Select a letter for some words
Eared
Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition;
Early
In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to ;
Earthmad
The earthworm.
economy
The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; .
Ectropium
Same as .
Edental
See ,
Edentata
An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also . The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
Effectual
Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.
Effeminate
Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
Effluent
A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
Effulgence
The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
effusive
Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
Egg squash
A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.
electrician
An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
Electro-kinetic
Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.
Elementariness
The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.
Elevation
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.;
Elvishly
In an elvish manner.
Embankment
The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
Embassadorial
Same as .
Embattlement
An intended parapet; a battlement.
Ember
Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; .
Embryologist
One skilled in embryology.
Embush
To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
Empalement
A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
Empirically
By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
Emprising
Full of daring; adventurous.
Empuse
A phantom or specter.
Empyrean
Empyreal.
Empyrical
Containing the combustible principle of coal.
Enceinte
The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also .
Enchantment
The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.
Encroach
To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with or ;
Endear
To make dear or beloved.
Endmost
Farthest; remotest; at the very end.
Endoparasite
Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to . See .
Enemy
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary;
Energize
To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Enforce
Force; strength; power.
Enforcive
Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
Engaging
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; .
Engineer Corps
In the United States army, the , a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field.
Enlive
To enliven.
Enliven
To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; .
Enniche
To place in a niche.
Entortilation
A turning into a circle; round figures.
Envenime
To envenom.
Ephemeral
Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
Ephippial
Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
Epigrammatize
To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
Epithelioma
A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also .
Epithumetic
Epithumetical.
Equisetum
A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called .
Equitable
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; .
Erase
To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; .
Erecto-patent
Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
Eriophyllum
a genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of Western North America.
Erotesis
A figure of speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form of an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -
Errancy
A wandering; state of being in error.
Eryngium
A large genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance, cosmopolitan in distribution. , or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
Estovers
Necessaries or supplies; 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 out of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.
Esture
Commotion.
Eternify
To make eternal.
Etherin
A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also .
ethic
the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; .
toile
See .
Etruscan
Of or relating to Etruria.
Eugenics
The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Eupatrid
One well born, or of noble birth.
Evincive
Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
Exacter
An exactor.
Examinee
A person examined.
Example
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
Excarnation
The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to .
Excellency
Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
Excision
The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
Excommunicate
Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
Excrescent
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Excuseless
Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.
Exert
To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
existentialism
a philosophical theory or attitude having various interpretations, generally emphasising the existence of the individual as a unique agent with free will and responsibility for his or her own acts, though living in a universe devoid of any certain knowledge of right and wrong; from one's plight as a free agent with uncertain guidelines may arise feelings of anguish. Existentialism is concerned more with concrete existence rather than abstract theories of essences; is contrasted with and ; and is associated with , and , as well as others.
Experimentist
An experimenter.
Expone
To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil.
Exspoliation
Spoliation.
Extant
Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
Exterminatory
Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.
Extortionary
Extortionate.
Extremeless
Having no extremes; infinite.
Exungulate
To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc.
Eyle
To ail.