enviousness
- n a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
environment
- n the totality of surrounding conditions
he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room - n the area in which something exists or lives
environmental protection agency
- n an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
environmental science
- n the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
environmentalism
- n the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth
- n the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction
environmentalist
- n someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
environs
- n the area in which something exists or lives
- n an outer adjacent area of any place
- v extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle