English Words: E
18,836 words · Page 44 of 377
To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.
To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
Of, related to, or typifying extortion (“the practice of obtaining money or other property by the use of force or threats”).
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama, originally associated with Victorian England.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
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 44. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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