Egbert, n.
king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)
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| Egbert |
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Egeria, n.
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Egeria densa, n.
aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria
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| Egeria densa |
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| Elodea densa |
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| dense-leaved elodea |
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Eglevsky, n.
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Egretta, n.
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Egretta albus, n.
a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus
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| American egret |
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| Egretta albus |
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| great white heron |
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Egretta caerulea, n.
Egretta garzetta, n.
Egretta thula, n.
Egypt, n.
an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
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| Egypt |
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| Egyptian Empire |
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a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
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| Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Egypt |
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| United Arab Republic |
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El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group
al-Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Vanguards of Conquest
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Aswan High Dam, High Dam
Sinai, Sinai Peninsula
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Alexandria, El Iskandriyah
Aswan, Assuan, Assouan
Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt
El Alamein
Giza, El Giza, Gizeh
Memphis
Luxor, El-Aksur
Thebes
Saqqara, Saqqarah, Sakkara
Suez
Suez Canal
Arabian Desert, Eastern Desert
Libyan Desert
Lake Nasser, Nasser
Nile, Nile River
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Egyptian, adj.
Egyptian, n.
the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
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Egyptian Empire, n.
an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
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| Egypt |
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| Egyptian Empire |
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Egyptian Islamic Jihad, n.
an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
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| Egyptian Islamic Jihad |
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| Islamic Jihad |
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| Vanguards of Conquest |
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| al-Jihad |
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"the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981"
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Egyptian bean, n.
perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
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| Dolichos lablab |
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| Egyptian bean |
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| Indian bean |
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| Lablab purpureus |
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| bonavist |
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| hyacinth bean |
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Egyptian capital, n.
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
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| Al Qahira |
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| Cairo |
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| Egyptian capital |
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| El Qahira |
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| capital of Egypt |
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Egyptian cat, n.
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Egyptian cobra, n.
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
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| Egyptian cobra |
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| Naja haje |
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| asp |
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Egyptian corn, n.
sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
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| Egyptian corn |
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| Guinea corn |
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| Indian millet |
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| doura |
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| dourah |
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| durra |
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Egyptian cotton, n.
fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton
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| Egyptian cotton |
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Egyptian deity, n.
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Egyptian grass, n.
a creeping grass with spikes like fingers
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| Dactyloctenium aegypticum |
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| Egyptian grass |
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| crowfoot grass |
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Egyptian henbane, n.
poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine
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| Egyptian henbane |
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| Hyoscyamus muticus |
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Egyptian lupine, n.
white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control
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| Egyptian lupine |
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| Lupinus albus |
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| field lupine |
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| white lupine |
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| wolf bean |
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Egyptian monetary unit, n.
Egyptian onion, n.
type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
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| Allium cepa viviparum |
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| Egyptian onion |
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| top onion |
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| tree onion |
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Egyptian paper reed, n.
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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| Cyperus papyrus |
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| Egyptian paper reed |
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| Egyptian paper rush |
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| paper plant |
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| paper rush |
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| papyrus |
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Egyptian paper rush, n.
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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| Cyperus papyrus |
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| Egyptian paper reed |
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| Egyptian paper rush |
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| paper plant |
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| paper rush |
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| papyrus |
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Egyptian pea, n.
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
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| Cicer arietinum |
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| Egyptian pea |
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| chickpea |
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| chickpea plant |
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Egyptian pound, n.