| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |