| edacity | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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| (noun) excessive desire to eat | Synonyms: esurience, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity |
| edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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| edda | (noun) tropical starchy tuberous root | Synonyms: cocoyam, dasheen, taro, taro root |
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| eddo | (noun) edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants | Synonyms: cocoyam, dasheen, taro |
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| eddy | (noun) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself | Synonyms: twist |
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| edelweiss | (noun) alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts | Synonyms: Leontopodium alpinum |
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| edema | (noun) swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities | Synonyms: dropsy, hydrops, oedema |
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| edentate | (noun) primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | - |
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| edge | (noun) a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object | - |
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| (noun) the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something | - |
| (noun) a slight competitive advantage | - |
| (noun) the attribute of urgency in tone of voice | Synonyms: sharpness |
| (noun) the boundary of a surface | Synonyms: border |
| (noun) a line determining the limits of an area | Synonyms: bound, boundary |
| edger | (noun) garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard | - |
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| (noun) a person who puts finishing edges on a garment | - |
| edginess | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, inquietude, uneasiness |
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| edging | (noun) border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) | - |
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| edibility | (noun) the property of being fit to eat | Synonyms: edibleness |
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| edible | (noun) any substance that can be used as food | Synonyms: comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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| edibleness | (noun) the property of being fit to eat | Synonyms: edibility |
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| edict | (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, fiat, order, rescript |
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| (noun) a formal or authoritative proclamation | - |
| edification | (noun) uplifting enlightenment | Synonyms: sophistication |
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| edifice | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: building |
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| editing | (noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | Synonyms: redaction |
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| edition | (noun) something a little different from others of the same type | Synonyms: variant, variation, version |
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| (noun) an issue of a newspaper | - |
| (noun) the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published | - |
| (noun) all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time | - |
| editor | (noun) (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data | Synonyms: editor program |
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| (noun) a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) | Synonyms: editor in chief |
| editorial | (noun) an article giving opinions or perspectives | Synonyms: column, newspaper column |
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| editorialist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: columnist |
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| editorship | (noun) the position of editor | - |
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| edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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| educatee | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: pupil, student |
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| education | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
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| (noun) the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) | - |
| (noun) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | Synonyms: breeding, training |
| (noun) knowledge acquired by learning and instruction | - |
| (noun) the gradual process of acquiring knowledge | - |
| educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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| educationist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationalist |
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| educator | (noun) someone who educates young people | Synonyms: pedagog, pedagogue |
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| edutainment | (noun) entertainment that is intended to be educational | - |
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