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- ERYTHEMATOUSOf or pertaining to erythema.
- ESCALADEAn act of scaling walls or fortifications.
- ESCALATORAnything that escalates.
- ESCAPADEA daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
- ESCAPETo get free; to free oneself.
- ESCHEATThe return, conversion, or vesting of property of a deceased person or closed business to the government (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
- ESCRIBETo draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.
- ESCUTCHEONThe shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- ESOPHAGEALOf or pertaining to the esophagus.
- ESPECIALExceptional in importance or significance; special.
- ESPLANADEA clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
- ESQUIREA lawyer.
- ESSOINTo excuse for failure to appear in court.
- ESTATEThe collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- ESTEEMAssessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
- ESTIMABLEWorthy of esteem; admirable.
- ESTIMATEA rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
- ESTIMATIONThe process of making an estimate.
- ESTIMATORA person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
- ESTIVALOf or relating to summer.
- ESTOILEA six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, as opposed to the straight lines of a mullet.
- ESTOPTo impede or bar by estoppel.
- ESTRANGETo cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
- ESTUARYA coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
- ETCETERAAlternative form of et cetera.
- ETERNALLasting forever; unending.
- ETERNITYExistence without end, infinite time.
- ETHNICALEthnic.
- ETIOLATETo make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
- ETIOLOGYUS standard spelling of aetiology.
- ETUDEA short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- EULOGIUMA eulogy.
- EUNUCHISMThe condition of being a eunuch.
- EUOUAEIn medieval music, a mnemonic for the Latin words saeculōrum and āmēn (from “ […] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” from the Gloria Patri doxology), used in liturgical works to indicat
- EUOUAESIn medieval music, a mnemonic for the Latin words saeculōrum and āmēn (from “ […] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” from the Gloria Patri doxology), used in liturgical works to indicat
- EUPHORBIAAny plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
- EVACUATETo leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
- EVACUATIONThe act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
- EVADETo get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
- EVAGATIONA wandering about, excursion, trip or a roving.
- EVAGINATETo evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
- EVANESCETo disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor
- EVANGELYThe "good news" revealed by the Gospel; redemption.
- EVANISHTo vanish.
- EVAPORATETo transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
- EVAPORATIONThe process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
- EVASIONThe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
- EVECTIONModification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
- EVENTAn occurrence; something that happens.
- EVICTTo expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
- EVICTIONThe act of evicting.
- EVIDENCEFacts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- EVIDENTObviously true by simple observation.
- EVIDENTIALOf or providing evidence.
- EVIDENTIARYOf or pertaining to evidence.
- EVINCETo show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- EVIRATETo castrate.
- EVISCERATETo disembowel; to remove the viscera.
- EVITATIONAn avoidance.
- EVITETo avoid.
- EVITERNALeternal; everlasting
- EVOCATETo evoke
- EVOKETo call out; to draw out or bring forth.
- EVULGATETo publish or divulge.
- EVULSIONThe action of forcibly pulling something out.
- EWERA kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water.
- EXACERBATIONAn increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)
- EXACTPrecisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- EXACTAA bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
- EXACTIONThe act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
- EXALTTo honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
- EXAMENexamination; inquiry
- EXAMINATEOne who is subjected to examination.
- EXAMINATORAn examiner.
- EXAMINETo observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something.
- EXAMPLESomething that is representative of all such things in a group.
- EXANIMATELifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
- EXARATIONThe act of writing.
- EXARCHIn the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
- EXCAMBIONexchange or barter, especially of lands.
- EXCAVATETo make a hole in (something); to hollow.
- EXCELTo surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
- EXCELSIORLoftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
- EXCEPTTo exclude; to specify as being an exception.
- EXCEPTIONThe act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
- EXCERPTA clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
- EXCERPTIONThe act of excerpting or selecting.
- EXCHANGEAn act of exchanging or trading.
- EXCIDETo cut off.
- EXCIPIENTAn ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
- EXCIPLEThe outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category.
- EXCISEA tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
- EXCISIONThe removal of some text during editing.
- EXCITETo stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
- EXCLAIMTo cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
- EXCLAMATIONA loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
- EXCLAMATORYResembling an exclamation.
- EXCLUDETo bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
- EXCLUSIONThe act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
- EXCLUSIVEExcluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.