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- EASYComfortable; at ease.
- EASYGOINGCalm, relaxed, casual and informal.
- EATABLEAble to be eaten; edible.
- EATAGEEdible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.
- EATENpast participle of eat
- EATERA person or animal who eats.
- EATERYA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
- EATHEasy; not hard or difficult.
- EATHLYIn an eath or easy manner; easily; readily.
- EAVEAlternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
- EAVEDHaving eaves (of a specified number or kind).
- EAVESThe underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
- EAVESDRIPSynonym of eavesdrop (“dripping of rain from the eaves of a house”).
- EAVESDROPTo hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
- EAVESTROUGHA trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.
- EBON(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
- EBONISTA cabinetmaker who uses ebony; an ébéniste.
- EBONITEThe relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur.
- EBONYA hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
- EBOOKAlternative spelling of e-book.
- EBRIATEDrunk; intoxicated.
- EBRIETYThe state of intoxication, drunkenness.
- EBULLIENTEnthusiastic; high-spirited.
- EBULLITIONThe act of boiling.
- ECADAn organism whose form has been affected by its environment.
- ECARTEA 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.
- ECAUDATETailless; without a tail or tail-like appendage.
- ECBOLEA digression, one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
- ECCEan interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!
- ECCRINEPertaining to a sweat gland.
- ECDYSIASTAn erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper.
- ECDYSISThe stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear.
- ECESISThe 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.
- ECHARDThe portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.
- ECHELONA level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- ECHEVERIAAny member of the speciose genus Echeveria of succulents, many species of which are popular as garden plants.
- ECHIDNAAny of the small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- ECHINATEprickly; bristly
- ECHINODERMAn animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
- ECHINODERMATOUSRelating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
- ECHINOIDAny sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
- ECHINUSA sea urchin.
- ECHIUMAny member of the genus Echium of flowering plants.
- ECHIURANAny annelid worm of the subclass Echiura, formerly considered to be its own phylum.
- ECHOAlternative letter-case form of Echo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
- ECHOEROne who, or that which, echoes or repeats something back.
- ECHOEYThat echoes; having an echoing quality.
- ECHOGRAMsonogram
- ECHOICOf or pertaining to an echo
- ECHOISMThe practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
- ECHOISTOne who repeats like an echo; a mindless imitator.
- ECHOLALIAThe involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
- ECHOLESSWithout echo.
- ECHOPRAXIAThe involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
- ECHOVIRUSA type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
- ECHTProper, real, genuine, true to type.
- ECLAMPSIAA complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
- ECLATAlternative spelling of éclat.
- ECLIPSEAn alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- ECLIPSERA person or thing that eclipses.
- ECLIPTICThe great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
- ECLOGITEA coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
- ECLOGUEA pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
- ECLOSIONThe emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
- ECOFEMINISTOf or relating to ecofeminism.
- ECOLOGISTA scholar of ecology.
- ECOLOGYThe branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
- ECONOMISERAlternative form of economizer.
- ECONOMISTAn expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
- ECONOMYEffective 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.
- ECOPHOBIAFear of one’s home.
- ECOPHOBIASFear of one’s home.
- ECOTAGEThe commission of usually illegal acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.
- ECOTAGESThe commission of usually illegal acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.
- ECOTONEA transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).
- ECOTOURISMResponsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
- ECOTOURISTA participant in ecotourism.
- ECOTYPEA phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.
- ECRUA beige colour.
- ECSTASYIntense pleasure.
- ECSTATICFeeling or characterized by ecstasy.
- ECTASIASynonym of ectasis.
- ECTASISThe dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury.
- ECTHLIPSISThe 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
- ECTOBLASTThe outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm or epiblast.
- ECTODERMThe 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.
- ECTODERMALOf or pertaining to the ectoderm.
- ECTOGENOUSAble to survive outside of its host
- ECTOGENYThe effect of pollen on parts of the seed and fruit lying outside the embryo and endosperm.
- ECTOMORPHSomeone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
- ECTOMORPHYThe condition of being ectomorphic
- ECTOPHYTEAny plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism
- ECTOPIAThe condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
- ECTOPICRelating to ectopia.
- ECTOPLASMA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
- ECTOPYAbnormal position of an organ or other body part.
- ECTOTHERMA 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
- ECTOTROPHICThat obtains nourishment from outside of its host
- ECTROPIONA condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
- ECTYPALCopied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.