Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
egence |
noun |
The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want. |
egesta |
noun pl. |
That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; — opposed to ingesta. |
egging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Egg |
eggery |
noun |
A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs. |
egghot |
noun |
A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. |
eggler |
noun |
One who gathers, or deals in, eggs. |
eggnog |
noun |
A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits. |
egling |
noun |
The European perch when two years old. |
egoism |
noun |
The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for., Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one’s self as the center of every interest; selfishness; — opposed to altruism. |
egoist |
noun |
One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self., A believer in egoism. |
egoity |
noun |
Personality. |
egress |
noun |
The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure., The passing off from the sun’s disk of an inferior planet, in a transit., To go out; to depart; to leave. |
egriot |
noun |
A kind of sour cherry. |