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English Word Dictionary

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eastern woodrat

noun · large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States

eastward

adjective · moving toward the east

Example: eastbound trains

eastwards

adverb · toward the east

Example: they migrated eastward to Sweden

easy

adjective · obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally

Example: easy money

eat at

verb · become ground down or deteriorate

Example: Her confidence eroded

eat into

verb · gnaw into; make resentful or angry

Example: The injustice rankled her

eat up

verb · use up (resources or materials)

Example: this car consumes a lot of gas

eavesdrop

verb · listen without the speaker's knowledge

Example: the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations

ebb away

verb · flow back or recede

Example: the tides ebbed at noon

ebb down

verb · flow back or recede

Example: the tides ebbed at noon

ebb out

verb · flow back or recede

Example: the tides ebbed at noon

ebonics

noun · a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

ebonite

noun · a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber

ebulliently

adverb · in an ebullient manner

Example: Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression

ecclesiastical

adjective · of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

Example: ecclesiastic history

ecclesiastically

adverb · in an ecclesiastic manner

Example: the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed

echo sounder

noun · a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return

Example: sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging

echoing

adjective · (of sounds) repeating by reflection

Example: a hotel with echoing halls

echoless

adjective · having or producing no echo

Example: the echoless darkness

ecliptic

noun · the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator

Example: all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic

ecological

adjective · of or relating to the science of ecology

Example: ecological research

ecologically

adverb · with respect to ecology

Example: ecologically speaking, this idea is brilliant; economically, it is a disaster

economical

adjective · using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness

Example: an economic use of home heating oil

economically

adverb · with respect to economic science

Example: economically this proposal makes no sense

economise

verb · use cautiously and frugally

Example: I try to economize my spare time

ecosoc commission

noun · a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

ecstatically

adverb · in an ecstatic manner

Example: he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa

ectodermic

adjective · of or relating to the ectoderm

ecumenical

adjective · of worldwide scope or applicability- Christopher Morley

Example: an issue of cosmopolitan import

edacious

adjective · devouring or craving food in great quantities

Example: edacious vultures

edema

noun · swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities

edematous

adjective · swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid

edental

adjective · having few if any teeth

Example: anteaters are edentate animals

edentate

adjective · having few if any teeth

Example: anteaters are edentate animals

edgar guest

noun · United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)

edgeways

adverb · with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge

Example: he sawed the board edgeways

edgewise

adverb · with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge

Example: he sawed the board edgeways

edibility

noun · the property of being fit to eat

edify

verb · make understand

Example: Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal

edit out

verb · cut and assemble the components of

Example: edit film

edith cavell

noun · English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)

edith piaf

noun · French cabaret singer (1915-1963)

edmond halley

noun · English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)

edo

noun · the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan

educational activity

noun · the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

Example: he received no formal education

educationally

adverb · in an educational manner

Example: the assistant masters formed a committee of their own to consider what could be done educationally for the town

educative

adjective · resulting in education

Example: an educative experience

edward kendall

noun · United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)

eerie

adjective · inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening

Example: an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods

eerily

adverb · in an unnatural eery manner

Example: it was eerily quiet in the chapel

efface

verb · remove completely from recognition or memory

Example: efface the memory of the time in the camps

effectively

adverb · in actuality or reality or fact

Example: she is effectively his wife

effectually

adverb · in an effectual manner

Example: Bismarck was constantly criticised by the more liberal newspapers, and he retaliated by passing an emergency decree that effectually muzzled the press

effectualness

noun · power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

effectuation

noun · the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect