(an ear)
81ear|let — «IHR liht», noun. a small ear …
82ear|mark — «IHR MAHRK», noun, verb. –noun. 1. a mark made on the ear of an animal to show who owns it. 2. Figurative. a special mark, quality, or feature that gives information about a person or thing; sign: »Careful speech is an earmark of the educated man …
83ear|phone — «IHR FOHN», noun. a receiver for a telephone, telegraph, radio, television, or hearing aid that is fastened in or placed over the ear; headphone …
84ear|plug — «IHR PLUHG», noun. 1. a small, rounded piece of wax, rubber, or plastic, used to insert into the ear to exclude noise. 2. a small, usually plastic, earphone connected to a portable, transistor, or other type of small radio, used for private… …
85ear|ring — «IHR RIHNG», noun. an ornament for the lobe of the ear …
86ear´split´ting|ly — ear|split|ting «IHR SPLIHT ihng», adjective. overpoweringly loud; deafening: »The bomb exploded with an earsplitting sound. An earsplitting musical about life among the contemporary Indians (New Yorker). –ear´split´ting|ly, adverb …
87ear|split|ting — «IHR SPLIHT ihng», adjective. overpoweringly loud; deafening: »The bomb exploded with an earsplitting sound. An earsplitting musical about life among the contemporary Indians (New Yorker). –ear´split´ting|ly, adverb …
88ear|wax — «IHR WAKS», noun. the sticky, yellowish substance secreted by glands along the canal of the outer ear; cerumen …
89ear|wig — «IHR WIHG», noun, verb, wigged, wig|ging. –n. 1. a slender insect somewhat like a beetle, found throughout the world. They have short, leathery forewings and forcepslike appendages at the end of the abdomen. Earwigs were once thought to crawl… …
90Ear tuft — is a mutation found in the Araucana chicken breed. It causes a skin projection covered in feathers to appear on the sides of the head near the ears. It could be said chickens with this trait appear to have pom poms stuck on their heads. This… …
