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Eld's deer

Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii), also called brow-antlered deer or thamin, is an endangered Southeast Asian deer with lyre-shaped stag antlers; about 1,500 remain in the wild, declining over 50 percent in 15 years.

Elda Luna-Nájera

Elda Luna-Nájera is an American Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 22, appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to fill a vacancy.

Eldad Farkash

Eldad Farkash is an Israeli technology entrepreneur who co-founded Sisense and then Firebolt in 2019, a Tel Aviv cloud data warehouse company he led as chief executive.

Eldecalcitol

Eldecalcitol (ED-71, Edirol) is a Japanese-approved 0.75 μg/day oral vitamin D3 analog for osteoporosis that lowers vertebral fracture risk and raises BMD more than alfacalcidol, with hypercalciuria as its main safety signal.

Eldece Clarke-Lewis

Eldece Clarke-Lewis (born 1965), Bahamian sprinter of the 'Golden Girls' 4x100m relay; Olympic gold Sydney 2000 (heats), silver Atlanta 1996, world gold Seville 1999; personal best 10.96 in the 100m.

Elden Henson

Elden Henson (born 1977 as Elden Ryan Ratliff), American actor, Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy, Foggy Nelson in Daredevil, Defenders, and Daredevil: Born Again, Pollux in The Hunger Games Mockingjay films.

Elden Ring

Elden Ring is FromSoftware's 2022 open-world dark fantasy action RPG, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding by George R.R. Martin; over 23 million copies shipped, Game of the Year 2022, with the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion in 2024.

Elden Ring (film)

Elden Ring (film): upcoming live-action A24/Bandai Namco adaptation of FromSoftware's 2022 action RPG, written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Kit Connor, releasing March 3, 2028 in IMAX.

Elden Ring Nightreign

Elden Ring Nightreign: FromSoftware's standalone 3-player co-op roguelike action RPG in the Elden Ring universe, released May 30, 2025, directed by Junya Ishizaki; timed Limveld expeditions against 8 Nightlords, over 5 million shipped.

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is FromSoftware's June 21, 2024 DLC expansion for Elden Ring, set in the Land of Shadow with Miquella's story, 50 Scadutree Fragments, 10 million sales, Metacritic 94.

Elder (band)

Elder is an American heavy rock band formed in Massachusetts in the mid-2000s, known for moving from stoner doom to long progressive albums like Lore (2015).

Elder abuse

Elder abuse, also called elder mistreatment, is harm to an older adult within a trusting relationship, spanning physical, sexual, psychological, and financial abuse, neglect, and abandonment, affecting about 1 in 6 people over 60 each year.

Elder Futhark

The Elder Futhark, also called Old Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabet, 24 characters used in northern Europe from roughly the 2nd to 8th centuries CE.

Elder Race (novella)

Elder Race is a 2021 science fantasy novella by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor.com), told in alternating fantasy and science-fiction perspectives of princess Lynesse and anthropologist Nyr Illim Tevitch on Sophos 4; 2022 Hugo Best Novella finalist, second place.

Elder Technologies, Inc.

Elder Technologies, Inc., doing business as Sage, is a New York software company founded in 2020 offering a technology-enabled elder care platform for home-based, live-in, and dementia care.

Elder Vogel

Elder Vogel is an American Republican politician who has represented Pennsylvania's 47th Senate district since 2008, chairs the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee, and is a fourth-generation farmer.

Elderflower cordial

Elderflower cordial (also elderflower syrup or squash) is a non-alcoholic sugar-syrup concentrate made from Sambucus nigra flowers with lemon and citric acid, diluted before drinking; distinct from alcoholic elderflower liqueur.

Elderly care

Elderly care (long-term care for older people) covers personal, social, and medical support for older adults losing capacity. Key facts: informal care is up to 80% of European LTC, 80+ population to triple to 426 million by 2050, and LTC workers average 5 per 100 people 65+ in OECD countries.

Elderly person

Elderly person: a human in later adult life, defined by age (UN 60+, most developed countries 65+). Covers definitions, demographics (1 billion aged 60+ in 2019), health, assessment, and policy.

Elders of the Universe

Elders of the Universe: Marvel Comics group of virtually immortal cosmic beings, each the last survivor of an ancient species bonded by the Power Primordial; includes the Collector and Grandmaster, first group appearance Avengers #174 (1978).

Eldest

Eldest (2005) is Christopher Paolini's second Inheritance Cycle novel, published by Knopf; it follows Eragon's Rider training in Ellesméra and cousin Roran's flight from Carvahall, and became Random House Children's Books' fastest-selling title at the time.

Eldest (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)

"Eldest" is episode 4 of season 2 of The Rings of Power (aired September 5, 2024), notable for Tom Bombadil's first live-action appearance by Rory Kinnear, the Stranger meeting him, and Galadriel and Elrond's journey toward Eregion.

Eldfisk

Eldfisk is an oil field in the southern Norwegian sector of the North Sea, discovered in 1970 and producing since 1979, operated by ConocoPhillips as part of the Greater Ekofisk Area.

Eldiguz

Eldiguz (ایلدگز) was a Kipchak slave who became atabeg of Azerbaijan and founded the Eldiguzid dynasty, ruling for his stepson Sultan Arslanshah until his death in 1175.

Eldiguzids

The Eldiguzids (ایلدگزیدیان), also called the Atabegs of Azerbaijan, were a dynasty of military slave origin founded by Shams al-Din Eldiguz that ruled Arran and Azerbaijan until Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah seized their lands in 1225.

Eldon E. Fallon

Eldon E. Fallon, born 1939 in New Orleans, is an American federal district judge appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995, known for presiding over the Vioxx litigation.

Eldon Hansen

Eldon Hansen, full name Eldon Robert Hansen, is an American mathematician born in 1927, coauthor of Global Optimization Using Interval Analysis and namesake of interval methods.

Eldon Hoke

Eldon Hoke, known as El Duce, was the American drummer and lead vocalist of the shock rock band the Mentors, whose lyrics drew the 1985 PMRC Senate hearings.

Eldon John Gardner

Eldon John Gardner (1909–1989) was an American geneticist at Utah State University and the University of Utah whose 1951 study led to Gardner's syndrome being named for him.

Eldon Newcomb

Eldon H. Newcomb (1919–2022) was an American plant cell biologist and electron microscopist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, known for characterizing plant microbodies and elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988.