evaporite
- n the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater
evaporometer
- n an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water
evariste galois
- n French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832)
evasion
- n a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- n the deliberate act of failing to pay money
his evasion of all his creditors - n nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible - n the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver