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- 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.
- EGRETAny of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding seaso
- 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.
- ELANCETo throw like a lance; to hurl.
- 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.
- ELATIVEIn Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a
- 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.
- 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.
- EMBATTLETo arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
- 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.
- EMPLOYTo retain (someone) as an employee.
- EMPORIAplural of emporium
- EMPRISEAn enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
- EMPTIONThe act of buying; purchase.
- EMULATETo attempt to equal or be the same as.
- EMULATIONThe endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
- EMULATIVEHaving a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
- EMULGETo milk out; to drain.
- EMULGENTOf a straining or purifying process.
- EMULSIONA stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
- EMUNCTORYPertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- ENACTTo make (a bill) into law.
- ENATEA relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.