eppeilagic - of or related to that part of the oceanic zone into which enough light for photosynthesis
penetrates

Edit: Faldage was kind enough to tell me I had left out a syllable.
Anoter senile moment.

epiphora - a watering of the eyes due to excessive secretion of tears or to obstruction of
the nasolachrymal duct. Have a clean handkerchief ready when you tell sad stories.

episematic
adj. Zoology. (esp of coloration) aiding recognition between animals
of the same species.

epistaxis 7
n.
5ModL < Gr epistazein, to bleed at the nose < epi3, upon + stazein, to fall in drops: see STAGNATE6 Med. nosebleed

epistemic
adj.
5< Gr epistcmc (see fol.) + 3IC6 of or having to do with knowledge or the act or ways of knowing
ep#i[ste$mi[cal[ly
adv.

epithelium
n.,
pl. 3li[ums or 3li[a 73!8 5ModL < Gr epi3, upon + thclc, nipple: see FEMALE6 cellular tissue covering external body surfaces, as the epidermis, or lining internal surfaces, as hollow organs, vessels, etc.: it consists of one or more layers of cells with little intercellular material

This may be a repeat, but I bet nobody remembers it.
epopt - One instructed in a secret system.

epos
n.
5L < Gr: see EPIC6
1 an epic poem
2 epic poetry
3 a collection of poems of a primitive epic nature, handed down orally
4 a series of epic events

From Forthright's Phrontistery:
epulation
feasting

I couldn't find any definition of this, but Forthright's Phrontistery has
epuration
purification or purging

Not to be confused with Galileo's "Eppur, si muove."

equipluve, line drawn through locations having same annual
rainfall. ...

erbium
n.
5ModL: so named (1843) by K. G. Mosander (1797-1858), Swed chemist, after Ytterby, village in Sweden where the rare-earth minerals were first found + 3IUM6 a trivalent chemical element of the rare-earth metals: symbol, Er; at. wt., 167.26; at. no., 68; sp. gr., 9.066; melt. pt., 1,529UC; boil. pt., 2,863UC

Of or related to deserts and sandy places.

But (or, anyway) it moves...

Said from Galileo (talking to himself) after having (forcedly) admitted that the earth doesn't move around the sun.

Is there some baldhead term that sounds like epilagic?

Pilgarlic?

Dear WW: here's another word about ocean biostrata:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

stenobathic


SYLLABICATION:
sten·o·bath·ic
PRONUNCIATION:
stn-bthk
ADJECTIVE:
Limited to or able to live only within a narrow range of water depths. Used of
aquatic organisms.
ETYMOLOGY:
steno– + Greek bathos, depth + –ic.
OTHER FORMS:
steno·bath —NOUN

Is there some baldhead term that sounds like epilagic?

Pilgarlic?

isn't that what you take to keep away the vampires?

what you take to keep away the vampires

Not me. Nuh-uh. 'S'gotta be the real thang or ferget it.

Ytterby, village in Sweden where the rare-earth minerals were first found

What was so special about Ytterby? No less than four rare earth elements were found there and named for the village: not just Erbium, but also Terbium, Ytterbium, and Yttrium.

What are the chances that four new substances will be first found in the same small village where a scientist just happens to be working? Are the "rare earths" really more common than the name implies, and might have been found near just about any laboratory if the right person had been looking?

First I've heard of it.

Googling 'mineral macedonia' gives 43,000 hits. Googling 'mineral macedonia "age of the sun"' gives a big fat zero. FWIW.

It does sound, however, like someone trying to perpeuate an urban myth, old or just-begotten. I's have to say I'm sceptical. Interested, but still sceptical. I'll keep the ears open, though.

But then, I don't generally get first reports, I just remember having read about it in Scientific American once upon a time, or maybe Godel Escher Bach. (For example, Sci Am had one of their "How Things Work" pages just a couple of years ago on the subject of automatic gas-pump shut-off valves...)