| dualistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism | Synonyms: Manichaean |
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| dyadic | (adjective) of or relating to a dyad or based on two | - |
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| dynamic | (adjective) characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality | Synonyms: dynamical |
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| (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being | Synonyms: active |
| (adjective) of or relating to dynamics | - |
| dynastic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty | - |
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| dysgenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenic |
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| dyslectic | (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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| dyslexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia | - |
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| (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslectic |
| dyslogistic | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dislogistic, pejorative |
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| dyspeptic | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, liverish |
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| (adjective) suffering from dyspepsia | - |
| dysphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of dysphemism | - |
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| dysphoric | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, unhappy |
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| dysplastic | (adjective) relating to or evidencing dysplasia | - |
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| dyspneic | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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| dyspnoeic | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal |
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| eccentric | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric | Synonyms: nonconcentric |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| ecclesiastic | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastical |
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| ecdemic | (adjective) of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs | - |
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| echoic | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
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| (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echolike |
| eclectic | (adjective) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | - |
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| ecologic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of ecology | Synonyms: bionomic, bionomical, ecological |
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| (adjective) characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment | Synonyms: ecological |
| econometric | (adjective) of or relating to econometrics | - |
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| economic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of economics | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth | Synonyms: economical |
| (adjective) using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness | Synonyms: economical |
| (adjective) financially rewarding | - |
| (adjective) concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money) | - |
| ecstatic | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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| ectodermic | (adjective) of or relating to the ectoderm | Synonyms: ectodermal |
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| ectomorphic | (adjective) having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs | - |
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| ectopic | (adjective) exhibiting ectopia | - |
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| ectothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: heterothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous |
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| ecumenic | (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenical, oecumenic, oecumenical |
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| egocentric | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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| egoistic | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egocentric, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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| egotistic | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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| (adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | Synonyms: egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving |
| eidetic | (adjective) of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy | - |
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| elastic | (adjective) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy | - |
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| (adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: flexible, pliable, pliant |
| electric | (adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | Synonyms: electrical |
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| (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: galvanic, galvanising, galvanizing |
| (adjective) (of a situation) exceptionally tense | - |
| electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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| electroencephalographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electroencephalograph | - |
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| electrolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing an electrolyte | - |
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| (adjective) of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis | - |
| electromagnetic | (adjective) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | - |
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| electronic | (adjective) of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons | - |
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| (adjective) of or concerned with electrons | - |
| electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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| electrostatic | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: static |
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| elliptic | (adjective) characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements | Synonyms: elliptical |
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| (adjective) rounded like an egg | Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptical, oval-shaped, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate |
| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse | - |
| emblematic | (adjective) serving as a visible symbol for something abstract | Synonyms: emblematical, symbolic, symbolical |
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| (adjective) being or serving as an illustration of a type | Synonyms: exemplary, typic |
| embolic | (adjective) of or relating to an embolism or embolus | - |
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| embryologic | (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryonal, embryonic |
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| embryonic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryotic |
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| (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryologic, embryonal |
| embryotic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryonic |
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| emmetropic | (adjective) of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina | - |
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| empathetic | (adjective) showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states | Synonyms: empathic |
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| empathic | (adjective) showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states | Synonyms: empathetic |
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| emphatic | (adjective) forceful and definite in expression or action | Synonyms: forceful |
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| (adjective) sudden and strong | Synonyms: exclamatory |
| (adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasised, emphasized |
| empiric | (adjective) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: empirical |
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| (adjective) relying on medical quackery | Synonyms: empirical |
| enatic | (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, maternal |
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| encomiastic | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical |
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| encyclopaedic | (adjective) comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia) | Synonyms: encyclopedic |
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| encyclopedic | (adjective) comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia) | Synonyms: encyclopaedic |
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| endemic | (adjective) of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality | Synonyms: endemical |
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| (adjective) native to or confined to a certain region | - |
| (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous |
| endergonic | (adjective) (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants | - |
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| endermatic | (adjective) acting by absorption through the skin | Synonyms: endermic |
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| endermic | (adjective) acting by absorption through the skin | Synonyms: endermatic |
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| endocentric | (adjective) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents | - |
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| endodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics | - |
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| endoergic | (adjective) (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy | Synonyms: energy-absorbing |
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| endogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamous |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamous |
| endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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| endogenic | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenous |
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| (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenetic |
| endomorphic | (adjective) having a squat and fleshy build | Synonyms: pyknic |
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| endoparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals | - |
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| endoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to endoscopy | - |
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| endothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat | Synonyms: endothermal, heat-absorbing |
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| endozoic | (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite | Synonyms: entozoan, entozoic |
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| energetic | (adjective) possessing or exerting or displaying energy | - |
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| (adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming |
| enigmatic | (adjective) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought | Synonyms: oracular |
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| (adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatical, puzzling |
| enolic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of enol | - |
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| enteric | (adjective) of or relating to the enteron | Synonyms: enteral |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or inside the intestines | Synonyms: enteral, intestinal |
| enthusiastic | (adjective) having or showing great excitement and interest | - |
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| entomologic | (adjective) of or relating to the biological science of entomology | Synonyms: entomological |
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| entozoic | (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite | Synonyms: endozoic, entozoan |
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| enzootic | (adjective) of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases | - |
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| enzymatic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by an enzyme | - |
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| eolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths) | - |
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| eolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: aeolotropic |
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| eosinophilic | (adjective) of or relating to eosinophil | - |
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| epenthetic | (adjective) of or pertaining to epenthesis | Synonyms: parasitic |
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| epic | (adjective) constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic | Synonyms: epical |
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| (adjective) very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) | Synonyms: heroic, larger-than-life |
| epicanthic | (adjective) relating to the epicanthus | - |
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| epicyclic | (adjective) of or relating to an epicycle | Synonyms: epicyclical |
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| epideictic | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictical |
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| epidemic | (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously | - |
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| epidemiologic | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiological |
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| epidermic | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, dermal, epidermal |
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| epigastric | (adjective) lying on or over the stomach | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen | - |
| epigrammatic | (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic |
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| epileptic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy | - |
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| epilithic | (adjective) growing on stone | - |
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| epimorphic | (adjective) characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages | - |
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| epiphytic | (adjective) of or relating to epiphytes | - |
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| epiphytotic | (adjective) (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area | - |
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| episodic | (adjective) of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes | - |
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| (adjective) limited in duration to a single episode | - |
| (adjective) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals | Synonyms: occasional |
| epistemic | (adjective) of or relating to epistemology | Synonyms: epistemological |
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