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esprit de corps
  • n  the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
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esprit de l'escalier
  • n  a witty remark that occurs to you too late
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esq
  • n  a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
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esquimau
  • n  a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
  • n  the language spoken by the Eskimo
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esquire
  • n  (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
  • n  a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
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esr
  • n  the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation
  • n  microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet
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essay
  • n  an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  • n  a tentative attempt
  • v  make an effort or attempt
    The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
  • v  put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
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