English Words: E

18,836 words · Page 33 of 377

ecks deeintj

Sarcastically drawing attention to something that is not as amusing as suggested.

Ecksteinname

A surname from German.

Eckstromname

A surname from Swedish.

eckynoun

The drug ecstasy.

ecky thumpintj

Exclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect.

ecky-beckynoun

A poor white person. Specifically, a lower-class descendant of the whites who worked the land before the arrival of African slaves.

eclabiumnoun

The turning outwards of a lip, a deformation accompanying certain forms of ichthyosis.

eclairciseverb

To make clear; to clarify, to explain.

eclaircissementnoun

An explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment.

EClairename

The ship of Ethan Rom and Claire Littleton from the 2004 television series Lost.

eclampsianoun

A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.

eclampsicadj

Of or relating to eclampsia.

eclaritenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, copper, iron, lead, and sulfur.

eclatnoun

Alternative spelling of éclat.

eclatantadj

Impressive, brilliant, striking, convincing.

eclecticadj

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

eclectic medicinenoun

A branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

eclecticanoun

Eclectic items considered as a whole.

eclecticallyadv

In an eclectic manner.

eclecticismnoun

The quality of being eclectic.

eclecticistadj

Of or pertaining to eclecticism.

eclecticizeverb

To make eclectic or varied.

eclectionnoun

An eclectic selection.

eclectismnoun

Alternative form of eclecticism.

eclectornoun

Any of various devices used to collect samples of insects resident in a particular location

eclipsableadj

Capable of being eclipsed.

eclipsenoun

An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.

eclipsedadj

With its disc sable (or, modernly, of another specified tincture).

eclipselikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of an eclipse.

eclipsernoun

A person or thing that eclipses.

eclipsestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of eclipse

eclipsethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of eclipse

eclipsisnoun

An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.

ecliptanoun

Any asteraceous flowering plant of the genus Eclipta.

eclipticnoun

The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.

eclipticaladj

Of or pertaining to an eclipse.

eclognoun

Alternative spelling of eclogue.

eclogitenoun

A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.

eclogiticadj

Of, pertaining to, or composed of eclogite

eclogitizeverb

To transform into eclogite.

ecloguenoun

A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.

ecloseverb

To give rise to, or to undergo, eclosion.

eclosionnoun

The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.

ECMnoun

Initialism of engine control module.

ECMAname

Acronym of European Castor and wheel Manufacturer’s Association.

ECMAScriptname

A standardised specification of JavaScript, developed by Ecma International.

ecmnesianoun

A form of amnesia in which the patient can recall older events but not recent ones.

ecmnesicadj

Pertaining to, or afflicted with, ecmnesia.

eco-prefix

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

eco-angstnoun

Angst over damage to the ecosystem.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter E contains 18,836 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 377 pages, and you are currently viewing page 33. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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