8 letter word starting with e

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
eariness	noun	Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
earlduck	noun	The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).
earnings	plural	of Earning
earreach	noun	Earshot.
earthing	present participle & vb. noun	of Earth
earthbag	noun	A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.
earthdin	noun	An earthquake.
earthmad	noun	The earthworm.
earthnut	noun	A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground, The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum., The peanut. See Peanut.
earthpea	noun	A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.
easeless	adjective	Without ease.
easement	noun	That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation., A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude., A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.
easiness	noun	The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest., Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task., Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness., Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; — said of style, manner, etc., Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.
easterly	adjective	Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind., Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage., Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
eastward	adverb	Alt. of Eastwards
eavedrop	noun	A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop.
ebb tide		The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; — opposed to flood tide.
ebionite	noun	One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.
ebonized	imp. & past participle	of Ebonize
eburnean	adjective	Made of or relating to ivory.
eburnine	adjective	Of or pertaining to ivory.
ecaudate	adjective	Without a tail or spur., Tailless.
ecboline	noun	An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; — so named from its power of producing abortion.
ecclesia	noun	The public legislative assembly of the Athenians., A church, either as a body or as a building.
eccritic	noun	A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.
ecgonine	noun	A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.
echinate	adjective	Alt. of Echinated
echinite	noun	A fossil echinoid.
echinoid	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea., One of the Echinoidea.
echoless	adjective	Without echo or response.
eclampsy	noun	Same as Eclampsia.
eclectic	adjective	Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher., Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine., One who follows an eclectic method.
eclipsed	imp. & past participle	of Eclipse
ecliptic	adjective	A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28′. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun., A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28′ with the equator; — used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems., Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way., Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
eclogite	noun	A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; — so called in reference to its beauty.
economic	adjective	Alt. of Economical
ecostate	adjective	Having no ribs or nerves; — said of a leaf.
ecphasis	noun	An explicit declaration.
ecraseur	noun	An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
ecstatic	noun	Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance., Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy., An enthusiast.
ectental	adjective	Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the “ectental line” or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum.
ecthorea	plural	of Ecthoreum
ectocyst	noun	The outside covering of the Bryozoa.
ectoderm	noun	The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast., The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.
ectomere	noun	The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
ectosarc	noun	The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.
ectozoic	adjective	See Epizoic.
ectozoon	noun	See Epizoon.
ectrotic	adjective	Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.
ecumenic	adjective	Alt. of Ecumenical
edacious	adjective	Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
edenized	adjective	Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness.
edentata	noun pl.	An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; — called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
edentate	adjective	Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf., Belonging to the Edentata., One of the Edentata.
edgebone	noun	Same as Aitchbone.
edgeless	adjective	Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
edgelong	adverb	In the direction of the edge.
edgeshot	adjective	Having an edge planed, — said of a board.
edgeways	adverb	Alt. of Edgewise
edgewise	adverb	With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
edgingly	adverb	Gradually; gingerly.
edifying	present participle & vb. noun	of Edify, Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.
editress	noun	A female editor.
edituate	verb t.	To guard as a churchwarden does.
educable	adjective	Capable of being educated.
educated	imp. & past participle	of Educate, Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
educator	noun	One who educates; a teacher.
educible	adjective	Capable of being educed.
eduction	noun	The act of drawing out or bringing into view.
eductive	adjective	Tending to draw out; extractive.
edulious	adjective	Edible.
eelgrass	noun	A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.
eelspear	noun	A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
eerisome	adjective	Causing fear; eerie.
effacing	present participle & vb. noun	of Efface
effected	imp. & past participle	of Effect
effecter	noun	One who effects.
effector	noun	An effecter.
efferent	adjective	Conveying outward, or discharging; — applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc., Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; — opposed to afferent., An efferent duct or stream.
efferous	adjective	Like a wild beast; fierce.
efficacy	noun	Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.
effierce	verb t.	To make fierce.
effigial	adjective	Relating to an effigy.
effigies	noun	See Effigy., of Effigy
efflower	verb t.	To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, — as in making chamois leather.
effluent	adjective	Flowing out; as, effluent beams., A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
effluvia	plural	of Effluvium
efforced	imp. & past participle	of Efforce
effulged	imp. & past participle	of Effulge
effusing	present participle & vb. noun	of Effuse
effusion	noun	The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like., That which is poured out, literally or figuratively., The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface., The liquid escaping or exuded.
effusive	adjective	Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
eftsoons	adverb	Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily.
egestion	noun	Act or process of egesting; a voiding.
egg-bird	noun	A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaethon flavirostris.
eggement	noun	Instigation; incitement.
eggplant	noun	A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.
eggshell	noun	The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell., A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.
eglatere	noun	Eglantine.
egoistic	adjective	Alt. of Egoistical
egophony	noun	The sound of a patient’s voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.
egotized	imp. & past participle	of Egotize
egremoin	noun	Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria).
egressor	noun	One who goes out.
egrimony		The herb agrimony., Sorrow.
egritude	noun	Sickness; ailment; sorrow.
egyptian	adjective	Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa., A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language., A gypsy.
egyptize	verb t.	To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.
eighteen	adjective	Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds., The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects., A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
eighthly	adverb	As the eighth in order.
eikosane	noun	A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.
ejecting	present participle & vb. noun	of Eject
ejection	noun	The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation., The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions., The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.
ekaboron	noun	The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; — so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.
elaidate	noun	A salt of elaidic acid.
elaiodic	adjective	Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.
elamping	adjective	Shining.
elancing	present participle & vb. noun	of Elance
elaolite	noun	See Elaeolite.
elaphine	adjective	Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.
elaphure	noun	A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.
elapsing	present participle & vb. noun	of Elapse
elapsion	noun	The act of elapsing.
elatedly	adverb	With elation.
elbowing	present participle & vb. noun	of Elbow
elderish	adjective	Somewhat old; elderly.
eldritch	adjective	Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.
electing	present participle & vb. noun	of Elect
electant	noun	One who has the power of choosing; an elector.
electary	noun	See Electuary.
election	adjective	The act of choosing; choice; selection., The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor., Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act., Discriminating choice; discernment., Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; — one of the “five points” of Calvinism., The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other., Those who are elected.
elective	adjective	Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act., Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral., Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office., In an American college, an optional study or course of study.
electric	adjective	Alt. of Electrical, A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.
electro-		A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.
electron	noun	Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.
electrum	noun	Amber., An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients., German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.
elegance	noun	Alt. of Elegancy
elegancy	noun	The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; — said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc., That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.
elegiast	noun	One who composes elegies.
elenchus	noun	Same as Elench.
elenctic	adjective	Alt. of Elenctical
elephant	noun	A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing., Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
elevated	imp. & past participle	of Elevate, Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts.
elevator	noun	One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything, A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage., A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; — called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself., A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain., A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye., An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
eleventh	adjective	Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter., Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing., Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth., The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts., The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
elfishly	adverb	In an elfish manner.
elicited	imp. & past participle	of Elicit
eligible	adjective	That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office., Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.
eligibly	adverb	In an eligible manner.
elinguid	adjective	Tongue-tied; dumb.
ellebore	noun	Hellebore.
ellipses	plural	of Ellipsis
ellipsis	noun	Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire., An ellipse.
elliptic	adjective	Alt. of Elliptical
elocular	adjective	Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.
eloigned	imp. & past participle	of Eloign
eloinate	verb t.	See Eloignate.
elongate	adjective	To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line., To remove further off., To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit., Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
eloquent	adjective	Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher., Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.
elsewise	adverb	Otherwise.
eluctate	verb i.	To struggle out; — with out.
eludible	adjective	Capable of being eluded; evadible.
elvanite	noun	The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
elvishly	adverb	In an elvish manner.
elysiums	plural	of Elysium
elytroid	adjective	Resembling a beetle’s wing case.
emaciate	verb i.	To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh., To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him., Emaciated.
emanated	imp. & past participle	of Emanate
embalmed	imp. & past participle	of Embalm
embalmer	noun	One who embalms.
embanked	imp. & past participle	of Embank
embarred	imp. & past participle	of Embar
embarked	imp. & past participle	of Embark
embattle	verb t.	To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle., To be arrayed for battle., To furnish with battlements.
embaying	present participle & vb. noun	of Embay
embedded	imp. & past participle	of Embed
embetter	verb t.	To make better.
embezzle	verb t.	To appropriate fraudulently to one’s own use, as property intrusted to one’s care; to apply to one’s private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust., To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
embillow	verb i.	To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
embitter	verb t.	To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.
emblanch	verb t.	To whiten. See Blanch.
emblazed	imp. & past participle	of Emblaze
emblazon	verb t.	To depict or represent; — said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon., To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.
emblemed	imp. & past participle	of Emblem
embodier	noun	One who embodies.
embodied	imp. & past participle	of Embody
embolden	verb t.	To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.
embolism	noun	Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year., Intercalated time., The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
embolite	noun	A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.
emborder	verb t.	To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.
embossed	imp. & past participle	of Emboss, Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures., Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield., Swollen; protuberant.
embosser	noun	One who embosses.
embottle	verb t.	To bottle.
embraced	imp. & past participle	of Embrace
embracer	noun	One who embraces.
embright	verb t.	To brighten.
embronze	verb t.	To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person., To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.
embroude	verb t.	Alt. of Embroyde
embrowde	verb t.	Alt. of Embroyde
embroyde	verb t.	To embroider; to adorn.
embryous	adjective	Embryonic; undeveloped.
emending	present participle & vb. noun	of Emend
emerging	present participle & vb. noun	of Emerge
emergent	adjective	Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light., Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.
emerited	adjective	Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged.
emeritus	adjective	Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; — said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church., A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
emeroids	noun pl.	Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils.
emersion	noun	The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties., The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.
emetical	adjective	Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic.
emiction	noun	The voiding of urine., What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.
emictory	adjective & noun	Diuretic.
emigrant	verb i.	Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation., Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital., One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
emigrate	verb i.	To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home., Migratory; roving.
eminence	noun	That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height., An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment., A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
eminency	noun	State of being eminent; eminence.
emirship	noun	Alt. of Emeership
emissary	noun	An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter., Exploring; spying., Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
emission	noun	The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes., That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
emissive	adjective	Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
emissory	adjective	Same as Emissary, a., 2.
emitting	present participle & vb. noun	of Emit
emittent	adjective	Sending forth; emissive.
emmantle	verb t.	To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection.
emmanuel	noun	See Immanuel.
emmarble	verb t.	To turn to marble; to harden.
empaling	present participle & vb. noun	of Empale
empeople	verb t.	To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people.
emperess	noun	See Empress.
emperice	noun	An empress.
emphases	plural	of Emphasis
emphasis	noun	A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience., A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
emphatic	adjective	Alt. of Emphatical
empierce	verb t.	To pierce; to impierce.
employed	imp. & past participle	of Employ
employee	noun	One employed by another.
employer	noun	One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
emplumed	adjective	Plumed.
emplunge	verb t.	To plunge; to implunge.
empoison	verb t.	To poison; to impoison., Poison.
emporium	noun	A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country., The brain.
emprison	verb t.	See Imprison.
emptying	present participle & vb. noun	of Empty, The act of making empty., The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.
empurple	verb t.	To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple.
empuzzle	verb t.	To puzzle.
empyesis	noun	An eruption of pustules.
empyreal	adjective	Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven., Empyrean.
empyrean	noun	The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist., Empyreal.
emulable	adjective	Capable of being emulated.
emulated	imp. & past participle	of Emulate
emulator	noun	One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.
emulgent	adjective	Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins., An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein., A medicine that excites the flow of bile.
emulsify	verb t.	To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.
emulsion	noun	Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
emulsive	adjective	Softening; milklike., Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds., Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.
emu wren		A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
enabling	present participle & vb. noun	of Enable
enacting	present participle & vb. noun	of Enact
enactive	adjective	Having power to enact or establish as a law.
enacture	noun	Enactment; resolution.
enallage	noun	A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
enambush	verb t.	To ambush.
enameled	imp. & past participle	of Enamel, Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.
enamelar	adjective	Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.
enameler	noun	Alt. of Enamelist
enamored	imp. & past participle	of Enamor
enarched	adjective	Bent into a curve; — said of a bend or other ordinary.
enargite	noun	An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.
enascent	adjective	Coming into being; nascent.
enaunter	adverb	Lest that.
enbroude	verb t.	See Embroude.
engaging	present participle & vb. noun	of Encage, of Engage, Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
encamped	imp. & past participle	of Encamp
encanker	verb t.	To canker.
encarpus	noun	An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
enceinte	noun	The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; — called also body of the place., The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification., Pregnant; with child.
encharge	verb t.	To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon., A charge.
enchased	imp. & past participle	of Enchase
enchaser	noun	One who enchases.
encheson	noun	Alt. of Encheason
enchisel	verb t.	To cut with a chisel.
enchodus	noun	A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; — so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
enchoric	adjective	Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; — said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
encircle	verb t.	To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
enclitic	verb i.	Alt. of Enclitical, A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
enclothe	verb t.	To clothe.
encoffin	verb t.	To put in a coffin.
encolden	verb t.	To render cold.
encollar	verb t.	To furnish or surround with a collar.
encolure	noun	The neck of horse.
encomber	verb t.	See Encumber.
encomion	noun	Encomium; panegyric.
encomium	noun	Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
encoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Encore
encradle	verb t.	To lay in a cradle.
encrease	verb t. &	i. [Obs.] See Increase.
encrinic	adjective	Alt. of Encrinital
encrinal	adjective	Alt. of Encrinital
encrinus	noun	A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
encroach	verb i.	To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; — commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway., Encroachment.
encumber	verb t.	To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning., To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
encyclic	adjective	Alt. of Encyclical, Alt. of Encyclical
encysted	adjective	Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.
endamage	verb t.	To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.
endanger	verb t.	To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace., To incur the hazard of; to risk.
endazzle	verb t.	To dazzle.
endeared	imp. & past participle	of Endear
endeavor	verb t.	To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt., To exert one’s self; to work for a certain end., An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
endecane	noun	One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.
endeixis	noun	An indication.
endemial	adjective	Endemic.
endenize	verb t.	To endenizen.
endermic	adjective	Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
endiaper	verb t.	To decorate with a diaper pattern.
endocarp	noun	The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
endocyst	noun	The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
endoderm	noun	The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal., The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
endogamy	noun	Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; — opposed to exogamy.
endogeny	noun	Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
endorsed	imp. & past participle	of Endorse
endorsee	noun	Same as Indorsee.
endorser	noun	Same as Indorser.
endosarc	noun	The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
endowing	present participle & vb. noun	of Endow
endrudge	verb t.	To make a drudge or slave of.
endurant	adjective	Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
enduring	present participle & vb. noun	of Endure, Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.
energize	verb i.	To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect., To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
energies	plural	of Energy
enervate	verb t.	To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of., Weakened; weak; without strength of force.
enervous	adjective	Lacking nerve or force; enervated.
enfamish	verb t.	To famish; to starve.
enfeeble	verb t.	To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
enfester	verb t.	To fester.
enfetter	verb t.	To bind in fetters; to enchain.
enfierce	verb t.	To make fierce.
enfilade	noun	A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line., A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire., To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.
enflower	verb t.	To cover or deck with flowers.
enforced	imp. & past participle	of Enforce, Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
enforcer	noun	One who enforces.
enforest	verb t.	To turn into a forest.
enfreeze	verb t.	To freeze; to congeal.
engender	verb t.	To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget., To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife., To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced., To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace., One who, or that which, engenders.
engineer	noun	A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n., One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver., One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager., To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road., To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
enginery	noun	The act or art of managing engines, or artillery., Engines, in general; instruments of war., Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
enginous	adjective	Pertaining to an engine., Contrived with care; ingenious.
engirded	imp. & past participle	of Engird
engirdle	verb t.	To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.
engorged	imp. & past participle	of Engorge, Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts., Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.
engouled	adjective	Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.
engoulee	adjective	Same as Engouled.
engraved	imp.	of Engrave, of Engrave, Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving., Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.
engraven		of Engrave
engraver	noun	One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
engregge	verb t.	To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.
engrieve	verb t.	To grieve.
engulfed	imp. & past participle	of Engulf
enhanced	imp. & past participle	of Enhance
enhancer	noun	One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
enharbor	verb t.	To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit.
enharden	verb t.	To harden; to embolden.
enhunger	verb t.	To make hungry.
enhydros	noun	A variety of chalcedony containing water.
enjailed	imp. & past participle	of Enjall
enjoined	imp. & past participle	of Enjoin
enjoiner	noun	One who enjoins.
enjoying	present participle & vb. noun	of Enjoy
enkennel	verb t.	To put into a kennel.
enkindle	verb t.	To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle., To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
enlarged	imp. & past participle	of Enlarge, Made large or larger; extended; swollen.
enlarger	noun	One that enlarges.
enlisted	imp. & past participle	of Enlist
enlumine	verb t.	To illumine.
enmanche	adjective	Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; — said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.
enmarble	verb t.	To make hard as marble; to harden.
enmities	plural	of Enmity
enmossed	adjective	Covered with moss; mossed.
enmuffle	verb t.	To muffle up.
ennation	noun	The ninth segment in insects.
enneagon	noun	A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.
enneatic	adjective	Alt. of Enneatical
ennobled	imp. & past participle	of Ennoble
ennobler	noun	One who ennobles.
enormity	noun	The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous., That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
enormous	adjective	Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal., Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.
enounced	imp. & past participle	of Enounce
enpatron	verb t.	To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
enpierce	verb t.	To pierce.
enquirer	noun	See Inquirer.
enraging	present participle & vb. noun	of Enrage
enravish	verb t.	To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate.
enriched	imp. & past participle	of Enrich
enricher	noun	One who enriches.
enrolled	imp. & past participle	of Enroll
enroller	noun	One who enrolls or registers.
en route		On the way or road.
ensample	noun	An example; a pattern or model for imitation., To exemplify, to show by example.
ensconce	verb t.	To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
ensearch	verb i.	To make search; to try to find something., To search for.
ensemble	noun	The whole; all the parts taken together., All at once; together.
enshield	verb t.	To defend, as with a shield; to shield., Shielded; enshielded.
enshrine	verb t.	To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
enshroud	verb t.	To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.
ensiform	adjective	Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
ensigncy	noun	The rank or office of an ensign.
ensilage	noun	The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder., The fodder preserved in a silo., To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
enslaved	imp. & past participle	of Enslave
enslaver	noun	One who enslaves.
ensphere	verb t.	To place in a sphere; to envelop., To form into a sphere.
ensuable	adjective	Ensuing; following.
enswathe	verb t.	To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes.
entackle	verb t.	To supply with tackle.
entailed	imp. & past participle	of Entail
entangle	verb t.	To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair., To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
entastic	adjective	Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
entellus	noun	An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.
entender	verb t.	To make tender., To treat with tenderness.
entering	present participle & vb. noun	of Enter
entheasm	noun	Inspiration; enthusiasm.
enthrall	verb t.	To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.
enthrill	verb t.	To pierce; to thrill.
enthrone	verb t.	To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity., To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
enticing	present participle & vb. noun	of Entice, That entices; alluring.
entierty	noun	See Entirety.
entirely	adverb	In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost., Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.
entirety	noun	The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest., That which is entire; the whole.
entitled	imp. & past participle	of Entitle
entitule	verb t.	To entitle.
entities	plural	of Entity
entoderm	noun	See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.
entoiled	imp. & past participle	of Entoil
entombed	imp. & past participle	of Entomb
entomere	noun	The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
entomoid	adjective	Resembling an insect., An object resembling an insect.
entoptic	adjective	Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one’s own eye.
entozoal	adjective	Alt. of Entozoic
entozoic	adjective	Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.
entozoon	noun	One of the Entozoa.
entrails	noun pl.	The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines., The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.
entrance	noun	The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office., Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends., The passage, door, or gate, for entering., The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business., The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day., The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line., The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line., To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects., To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
entreaty	noun	Treatment; reception; entertainment., The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
entrench	verb t.	See Intrench.
entrepot	noun	A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in transit.
entresol	noun	A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.
enuresis	noun	An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.
envassal	verb t.	To make a vassal of.
enveigle	verb t.	To entice. See Inveigle.
envelope	noun	Alt. of Envelop
envenime	verb t.	To envenom.
enviable	adjective	Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
environs	noun pl.	The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.
envisage	verb t.	To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.
envolume	verb t.	To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.
enwallow	verb t.	To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.
enwombed	imp. & past participle	of Enwomb
enzootic	adjective	Afflicting animals; — used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.
eolipile	noun	Same as Aeolipile.
eophytic	adjective	Of or pertaining to eophytes.
eosaurus	noun	An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; — so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
eozoonal	adjective	Pertaining to the eozoon; containing eozoons; as, eozoonal limestone.
epagogic	adjective	Inductive.
epanodos	noun	A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order
ependyma	noun	The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
epenetic	adjective	Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
ephemera	noun	A fever of one day’s continuance only., A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral., of Ephemeron
ephesian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor., A native of Ephesus., A jolly companion; a roisterer.
epiblast	noun	The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.
epiblema	noun	The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
epibolic	adjective	Growing or covering over; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
epicoele	noun	A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
epicoene	adjective	Epicene.
epicolic	adjective	Situated upon or over the colon; — applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
epicycle	noun	A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center., A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.
epidemic	adjective	Alt. of Epidemical, An epidemic disease., Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.
epidotic	adjective	Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.
epigeous	adjective	Same as Epigaeous.
epigraph	noun	Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication., A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.
epilepsy	noun	The “falling sickness,” so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.
epilogic	adjective	Alt. of Epilogical
epilogue	noun	A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play., The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
epimeral	adjective	Pertaining to the epimera.
epimeron	noun	In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage., In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.
epiornis	noun	One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.
epiphany	noun	An appearance, or a becoming manifest., A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
epiphora	noun	The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek., The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
epiphyte	noun	An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant., A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.
epiploce	noun	A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., “He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them.”
epiploic	adjective	Relating to the epiploon.
epiploon	noun	See Omentum.
epipodia	plural	of Epipodium
epipolic	adjective	Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence.
epipubic	adjective	Relating to the epipubis.
epipubes	plural	of Epipubis
epipubis	noun	A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.
episcopy	noun	Survey; superintendence., Episcopacy.
episodal	adjective	Same as Episodic.
episodic	adjective	Alt. of Episodical
episperm	noun	The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.
epispore	noun	The thickish outer coat of certain spores.
epistler	noun	A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament., The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
epistoma	noun	Alt. of Epistome
epistome	noun	The region between the antennae and the mouth, in Crustacea., A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.
epistyle	noun	A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; — now called architrave.
epitasis	noun	That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; — opposed to protasis., The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
epitheca	noun	A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
epithema	noun	A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
epithite	noun	A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant.
epitomes	plural	of Epitome
epitrite	noun	A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
epitrope	noun	A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.”
epizooty	noun	Alt. of Epizootic
eponymic	adjective	Same as Eponymous.
epopoeia	noun	An epic poem; epic poetry.
epsomite	noun	Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
epulotic	adjective	Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment., An epulotic agent.
equalled		of Equal
equaling	present participle & vb. noun	of Equal
equality	noun	The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights., Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution., Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface., Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; — denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.
equalize	verb t.	To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes., To pronounce equal; to compare as equal., To be equal to; equal; to match.
equating	present participle & vb. noun	of Equate
equation	noun	A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium., An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc., A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion.
equiform	adjective	Having the same form; uniform.
equipped	imp. & past participle	of Equip
equipage	noun	Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire., Retinue; train; suite., A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.
equiseta	plural	of Equisetum
equitant	adjective	Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback., Overlapping each other; — said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
equities	plural	of Equity
equivoke	noun	An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations., An equivocation; a guibble.
eradiate	verb i.	To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate.
erasable	adjective	Capable of being erased.
erastian	noun	One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.
erecting	present participle & vb. noun	of Erect
erectile	adjective	Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.
erection	noun	The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage., The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes., State of being stretched to stiffness; tension., Anything erected; a building of any kind., The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
erective	adjective	Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
eremitic	adjective	Alt. of Eremitical
ereption	noun	A snatching away.
erethism	noun	A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.
erewhile	adverb	Alt. of Erewhiles
ergotine		A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
ergotism	noun	A logical deduction., A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
ericinol	noun	A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
ericolin	noun	A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceae), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
eridanus	noun	A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.
erigible	adjective	Capable of being erected.
erminois	noun	See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
erogated	imp. & past participle	of Erogate
erotesis	noun	A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; –
erotical	adjective	Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.
errabund	adjective	Erratic.
errantia	noun pl.	A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda.
errantry	noun	A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures., The employment of a knight-errant.
erration	noun	A wandering; a roving about.
errorful	adjective	Full of error; wrong.
errorist	noun	One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.
eructate	verb t.	To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.
erudiate	verb t.	To instruct; to educate; to teach.
erumpent	adjective	Breaking out; — said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
eruption	noun	The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth’s crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion., That which bursts forth., A violent exclamation; ejaculation., The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
eruptive	adjective	Breaking out or bursting forth., Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever., Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic., An eruptive rock.
eryngium	noun	A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
erythema	noun	A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.
erythric	adjective	Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.
erythrin	noun	Alt. of Erythrine
escalade	verb t.	A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart., To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
escallop	noun	See Escalop.
escambio	noun	A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.
escapade	noun	The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol., Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
escaping	present participle & vb. noun	of Escape
escarped	imp. & past participle	of Escarp
eschalot	noun	See Shallot.
esheated	imp. & past participle	of Escheat
eschevin	noun	The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.
eshewing	present participle & vb. noun	of Eschew
eschewer	noun	One who eschews.
escorial	noun	See Escurial.
escorted	imp. & past participle	of Escort
escouade	noun	See Squad,
escribed	adjective	Drawn outside of; — used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.
esculent	adjective	Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish., Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
escurial	noun	A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.
esoteric	adjective	Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; — said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
espalier	noun	A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained., To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.
esparcet	noun	The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant.
especial	adjective	Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.
espousal	noun	The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony., The uniting or allying one’s self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.
espoused	imp. & past participle	of Espouse
espouser	noun	One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
esquimau	noun	Same as Eskimo.
esquired	imp. & past participle	of Esquire
esquisse	noun	The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
essaying	present participle & vb. noun	of Essay
essayist	noun	A writer of an essay, or of essays.
essenced	imp. & past participle	of Essence
essenism	noun	The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes.
esential	noun	Existence; being., That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.
essoiner	noun	An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.
essonite	noun	Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.
essorant	adjective	Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; — said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.
estacade	noun	A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.
estancia	noun	A grazing; a country house.
esteemed	imp. & past participle	of Esteem
esteemer	noun	One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.
esthetic	noun	Alt. of Esthetics
estimate	verb t.	To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, — either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person., To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land., A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.
estivate	noun	Alt. of Estivation
estophed	imp. & past participle	of Estop
estoppel	noun	A stop; an obstruction or bar to one’s alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission., The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.
estovers	noun pl.	Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband’s estate.
estrange	verb t.	To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with., To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate., To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
estuance	noun	Heat.
estuated	imp. & past participle	of Estuate
esurient	adjective	Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious., One who is hungry or greedy.
eteostic	noun	A kind of chronogram.
eternify	verb t.	To make eternal.
eternity	noun	Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time., Condition which begins at death; immortality.
eternize	verb t.	To make eternal or endless., To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one’s self, a name, exploits.
ethereal	adjective	Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions., Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc., Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
etherize	verb t.	To convert into ether., To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.
ethicist	noun	One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.
ethidene	noun	Ethylidene.
ethionic	adjective	Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.
ethiopic	adjective	Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians., The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.
ethnarch	noun	The governor of a province or people.
ethnical	adjective	Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological., Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; — opposed to Jewish and Christian.
ethology	noun	A treatise on morality; ethics., The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual.
ethylate	noun	A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.
ethylene	noun	A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), — hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen.
etiolate	verb i.	To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants., To become pale through disease or absence of light., To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun’s rays., To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light., Alt. of Etiolated
etiology	noun	The science of causes. Same as /tiology.
etrurian	adjective	Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy., A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
etruscan	noun	Of or relating to Etruria., A native or inhabitant of Etruria.
etypical	adjective	Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.
eucharis	noun	A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.
euchroic	adjective	Having a fine color.
euchrone	noun	A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.
euctical		Expecting a wish; supplicatory.
eudaemon	noun	A good angel.
eudoxian	noun	A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
eugenics	noun	The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
eugubian	adjective	Alt. of Eugubine
eugubine	adjective	Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.
eulachon	noun	The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
eulerian	adjective	Pertaining to Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century.
eulogist	noun	One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast.
eulogium	noun	A formal eulogy.
eulogize	verb t.	To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
eulogies	plural	of Eulogy
eulytite	noun	A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; — called also culytine.
eumolpus	noun	A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.
eunomian	noun	A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father., Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.
euonymin	noun	A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.
euonymus	noun	A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.
eupatrid	noun	One well born, or of noble birth.
eupepsia	noun	Alt. of Eupepsy
eupeptic	adjective	Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.
euphonic	adjective	Alt. of Euphonical
euphonon	noun	An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.
euphrasy	noun	The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
euphuism	noun	An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
euphuist	noun	One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; — applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
euphuize	verb t.	To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
eupryion	noun	A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match.
eurasian	noun	A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other., One born of European parents in Asia., Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.
euripize	verb t.	To whirl hither and thither.
european	adjective	Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants., A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
eurythmy	noun	Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue., Regularly of the pulse.
eusebian	noun	A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.
eutrophy	noun	Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
euxenite	noun	A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.
evacuant	adjective	Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic., A purgative or cathartic.
evacuate	verb t.	To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish., Fig.: To make empty; to deprive., To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels., To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress., To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage., To let blood
evadible	adjective	Capable of being evaded.
evaluate	verb t.	To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
evanesce	verb i.	To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.
evangely	noun	Evangel.
evangile	noun	Good tidings; evangel.
evasible	adjective	That may be evaded.
evectics	noun	The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.
evection		The act of carrying up or away; exaltation., An inequality of the moon’s motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1¡ 20′., The libration of the moon.
evenfall	noun	Beginning of evening.
evenhand	noun	Equality.
evenness	noun	The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.
evensong	noun	A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.
eventful	adjective	Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.
eventide	noun	The time of evening; evening.
evermore	adverb	During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; — often used substantively with for.
eversion	noun	The act of eversing; destruction., The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.
eversive	adjective	Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.
everting	present participle & vb. noun	of Evert
everyday	adjective	Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.
everyone	noun	Everybody; — commonly separated, every one.
evesdrop	verb i.	See Eavesdrop.
evibrate	verb t. & i.	To vibrate.
evicting	present participle & vb. noun	of Evict
eviction	noun	The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another’s possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster., Conclusive evidence; proof.
evidence	noun	That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement., One who bears witness., That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; — the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it., To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender.
evil eye		See Evil eye under Evil, a.
evilness	noun	The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
evincing	present participle & vb. noun	of Evince
evincive	adjective	Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
evitable	adjective	Avoidable.
evocator	noun	One who calls forth.
evolatic	adjective	Alt. of Evolatical
evolving	present participle & vb. noun	of Evolve
evolvent	noun	The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.
evulgate	verb t.	To publish abroad.
evulsion	noun	The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
exacting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exact, Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
exaction	noun	The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion., That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
exacuate	verb t.	To whet or sharpen.
exalting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exalt
exaltate	adjective	Exercising its highest influence; — said of a planet.
examined	imp. & past participle	of Examine
examinee	noun	A person examined.
examiner	noun	One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
exampled	imp. & past participle	of Example
exampler	noun	A pattern; an exemplar.
exanthem	noun	Same as Exanthema.
excambie	verb t.	To exchange; — used with reference to transfers of land.
excavate	verb t.	To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth., To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel., To dig out and remove, as earth.
excecate	verb t.	To blind.
excedent	verb t.	Excess.
exceeded	imp. & past participle	of Exceed
exceeder	noun	One who exceeds.
excelled	imp. & past participle	of Excel
excepted	imp. & past participle	of Except
exceptor	noun	One who takes exceptions.
exchange	noun	The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain., The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views., The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another., The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange., A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple., The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to ‘Change., To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; — usually followed by for before the thing received., To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell., To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats., To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
excising	present participle & vb. noun	of Excise
excision	noun	The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction., The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication., The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
excitant	adjective	Tending to excite; exciting., An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.
excitate	verb t.	To excite.
exciting	present participle & vb. noun	of Excite, Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story.
excitive	adjective	Serving or tending to excite; excitative., That which excites; an excitant.
excluded	imp. & past participle	of Exclude
excreate	verb t.	To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
excreted	imp. & past participle	of Excrete
excretin	noun	A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human faeces.
excursus	noun	A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.
excusing	present participle & vb. noun	of Excuse
execrate	verb t.	To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.
exection	noun	See Exsection.
executed	imp. & past participle	of Execute
executer	noun	One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.
executor	noun	One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness., An executioner., The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
exegeses	plural	of Exegesis
exegesis	noun	Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture., The process of finding the roots of an equation.
exegetic	adjective	Alt. of Exegetical
exemplar	noun	A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives., A copy of a book or writing., Exemplary.
exempted	imp. & past participle	of Exempt
exequial	adjective	Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
exequies	plural	of Exequy
exercent	adjective	Practicing; professional.
exercise	noun	The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice., Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc., Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback., The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty., That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition., That which gives practice; a trial; a test., To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy., To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one’s self in music; to exercise troops., To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain., To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office., To exercise one’s self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
exerting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exert
exertion	noun	The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.
exertive	adjective	Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
exhalant	adjective	Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.
exhorted	imp. & past participle	of Exhort
exhorter	noun	One who exhorts or incites.
exhuming	present participle & vb. noun	of Exhume
exiccate	verb t.	See Exsiccate.
exigence	noun	Exigency.
exigency	noun	The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.
exigible	adjective	That may be exacted; repairable.
exiguity	noun	Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
exiguous	adjective	Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.
eximious	adjective	Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent.
existing	present participle & vb. noun	of Exist
existent	adjective	Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.
exitious	adjective	Destructive; fatal.
exocetus	noun	Alt. of Exocoetus
exoplasm	noun	See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.
exoptile	noun	A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; — so called because the plumule is naked.
exorcise	verb t.	To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one., To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.
exorcism	noun	The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used., Conjuration for raising spirits.
exorcist	noun	One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism., A conjurer who can raise spirits.
exordial	adjective	Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
exordium	noun	A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration.
exorhiza	noun	A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.
exortive	adjective	Rising; relating to the east.
exosmose	noun	The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; — opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.
exospore	noun	The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore.
exostome	noun	The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
exoteric	adjective	Alt. of Exoterical
exotheca	noun	The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
exotical	adjective	Foreign; not native; exotic.
expanded	imp. & past participle	of Expand
expander	noun	Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
ex parte		Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement.
expected	imp. & past participle	of Expect
expecter	noun	One who expects.
expedite	adjective	Free of impediment; unimpeded., Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt., To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants., To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.
expelled	imp. & past participle	of Expel
expeller	noun	One who, or that which, expels.
expended	imp. & past participle	of Expend
expertly	adverb	In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.
expiable	adjective	Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt.
expiated	imp. & past participle	of Expiate
expiator	noun	One who makes expiation or atonement.
expirant	noun	One who expires or is expiring.
expiring	p. pr & vb. noun	of Expire, Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating., Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
explicit	adjective	A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end., Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration., Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; — applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
exploded	imp. & past participle	of Explode
exploder	noun	One who or that which explodes., One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
explored	imp. & past participle	of Explore
explorer	noun	One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
eploring	adjective	Employed in, or designed for, exploration.
expolish	verb t.	To polish thoroughly.
exponent	noun	A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated, One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
exported	imp. & past participle	of Export
exporter	noun	One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; — opposed to importer.
exposing	present participle & vb. noun	of Expose
exposure	noun	The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt., The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience., Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc., The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
expugner	noun	One who expugns.
expulser	noun	An expeller.
expunged	imp. & past participle	of Expunge
exscribe	verb t.	To copy; to transcribe.
exscript	noun	A copy; a transcript.
exserted	adjective	Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.
extended	imp. & past participle	of Extend
extender	noun	One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.
extensor	noun	A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; — opposed to flexor.
exterior	adjective	External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; — opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere., External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind., Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom., The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside., Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
external	adjective	Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; — opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body., Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind., Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral., Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial., Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom., Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral., Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; — usually in the plural.
extilled	imp. & past participle	of Extill
extirper	noun	Extirpator.
extolled	imp. & past participle	of Extol
extoller	noun	One who extols; one who praises.
extorted	imp. & past participle	of Extort
extorter	noun	One who practices extortion.
extrados	noun	The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.
extrorse	adjective	Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; — said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.
extruded	imp. & past participle	of Extrude
exuccous	adjective	See Exsuccous.
exulting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exult, Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.
exultant	adjective	Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
exundate	verb i.	To overflow; to inundate.
exurgent	adjective	Arising; coming to light.
exustion	noun	The act or operation of burning up.
exuviate	verb i.	To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
ex-votos	plural	of Ex-voto
eyeglass	noun	A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs., Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc., The retina., A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.
eyepiece	noun	The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.
eyereach	noun	The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.
eyesalve	noun	Ointment for the eye.
eyesight	noun	Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.
eye-spot	noun	A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination., An eyelike spot of color.
eyestalk	noun	One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.
eyestone	noun	A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance., Eye agate. See under Eye.
eyeteeth	plural	of Eyetooth
eyetooth	noun	A canine tooth of the upper jaw.
eyewater	noun	A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.