e | (noun) the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: E |
---|
(noun) the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... | - |
eager | (noun) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | Synonyms: aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore |
---|
eagerness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: forwardness, readiness, zeal |
---|
(noun) a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | Synonyms: avidity, avidness, keenness |
eagle | (noun) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | Synonyms: bird of Jove |
---|
(noun) an emblem representing power | - |
(noun) a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars | - |
(noun) (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole | - |
eaglet | (noun) a young eagle | - |
---|
eagre | (noun) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | Synonyms: aegir, bore, eager, tidal bore |
---|
ear | (noun) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium | - |
---|
(noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: auricle, pinna |
(noun) good hearing | - |
(noun) attention to what is said | - |
(noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: capitulum, spike |
earache | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: otalgia |
---|
earcuff | (noun) a non-pierced earring of varying size (i.e. small wrap or hook big enough to hang over the whole ear and dangle) worn on the rim of the ear. | Synonyms: ear cuff, ear hook earring, ear wrap |
---|
eardrop | (noun) an earring with a pendant ornament | Synonyms: drop earring, pendant earring |
---|
eardrum | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
---|
earflap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earlap |
---|
earful | (noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, going-over, upbraiding |
---|
(noun) an outpouring of gossip | - |
earl | (noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | - |
---|
earlap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earflap |
---|
earldom | (noun) the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess | - |
---|
(noun) the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess | - |
earliness | (noun) quality of coming early or earlier in time | - |
---|
earlobe | (noun) the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear | Synonyms: ear lobe |
---|
earmark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: hallmark, stylemark, trademark |
---|
(noun) identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal | - |
earmuff | (noun) either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather | - |
---|
earner | (noun) someone who earn wages in return for their labor | Synonyms: wage earner |
---|
earnest | (noun) something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract | - |
---|
earnestness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity |
---|
(noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: seriousness, sincerity |
earnings | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: pay, remuneration, salary, wage |
---|
(noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
earphone | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earpiece, headphone, phone |
---|
earpiece | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earphone, headphone, phone |
---|
earplug | (noun) a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise | - |
---|
(noun) an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal | - |
earreach | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earshot, hearing |
---|
earring | (noun) jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe | - |
---|
earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
---|
earth | (noun) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | Synonyms: ground |
---|
(noun) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | Synonyms: earthly concern, world, worldly concern |
(noun) the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) | Synonyms: Earth |
(noun) the solid part of the earth's surface | Synonyms: dry land, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma |
(noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, globe, world |
(noun) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | Synonyms: ground |
(noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile | - |
earthball | (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball |
---|
earthenware | (noun) ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat | - |
---|
earthing | (noun) fastening electrical equipment to earth | Synonyms: grounding |
---|
earthling | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthman, tellurian, worldling |
---|
earthman | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, tellurian, worldling |
---|
earthnut | (noun) edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber | Synonyms: truffle |
---|
(noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | Synonyms: goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut |
(noun) a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts | Synonyms: Conopodium denudatum |
(noun) any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe | Synonyms: earth-ball, truffle |
earthquake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor |
---|
(noun) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive | - |
earthstar | (noun) any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | - |
---|
earthtongue | (noun) any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum | Synonyms: earth-tongue |
---|
earthwork | (noun) an earthen rampart | - |
---|
earthworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
---|
earwax | (noun) a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal | Synonyms: cerumen |
---|
earwig | (noun) any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen | - |
---|
ease | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: relaxation, repose, rest |
---|
(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: easiness, simpleness, simplicity |
(noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: informality |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: comfort |
(noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: relief |
easel | (noun) an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) | - |
---|
easement | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easing, relief |
---|
(noun) (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) | - |
easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
---|
(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
(noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
easing | (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief |
---|
(noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: moderation, relief |
east | (noun) a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
---|
(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, eastward |
(noun) the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point | - |
easter | (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easterly |
---|
easterly | (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easter |
---|
easterner | (noun) an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. | - |
---|
eastward | (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, east |
---|
easygoingness | (noun) being without worry or concern | - |
---|
eatable | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals |
---|
eatage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: forage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
---|
eater | (noun) any green goods that are good to eat | - |
---|
(noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment | Synonyms: feeder |
eatery | (noun) a building where people go to eat | Synonyms: eating house, eating place, restaurant |
---|
eating | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: feeding |
---|
eats | (noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chow, chuck, grub |
---|
eaves | (noun) the overhang at the lower edge of a roof | - |
---|
eavesdropper | (noun) a secret listener to private conversations | - |
---|
ebb | (noun) the outward flow of the tide | Synonyms: reflux |
---|
(noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | Synonyms: ebbing, wane |
ebbing | (noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | Synonyms: ebb, wane |
---|
ebbtide | (noun) the tide while water is flowing out | - |
---|
eblis | (noun) (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology | - |
---|
ebonite | (noun) a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber | Synonyms: hard rubber, vulcanite |
---|
ebony | (noun) a very dark black | Synonyms: coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black |
---|
(noun) tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork | Synonyms: Diospyros ebenum, ebony tree |
(noun) hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys | - |
ebullience | (noun) overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | Synonyms: enthusiasm, exuberance |
---|
ebullition | (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, effusion, gush, outburst |
---|
eburnation | (noun) a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory | - |
---|
ecarte | (noun) a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high | - |
---|
eccentric | (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball |
---|
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: case, character, type |
eccentricity | (noun) strange and unconventional behavior | - |
---|
(noun) a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path | - |
(noun) (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis | - |
ecchymosis | (noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin | - |
---|
(noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise | - |
ecclesiastic | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
---|
ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
---|
(noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
ecclesiology | (noun) the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church | - |
---|
eccyesis | (noun) pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus | Synonyms: ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis |
---|
ecdysiast | (noun) a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | Synonyms: exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser |
---|
ecdysis | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: molt, molting, moult, moulting |
---|
ecdysteroid | (noun) #DD: The name 'ecdysteroid' refers to the insect moulting and sex hormones which include ecdysone and its homologues such as 20-hydroxyecdysone. | - |
---|
ecesis | (noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | Synonyms: establishment |
---|
echelon | (noun) a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset | - |
---|
(noun) a body of troops arranged in a line | - |
(noun) status in a society or organization | - |
echidna | (noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | Synonyms: anteater, spiny anteater |
---|
(noun) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea | Synonyms: anteater, spiny anteater |
echinocactus | (noun) any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil | Synonyms: barrel cactus |
---|
echinococcosis | (noun) infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms) | Synonyms: hydatid disease, hydatidosis |
---|
echinococcus | (noun) tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals | - |
---|
echinoderm | (noun) marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies | - |
---|
echinus | (noun) ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column | - |
---|
echo | (noun) an imitation or repetition | - |
---|
(noun) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | Synonyms: replication, reverberation, sound reflection |
(noun) a reflected television or radio or radar beam | - |
(noun) a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. | - |
(noun) a reply that repeats what has just been said | - |
echocardiogram | (noun) a graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph | - |
---|
echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
---|
echocardiography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart | - |
---|
echoencephalogram | (noun) a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph | - |
---|
echoencephalograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities | - |
---|
echoencephalography | (noun) a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain | - |
---|
echogram | (noun) an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs | Synonyms: sonogram |
---|
echograph | (noun) An instrument used to record an echogram. | - |
---|