| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| each | adjective / adjective pronoun | Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you., Every; — sometimes used interchangeably with every. |
| eale | noun | Ale. |
| eame | noun | Uncle. |
| earl | noun | A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count., The needlefish. |
| earn | noun | See Ern, n., To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not)., To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels., To grieve., To long; to yearn., To curdle, as milk. |
| ease | noun | Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment., Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body., Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind., Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; — said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address., To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; — often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind., To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate., To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery., To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. |
| east | noun | The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west., The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East., Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; — usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West., Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east., Eastward., To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate. |
| easy | verb t. | At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint, Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy., Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind., Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style., Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing., Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory., Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion., Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready., Moderate; sparing; frugal., Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; — opposed to tight. |
| eath | adjective & adverb | Easy or easily. |
| ebon | adjective | Consisting of ebony., Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark., Ebony. |
| eche | adjective / adjective pronoun | Each. |
| echo | noun | A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound., Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer., A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them., A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice., To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate., To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt., To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. |
| ecru | adjective | Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like. |
| ect- | Alt. of Ecto- | |
| edda | noun | The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes. |
| eddy | noun | A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current., A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool., To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle., To collect as into an eddy. |
| eden | noun | The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence. |
| edge | verb t. | The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc., Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice., Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire., The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening., To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen., To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool., To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box., To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on., To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards., To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way., To sail close to the wind. |
| edgy | adjective | Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper., Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. |
| edit | verb t. | To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper. |
| eeke | verb t. | See Eke. |
| e’en | adverb | A contraction for even. See Even. |
| e’er | adverb | A contraction for ever. See Ever. |
| eery | adjective | Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories., Affected with fear; affrighted. |
| egad | interj. | An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc. |
| egal | adjective | Equal; impartial. |
| eger | adjective | Alt. of Egre, An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre. |
| egre | adjective | Sharp; bitter; acid; sour., See Eager, and Eagre. |
| eigh | interj. | An exclamation expressing delight. |
| eild | noun | Age. |
| eire | noun | Air. |
| ejoo | noun | Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti. |
| eked | imp. & past participle | of Eke |
| e-la | noun | Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying. |
| elan | b. | Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm. |
| elix | verb t. | To extract. |
| elke | noun | The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus). |
| elmy | adjective | Abounding with elms. |
| else | adjective & pronoun | Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?, Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else., Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. |
| elul | noun | The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September. |
| elve | noun | An old form of Elf. |
| emeu | noun | Alt. of Emew |
| emew | noun | See Emu. |
| emir | noun | Alt. of Emeer |
| emit | verb t. | To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light., To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. |
| emyd | noun | A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidae. |
| end- | A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean. | |
| enow | A form of Enough. | |
| ent- | A prefix signifying within. See Ento-. | |
| envy | noun | Malice; ill will; spite., Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another’s excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; — usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar., Emulation; rivalry., Public odium; ill repute., An object of envious notice or feeling., To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another’s excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it., To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge., To long after; to desire strongly; to covet., To do harm to; to injure; to disparage., To hate., To emulate., To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; — used especially with at., To show malice or ill will; to rail. |
| epen | noun | See Epencephalon. |
| epha | noun | A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer. |
| epi- | A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral. | |
| epic | adjective | Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style., An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a. |
| epos | noun | An epic. |
| eras | plural | of Era |
| ergo | conj. / adverb | Therefore; consequently; — often used in a jocular way. |
| eric | noun | A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person. |
| erin | noun | An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland. |
| erke | adjective | ASlothful. |
| erme | verb i. | To grieve; to feel sad. |
| erne | noun | A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). |
| eros | noun | Love; the god of love; — by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid. |
| erse | noun | A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; — called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic., Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language. |
| ersh | noun | See Arrish. |
| erst | adverb | First., Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. |
| esox | noun | A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel. |
| espy | verb t. | To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd., To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe., To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy., A spy; a scout. |
| etch | noun | A variant of Eddish., To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid., To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal., To sketch; to delineate., To practice etching; to make etchings. |
| ethe | adjective | Easy. |
| etna | noun | A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp. |
| etui | noun | A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried. |
| etym | noun | See Etymon. |
| euge | noun | Applause. |
| eugh | noun | The yew. |
| eval | adjective | Relating to time or duration. |
| even | noun | Evening. See Eve, n. 1., Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct., Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper., Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit., Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; — said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain., Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure., Associate; fellow; of the same condition., Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; — said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers., To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth., To equal, To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits., To set right; to complete., To act up to; to keep pace with., To be equal., In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well., Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite., As might not be expected; — serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected., At the very time; in the very case. |
| ever | adverb | At any time; at any period or point of time., At all times; through all time; always; forever., Without cessation; continually. |
| evet | noun | The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders. |
| evil | adjective | Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop., Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like., Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days., Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; — opposed to good., Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity., malady or disease; especially in the phrase king’s evil, the scrofula., In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly. |
| ewer | noun | A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet. |
| ewry | noun | An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. |
| exit | He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth., The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part., Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one’s exit., A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. | |
| exon | noun | A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England., An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. |
| eyas | noun | A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself., Unfledged, or newly fledged. |
| eyed | imp. & past participle | of Eye, Heaving (such or so many) eyes; — used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed. |
| eyen | noun pl. | Eyes., Plural of eye; — now obsolete, or used only in poetry. |
| eyer | noun | One who eyes another. |
| eyet | noun | An island. See Eyot. |
| eyle | verb t. & i. | To ail. |
| eyne | noun | Alt. of Eyen |
| eyot | noun | A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. |
| eyra | noun | A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs. |
| eyre | noun | A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). |
| eyry | noun | The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. |