Allegresse :: Allegresse (n.) Joy; gladsomeness.

Allegretto :: Allegretto (a.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro..

Allegretto :: Allegretto (n.) A movement in this time.

Ayegreen :: Ayegreen (n.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).

Begrease :: Begrease (v. t.) To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter.

Chegre :: Chegre (n.) See Chigoe.

Degree :: Degree (n.) A step, stair, or staircase..

Degree :: Degree (n.) One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison..

Degree :: Degree (n.) The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position.

Degree :: Degree (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree..

Degree :: Degree (n.) Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc..

Degree :: Degree (n.) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree..

Degree :: Degree (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees..

Degree :: Degree (n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree..

Degree :: Degree (n.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds..

Degree :: Degree (n.) A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer..

Degree :: Degree (n.) A line or space of the staff.

Egre :: Egre (a.) Sharp; bitter; acid; sour.

Egre :: Egre (a. & n.) See Eager, and Eagre..

Egregious :: Egregious (a.) Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake..

Egregiously :: Egregiously (adv.) Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated..

Egregiousness :: Egregiousness (n.) The state of being egregious.

Egremoin :: Egremoin (n.) Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria).

Egress :: Egress (n.) The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure..

Egress :: Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit..

Egress :: Egress (v. i.) To go out; to depart; to leave.

Egression :: Egression (n.) The act of going; egress.

Egressor :: Egressor (n.) One who goes out.

Egret :: Egret (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima)..

Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..

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