5 letter word starting with eg

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
egean adjective See Aegean.
egest verb t. To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.
egged imp. & past participle of Egg
eggar noun Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.
egger noun One who gathers eggs; an eggler., One who eggs or incites.
eghen noun pl. Eyes.
egret noun The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima)., A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette., The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle., A kind of ape.