English words: epinosic to epistolean

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English words epinosic to epistolean

epinosic adjective: unhealthy
epinucleation noun: nucleation on a surface
epioccipital adjective, noun: Above the occipital bone
epiorganism noun: A group of organisms (such as a hive of bees) regarded as a single organism
epiorganismic adjective: Of or relating to an epiorganism.
epiornis noun: The elephant bird (Aepyornis).
epiornithic adjective, noun: Alternative form of epornitic.
epiornitic adjective: Alternative form of epornitic.
epiossification noun: A bony extension (of a dinosaur's frill).
epiotic noun: The upper and outer element of periotic bone. In humans forming a part of the temporal bone, while in fish it is more distinguishable.
Epipaleolithic adjective, noun: Mesolithic
epipapillary adjective: Above a papilla
epiparasite noun: A parasite that feeds on another parasite.
epiparasitic adjective: Describing an epibiotic parasitic relationship.
epiparasitism noun: Behaviour of epiparasites.
epiparietal adjective, noun: Situated above the parietal bone.
epiparietosquamosal adjective: epiparietal and squamosal
epipastic adjective: Having the qualities of a dusting powder.
epipedon noun: A horizon that forms near the soil surface
epipelagial adjective: Alternative form of epipelagic.
epipelagic adjective: Synonym of photic (“Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).
epipelagic zone noun: Synonym of photic zone (“The part of the near-surface body of an ocean or lake that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible.”).
epipelagically adverb: In an epipelagic manner
epipelic adjective: Growing on mud
epipelon noun: The cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae that live on or in association with fine-grained substrata or sand.
epipen noun: Alternative letter-case form of epipen (genericized term)
epipericardial adjective: On the pericardium
epipericyst noun: The part of the pericyst that lies anterior to the paracingulum.
epiperimetric adjective: Surrounding a perimeter
epiperineurial adjective: Above the perineurium
epiperiosteal adjective: Above the periosteum
epiperipheral adjective: Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; especially applied to feelings that originate at the extremities of nerves, as...
epipetalous adjective: Found on the petals or corolla.
epipetalously adverb: In an epipetalous manner.
epipetreous adjective: Growing on rocks.
epipetric adjective: Found growing on rocks.
epipetrically adverb: In an epipetric manner.
Epiph noun: Abbreviation of Epiphany.
epiphallus noun: In some orthopterans, a plate adjacent to the genital complex.
epiphanal adjective: Having the character of an epiphany.
epiphanally adverb: In an epiphanal way.
Epiphanes proper noun /ɛˈpɪfəniːz/: the epithet of several Hellenistic rulers
epiphanette noun: A small epiphanylike realization or insight.
epiphanic adjective: Having the character of an epiphany.
epiphanically adverb: In an epiphanic way.
epiphanisation noun: UK standard spelling of epiphanization.
epiphanise verb: UK standard spelling of epiphanize.
epiphanization noun: The inducement of an epiphany.
epiphanize verb: To have an epiphany.
epiphanous adjective: Being or relating to an epiphany.
epiphany noun /ɪˈpɪfəni/: An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
epiphany cake noun: Synonym of Twelfth cake.
epiphanylike adjective: Like an epiphany.
epipharyngeal adjective, noun: Pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
epipharynx noun: The nasopharynx.
epiphase noun: The upper, less dense phase of a multiphase system
epiphatic adjective: epiphytic
epiphenomenal adjective /ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnəl/: Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.
epiphenomenalism noun /ˌɛ.pi.fəˌnɒ.mə.nəˈlɪ.zəm/: The doctrine that consciousness, mental states and processes are simply by-products of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot...
epiphenomenalist noun: A proponent of epiphenomenalism.
epiphenomenalistic adjective /ˌɛpɪfəˌnɒmɪnəˈlɪstɪk/: Relating to epiphenomenalism.
epiphenomenalistically adverb /ˌɛpɪfəˌnɒmɪnəˈlɪstɪkli/: In terms of, or by means of, epiphenomenalism.
epiphenomenalize verb: To regard as epiphenomenal
epiphenomenally adverb: In an epiphenomenal manner.
epiphenomenological adjective: Relating to epiphenomenalism
epiphenomenon noun /ˌɛpɪfəˈnɒmɪnən/: An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence.
epiphenotype noun: An epigenetic phenotype
epiphloedal adjective: That grows on the surface of bark
epiphloem noun: Alternative form of epiphloeum.
epiphloeodal adjective: Alternative form of epiphloedal.
epiphloeum noun /ɛ.pɪˈfliː.əm/: A corky envelope or outer portion of bark, lying next beneath an epidermis.
Epiphone noun: A guitar manufactured by Epiphone, now a subsidiary of Gibson.
epiphonema noun /ˌɛpɪfəˈniːmə/: An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.
epiphoneme noun: Alternative form of epiphonema.
epiphora noun /ɪˈpɪfərə/: epistrophe
epiphragm noun /ˈɛpɪfɹæm/: A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
epiphragma noun: Alternative form of epiphragm.
epiphrasis noun: epexegesis
epiphreatic adjective: Above a phreatic zone
epiphrenic adjective: On (or just above) the diaphragm
epiphycan noun: A small proteoglycan related to osteoglycin
epiphyletic adjective: Mostly monophyletic but containing some hybrids
epiphyll noun: The upper portion of a leaf, from which the petiole and blade develop.
epiphyllospermous adjective /ˌɛpɪˌfɪləˈspɜː(ɹ)məs/: That bears seeds on the backs of the leaves
epiphyllous adjective: Growing on the leaf.
epiphyllum noun: A cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
epiphyseal adjective: Of or pertaining to the epiphysis
epiphyseal plate noun: A plate of hyaline cartilage in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone, where new bone growth takes place.
epiphyseolysis noun: Alternative form of epiphysiolysis.
epiphysial adjective: Alternative form of epiphyseal.
epiphysiodesis noun: A pediatric surgical procedure in which the epiphyseal plate of a bone is fused either temporarily or permanently to delay growth of a long bone
epiphysiolysis noun: The separation of the epiphysis from the diaphysis of a bone
epiphysis noun /ɪˈpɪf.ɪ.sɪs/: The pineal gland.
epiphysitis noun: inflammation of the epiphysis
epiphyte noun /ˈɛpɪfɑɪt/: A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
epiphytic adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
epiphytical adjective: Alternative form of epiphytic.
epiphytically adverb: In an epiphytic manner; in the manner of an epiphyte
epiphytism noun: The quality or condition of being an epiphyte.
epiphytize verb: To colonize with an epiphyte
epiphytized adjective, verb: colonized with an epiphyte
epiphytological adjective: Relating to epiphytology.
epiphytologist noun: One who studies epiphytology.
epiphytology noun: Study of epiphytes and their ecology.
epiphyton noun: periphyton growing on other plants
epiphytotic adjective, noun: A widespread outbreak of a plant disease.
epiphytous adjective: Synonym of epiphytic.
epipial adjective: Relating to the pia mater
epiplakin noun: An epidermal plakin
epiplankton noun: Plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).
epiplanktonic adjective: Relating to epiplankton
epiplaphilia noun: Sexual attraction to furniture; a paraphilia involving sexual arousal from furniture, sometimes specifically furniture designed for sexual purposes.
epiplaphobia noun: The irrational fear of furniture, sometimes specifically antique furniture.
epiplastid adjective: Describing the outermost membrane of a plastid
epiplastral adjective: Relating to the epiplastron
epiplastron noun: Either of the foremost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles
epiplectic adjective: Of or pertaining to epiplexis.
epipleural adjective, noun: Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra
epipleuron noun: The outer margin of an elytron of a beetle
epiplexis noun: A rhetorical device where a sequence of rhetorical questions is used to criticise or blame, or more generally, to elicit an emotional response.
epiploce noun: A figure of speech by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; escalation to a climax.
epiplocele noun: Hernia of the omentum.
epiploic adjective: Pertaining to the omentum.
epiploic appendix noun: Any of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.
epiploitis noun: Inflammation of the omentum; omental peritonitis.
epiploon noun: The greater omentum.
epiplopexy noun: suturing of the omentum to the abdominal wall
epipod noun: A small projection arising from the thoracic legs of a crustacean.
epipodal adjective: Alternative form of epipodial.
epipodial adjective: Relating to, or located at, the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
epipodialia noun: The bones of either the forearm or shank: the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.
epipodials noun: Synonym of epipodialia.
epipodite noun: epipod
epipodium noun: One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
epipodophylloid noun: Synonym of epipodophyllotoxin.
epipodophyllotoxin noun: Any of a group of complex lignans extracted from the root of the American mayapple plant (Podophyllum peltatum)
epipolar adjective: Relating to an epipole
epipole noun: The intersection of two polar lines
epipolic adjective: fluorescent
epipolism noun: fluorescence
epipolized adjective: Made fluorescent.
epipolythiodioxopiperazine noun: Any of a group of cytotoxic metabolites of some fungi
epipophysis noun: Any of a series of bony projections of the cervical vertebrae found in dinosaurs
epipotamal adjective: Describing the relatively calm upper reaches of a lowland stream
epiproct noun /ˈɛpɪpɹɑkt/: Either of the lateral lobes of the proctiger.
epiproctan noun: Any insect of the suborder Epiprocta
epiprogoitrin noun: A glucosinolate, 1-thio-β-D-glucopyranose 1-[(S)-N-(hydroxysulfonyloxy)-3-hydroxy-4-penteneimidate], found in crambe seeds
epiproteome noun: A proteome of proteins that have been subject to one or multiple post-translational modifications
epiproteomic adjective: Relating to epiproteomes or to epiproteomics
epipsammic adjective: Having a stalk of mucilage that attaches it to a sand grain
epipsammon noun: The community of microscopic species (e.g., diatoms) that attach themselves to grains of sand.
epipsocid noun: Any barklouse in the family Epipsocidae.
epipteric adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to supernumerary bones (Wormian bones) occasionally present in the pterion region of the human skull.
epipterygoid adjective, noun: Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
epipubic adjective: Relating to the epipubis.
epipubic bone noun: a rod-like bone that projects forward from the pelvis in monotremes and marsupials.
epipubis noun: A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians, reptiles and other animals, including the duck-billed platypus and some extinct mammals.
epipuncta noun: The smaller of the shell perforations of plaesiomyid brachiopods
epipyropid noun: Any moth in the family Epipyropidae.
EPIRB noun: Acronym of emergency position indicating radio beacon.
epiregulation noun: epigenetic regulation
epiregulin noun: A polypeptide that functions as a ligand for the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and is essential for the growth of several types of cancer
epirelief noun: positive relief, in which a fossil protrudes up from the surface
epiretinal adjective: Over or covering the retina
epiretinally adverb: In an epiretinal manner or direction
epirizole noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
epirodin noun: a polyene antibiotic produced by the fungus Epicoccum nigrum
epiroprim noun: A particular antiprotozoal drug.
Epirot noun /ɪˈpʌɪɹət/: An inhabitant or a resident of ancient or modern Epirus, in northwest Greece and southern Albania.
Epirote noun: An inhabitant or descendant of Epirus.
Epirotic adjective: Of or pertaining to Epirus.
epirrhema noun /ɛpɪˈɹiːmə/: An address, usually dealing with public affairs, spoken by the leader of the chorus after the parabasis in an Ancient Greek comedy.
epirrhematic adjective: Of or resembling an epirrhema.
epirrheology noun: The effects of external agents upon living plants.
epirubicin noun /ˌɛp.ɪˈɹu.bɪs.n̩/: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
epirubicine noun: Alternative form of epirubicin.
Epirus proper noun /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/: A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeastern Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
episaturation noun: The condition of a soil, saturated with water, that lies above an unsaturated layer
episcia noun: Any member of the flowering plant genus Episcia; a flame violet.
episclera noun: The outermost layer of the sclera, composed of loose, fibrous, elastic tissue.
episcleral adjective: Relating to the episclera.
episcleritis noun: A benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease affecting part of the eye called the episclera.
episcopacy noun /ɪˈpɪskəpəsi/: The office of bishop and the governance of a church (a religious denomination) by bishops.
episcopal adjective, noun /əˈpɪs.kə.pl̩/: Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
Episcopal Church noun: Any Church whose organization is based around bishops; but especially any Church of the Anglican Communion
episcopalian adjective, noun /ɪpɪskəpeɪliən/: episcopal: pertaining to a bishop of any church
episcopalianize verb: To make episcopalian.
episcopalism noun: Alternative form of Episcopalianism
episcopality noun: The quality of being episcopal.
episcopally adverb: By episcopal authority, ratified by a bishop.
episcopant noun: A bishop.
episcoparian adjective: episcopal
episcopate noun, verb /ɪˈpɪskəpət/: Bishops seen as a group.
episcope noun: A form of projector that projects images of opaque objects
episcopic adjective: Describing an optical device in which light is reflected by (rather than traversing) the object being observed
episcopicide noun: The killing of a bishop.
episcopise verb: Alternative form of episcopize.
episcopize verb: To perform the duties of a bishop.
episcopolatry noun: Excessive devotion to bishops or the institution of episcopacy.
episcopophobia noun: Fear or hatred of bishops.
episcopy noun: Supervision; superintendence.
episcotister noun: A disc with opaque and transparent sectors that is rapidly rotated to reduce the intensity of a light source.
episelenide noun: Any of a class of organic compound, analogous to epoxides (or episulfides), in which a selenium atom replaces the oxygen.
episemantic adjective: Of a molecule: produced by means of a semantide.
episematic adjective /ˌɛpɪsɪˈmætɪk/: That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
episememe noun: The meaning expressed by a tagmeme.
episemon noun: An insignia or some other distinguishing symbol.
episepalous adjective: Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
episeptal adjective: Above the septum.
episialin noun: An epithelial sialomucin.
episio- prefix /əˌpiːziːoʊː/: Refers to the vulvar or perineal area in relation to the surgical procedures episiotomy, episiorrhaphy, or episioplasty.
episioplasty noun: plastic surgery to repair the vulva
episiorrhaphy noun: The suturing of the vulva to repair injury.
episiotomy noun /əˌpiːziːˈɒtəmiː/: A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
episkeletal adjective: Above or outside the skeleton or endoskeleton
episkotister noun: Alternative form of episcotister.
episkyros noun: An Ancient Greek ball game in which players on two teams attempted to throw the ball over the heads of the other team.
episodal adjective: episodic
episodally adverb: In an episodic manner; in episodes.
episode noun /ˈɛp.ɪ.səʊd/: A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
episodeless adjective: Without an episode.
episodial adjective: Episodic.
episodially adverb: In an episodic manner; in episodes.
episodic adjective /ˌɛp.ɪˈsɒd.ɪk/: Relating to an episode.
episodic dyscontrol syndrome noun: Synonym of intermittent explosive disorder.
episodic memory noun: A type of long-term, declarative memory in which memories are stored of personal experiences that are tied to particular times and places.
episodic wave noun: Synonym of rogue wave.
episodical adjective: Episodic.
episodically adverb: In an episodic manner; in episodes.
episodicity noun: The quality of being episodic.
episomal adjective: Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome
episomally adverb: In an episomal manner.
episome noun: A segment of DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria.
episomic adjective: Relating to an episome
epispadiac noun: A person who has epispadias.
epispadias noun /ˌɛp.ɪˈspeɪ.di.əs/: A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.
epispasm noun: A form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.
epispastic adjective, noun: Causing blisters; vesicant.
episperm noun: The seed coat (outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant).
epispermic adjective: Pertaining or belonging to the episperm (seedcoat).
episphere noun: All the epiphytes of a plant.
epispinal adjective: On the spinal cord
epispire noun: A spiral ridge on the surface of the shell of some fossilized gastropods.
episporangium noun: The indusium of a fern when it overlies the sporangium, as in Aspidium.
epispore noun: The thickish outer coat of certain spores, e.g. of fungi.
episporium noun: Synonym of exospore.
episquamosal adjective, noun: Situated above the squamosal bone
epistaminal adjective: On the stamens.
epistasis noun /ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/: The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.
epistasy noun: epistasis
epistates noun: A superintendent or overseer in Ancient Greece.
epistatic adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to epistasis.
epistatically adverb: In an epistatic manner.
epistaxic adjective: Of or pertaining to epistaxis.
epistaxis noun /ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs/: Nosebleed.
epistellar adjective: Of a gas giant: having a close orbit to its parent star
epistellar Jovian noun: Synonym of hot Jupiter.
episteme noun /ˌɛp.ɪˈstiː.mi/: Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
epistemic adjective /ˌɛpɪˈstiːmɪk/: Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired.
epistemic circularity noun: A circle of (foundational) epistemic arguments where the reliability of a device used within this circle is also proven within the circle.
epistemic crisis noun: A profound disruption in the shared frameworks for knowledge production, validation, and dissemination, where established epistemic regimes, methodologies,...
epistemic logic noun: Epistemic modal logic, a subfield of modal logic that is concerned with reasoning about knowledge.
epistemic marker noun: A linguistic element, such as a word or phrase, that indicates the speaker's or writer's attitude or degree of certainty regarding the truth or likelihood...
epistemic rationality noun: A specific form of rationality focusing on forming accurate beliefs regarding the world based on available evidence.
epistemic regime noun: Any pattern or system (including any ideology, philosophy, religion, science, or tradition, as well as coexistent combinations thereof) by which people know...
epistemically adverb: In a way that pertains to knowledge and cognition.
epistemicide noun: The destruction of (a targeted people or group's) knowledge.
epistemicism noun: A philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.
epistemicist noun: One who subscribes to the philosophy of epistemicism.
epistemicity noun: The property of being epistemic.
epistemics noun: The epistemic factors or attributes (of something).
epistemocracy noun: Alternative form of epistocracy
epistemolog noun: Synonym of epistemologist.
epistemologic adjective: Synonym of epistemological (“relating to epistemology”).
epistemological adjective /ɪˌpɪstəməˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/: Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
epistemological dualism noun: Synonym of representationalism (“the belief that the conscious perception of the world is actually an internal replica of the world in the mind of the...
epistemological turn noun: In the history of Western philosophy, the shift in philosophical attention from the classical and medieval focus on themes of metaphysics to a primary focus...
epistemologically adverb: In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
epistemologist noun: A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
epistemologue noun: Alternative form of epistemolog.
epistemology noun /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/: The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge...
epistemophilia noun: An excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
episternal adjective: Of or pertaining to the episternum.
episternum noun: The upper segment of the sternum
episterol noun: The sterol (3β,5α)-ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3-ol which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids.
epistigmastanol noun: An isomer of stigmastanol, 24α-ethyl-5α-cholestan-3β-ol
epistilbite noun: A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
epistle noun, verb /ɪˈpɪs.əl/: A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters, especially one in verse.
epistle lesson noun: A reading from one of the New Testament epistles (written by St. Paul and others); one of the usual four readings from the Bible found in many (Sunday)...
epistle side noun: The right side of an altar or church from the perspective of a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
epistler noun: A writer of an epistle.
epistocracy noun /ˌɛpɪˈstɑkɹəsi/: A rule by citizens with political knowledge, or a proposed political system which concentrates political power in citizens according to their knowledge.
epistocrat noun: One of the ruling citizens in an epistocracy.
epistocratic adjective: Relating to epistocracy.
epistolar adjective: Alternative form of epistolary.
epistolarian noun /ɪˈpɪstəˈlɛəɹi.ən/: A writer of epistles.
epistolarily adverb: In an epistolary manner.
epistolary adjective, noun /ɪˈpɪst(ə)ˌl(ə)ɹi/: Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
epistolatory adjective: Synonym of epistolary.
epistolean noun: One who writes epistles; a correspondent.

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.