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elision
  • n  omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
  • n  a deliberate act of omission
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elite group
  • n  a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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elitism
  • n  the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals
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elixir
  • n  a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
  • n  hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
  • n  a substance believed to cure all ills
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elixir of life
  • n  a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists
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