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- EPIGRAPHICOf or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
- EPILEPSYA medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
- EPILEPTICOf or relating to epilepsy.
- EPINAOSAn open vestibule behind the nave, differentiated from the opisthodomos.
- EPINEURIUMThe connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium; The outermost layer of dense
- EPIPHANYAn illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
- EPIPHONEMAAn exclamatory phrase or reflection used to round off or summarize an argument or discourse; an exclamation.
- EPIPHYTEA plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
- EPISCOPALOf or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
- EPISEMONAn insignia or some other distinguishing symbol.
- EPISIOTOMYA surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
- EPISODEA discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
- EPISTEMOLOGYThe branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people
- EPISTOLICRelating to letters or epistles, or in the form or style of them
- EPITAPHAn inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
- EPITHECAThe upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- EPITHESISThe addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning.
- EPITOMEThe embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
- EPITRITEA metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
- EPIZOOTICAn occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
- EPOCHA particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
- EPODEThe after song; the part of a lyric or choral ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- EPONYCHIUMThe thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
- EPONYCHIUMSThe thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
- EPONYMA person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc.
- EPONYMOUSOf, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
- EPOPTAn initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia.
- EPOSAn epic.
- EPSILONThe fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
- EPULOTICPromoting the scarring or healing of sores.
- EQUIVOCATIONA logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
- EREMITEA hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
- ERETHISMAbnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
- ERGATEA worker ant.
- ERGATIVEWith the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.
- ERGONWork, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.
- ERGONOMICOf or relating to the science of ergonomics.
- ERGONOMICSThe science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.
- ERIONITEA zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.
- ERISTICProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
- EROGENOUSSensitive to sexual arousal.
- EROSA winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
- EROTETICOf or pertaining to questioning.
- EROTICRelating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
- EROTICAErotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
- EROTOMANIAA psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
- ERYNGOThe root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
- ERYTHRONIUMA plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
- ESCHARA superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and commonly but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.
- ESCHATOLOGYA system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
- ESCHATONThe apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
- ESOTERICIntended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
- ESOTROPIAA form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turn(s) inward.
- ESPARTOEither of two species of perennial grasses used for fibre production, and for making paper: Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
- ETAERIOAn aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
- ETESIANPertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- ETHEplural of ethos
- ETHEREALPertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.
- ETHICMoral, relating to morals.
- ETHICALOf or relating to the study of ethics.
- ETHICSMorality.
- ETHMOIDA light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the ol
- ETHNICOf or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
- ETHNOSAn ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.
- ETHOLOGYThe scientific study of animalian behavior, especially that of nonhuman animals.
- ETHOSThe character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
- ETYMONThe original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a f
- EUCRITEAn achondritic meteoritic rock consisting chiefly of pigeonite and anorthite
- EUDAEMONA good or benevolent spirit.
- EUDAEMONICOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
- EUDAEMONICSThat part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
- EUDAIMONAlternative form of eudaemon.
- EUDIALYTEA red silicate mineral that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites.
- EUDIOMETERA graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
- EUGEapplause
- EUGLENAAny of several protists, of the genus Euglena, that contain chloroplasts and a single flagellum.
- EUHEMERISTSomeone who practices or upholds euhemerism, a person who believes all or most myths and legends arose from historical origins.
- EUHEMERISTICOf or relating to euhemerism.
- EULOGIAThe practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
- EULOGIASThe practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
- EULOGYAn oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- EUNUCHA castrated man.
- EUOIA cry of impassioned rapture in ancient Bacchic revels.
- EUPHONISMAn agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
- EUPHONIUMA valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.
- EUPHORBIUMAn acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
- EUPHORBIUMSAn acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
- EUPHORIAAn excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
- EUPHRASYThe eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
- EUPHUISMAn ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
- EUREKAAn exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.
- EUREKASAn exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.
- EURIPUSA strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.
- EUROThe currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- EURYPHAGEAny animal that eats a large variety of food.
- EUTAXIESGood or established order or arrangement.
- EUTAXYGood or established order or arrangement.
- EUTECTICDescribing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is
- EUTEXIAThe principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
- EUTEXIASThe principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.