| enteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body | Synonyms: interoceptor |
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| enterpriser | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: entrepreneur |
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| entertainer | (noun) a person who tries to please or amuse | - |
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| entrepreneur | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: enterpriser |
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| enumerator | (noun) someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes | Synonyms: census taker |
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| eoraptor | (noun) a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor | - |
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| epicenter | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicentre |
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| epilator | (noun) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair | Synonyms: depilator, depilatory |
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| equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
| equalizer | (noun) a score that makes the match even | - |
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| (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser |
| (noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equaliser |
| equator | (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles | - |
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| (noun) a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts | - |
| equivocator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: hedger, tergiversator |
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| eradicator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: exterminator, terminator |
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| eraser | (noun) an implement used to erase something | - |
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| ergometer | (noun) measuring instrument designed to measure power | Synonyms: dynamometer |
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| eriometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed. | - |
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| error | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: fault, mistake |
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| (noun) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | Synonyms: misplay |
| (noun) inadvertent incorrectness | Synonyms: erroneousness |
| (noun) departure from what is ethically acceptable | Synonyms: wrongdoing |
| (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect information | Synonyms: erroneous belief |
| (noun) part of a statement that is not correct | Synonyms: mistake |
| (noun) (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer | Synonyms: computer error |
| escalader | (noun) someone who gains access by the use of ladders | - |
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| escalator | (noun) a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt | Synonyms: moving staircase, moving stairway |
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| (noun) a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) | Synonyms: escalator clause |
| eschar | (noun) a dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin | - |
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| escolar | (noun) large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes | Synonyms: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum |
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| esker | (noun) (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets | - |
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| espalier | (noun) a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat | - |
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| essayer | (noun) one who tries | Synonyms: attempter, trier |
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| ester | (noun) organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water | - |
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| estimator | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, figurer, reckoner |
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| etcher | (noun) someone who etches | - |
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| ether | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | Synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether |
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| (noun) a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves | Synonyms: aether |
| (noun) any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom | - |
| (noun) the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies | Synonyms: quintessence |
| ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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| eudiometer | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases | - |
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| evaluator | (noun) an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | Synonyms: judge |
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| evaporometer | (noun) an instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water | Synonyms: atmometer |
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| eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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| evildoer | (noun) a person who sins (without repenting) | Synonyms: sinner |
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| ewer | (noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring | Synonyms: pitcher |
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| examiner | (noun) an investigator who observes carefully | Synonyms: inspector |
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| (noun) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications | Synonyms: quizzer, tester |
| excavator | (noun) a machine for excavating | Synonyms: digger, power shovel, shovel |
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| (noun) a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying | - |
| excelsior | (noun) thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing | Synonyms: wood shavings |
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| exchanger | (noun) one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country | Synonyms: money changer |
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| exchequer | (noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: treasury |
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| excogitator | (noun) a thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly | - |
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| excuser | (noun) a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense | Synonyms: forgiver, pardoner |
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| executioner | (noun) an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant | Synonyms: public executioner |
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| executor | (noun) a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will | - |
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| exemplar | (noun) something to be imitated | Synonyms: example, good example, model |
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| exerciser | (noun) sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises | Synonyms: gymnastic apparatus |
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| exhibitioner | (noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitor, shower |
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| exhibitor | (noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitioner, shower |
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| exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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| expander | (noun) an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal. | - |
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| expectorator | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorant |
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| (noun) a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) | Synonyms: spitter |
| expender | (noun) someone who spends money to purchase goods or services | Synonyms: disburser, spender |
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| experimenter | (noun) a research worker who conducts experiments | - |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas | - |
| exploiter | (noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | Synonyms: user |
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| explorer | (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: adventurer |
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| exporter | (noun) a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) | - |
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| expositor | (noun) a person who explains | Synonyms: expounder |
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| expounder | (noun) a person who explains | Synonyms: expositor |
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| expurgator | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdleriser, bowdlerizer |
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| extensor | (noun) a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part | Synonyms: extensor muscle |
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| exterior | (noun) the outer side or surface of something | Synonyms: outside |
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| (noun) the region that is outside of something | Synonyms: outside |
| exterminator | (noun) someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | Synonyms: eradicator, terminator |
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| exteroceptor | (noun) any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body | - |
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| extinguisher | (noun) a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | Synonyms: asphyxiator, fire extinguisher |
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| extirpator | (noun) a farm implement used to remove weeds. | - |
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| extoller | (noun) someone who communicates high praise | Synonyms: laudator, lauder |
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| extortioner | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: blackmailer, extortionist |
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| extractor | (noun) an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, separator |
| (noun) a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector | Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover |
| eyeliner | (noun) makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes | - |
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| eyrir | (noun) 100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland | - |
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| fabricator | (noun) someone who tells lies | Synonyms: fibber, storyteller |
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| facer | (noun) (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced | - |
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| facilitator | (noun) someone who makes progress easier | - |
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| factor | (noun) (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity | Synonyms: cistron, gene |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, ingredient |
| (noun) an independent variable in statistics | - |
| (noun) anything that contributes causally to a result | - |
| (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, broker |
| (noun) one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer | Synonyms: divisor |
| (noun) any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together | - |
| fair | (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: bazaar |
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| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, funfair |
| (noun) a competitive exhibition of farm products | - |
| (noun) gathering of producers to promote business | - |
| fakeer | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakir, faqir, faquir |
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| faker | (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
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| fakir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, faqir, faquir |
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| falconer | (noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: hawker |
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| faller | (noun) a person who falls | - |
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| (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman |
| falsifier | (noun) someone who falsifies | - |
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| falter | (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: faltering, hesitation, waver |
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| familiar | (noun) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | Synonyms: familiar spirit |
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| (noun) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | - |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, fellow |
| fancier | (noun) a person having a strong liking for something | Synonyms: enthusiast |
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| faqir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, fakir, faquir |
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| faquir | (noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man | Synonyms: fakeer, fakir, faqir |
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| farmer | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: granger, husbandman, sodbuster |
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| farrier | (noun) a person who shoes horses | Synonyms: horseshoer |
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| fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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| fastener | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastening, fixing, holdfast |
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| (noun) a person who fastens or makes fast | - |
| father | (noun) a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) | Synonyms: begetter, male parent |
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| (noun) the founder of a family | Synonyms: forefather, sire |
| (noun) a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization | - |
| (noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution | Synonyms: beginner, founder, founding father |
| (noun) the head of an organized crime family | Synonyms: don |
| fathometer | (noun) depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves | Synonyms: sonic depth finder |
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| faultfinder | (noun) someone who is critical of the motives of others | Synonyms: cynic |
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| favor | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favour |
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| (noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favour, party favor, party favour |
| (noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favour |
| (noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favour |
| (noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favour |
| favour | (noun) an act of gracious kindness | Synonyms: favor |
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| (noun) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | Synonyms: favor, party favor, party favour |
| (noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | Synonyms: favor |
| (noun) an inclination to approve | Synonyms: favor |
| (noun) a feeling of favorable regard | Synonyms: favor |
| fawner | (noun) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | Synonyms: apple polisher, bootlicker, groveler, groveller, truckler |
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| fear | (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fearfulness, fright |
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| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, concern |
| (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration |
| feather | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feathering |
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| (noun) branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds | - |
| feeder | (noun) an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening | - |
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| (noun) an animal that feeds on a particular source of food | - |
| (noun) a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material | Synonyms: self-feeder |
| (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, birdfeeder |
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, confluent, tributary |
| (noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment | Synonyms: eater |
| feeler | (noun) one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | Synonyms: antenna |
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| (noun) slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | Synonyms: barbel |
| (noun) sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ | Synonyms: antenna |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, approach, overture |