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Ewok
Ewoks: fictional sentient furred bipeds about one meter tall from Star Wars' forest moon of Endor, introduced in Return of the Jedi (1983), named after the Miwok people, starring in two 1984-1985 ABC TV films and a Nelvana animated series.
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a 1985 ABC television film, sequel to Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, directed by Jim and Ken Wheat from George Lucas's story, starring Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, and Aubree Miller, and winner of a 1986 Emmy for visual effects.
Ewold Verhagen
Ewold Verhagen (born 1980) is a Dutch experimental physicist in cavity optomechanics who leads the Photonic Forces group at AMOLF and is a part-time professor at Eindhoven University of Technology.
Ewood Park
Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers FC's home stadium since 1890; opened 1882 as a multi-sports ground, redeveloped under Jack Walker in the early 1990s, all-seater capacity 31,367, record crowd 62,522 in 1929.
Ewostatewos
Ewostatewos, Latin Eustathius, was a 14th-century Ethiopian monk and saint who founded the Eustathean movement, teaching strict observance of two Sabbaths before dying in exile in Armenia.
Ewostathian movement
The Ewostathian movement, also called Eustathean, was an Ethiopian monastic movement founded in the early 14th century by Ewostatewos, recognized at the Council of Debre Mitmaq in 1450.
EWSR1
EWSR1 (EWS RNA binding protein 1, Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1) is a chromosome 22 gene encoding the EWS RNA-binding protein; its fusions with FLI1, ERG, WT1, and other partners drive Ewing sarcoma and many other tumors.
EWTN
EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) is a Catholic media organization in Irondale, Alabama, founded by Mother Angelica; first aired August 15, 1981, now 11 networks reaching over 435 million households in 160+ countries, funded by viewer donations.
Ewuare the Great
Ewuare the Great, also called Ewuare I or Ewuare Ogidigan, was Oba of Benin from 1440 to 1473, who reformed the kingdom's government and expanded it by conquest.
Ewuare's wars
Ewuare's wars were the campaigns of conquest fought by Oba Ewuare the Great of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria, from about 1440 to 1473.
Ex Battalion
Ex Battalion (ExB), formerly Jekkpot Battalion, is a Filipino hip hop collective from Muntinlupa formed in 2012 by Bosx1ne, Jekkpot, and Cent; known for "No Games" (2016) and "Hayaan Mo Sila" (#2 Billboard Philippine Top 20, 2017).
Ex Cathedra
Ex Cathedra, Latin "from the chair": a theological term for papal teaching authority, and a Birmingham early-music choir and Baroque orchestra founded by Jeffrey Skidmore in 1969.
Ex gratia
Ex gratia (Latin, "as a favour"): voluntary payments made without admission of legal liability or obligation, used by governments for maladministration redress, disaster and conflict relief, and in charity, insurance, and employment settlements.
EX Hydrae
EX Hydrae (EX Hya) is an eclipsing intermediate polar in Hydra, a magnetic cataclysmic variable where a white dwarf accretes gas with 98-minute orbital and 67-minute spin periods.
EX Lupi
EX Lupi (EX Lup) is a low-mass young star in the Lupus star-forming region, the prototype of the EXor eruptive variables, known for repeated accretion outbursts.
Ex Machina (film)
Ex Machina is Alex Garland's 2014 directorial-debut sci-fi film, also called a Turing-test thriller, in which programmer Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) tests the android Ava (Alicia Vikander) at CEO Nathan's (Oscar Isaac) remote estate; A24 released it in the US, and it won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
Ex Nihilo
Ex nihilo (board game) is a 2020 two-player abstract strategy game by Michael Amundsen, web published, played on a hexhex board where every move moves a stack; captures are obligatory hostage moves, and you win by immobilizing your opponent.
Ex officio member
Ex officio member: a Latin term ("by virtue of the office") for a seat on a board, committee, or legislature held automatically through another office, as with the US Vice President in the Senate or the Smithsonian's ex officio regents; voting rights and quorum treatment depend on bylaws.
Ex on the Beach (British TV series)
Ex on the Beach is a British MTV UK reality dating series, premiered 22 April 2014, narrated by Andrew Maxwell, in which eight singles on holiday are surprised by their exes; it spawned US and other international versions and a celebrity edition.
Ex parte
Ex parte, Latin for "from one party," covers one-sided court proceedings and judge communications without notice to the other side, used for urgent relief like temporary restraining orders but restricted by due process and ethics rules.
Ex post facto law
Ex post facto law: retroactive legislation, chiefly criminal laws that criminalize past conduct or increase punishment. Barred by US Constitution Article I and ICCPR Article 15; defined by Calder v. Bull's four categories.
Ex situ conservation
Ex situ is the conservation of genetic material or living organisms outside their natural habitat, as seeds in gene banks, plants in botanical gardens, or animals in zoos.
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio is a common law maxim barring claims founded on a claimant's own illegal or immoral conduct. Classic statement by Lord Mansfield in Holman v Johnson (1775); modern approach set out in Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42.
Ex utero Intrapartum Treatment Procedures
Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedures: fetal surgery during cesarean delivery while the baby remains on placental circulation, securing an airway, resecting masses, ECMO cannulation, or separating conjoined twins.
Ex vivo cell expansion
Ex vivo cell expansion is a cell culture technique that grows cells removed from a living organism outside the body to increase their numbers for research and cell therapy manufacture.
Ex vivo culture
Ex vivo culture is a bench biology technique in which cells or tissues removed from a living organism are grown outside the body under controlled laboratory conditions.
Ex vivo lung perfusion
Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) is a transplantation technique that pumps donor lungs outside the body to test their function and recondition marginal lungs for transplant.
Ex-ante
Ex-ante (Latin, "before the event") describes a value, forecast, or decision formed before an outcome is known, in contrast to ex-post, the same quantity as realized.
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus
Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus (hydrocephalus ex vacuo, ICD-11 8D64.2) is ventricular enlargement from brain tissue loss, not raised CSF pressure; causes include stroke, injury, and atrophy, and it must be distinguished from treatable normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Ex's & Oh's
Ex's & Oh's is a 2014 RCA single by Elle King, co-written and produced with Dave Bassett for the album Love Stuff; it reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned two 2016 Grammy nominations.