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- EDUCTIONThe act of educing, of deducing: deduction.
- EDUCTORSomeone or something that educts (elicits or extracts).
- EDULCORATETo sweeten.
- EFFECTThe result or outcome of a cause.
- EFFECTOROne who or that which brings about an event or result, accomplishes a purpose, etc.
- EFFECTUALProducing the intended result; entirely adequate.
- EFFICIENTMaking good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
- EFFIGYA dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
- EFFLUENTFlowing out; outflowing.
- EFFORTThe work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- EFFULGEto radiate, shine or beam
- EFFUSEPoured out freely; profuse.
- EFFUSIONA liquid outpouring.
- EGALEqual; impartial.
- EGENCEThe state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
- EGESTTo eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
- EGESTAThe waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement
- EGESTIONThe act or result of egesting
- EGOISMThe tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.
- EGOISTAn advocate of egoism.
- EGOTHEISMThe deification of one's own self.
- EGOTISMA tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- EGREGIOUSConspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- EGRESSAn exit or way out.
- EGRESSIONThe act of going; egress.
- EISELvinegar, verjuice
- EJACULATETo eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
- EJACULATIONThe act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure. A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimula
- EJECTTo compel (a person or persons) to leave.
- EJECTAMaterial which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
- EJECTIONThe act of ejecting.
- ELABORATEComplex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- ELAPSETo pass or move by.
- ELATETo make joyful or proud.
- ELATEDExtremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.
- ELATIONAn exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
- ELECTOne chosen or set apart.
- ELECTIONA process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- ELEGANCEGrace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
- ELEGANTCharacterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.
- ELEGITA judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
- ELEMENTOne of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- ELEMENTARYRelating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
- ELEVATETo raise (something) to a higher position.
- ELEVATIONThe act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
- ELICITTo evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
- ELIDETo leave out or omit (something).
- ELIMINATETo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- ELISIONThe deliberate omission of something.
- ELITEOf high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
- ELOCUTIONThe art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.
- ELOGEAn expression of praise.
- ELOGYPraise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph
- ELOIGNTo remove (something) to a distance.
- ELONGATIONThe act of lengthening.
- ELOQUENTFluently persuasive and articulate.
- ELUATEA liquid solution that results from elution.
- ELUCUBRATETo solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.
- ELUCUBRATIONThe act of elucubrating.
- ELUDETo evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
- ELUENTIn chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.
- ELUSIONThe act of eluding.
- ELUSIVEEvading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
- ELUTETo separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
- ELUTRIATETo decant; to purify something by straining it.
- EMACIATETo make extremely thin or wasted.
- EMANATETo come from a source; issue from.
- EMANCIPATETo set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate. To cause (a place) to be free from the colonization or rule of another entity.
- EMANCIPATORA person who emancipates.
- EMARGINATEWith the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.
- EMASCULATETo deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
- EMASCULATOROne who, or that which, emasculates. A type of clamp used to crush the spermatic cord when castrating livestock.
- EMBARGOAn order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
- EMBOUCHUREThe use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
- EMBRACETo clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- EMBRYONICOf or relating to an embryo.
- EMENDTo correct and revise (text or a document).
- EMENDABLECapable of being emended, corrigible.
- EMENDATEEmended, corrected, restored.
- EMENDATORSomeone who emends.
- EMERGETo come into view.
- EMERGENCYA situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
- EMERGENTEmerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- EMERITAfeminine singular of emeritus (“ retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title”)
- EMERITASfeminine singular of emeritus (“ retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title”)
- EMERITImasculine plural of emeritus
- EMICANTshining forth or flashing.
- EMICATIONA spark, flickering or scintillation.
- EMIGRANTSomeone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
- EMIGRATETo leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
- EMIGRATIONThe act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
- EMINENTNoteworthy, remarkable, great.
- EMISSARYAn agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. Such an agent spreading a gospel.
- EMISSIONSomething which is emitted or sent out; issue.
- EMITTo send out or give off.
- EMOLLIENTSomething which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.
- EMOTIONMovement; agitation.
- EMOVETo stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
- EMPERYAn empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
- EMPIREA political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.