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  • EASYadjectiveOld French7 findersComfortable; at ease.
  • EASYGOINGadjective1 finderCalm, relaxed, casual and informal.
  • EATABLEadjective3 findersAble to be eaten; edible.
  • EATAGEnoun1 finderEdible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.
  • EATENverbProto-Germanic5 finderspast participle of eat
  • EATERnounOld English3 findersA person or animal who eats.
  • EATERYnoun14 findersA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
  • EATHadjectiveProto-Indo-European1 finderEasy; not hard or difficult.
  • EATHLYadverbOld English4 findersIn an eath or easy manner; easily; readily.
  • EAVEnoun9 findersAlternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
  • EAVEDadjective3 findersHaving eaves (of a specified number or kind).
  • EAVESnounProto-Indo-European45 findersThe underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
  • EAVESDRIPnoun1 finderSynonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”).
  • EAVESDROPverb24 findersTo hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
  • EAVESTROUGHnoun13 findersA trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.
  • EBONnounAncient Greek23 finders(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
  • EBONISTnoun3 findersA cabinetmaker who uses ebony; an ébéniste.
  • EBONITEnoun7 findersThe relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur.
  • EBONYnounAncient Greek26 findersA hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
  • EBOOKnoun2 findersAlternative spelling of e-book.
  • EBRIATEadjectiveLatin2 findersDrunk; intoxicated.
  • EBRIETYnounLatin4 findersThe state of intoxication, drunkenness.
  • EBULLIENTadjectiveLatin57 findersEnthusiastic; high-spirited.
  • EBULLITIONnounLatin2 findersThe act of boiling.
  • ECADnoun1 finderAn organism whose form has been affected by its environment.
  • ECARTEnounFrench1 finderA card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
  • ECAUDATEadjective2 findersTailless; without a tail or tail-like appendage.
  • ECBOLEnounAncient Greek5 findersA digression, one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
  • ECCEinterjectionLatin4 findersan interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!
  • ECCRINEadjectiveAncient Greek4 findersPertaining to a sweat gland.
  • ECDYSIASTnoun19 findersAn erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper.
  • ECDYSISnounAncient Greek14 findersThe stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear.
  • ECESISnounAncient Greek2 findersThe process of the successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat that was barren previously or was left barren due to some catastrophe.
  • ECHARDnounAncient Greek4 findersThe portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.
  • ECHELONnounProto-Indo-European39 findersA level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
  • ECHEVERIAnoun1 finderAny member of the speciose genus Echeveria of succulents, many species of which are popular as garden plants.
  • ECHIDNAnounLatin107 findersAny of the small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
  • ECHINATEadjectiveLatin6 findersprickly; bristly
  • ECHINODERMnounLatin44 findersAn animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
  • ECHINODERMATOUSadjective24 findersRelating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
  • ECHINOIDnoun5 findersAny sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
  • ECHINUSnounAncient Greek9 findersA sea urchin.
  • ECHIUMnoun2 findersAny member of the genus Echium of flowering plants.
  • ECHIURANnoun1 finderAny annelid worm of the subclass Echiura, formerly considered to be its own phylum.
  • ECHOnounProto-Indo-European10 findersAlternative letter-case form of Echo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
  • ECHOERnoun1 finderOne who, or that which, echoes or repeats something back.
  • ECHOEYadjective4 findersThat echoes; having an echoing quality.
  • ECHOGRAMnoun20 finderssonogram
  • ECHOICadjective3 findersOf or pertaining to an echo
  • ECHOISMnoun10 findersThe practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
  • ECHOISTnoun5 findersOne who repeats like an echo; a mindless imitator.
  • ECHOLALIAnounAncient Greek12 findersThe involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
  • ECHOLESSadjective1 finderWithout echo.
  • ECHOPRAXIAnoun30 findersThe involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
  • ECHOVIRUSnoun2 findersA type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
  • ECHTadjectiveMiddle Low German7 findersProper, real, genuine, true to type.
  • ECLAMPSIAnounAncient Greek29 findersA complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
  • ECLATnounFrench48 findersAlternative spelling of éclat.
  • ECLIPSEnounAncient Greek47 findersAn alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
  • ECLIPSERnoun8 findersA person or thing that eclipses.
  • ECLIPTICnounLatin4 findersThe great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
  • ECLOGITEnounAncient Greek10 findersA coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
  • ECLOGUEnounAncient Greek17 findersA pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
  • ECLOSIONnounFrench9 findersThe emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
  • ECOFEMINISTadjective1 finderOf or relating to ecofeminism.
  • ECOLOGISTnounSpanish30 findersA scholar of ecology.
  • ECOLOGYnounAncient Greek55 findersThe branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
  • ECONOMISERnoun3 findersAlternative form of economizer.
  • ECONOMISTnounMiddle French11 findersAn expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
  • ECONOMYnounAncient Greek25 findersEffective management of a community or system, or especially its resources. The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
  • ECOPHOBIAnounAncient Greek64 findersFear of one’s home.
  • ECOPHOBIASnounAncient Greek19 findersFear of one’s home.
  • ECOTAGEnoun1 finderThe commission of usually illegal acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.
  • ECOTAGESnoun1 finderThe commission of usually illegal acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.
  • ECOTONEnoun10 findersA transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).
  • ECOTOURISMnoun4 findersResponsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
  • ECOTOURISTnoun1 finderA participant in ecotourism.
  • ECOTYPEnounSwedish2 findersA phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
  • ECRUnounFrench121 findersA beige colour.
  • ECSTASYnounAncient Greek3 findersIntense pleasure.
  • ECSTATICadjectiveAncient Greek6 findersFeeling or characterized by ecstasy.
  • ECTASIAnounAncient Greek2 findersSynonym of ectasis.
  • ECTASISnounAncient Greek1 finderThe dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury.
  • ECTHLIPSISnounAncient Greek2 findersThe dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel. In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a
  • ECTOBLASTnoun1 finderThe outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm or epiblast.
  • ECTODERMnoun25 findersThe outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.
  • ECTODERMALadjective7 findersOf or pertaining to the ectoderm.
  • ECTOGENOUSadjective3 findersAble to survive outside of its host
  • ECTOGENYnoun2 findersThe effect of pollen on parts of the seed and fruit lying outside the embryo and endosperm.
  • ECTOMORPHnoun63 findersSomeone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
  • ECTOMORPHYnoun13 findersThe condition of being ectomorphic
  • ECTOPHYTEnoun2 findersAny plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism
  • ECTOPIAnounAncient Greek52 findersThe condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
  • ECTOPICadjective18 findersRelating to ectopia.
  • ECTOPLASMnoun350 findersA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
  • ECTOPYnounLatin29 findersAbnormal position of an organ or other body part.
  • ECTOTHERMnoun2 findersA cold-blooded animal: one, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends
  • ECTOTROPHICadjective2 findersThat obtains nourishment from outside of its host
  • ECTROPIONnounAncient Greek8 findersA condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
  • ECTYPALadjective3 findersCopied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.

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