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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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elixophyllin
  • n  a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
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elizabeth
  • n  daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
  • n  Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
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