| biyearly | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year | Synonyms: biannual, half-yearly, semiannual |
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| (adjective) occurring every second year | Synonyms: biennial |
| (adverb) every two years | Synonyms: biennially |
| (adverb) twice a year | Synonyms: semiannually |
| clearly | (adverb) without doubt or question | - |
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| (adverb) in an intelligible manner | Synonyms: intelligibly, understandably |
| (adverb) clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | Synonyms: distinctly |
| (adverb) in an easily perceptible manner | Synonyms: clear |
| dearly | (adverb) at a great cost | Synonyms: dear |
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| (adverb) with affection | Synonyms: affectionately, dear |
| (adverb) in a sincere and heartfelt manner | Synonyms: in a heartfelt way |
| earl | (noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | - |
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| earlap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earflap |
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| earldom | (noun) the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess | - |
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| (noun) the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess | - |
| earless | (adjective) lacking external ears | - |
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| earlier | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earliest |
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| (adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: before |
| (adverb) comparatives of `soon' or `early' | Synonyms: sooner |
| (adverb) before now | Synonyms: in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with |
| earliest | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early | Synonyms: earlier |
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| (adverb) with the least delay | Synonyms: soonest |
| earliness | (noun) quality of coming early or earlier in time | - |
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| earlobe | (noun) the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear | Synonyms: ear lobe |
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| early | (adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | - |
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| (adjective) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature | - |
| (adjective) being or occurring at an early stage of development | - |
| (adjective) belonging to the distant past | Synonyms: former, other |
| (adjective) very young | - |
| (adjective) expected in the near future | - |
| (adverb) before the usual time or the time expected | Synonyms: ahead of time, too soon |
| (adverb) during an early stage | Synonyms: early on |
| (adverb) in good time | Synonyms: betimes |
| earlyish | (adjective) being somewhat early | - |
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| fearless | (adjective) oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them | Synonyms: unafraid |
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| (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
| fearlessly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: dauntlessly, intrepidly |
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| fearlessness | (noun) the trait of feeling no fear | - |
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| (noun) feeling no fear | Synonyms: bravery |
| linearly | (adverb) in a linear manner | - |
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| nearly | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
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| (adverb) in a close manner | Synonyms: closely, intimately |
| pearl | (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: bone, ivory, off-white |
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| (noun) a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel | - |
| (noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: bead, drop |
| (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
| pearler | (noun) a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls | Synonyms: pearl diver |
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| pearlescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline |
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| pearlfish | (noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds | Synonyms: pearl-fish |
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| pearlite | (noun) a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron | - |
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| pearlweed | (noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | Synonyms: pearl-weed, pearlwort |
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| pearlwort | (noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | Synonyms: pearl-weed, pearlweed |
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| pearly | (adjective) of a white the color of pearls | Synonyms: pearly-white |
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| (noun) informal terms for a human `tooth' | Synonyms: chopper |
| tearless | (adjective) free from tears | Synonyms: dry-eyed |
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| unclearly | (adverb) in a manner that is unclear | - |
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| yearling | (noun) an animal in its second year | - |
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| (noun) a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth | - |
| (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: bambino, toddler, tot |
| yearlong | (adjective) lasting through a year | - |
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| yearly | (adjective) occurring or payable every year | Synonyms: annual |
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| (noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year | Synonyms: annual, yearbook |
| (adverb) without missing a year | Synonyms: annually, each year, every year |