Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Elland A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1020). Ellangowan A locality in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. Ellard A surname. Ellars A surname. Ellason A surname. Ellaswood A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. Ellatifi A surname. Ellaville A city, the county seat of Schley County, Georgia, United States. Elle A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right. Elleard A surname. elleber Hellebore. Elledge A surname. Ellefson A surname. Elleigh A female given name, variant of Ellie. Ellel A civil parish and small village in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4856). Ellement A surname. ellen Zeal. Ellenabeich A small village on the isle of Seil, opposite the isle of Easdale in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM7417). Ellenbecker A surname from German. Ellenberg A surname from German. Ellenberger A surname. ellenbergerite A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium. Ellenborough A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. Ellenbrook A western suburb of Worsley, City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7201). Ellenburg A surname. Ellendale A village in the Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia. Ellender A surname. Ellenesque Characteristic of someone named Ellen. Ellenor A female given name Ellensburg A city, the county seat of Kittitas County, Washington, United States. Ellensohn A surname. Ellenville A village in the town of Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York, United States. Ellenwood A surname. Ellenyard The three stars in the belt of the constellation Orion. eller A surname. Ellerbe A surname. Ellerbee A surname. Ellerbrock A surname. Ellerby A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA162389). Ellerin A surname. Ellerman A surname. Ellerslie A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Ellerston A locality in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. Ellerton A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE704398). Ellery An English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Hilary or Eulalie. Ellesborough A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306). Ellesmere A town in Ellesmere Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3934). ellesmeroceratid Any extinct nautiloid cephalopod in the family Ellesmeroceratidae. Ellesse A female given name. Ellestad A surname ellestadite A mineral found in metamorphosed limestone. Ellett A surname. Ellgas A surname Elliana A female given name. Ellice A female given name. Ellicean Of or relating to a group of languages spoken in Polynesian outliers in Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and the northern Solomon Islands, as well as Tuvalu. ellick Coffee, usually sweetened with sugar and/or cream. Ellicott A surname. Ellie A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Elizabeth, and Elena. Ellijay A small city, the county seat of Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. Elliminyt A town in the Shire of Colac Otway, south western Victoria, Australia Ellinbank A town in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia. ellinge Isolated, lonely, dreary, unsettling. Ellinger A surname. Ellingham A small village in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1408). ellingness loneliness Ellingsen A surname from Norwegian. Ellingson A surname. Ellingsworth A surname. Ellington A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1571). Ellingtonesque Synonym of Ellingtonian. Ellingtonian Relating to or in the style of Duke Ellington (1899–1974), American composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. Ellingwood A surname. Ellingworth A surname. Elliniko A city and suburb of Athens in Attica, Greece. Ellinor A female given name. Ellinwood A surname. Elliot A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Elliott. Elliott A male given name from Hebrew. Elliotte A female given name. ellipse A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone. ellipsing Exercising or training on an elliptical trainer. ellipsis A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues. ellipsism The property of containing omission. ellipsization The shortening of a text by replacing part of it with an ellipsis, often because the text is too long to display in its entirety in the given context. ellipsocone Intermediate in shape between sphaerocone and platycone ellipsograph A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse. ellipsoid A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1. ellipsoidal Of or pertaining to an ellipsoid. ellipsoidally In an ellipsoidal manner. ellipsometer an instrument that uses polarized light to investigate the surface layers of semiconductor wafers etc. Used in ellipsometry. ellipsometric Of or pertaining to ellipsometry. ellipsometry An optical technique for investigating the dielectric properties of thin films, especially those used in fabricating semiconductors ellipt To omit (from an utterance) by ellipsis. elliptic Of or pertaining to an ellipse. elliptical In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval. elliptically in the form of an ellipse ellipticalness Quality of being elliptical. ellipticine An antineoplastic agent, 5,11-dimethyl-6H-pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole ellipticity The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form) ellipticone A shell which has an elliptical (oval or egg-shaped, rather than e.g. spherical) shape. ellipticonic Relating to, composed of, or having the form of an ellipticone. elliptization transformation into a spherical 3-manifold elliptize (To cause) to become elliptic or elliptical. elliptocyte An elliptical cell, in particular an elliptical RBC. elliptocytic Relating to elliptocytes. elliptocytosis Synonym of hereditary elliptocytosis. elliptocytotic Having, or relating to, elliptocytosis. elliptoechinocyte An elliptical echinocyte elliptone A rotenoid found in the seeds of Leucaena salvadorensis. elliptope The set of all real, square symmetric matrices whose diagonal entries are all equal to one and whose eigenvalues are all non-negative. elliptospherocone An organism or fossil with an elliptospheroconic shell, or the shell itself. elliptospheroconic Having a more ovular rather than spherical spheroconic shell. Ellis An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah. Ellisburg A town and village therein, in Jefferson County, New York, United States. ellisellid Any soft coral of the family Ellisellidae Ellisian Of or relating to Albert Ellis (1913–2007), American psychologist. ellisite A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal dark gray mineral containing arsenic, sulfur, and thallium. ellisize To anglicize or Americanize; to alter in transcription, either intentionally to facilitate spelling or pronunciation by (American) English speakers, or by mistake due to unfamiliarity with or indifference to the language of origin. Ellison A surname originating as a patronymic. Ellisonian Of or relating to Ralph Ellison (1914–1994), American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. Ellisor A surname. Elliston A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Ellistown A village in Ellistown and Battleflat parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4311). Ellisville An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. Ellithorpe A surname. Ellman A surname. Ellmann A surname. ellobiid Any member of the family Ellobiidae of air-breathing saltwater snails. ellobiopsid Any protozoan of the family Ellobiopsidae Ellon A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9530). ellops A sturgeon or swordfish. Ellora A temple cave complex in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. elloramycin A particular anthracycline antibiotic isolated from a Streptomyces species Elloughton A village in Elloughton-cum-Brough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9428). Ellroy A surname. Ellsberg A surname Ellson A surname. Ellsworth A surname. ellsworthite Synonym of uranpyrochlore. Ellul A surname from Maltese. Ellulian Of or relating to Jacques Ellul (1912-1994), French philosopher, sociologist, theologian, and Christian anarchist. ellwand An measuring rod, one ell in length. Ellwanger A surname. Ellwood A surname. Ellyson A surname. Ellzey A surname. elm A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers. Elma A female given name originating as a coinage. Elman A surname originating as an occupation.