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- ELECTRUMAmber.
- ELECTUARYAny preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
- ELEGIACOf or relating to an elegy.
- ELEGYA mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
- ELENCHUSA technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended poin
- ELENCTICServing to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
- ELIXIRA liquid which converts lead to gold.
- ELLIPSISA mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- ELLIPTICOf or pertaining to an ellipse.
- ELOGIUMa eulogy
- ELYTRONA sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
- EMBOLUSAn obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.
- EMBOLYembolic invagination
- EMBROCATETo rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge.
- EMBRYOIn the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
- EMBRYONArchaic form of embryo.
- EMERALDAny of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- EMESISThe act or process of vomiting.
- EMETICCausing nausea and vomiting.
- EMPAESTICEmbossed, especially of Ancient Greek art.
- EMPHASIZETo stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
- EMPHATICCharacterized by emphasis; forceful.
- EMPIRICEmpirical.
- EMPLASTERA plaster.
- EMPLASTRONA plaster.
- EMPUSAIn Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
- EMPUSEA phantom; ghost; spectre.
- EMPYREALPertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
- EMPYREANThe highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings
- EMULOUSAmbitious or competitive.
- EMYSAny member of the small Emys genus of freshwater pond tortoises.
- ENCARPUSAn ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
- ENCAUSTICPrepared by means of heat; burned in.
- ENCOMIASTA person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
- ENCRATYSelf-control; abstinence.
- ENCRYPTTo conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
- ENDEIXISA legal procedure in Ancient Greece in which a wrongdoer is denounced to the magistrate.
- ENDOMIXISA periodic reorganization of the cell nucleus in certain ciliated protozoa
- ENDOSARCEntoplasm.
- ENDOSTEUMA membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.
- ENDOTHERMICOf a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
- ENEMAAn injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
- ENERGETICPossessing or pertaining to energy.
- ENERGYThe impetus behind all motion and all activity.
- ENIGMASomething or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- ENIGMATICPertaining to an enigma.
- ENOMOTYA band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
- ENTASIAtonic spasm; any disease characterized by tonic spasms, such as tetanus or trismus
- ENTASISA slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.
- ENTERALOf, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestines; especially, the small intestine.
- ENTERICOf, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.
- ENTEROLITHA mineral concretion in the intestinal tract.
- ENTHETICcontagious; catching
- ENTHUSETo show enthusiasm.
- ENTHUSIASMAn intensity of feeling; an excited interest or eagerness.
- ENTOMICRelating to insects; entomological.
- ENTOPICin the usual place, referring to medical or anatomical objects.
- ENTROPYA measure of the disorder present in a system.
- ENURESISInvoluntary urination: urinary incontinence.
- ENZYMEA biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
- EOHIPPUSAn extinct early Eocene mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum), ancestral to the modern horse.
- EOLITHCrudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
- EOLITHICof or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.
- EOSINA red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
- EOSINOPHILA white blood cell responsible for combating parasitic infections in the body.
- EPACRIDAny of the family Ericaceae (syn. Epacridaceae) of heathers.
- EPACTthe time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter
- EPAGOMENALinduced, provided
- EPANODOSThe repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order.
- EPARCHThe governor or prefect of a province.
- EPARCHYA district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- EPEEA sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- EPEIRICDescribing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf
- EPENDYMAThe thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.
- EPEOLATRYThe worship of words.
- EPHEBEAn 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.
- EPHEDRAAny plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
- EPHELISSynonym of freckle.
- EPHEMERAplural of ephemeron
- EPHEMERALLasting for a short period of time.
- EPHEMERIDAny in the family Ephemeridae of mayflies.
- EPHEMERISA journal or diary.
- EPHEMERONSomething short-lived or transitory.
- EPHIALTESan incubus; a nightmare
- EPHOROne of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.
- EPIBOLYThe expansion of one cell sheet over other cells, as takes place during gastrulation or secondary intention wound healing.
- EPICAn extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
- EPICARDIUMThe layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
- EPICARPExocarp.
- EPICEDEAn elegy; an ode to someone deceased.
- EPICUREA person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
- EPIDEMICA widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
- EPIDERMISThe outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates.
- EPIGEALLiving near the surface of the ground
- EPIGEANThat lives on or near the surface of the land.
- EPIGEICLiving on the surface of the land.
- EPIGLOTTISA cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a
- EPIGONEA follower or disciple.
- EPIGRAMAn inscription in stone.
- EPIGRAPHAn inscription, especially on a building.