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- ETACISMThe pronunciation of the Ancient Greek η (eta) like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.
- ETAERIOAn aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
- ETALONAn optical device containing parallel mirrors, used as a narrow band filter, often in laser design.
- ETAMINEA soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
- ETATISMSynonym of statism, sometimes with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.
- ETATISMESSynonym of statism, sometimes with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.
- ETCETERAAlternative form of et cetera.
- ETCHTo cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on
- ETCHERA person who etches
- ETERNALLasting forever; unending.
- ETERNALITYThe condition of being eternal; endlessness
- ETERNITYExistence without end, infinite time.
- ETESIANPertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- ETHALcetyl alcohol
- ETHANEAn aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
- ETHANOICHaving the group CH3COO-.
- ETHANOLA simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
- ETHEplural of ethos
- ETHERThe substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities. The medium breathed by human beings; th
- ETHEREALPertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.
- ETHEREALISEAlternative spelling of etherealize.
- ETHERIALArchaic form of ethereal.
- ETHERICOf or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium); composed of ether; inhabiting the ether.
- ETHERICALSynonym of etheric.
- ETHERIFYTo convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
- ETHERISEAlternative spelling of etherize.
- ETHERISMThe state of intoxication caused by ether.
- ETHEROMANIAAn addiction to ether intoxication.
- ETHICMoral, relating to morals.
- ETHICALOf or relating to the study of ethics.
- ETHICALITYThe state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
- ETHICALLYIn an ethical manner.
- ETHICIANAn ethicist.
- ETHICISMThe application of ethics.
- ETHICISTA person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
- ETHICSMorality.
- ETHINYLAlternative form of ethynyl.
- ETHIONAMIDEAn antibiotic prodrug C8H10N2S effective only against mycobacteria and used in the treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy.
- ETHMOIDA light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the ol
- ETHMOIDALOf or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.
- ETHNICOf or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
- ETHNICALEthnic.
- ETHNICITYThe common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
- ETHNOCIDEThe deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturic
- ETHNOLOGICEthnological.
- ETHNOLOGISTOne who practices ethnology.
- ETHNOLOGYThe branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.
- ETHNOSAn ethnic group, or a people who have a common national or cultural tradition.
- ETHOGRAMA catalogue of the typical behaviour patterns of a species.
- ETHOLOGICEthological.
- ETHOLOGYThe scientific study of animalian behavior, especially that of nonhuman animals.
- ETHOSThe character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
- ETHOXYThe univalent radical CH3CH2O- derived from ethanol
- ETHYLThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- ETHYLAMINEA colourless, volatile liquid amine, CH3-CH2-NH2 having many industrial applications.
- ETHYLATETo react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound
- ETHYLATIONAny reaction that introduces an ethyl group into a molecule
- ETHYLENICContaining ethylene or an ethylene derivative
- ETHYLICPertaining to, derived from, or containing ethyl.
- ETICOf or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside that culture.
- ETIOLATETo make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
- ETIOLATEDOf a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight.
- ETIOLINA yellow pigment in plants grown without sufficient light; a precursor of chlorophyll.
- ETIOLOGYUS standard spelling of aetiology.
- ETNAA kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
- ETOILEAlternative form of estoile.
- ETTINA giant.
- ETTLETo propose, intend.
- ETUDEA short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- ETYMOLOGISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of etymologize.
- ETYMOLOGISTA lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
- ETYMOLOGIZETo find or provide the etymology for a word.
- ETYMONThe original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a f
- EUBACTERIUMAny bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria.
- EUCAINEA derivative of cocaine used as a local anesthetic in veterinary medicine.
- EUCALYPTAny tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- EUCALYPTOLA polycyclic monoterpenoid ether, obtained from eucalyptus oil, used in perfumery and in the production of pharmaceuticals etc.
- EUCALYPTUSAny of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
- EUCHARISA type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
- EUCHLORINEA rare emerald-green sulfate mineral found as a natural sublimate in fumaroles around volcanic eruptions, and having the chemical formula KNaCu3(SO4)3O).
- EUCHOLOGYeuchologion; prayer book
- EUCHREA trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
- EUCHREDsimple past and past participle of euchre
- EUCHROMATINuncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
- EUCLASEA monoclinic beryllium aluminium hydroxide silicate mineral, a product of the decomposition of beryl in pegmatites.
- EUCRITEAn achondritic meteoritic rock consisting chiefly of pigeonite and anorthite
- EUCRITICContaining or relating to the mineral eucrite.
- EUCRYPHIAAny tree of the genus Eucryphia
- EUDAEMONA good or benevolent spirit.
- EUDAEMONICOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
- EUDAEMONICSThat part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
- EUDAEMONISTICOf or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- EUDAIMONAlternative form of eudaemon.
- EUDIALYTEA red silicate mineral that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites.
- EUDIOMETERA graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
- EUDIOMETRICOf or relating to eudiometers and eudiometry.
- EUDIOMETRICALLYBy means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- EUDIOMETRYThe art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
- EUGEapplause
- EUGENIAAny member of the genus Eugenia of myrtaceous plants.