*a"ceous (?), Eu*phor"bi*al (?), } a. (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.
{ Eu*phor"bin, Eu*phor"bine } (?), n. (Med.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.
Eu*phor"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr. &?;; -- so called after Euphorbus, a Greek physician.] (Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifera. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
Eu"pho*tide (?), n. [Gr. e'y^ well + &?;, &?;, light. So called because of its pleasing combination of white and green.] (Min.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.
Eu"phra*sy ("fr*s), n. [NL. euphrasia, fr. Gr. e'yfrasi`a delight, fr. e'yfrai`nein to delight; e'y^ well + frh`n heart, mind: cf. LL. eufrasia, F. eufraise.] (Bot.) The plant eyebright (Euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.
Milton.
Eu"phroe (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written also uphroe and uvrou.] Knight.
Eu"phu*ism ("f*z'm), n. [Gr. e'yfyh`s well grown, graceful; e'y^ well + fyh` growth, fr. fy`ein to grow. This affected style of conversation and writing, fashionable for some time in the court of Elizabeth, had its origin from the fame of Lyly's books, "Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit," and "Euphues and his England."] (Rhet.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
Eu"phu*ist, n. One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
Eu`phu*is"tic (?), a. Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.
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.