end /end/

1. The last point or portion
2. Termination or close
3. Death
4. Consequence
5. An object aimed at
6. A fragment or odd piece
7. Half a unit length of cloth
8. A warp thread
9. A waxed thread ending in a bristle (shoemaker's end)
10. One of the two sides of a field, court, pitch, etc defended by a team, player, etc (sport)
11. Part of a game played from one end (of the bowling green, archery-ground, etc)
12. A player positioned at the extremity of the line of scrimmage (American football)
13. The part of an undertaking for which one is responsible
14. An outer district
15. A region
16. A cottage room (Scot)

1. To bring to an end
2. To destroy

1. To come to an end
2. To cease
3. To be at the end

endˈed adjective

1. Brought to an end
2. Having ends

endˈing noun

1. A termination
2. A conclusion
3. Death
4. Extremity
5. Something that is at the end
6. The final syllable or portion of a word, esp an inflection (grammar)

1. Concluding
2. Finishing
3. Completing
4. Dying

endˈless adjective

1. Having or seeming to have no end
2. Returning upon itself
3. Everlasting
4. Incessant
5. Objectless

endˈlessly adverb

endˈlessness noun

endˈlong (Scot endˈlang) adverb

1. From end to end (archaic)
2. Continuously (archaic)
3. Straight on (archaic)

Along

Set on end

endˈmost adjective

Farthest

endˈways or endˈwise adverb

1. On end
2. With the end forward

endˈ-all noun

Something that ends everything (see also be-all and end-all under be)

endˈgame noun

1. The final stage of a game of chess or certain other games
2. A person's manner of playing the endgame

endˈgate noun (N American)

A tailboard

endless chain noun

A chain whose ends are joined

endless gearing, endless screw or endless worm noun

An arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread gears into a wheel with skew teeth

end man noun

The man at the end of a row of performers, etc

endˈnote noun

An explanatory note at the end of a chapter or volume

end-of-the-pier' adjective

Impudent, frivolous and bawdy (in the style of variety shows traditionally performed at seaside piers)

endˈ-onˈ adverb and adjective

In the direction in which the end points

end organ noun

A specialized sensory or motor structure at a nerve-end

endˈpaper noun

A paper at the beginning or end of a book, pasted to the binding and leaving an additional flyleaf

endˈplay transitive verb (bridge)

To place (an opponent) in a situation where no lead can be made which does not cost a trick (also noun)

endˈ-product noun

The final product of a series of operations

endˈ-reader noun

One who peeps at the end of a novel to see the outcome

end result noun

The final result or outcome

end run noun (US)

1. In American football, an attempt to run wide of the end of a defensive line rather than try to break through it
2. An act of circumventing a problem rather than confronting it

endˈship noun (obsolete)

A village

endˈ-stopped adjective (poetry)

Having a pause at the end of each line (of verse)

end use noun

The final use to which anything, esp a manufactured article, is put

endˈ-user noun

1. The person, company, etc who will be the recipient of a product being sold
2. (usu end-user certificate) in international trade, documentation naming the end-user of a product being sold, required eg in the exporting of arms

endˈzone noun (American football)

One of the areas at either end of the field of play into which the offensive team attempts to take the ball

all ends up

1. Completely
2. Convincingly

at a loose end or at loose ends

1. With nothing to do
2. In a state of uncertainty or confusion as to one's course of action

at an end

1. Terminated
2. Discontinued
3. Exhausted

at one's wit's end see under wit¹

at the end of one's tether see under tether

be the end of

To cause the death of (often an informal exaggeration)

end for end

With the position of the ends reversed

end it all

To commit suicide

end of story

See under story¹

end up

1. To arrive or find oneself eventually or finally
2. To finish (with with or by)
3. To become in the end

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand

get or have one's end away (slang)

To have sexual intercourse

in the end

1. After all
2. At last

keep one's end up

1. To maintain one's part, position, appearance, etc
2. To be content to keep one's wicket standing without trying to score (cricket)

loose end

(often in pl) an unfinished, unsettled or unexplained matter

make (both) ends meet

To live within one's income (both ends meaning both ends of the year)

no end (informal)

Very much

no end of (informal)

A great deal of

on end

1. Erect
2. At a stretch

the end

1. The last straw
2. The limit

the end of the road (or line)

The point beyond which one can no longer continue or survive

endo- /en-dō- or en-do-/ or before a vowel end- /end-/

(often interchanging with ento-) inside or within, opp to ecto- and exo-

endarterecˈtomy noun

Surgical removal of material obstructing blood flow in an artery

endarterīˈtis noun

Inflammation of the inner lining of an artery

endergonic /en-dûr-gonˈik/ adjective

(Gr ergon work) of a biochemical reaction, requiring the absorption of energy

enˈdoblast noun

(Gr blastos a shoot or bud) the inner cell-layer of a gastrula, the hypoblast

endocarˈdiac or endocarˈdial adjective

(Gr kardiā heart) within the heart

endocarditic /-ditˈik/ adjective

endocardīˈtis noun

Inflammation of the endocardium, esp over the valves

endocarˈdium noun

The lining membrane of the heart

enˈdocarp noun (Gr karpos fruit; botany)

A differentiated innermost layer of the pericarp, usu hard, such as a plum stone

endocarˈpic adjective

endochylous /en-dokˈi-ləs/ adjective (Gr chȳlos juice; botany)

Having internal water-storing cells

endocrīˈnal adjective

enˈdocrine (or /-krin/) adjective (Gr krīnein to separate; physiology)

1. Secreting internally
2. Applied esp to certain glands that pour secretions into the blood (also noun)

endocrinic /-krinˈik/ adjective

endocrinologˈical adjective

endocrinolˈogist noun

endocrinolˈogy noun

The science of the internal secretory glands

endocritic /-kritˈik/ adjective

Endocrine

endocytōˈsis noun (biology)

The absorption into a cell of particles too large to diffuse through the cell wall

endocytotˈic adjective

enˈdoderm noun

1. (Gr derma skin) the inner layer of cells in a gastrula
2. The tissues derived from that layer

endodermˈal or endodermˈic adjective

endodermˈis noun

A close-set sheath, one cell thick, enclosing the central cylinder in plants

endodontˈics singular noun

(Gr odous, odontos tooth) the branch of dentistry concerned with disorders of the tooth pulp

enˈdodyne adjective same as autodyne

endogamic /-gamˈik/ or endogamous /-dogˈə-məs/ adjective

endogamy /en-dogˈəm-i/ noun

1. (Gr gamos marriage) the custom forbidding marriage outside one's own group
2. Inbreeding
3. Pollination between two flowers on the same plant
4. The union of female gametes

enˈdogen /-jen/ noun (Gr genēs born; obsolete)

Any plant, including the monocotyledons, regarded as growing from within

endogenˈic adjective

Relating to the processes of change within the earth

endogenous /en-dojˈi-nəs/ adjective

1. Increasing by internal growth
2. Formed within
3. (of depression) with no external cause

endogˈenously adverb

endogˈeny noun

enˈdolymph noun

The fluid within the membranous labyrinth of the ear

endomētˈrial adjective

endomētriōˈsis noun

(a condition caused by) the presence of active endometrial tissue where it should not be, esp when affecting other organs of the pelvic cavity

endometrīˈtis noun

(Gr mētra womb) inflammation of the endometrium

endomētˈrium noun

The mucous membrane lining the cavity of the uterus

endomitosˈis noun (botany)

The process in which the chromosomes divide without cell division, giving double the original number of chromosomes in the cell

endomixˈis noun

(Gr mixis mingling) in Protozoa, a nuclear reorganization without conjugation

enˈdomorph noun

1. (Gr morphē form) a mineral enclosed within another mineral, the latter being termed a perimorph
2. A person of generally heavy or rounded body build, thought to accompany a type of personality characterized by placidity, lack of anxiety or tension, and the pursuit of pleasure (cf ectomorph and mesomorph)

endomorphˈic adjective

endomorphˈy noun

endonucˈlease noun

An enzyme that cuts a polynucleotide chain internally

endoparˈasite noun

A parasite living inside the body of its host

endoparasitic /-sitˈik/ adjective

endophagous /en-dofˈə-gəs/ adjective

endophˈagy /-ə-ji/ noun

1. (Gr phagein to eat) cannibalism within the family or tribe
2. Eating away from within

endophyllous /-filˈəs/ adjective (Gr phyllon a leaf; botany)

1. Being or formed within a sheathing leaf
2. Living inside a leaf

endophyte /enˈdō-fīt/ noun (Gr phyton a plant; botany)

A plant living within another, whether parasitically or not

endophytic /-fitˈik/ adjective

enˈdoplasm noun (biology)

The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell

endoplasˈmic or endoplasˈtic adjective

(endoplasmic reticulum a series of flattened membranous tubules and cisternae in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, either with decorating ribosomes (rough endoplasmic reticulum) or without them (smooth endoplasmic reticulum), the site of synthesis of lipids and some proteins)

endopleura /-plooˈrə/ noun (Gr pleurā a side; botany)

The inner seed coat

endopodite /en-dopˈə-dīt/ noun

(Gr pous, podos a foot) the inner branch of a crustacean's leg

endoraˈdiosonde noun (medicine)

A miniature battery-powered transmitter designed to be swallowed by the patient to send out information about a bodily function such as digestion

endorhizal /-rīˈzl/ adjective (Gr rhiza root; botany)

1. Having the radicle of the embryo enclosed within a sheath, as in monocotyledons
2. Monocotyledonous

enˈdosarc noun

(Gr sarx, sarkos flesh) endoplasm

enˈdoscope noun

(Gr skopeein to look) an instrument for viewing the cavities of internal organs

endoscopic /-skopˈik/ adjective

endoscopˈically adverb

endosˈcopist noun

endoscopy /en-dosˈkə-pi/ noun

Any technique for viewing internal organs, such as by fibre-optic apparatus

endoskelˈetal adjective

endoskelˈeton noun

The internal skeleton or framework of the body

endosmomˈeter noun

An instrument for measuring endosmotic action

endosmometˈric adjective

endosmōˈsis noun

Osmosis inwards, ie towards the solution (also enˈdosmose /-mōs/)

endosmotˈic adjective

Relating to or of the nature of endosmosis

endosmotˈically adverb

enˈdosperm noun

(Gr sperma seed) (in a seed) nutritive tissue formed from the embryo-sac

endosperˈmic adjective

enˈdospore noun (Gr sporos seed; botany)

1. The innermost layer of a spore-wall
2. A spore formed within a mother cell
3. A very resistant thick-walled spore formed within a bacterial cell

Endostatˈin® noun

An angiogenesis-inhibiting drug, used in experimental treatments to inhibit the growth of cancerous tumours

endosˈteal adjective

(Gr osteon bone) within a bone

endosˈteum noun (anatomy)

The internal periosteum

endosymˈbiont noun

An organism living within the body of its symbiotic host

endosymbiōˈsis noun

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives inside the body of another

endosymbiotˈic adjective

endothēˈlial adjective

endothēˈlium noun (pl endothēˈlia) (biology)

The layer of cell tissue on the internal surfaces of blood vessels, lymphatics, etc

enˈdotherm noun

An animal that is able to generate heat internally

endothermˈic adjective

1. (Gr thermē heat) accompanied by, characterized by, or formed with absorption of heat
2. Warm-blooded (zoology)

endothermˈy noun

en'dotoxin noun (biology)

A toxin which forms part of the cell wall of a micro-organism and which is released when the cell breaks down

endotrophˈic adjective

(Gr trophē food) of a mycorrhiza, occurring mainly within the root of the plant it feeds

endozōˈic adjective (botany)

Entozoic, having seeds dispersed by animals that swallow them

endozōˈon noun (pl endozōˈa)

(Gr zōion animal) an entozoon

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