eclectic method
- n making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
ebola fever
- n a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa
easterner
- n an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S.
- s lying toward or situated in the east
- a of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
- s lying in or toward the east
- a relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
- s from the east; used especially of winds
eastman
- n United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932)