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ethiopian banana
  • n  large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
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ethelred
  • n  king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
  • n  king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
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ethelred i
  • n  king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
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ethelred ii
  • n  king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
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ethelred the unready
  • n  king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
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ethene
  • n  a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
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ether
  • n  the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
  • n  any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
  • n  a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
  • n  a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
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ethernet
  • n  a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second
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