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- EMBLAZONTo adorn with prominent markings.
- EMBRASUREAny of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
- EMERGENCEThe act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
- EMERYAn impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- EMETINEA white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C29H40N2O4, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in avers
- EMIGREOne who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
- EMPANELAlternative spelling of impanel.
- EMPLOYEEA person who provides labor to a company or another person.
- EMULETo emulate.
- ENAMORTo cause to be in love.
- ENAMORADOA lover; a person in love.
- ENAMOREDIn love, amorous.
- ENARMEDHaving horns, hoofs, etc. of a different colour from the body.
- ENCHILADAA Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce.
- ENCOLUREThe neck of a horse.
- ENCOREA brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
- ENCOURAGETo mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- ENCUMBERTo load down something with a burden.
- ENDEAVORA sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
- ENDEMICNative to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
- ENDIVEA leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
- ENDORSETo express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
- ENDURANCEThe measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
- ENEWTo drive back to the water; to pursue.
- ENFEEBLETo make feeble.
- ENFILADEA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
- ENFILEDHaving an object, such as the head of a man or animal, impaled on it.
- ENGLUTTo swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
- ENGOBEA non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.
- ENGORGETo devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
- ENGOULEDPartly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything.
- ENJAMBTo carry a sentence over to the next line without a pause.
- ENJOYTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- ENLARGETo make (something) larger.
- ENORMenormous
- ENRAGETo become angry or wild.
- ENRICHTo enhance.
- ENSILAGEThe process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
- ENSILETo preserve (forage) in a silo.
- ENSURETo make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
- ENTOMBTo deposit (a corpse) in a tomb.
- ENTOURAGEA retinue of attendants, associates or followers.
- ENTRAINTo draw (something) along as a current does.
- ENTRAPTo catch in a trap or snare.
- ENTRECHATA manoeuvre whereby the performer jumps up and strikes the heels together a number of times.
- ENTREMETSA side dish (often of vegetables), or a small dish of savories served between courses.
- ENTRESOLA mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.
- ENTRYISMA political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectab
- ENTRYISMSA political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectab
- ENVELOPEA paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
- ENVISAGETo conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
- ENVOIA short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
- ENVOYA diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
- EONISMThe pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.
- EPAULEThe shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
- EPAULETAlternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”).
- EPAULETTEAn ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
- EPERGNEA table centerpiece, usually made of silver, generally consisting of a central bowl with radiating dishes or holders.
- EPIDERMThe epidermis.
- EPIDOTEAny of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
- EPILATIONThe removal of hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root.
- EPILOGUEA short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- EPISTYLEA massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.
- EPIZOOTYAn epizootic disease or outbreak.
- EPURATIONpurification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction)
- EQUIPMENTThe act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- EQUITABLEMarked by or having equity.
- ERGOTAny fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- ERMINOISIn blazon, ermine with a field or instead of argent (gold with black spots).
- ERRANCYthe state of being in error; fallibility
- ERRANTStraying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
- ERUPTIVEThat erupts or bursts forth.
- ESCALLOPA scallop.
- ESCALOPAlternative spelling of escallop.
- ESCALOPEA thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
- ESCAMOTAGEtrickery; legerdemain
- ESCARGOTA dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
- ESCARPMENTA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
- ESCHEATORA royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects.
- ESCLANDREAn incident that occasions much disapproving talk; scandalous conduct; a scene.
- ESCOLARAny member of the species Lepidocybium flavobrunneum of snake mackerels.
- ESCORTA group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
- ESCRITOIREA writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
- ESCUAGEPayment to a lord in lieu of military service.
- ESCUDOThe state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50.
- ESPADAA matador.
- ESPAGNOLEA strong basic sauce consisting of a dark brown roux that is slowly reduced while further ingredients are added, traditionally including veal stock.
- ESPALIERA latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
- ESPERANCEExpectation, hope.
- ESPIALAn act of noticing or observing.
- ESPIEGLERIEImpish or playful behaviour; mischief.
- ESPIONAGEThe act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
- ESPRITSpirit, enthusiasm.
- ESPRITSSpirit, enthusiasm.
- ESTAFETTEA dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier.
- ESTOVERAn allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.
- ESTRADEA dais or raised platform.
- ESTRAGONSynonym of tarragon
- ESTRANGETo cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
- ESTRAPADEThe rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.