English words: either-handed to elasmosaur
300 English words, part 18 of 85 of the words starting with E, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.
English words either-handed to elasmosaur
- either-handed adjective: Able to use either (right or left) hand, often equally well; ambidextrous.
- either-or adjective, noun: Describing a situation in which there are only two choices.
- either way adverb: Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations).
- either-way offence noun: Synonym of hybrid offence.
- eithers determiner: Any one of two or more.
- Eitzen proper noun: A surname.
- Eiza proper noun: A surname.
- eizel noun: Alternative form of izle.
- EJ noun: Initialism of electronic journalism.
- ejaculate noun, verb /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/: To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
- ejaculatio praecox noun: Premature ejaculation.
- ejaculation noun /iˌdʒækjuˈleɪʃən/: The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
- ejaculation praecox noun: premature ejaculation
- ejaculative adjective: Ejaculatory.
- ejaculator noun /ɪˈd͡ʒækjəˌleɪtəɹ/: A person or thing that ejaculates.
- ejaculatory adjective /ɪˈd͡ʒæ.kjə.ləˌtɔɹ.i/: Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
- ejaculatory duct noun: Either of a pair of ducts through which semen passes, each of which is formed by the merging of the vas deferens and the duct of the seminal vesicle.
- ejaculum noun: ejaculation; ejaculate
- Ejagham noun: Synonym of Ekoi (“ethnic group of Nigeria”).
- EJB noun: Initialism of Enterprise JavaBean.
- eject noun, verb /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/: To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
- ejecta noun /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktə/: Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.
- ejecta spherule noun: An ejecta that is roughly in the shape of a small sphere.
- ejectability noun: Ability to be ejected.
- ejectable adjective, noun: Able to be ejected.
- ejectamenta noun /ɪˌdʒɛktəˈmɛntə/: Synonym of ejecta (material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano).
- ejectee noun: A person who, or thing that is ejected
- ejectile adjective, noun: That serves to eject, or that is ejected
- ejection noun /əˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/: The act of ejecting.
- ejection fraction noun: The proportion of blood ejected out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat.
- ejection seat noun: A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.
- ejective adjective, noun /iˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/: Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.
- ejectively adverb: In an ejective manner.
- ejectivity noun: The property of being ejective.
- ejectment noun: The legal process of ejecting someone from their property or holdings.
- ejector noun /ɪˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/: One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
- ejector seat noun: A seat in a military aircraft which allows the pilot or other crew members to quickly escape in the case of emergency using an explosive charge or rockets;...
- ejectosome noun: An ejectile organelle
- ejiao noun: Glue obtained from the skin of the donkey, used as a medicinal ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
- ejidal adjective: Of or relating to an ejido.
- ejidatario noun: A member of an ejido.
- ejido noun /ɛˈhiːdəʊ/: A Mexican cooperative farm.
- Ejiofor proper noun: A surname from Igbo.
- ejjeh noun: Alternative form of eggah
- EJK noun: Initialism of extrajudicial killing.
- ejoo noun: Synonym of gomuti.
- ejournal noun: Alternative form of e-journal.
- ejulation noun /ɛd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃən/: A wailing, crying or lamentation.
- ejuration noun: Renouncement, rejection; resignation of one's position.
- ejusdem generis phrase: A canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the...
- EK noun: Initialism of endothelial keratoplasty.
- eka- prefix /ˈeɪkə/: Used to form prototype names for as-yet undiscovered elements, when prepended to the known element above them in the same group of the periodic table.
- eka-actinium noun: unbiunium (element 121)
- eka-aluminium noun: gallium
- eka-aluminum noun: Alternative spelling of eka-aluminium.
- eka-astatine noun: Synonym of tennessine.
- eka-bismuth noun: moscovium
- eka-boron noun: scandium
- eka-caesium noun: Francium.
- eka-francium noun: ununennium
- eka-gold noun: Roentgenium.
- eka-hafnium noun: rutherfordium
- eka-iodine noun: astatine
- eka-iridium noun: meitnerium
- eka-lead noun: Synonym of flerovium.
- eka-manganese noun: technetium
- eka-mercury noun: copernicium.
- eka-osmium noun: hassium.
- eka-platinum noun: darmstadtium
- eka-polonium noun: Former name for livermorium.
- eka-protactinium noun: unbitrium (Ubt), an unsynthesized chemical element with atomic number 123.
- eka-radium noun: unbinilium
- eka-radon noun: The unstable, radioactive, chemical element with atomic number 118, now named oganesson.
- eka-rhenium noun: bohrium
- eka-silicon noun: germanium
- eka-tantalum noun: dubnium
- eka-thallium noun: nihonium
- eka-tungsten noun: seaborgium
- eka-wolfram noun: seaborgium
- ekaaluminium noun: Alternative spelling of eka-aluminium.
- ekaaluminum noun: Alternative spelling of eka-aluminium.
- ekaboron noun: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the predicted element (scandium) lying below boron in the periodic table
- ekacaesium noun: Alternative form of eka-caesium.
- Ekadashi proper noun: The eleventh day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar.
- ekagrata noun: Extreme focus on a particular point.
- ekaha noun: Asplenium nidus, an epiphytic fern.
- ekalead noun: Alternative spelling of eka-lead.
- ekaluminium noun: gallium, as a hypothetical element predicted by Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev before its discovery
- ekamanganese noun: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the predicted element (technetium) lying below manganese in the periodic table
- ekamercury noun: Alternative spelling of eka-mercury.
- ekanite noun: An uncommon mineral, one of very few gemstones that are naturally radioactive. (It contains thorium.)
- ekaplatinum noun: Alternative spelling of eka-platinum.
- Ekari noun: A people of the Indonesian province of Papua.
- ekasilicon noun: The predicted element lying below silicon in the periodic table – later named germanium.
- ekatantalum noun: Alternative form of eka-tantalum.
- Ekaterina proper noun /ɪˌkæ.təˈɹiː.nə/: A transliteration of the Russian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Екатерина (Jekaterina), equivalent to Catherine.
- ekaterinite noun: A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
- ekatite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal brownish black mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
- ekavic adjective: pertaining to the Ekavian dialect
- Ekberg proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- Ekbergian adjective: Reminiscent of Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), Swedish actress, model, and sex symbol.
- Ekbom's syndrome noun: restless legs syndrome
- EKC noun: Initialism of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.
- ekcetera phrase: Pronunciation spelling of et cetera.
- ekcetra phrase: Pronunciation spelling of et cetera.
- Ekdahl proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- eke adverb, noun, verb /iːk/: An addition.
- eke out verb: To supplement.
- ekeberginine noun: An organic compound found in the stembark of Ekbergia senegalensis.
- ekebergite noun: Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.
- ekecheiria noun: A truce around the time of the ancient Olympic Games to protect the hosts, competitors, and spectators.
- ekeing noun, verb: Alternative form of eking.
- ekekek interjection: imitates a certain chattering or trilling sound made by domestic cats, often when watching prey
- ekekheiria noun: Alternative form of ekecheiria (“Olympic truce”).
- eker noun: One who ekes.
- ekerite noun: A form of peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite found in Norway.
- EKG noun: Synonym of ECG (“electrocardiogram”).
- ekha noun: Alternative form of ekka (“Indian one-horse vehicle”).
- Ekholm proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- eki noun: A Japanese train station.
- ekiben noun: A bento (boxed lunch) sold at a railroad station in Japan.
- ekiden noun: A Japanese long-distance relay race, typically on roads.
- ekimmu noun: Alternative form of edimmu.
- eking noun, verb: The act or process of adding.
- Ekins proper noun: A surname.
- ekiri noun: Childhood shigellosis.
- Ekiri syndrome noun: Childhood shigellosis.
- ekistic adjective: Of or pertaining to ekistics.
- ekistical adjective: ekistic
- ekistically adverb: In terms of ekistics.
- ekistician noun: One who studies ekistics.
- ekistics noun: The scientific study of human settlements, and the planning and design of cities and other communities.
- Ekiti proper noun: A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Ado Ekiti.
- ekka noun /ˈɛkə/: A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
- Ekka flu noun: Colds and influenza spread during, and possibly because of, the Royal Queensland Show.
- ekker noun /ɛkə(ɹ)/: Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
- ekkers noun: Alternative spelling of ekker.
- ekki noun: The hard timber of the tree Lophira alata.
- ekklesia noun: Alternative spelling of ecclesia.
- ekklesiast noun: Alternative spelling of ecclesiast.
- ekklesiology noun: Rare spelling of ecclesiology.
- ekkyklema noun: Alternative form of eccyclema.
- eklogite noun: Alternative form of eclogite.
- Eklund proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- Ekman proper noun /ˈɛkmən/: A surname.
- Ekman spiral noun: A structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.
- ekmek noun: Synonym of ekmek kadayif (“bread pudding dessert”).
- ekmek kadayif noun: A Turkish bread pudding dessert, also found in Greece.
- EKO noun: Initialism of Edgeworth-Kuiper object.
- Ekofisk proper noun: An oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, about 320 km (200 mi) southwest of Stavanger.
- Ekoi noun: An ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria.
- Ekoid adjective: Of or relating to a cluster of dialects spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and adjacent regions of Cameroon.
- ekonting noun: Synonym of akonting.
- Ekpe noun: A member of this society.
- ekphore verb: Alternative form of ecphore.
- ekphoria noun: Alternative form of ecphoria.
- ekphorization noun: Alternative form of ecphorization.
- ekphory noun: Alternative form of ecphoria.
- ekphrasic adjective: Relating to ekphrasis.
- ekphrasis noun /ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/: A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- ekphrastic adjective /ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/: Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- ekphratic adjective: Relating to ekphrasis.
- ekpwele noun: Alternative form of ekwele.
- ekpyrosis noun: The supposed periodic destruction of the universe
- ekpyrotic adjective /ˌɛkpaɪˈɹɒtɪk/: Used in the names "ekpyrotic universe" or "ekpyrotic scenario", coined specifically to name this theory.
- ekranoplan noun: a ground-effect vehicle
- ekranoplane noun: Alternative spelling of ekranoplan.
- Ekron proper noun: One of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis, located in central Israel.
- Ekronite adjective, noun: A person from Ekron.
- eks dee interjection: Alternative form of ecks dee.
- ekstasis noun /ˈɛkstəsɪs/: The state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
- Ekstrand proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- Ekstrom proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- Ekta proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- ektacytometer noun: The instrument used in ektacytometry
- ektacytometric adjective: Relating to ektacytometry
- ektacytometrically adverb: In an ektacytometric manner
- ektacytometry noun: A method for measuring the deformability of cells, using shear stress
- ektaphelenchid noun: Any nematode of the family Ektaphelenchidae
- ektara noun: A single-stringed string instrument of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
- ektene noun: Alternative form of ektenia.
- ektenes noun: Alternative form of ektenia.
- ektenia noun: A litany in the Byzantine Rite.
- ektexine noun: Synonym of sexine.
- ektodynamorphic adjective: Alternative form of ectodynamorphic.
- ekuele noun: Alternative form of ekwele.
- Ekundayo proper noun: A unisex given name from Yoruba.
- Ekurhuleni proper noun: A city in South Africa.
- EKV noun: Initialism of exoatmospheric kill vehicle, a missile warhead reentry vehicle intercept antimisssile, whose intercept zone lies beyond the atmosphere.
- ekwele noun /eɪˈkweɪleɪ/: The former currency of Equatorial Guinea.
- el article, noun, number, prefix, suffix /ˈɛl/: The name of the Latin script letter L/l.
- el cheapo adjective, noun: Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality.
- El Clasico noun /ˌɛl ˈklasɪkəʊ/: Any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.
- elæon noun: Oil.
- El Pasoan noun: Someone from the city of El Paso in Texas or Illinois.
- El Presidente noun: Alternative form of presidente.
- el rollo noun: A surfing manoeuvre in which the surfer lies on the surfboard and completes a 360° spin around its long axis.
- El Salvadoran adjective, noun: Synonym of Salvadoran.
- ELA noun: Initialism of enterprise licensing agreement.
- elaborate adjective, verb /ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/: Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- elaborated adjective, verb: expanded
- elaborated sap noun: The sap of a plant produced in its leaves from the crude sap to feed the plant.
- elaborately adverb: In an elaborate manner.
- elaborateness noun: The state of being elaborate
- elaborater noun: Alternative form of elaborator.
- elaboration noun: The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- elaborational adjective: Relating to elaboration.
- elaborative adjective: Serving to elaborate.
- elaboratively adverb: In an elaborative manner.
- elaborativeness noun: quality of being elaborative
- elaborator noun: One who, or that which, elaborates.
- elaboratory adjective, noun: A laboratory.
- elacestrant noun: A medication used to treat breast cancer.
- elachi noun: Synonym of elaichi (“cardamom”).
- elachistid noun: Any moth in the family Elachistidae.
- elachistine noun: Any moth of the subfamily Elachistinae
- elachura noun: Any bird of the genus Elachura, of which the spotted elachura (Elachura formosa) is the only specimen.
- elacomine noun: An oxindole alkaloid found in the plant Elaeagnus commutata.
- elacridar noun: A particular glycoprotein inhibitor.
- elaeagnaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Elaeagnaceae.
- elaeagnus noun: Any plant of the genus Elaeagnus.
- elaenia noun: A bird of the genus Elaenia.
- elaeocarp noun: Any the Elaeocarpaceae family of trees.
- elaeocarpaceous adjective: Belonging to the Elaeocarpaceae.
- elaeocarpusin noun: A particular ellagitannin.
- elaeodendroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- elaeolite noun: A variety of nepheline, usually massive and of a greasy lustre and grey to reddish colour.
- elaeomargaric acid noun: Synonym of eleostearic acid.
- elaeometer noun: Synonym of oleometer.
- elaeophorosis noun: Infestation with Elaeophora nematodes.
- elaeoptene noun: The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil.
- elafibranor noun: A particular drug used to treat cardiometabolic diseases
- elafin noun: A polypeptide inhibitor of some peptidases and elastases
- Elagabalus proper noun /ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/: The deity Elagabal, venerated in ancient times at Emesa in Syria (and later elsewhere in the Roman Empire), identified with a large black stone.
- elagolix noun: A gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH antagonist) medication used to treat pain associated with endometriosis.
- Elahi proper noun: A surname.
- elaichi noun /ɪ.lɑːj.t͡ʃiː/: cardamom
- elaidamide noun: An organic compound with chemical formula C₁₈H₃₅NO, isomeric with oleamide.
- elaidate noun: A salt of elaidic acid.
- elaidic adjective: Derived from elaidin (the trans isomer of oleic acid).
- elaidic acid noun: The trans isomer of oleic acid; the major trans fat found in hydrogenated vegetable oils, also occurring in small amounts in caprine and bovine milk.
- elaidin noun: A solid isomeric modification of olein.
- elaidinic acid noun: Alternative form of elaidic acid.
- elaidinisation noun: Alternative form of elaidinization.
- elaidinization noun: A chemical reaction that alters the orientation of double bonds from cis to trans, most often performed on fats and oils to increase the melting point and...
- elaidinize verb: To undergo, or cause to undergo, elaidinization.
- elain noun: eleoptene
- Elaina proper noun: A female given name from Ancient Greek, of modern usage, variant of Elaine.
- elaine noun: Alternative form of olein.
- elaiodic acid noun: ricinoleic acid
- elaiometer noun: Synonym of oleometer.
- elaiophore noun: A plant organ that secretes oil.
- elaiophylin noun: A macrolide antibiotic present in various soil actinomycetes
- elaioplast noun: A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of lipids.
- elaiosome noun: A fleshy structure rich in lipids attached to the seeds of many plant species, usually to attract ants that disperse the seeds.
- elaliite noun: A mineral with chemical formula Fe₉PO₁₂.
- Elam proper noun /ˈiːləm/: An ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa.
- Elam ending noun: A basketball rule where, for all or part of the fourth quarter, teams play to a target score rather than a set amount of time.
- elamipretide noun: A mitochondrial cardiolipin binder used to treat Barth syndrome.
- Elamite adjective, noun /ˈiː.lə.maɪt/: Of, from, or pertaining to, Elam.
- Elamitish adjective: Of or pertaining to the Elamites.
- Elamo- prefix: Relating to Elam.
- elamping adjective: shining
- elan noun /eɪˈlɑːn/: Uncommon spelling of élan.
- élan vital noun /eɪˈlɑn viˈtɑl/: The life force or vital principle posited in the philosophy of Henri Bergson; any mysterious or creative vital principle.
- elance verb /ɪˈlæns/: To throw like a lance; to hurl.
- eland noun /ˈiːlənd/: A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
- Elandsberg dwarf chameleon noun: Synonym of Smith's dwarf chameleon
- elanet noun: Synonym of black-winged kite (“the bird Elanus caeruleus”).
- elanid kite noun: Any of several small, long-winged, hovering raptors of the Elaninae subfamily.
- elantrine noun: An anticholinergic drug.
- elanzepine noun: An antidepressant drug.
- elaoptene noun: Alternative form of elaeoptene.
- elaphine adjective, noun: Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the red deer, Cervus elaphus.
- elaphrine noun: Any member of the subfamily Elaphrinae of carabid beetles.
- elaphure noun /ˈɛləfjʊə(ɹ)/: Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), a Chinese deer with unusual antlers.
- elapid adjective, noun /əˈlæ.pɪd/: A snake of the family Elapidae.
- elapidic adjective: Relating to elapids (snakes of the family Elapidae)
- elapine adjective: Pertaining to the Elapidae, a taxonomic group including cobras.
- elapoid noun: Any snake of the superfamily Elapoidea
- elapse verb /ɪˈlæps/: To pass or move by.
- elapsed flying time noun: The amount of time that an aircraft spends in the air.
- elapsed real time noun: Synonym of wall time.
- elapsed time noun: The duration of time that has passed between the commencement of the event and its completion, irrespective of any time-outs, half-time breaks, or other...
- elapsion noun: The act of elapsing; elapse
- elaqueate verb: To disentangle.
- Elara proper noun /ˈɛlərə/: A mistress of Zeus.
- Elarian adjective /ɛˈlɛəriən/: Of or relating to the princess Elara in Greek mythology.
- elasipod noun: Synonym of elasipodid.
- elasipodid noun: Any sea cucumber of the order Elasipodida
- elasmarian noun: Any extinct ornithopod of the clade Elasmaria
- elasmid noun: Any tiny parasitic wasp in the family Elasmidae, now considered to be part of the Eulophidae.
- elasmobranch noun: Any of many cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii.
- elasmobranchian noun: Any fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii
- elasmobranchiate adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.
- elasmobranchid noun: Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii
- elasmodine noun: A mineralised form of collagen that is the main component of elasmoid fish-scales
- elasmoid adjective: That lacks dentine.
- elasmophobia noun: A fear of sharks.
- elasmosaur noun: Any plesiosaur of the genus Elasmosaurus.
Part 17 · Part 19 · English words: E
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under E: 25,290 words, in 85 parts.