| eager | 1. Sharp; sour; acid. "Like eager droppings into milk." 2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." 3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. "And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes." (Shak) "How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!" (Shak) "When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss." (Keble) "A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys." (Hawthorne) "Conceit and grief an eager combat fight." (Shak) 4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. "Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself." (Locke) Synonym: Earnest, ardent, vehement, hot, impetuous, fervent, intense, impassioned, zealous, forward. Origin: OE. Egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. Agre, aigre, F. Aigre, fr. L. Acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. Highest, extreme, Skr. Ara point; fr. A root signifying to be sharp. Cf. Acrid, Edge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| eagerness | 1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." 2. Tartness; sourness. Synonym: Ardor, vehemence, earnestness, impetuosity, heartiness, fervor, fervency, avidity, zeal, craving, heat, passion, greediness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eagle | 1. <zoology> Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, especially. Of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. Mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. Albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle. 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 3. <astronomy> A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila. 4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people. "Though the Roman eagle shadow thee." (Tennyson) Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle. Bald eagle. See Bald eagle. Bold eagle. See Bold. Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars. <zoology> Eagle hawk, a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures. Origin: OE. Egle, F. Aigle, fr. L. Aquila; prob. Named from its colour, fr. Aquilus dark-coloured, brown; cf. Lith. Aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Eagle syndrome | <syndrome> Facial pain due to an elongated styloid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle's basal medium | A solution of various salts containing 13 naturally occurring amino acids, several vitamins, two antibiotics, and phenol red; used as a tissue culture medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle's minimum essential medium | A tissue culture medium similar to Eagle's basal medium but with different amounts and a few exclusions (e.g., antibiotics and phenol red). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle, Harry | <person> U.S. Physician and cell biologist, 1905-1992. See: Eagle's basal medium, Eagle's minimum essential medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle, W | <person> 20th century U.S. Otolaryngologist. See: Eagle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eagle-Barrett syndrome | <radiology> Absent abdominal musculature, undescended testes, dilated ureters and calyces, clubbed feet, heart and lung abnormalities, predominantly in males Synonym: Eagle-Barrett syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| eagless | <zoology> A female or hen eagle. Origin: Cf. OF. Aiglesse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eaglestone | <chemical> A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eaglet | <zoology> A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle. Origin: Cf. OF. Aiglet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eaglewood | A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum. Origin: From Skr. Aguru, through Pg. Aguila; cf. F. Bois d'aigle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |