elater

== English == === Etymology 1 === From elate +‎ -er. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈleɪ.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈleɪ.tɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== elater (plural elaters) That which elates. === Etymology 2 === From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/ ==== Noun ==== elater (plural elaters) (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum). (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle. ===== Derived terms ===== pseudoelater === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “elater”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, relate, telera