| egress | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egression, emergence |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse | Synonyms: emersion |
| (noun) the becoming visible | Synonyms: emergence, issue |
| (verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, emerge, go forth, issue |
| egression | (noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | Synonyms: egress, emergence |
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| egret | (noun) any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
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| electrocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph | Synonyms: cardiogram, ECG, EKG |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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| electrocardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: cardiography |
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| electroencephalogram | (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, encephalogram |
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| electroencephalograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain | - |
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| electroencephalographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electroencephalograph | - |
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| electrograph | (noun) electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures | - |
| electromyogram | (noun) a graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions | Synonyms: EMG |
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| electromyograph | (noun) a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles | - |
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| electromyography | (noun) diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph | - |
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| electroretinogram | (noun) a graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye | - |
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| emigrant | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigre, emigree, outgoer |
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| emigrate | (verb) leave one's country of residence for a new one | - |
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| emigration | (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: expatriation, out-migration |
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| emigre | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigree, outgoer |
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| emigree | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigre, outgoer |
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| encephalogram | (noun) an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast | Synonyms: pneumoencephalogram |
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| (noun) a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph | Synonyms: EEG, electroencephalogram |
| encephalograph | (noun) Any apparatus used to produce an encephalogram by recording electric currents generated by the brain. | - |
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| encephalography | (noun) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram | - |
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| engraft | (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, imbed, implant, plant |
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| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: graft, ingraft |
| engram | (noun) a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | Synonyms: memory trace |
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| engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) impress or affect deeply | - |
| engraved | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: etched, graven, incised, inscribed |
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| engraver | (noun) a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate | - |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching | - |
| engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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| (noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
| (noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
| engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| engrossed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document | - |
| engrossing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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| engrossment | (noun) the quality of being intent and concentrated | Synonyms: intentness |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: absorption, concentration, immersion |
| epigram | (noun) a witty saying | Synonyms: quip |
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| epigrammatic | (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic |
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| epigraph | (noun) an engraved inscription | - |
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| (noun) a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | - |
| epigraphy | (noun) the study of ancient inscriptions | - |
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| ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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| ethnographic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographical |
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| ethnographical | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographic |
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| ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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| evergreen | (adjective) (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year | - |
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| (noun) a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year | Synonyms: evergreen plant |
| fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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| fenugreek | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry | Synonyms: fenugreek seed |
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| (noun) annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry | Synonyms: Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum |
| filaggrin | (noun) the main protein of the keratohyalin granules | - |
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| filagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filigree, fillagree |
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| filigree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, fillagree |
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| (verb) make filigree, as with a precious metal | - |
| fillagree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, filigree |
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| flagrant | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, glaring, gross, rank |
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| flagrantly | (adverb) in a flagrant manner | - |
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| flagroot | (noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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| flipagram | (noun) a sequence of photos composed into a video | - |
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| foreground | (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application | - |
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| (noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer | - |
| (verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | Synonyms: highlight, play up, spotlight |
| foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
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| fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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| (noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
| fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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| fragrant | (adjective) pleasant-smelling | - |
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| gangrene | (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus |
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| (noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass | Synonyms: slough, sphacelus |
| (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: mortify, necrose, sphacelate |
| gangrenous | (adjective) suffering from tissue death | Synonyms: mortified |
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| geographer | (noun) an expert on geography | - |
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| geographic | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographical |
| geographical | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographic |
| geographically | (adverb) with respect to geography | - |
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| geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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| geography | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geographics |
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| glyptography | (noun) carving or engraving (especially on stones) | - |
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| (noun) carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) | Synonyms: glyptic art |
| grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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| (noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
| (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: seize |
| (verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) take or grasp suddenly | - |
| (verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand | - |
| (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: snaffle, snap up |
| (verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously | - |
| grabber | (noun) an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately | - |
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| grabby | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| grace | (noun) a sense of propriety and consideration for others | Synonyms: seemliness |
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| (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: gracility |
| (noun) (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God | Synonyms: free grace, grace of God |
| (noun) a disposition to kindness and compassion | Synonyms: good will, goodwill |
| (noun) a short prayer of thanks before a meal | Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving |
| (noun) (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence | Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace |
| (noun) a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor | Synonyms: grace period |
| (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish |
| graceful | (adjective) characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution | - |
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| (adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: elegant, refined |
| gracefully | (adverb) in a graceful manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a gracious or graceful manner | Synonyms: graciously |
| gracefulness | (noun) beautiful carriage | - |
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| graceless | (adjective) lacking grace; clumsy | Synonyms: ungraceful |
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| (adjective) lacking social polish | Synonyms: gauche, unpolished |
| (adjective) lacking graciousness | - |
| gracelessly | (adverb) in a graceless manner | - |
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| (adverb) without grace; rigidly | Synonyms: ungracefully, ungraciously, woodenly |
| gracelessness | (noun) an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression | Synonyms: ungracefulness |
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| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness |
| gracilariid | (noun) small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves | Synonyms: gracilariid moth |
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| gracile | (adjective) slender and graceful | Synonyms: willowy |
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| gracility | (noun) elegance and beauty of movement or expression | Synonyms: grace |
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| gracious | (adjective) characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | Synonyms: benignant |
| (adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness | Synonyms: courteous, nice |
| (adjective) disposed to bestow favors | - |
| graciously | (adverb) in a gracious or graceful manner | Synonyms: gracefully |
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| graciousness | (noun) excellence of manners or social conduct | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, benignity |
| grackle | (noun) long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage | Synonyms: crow blackbird |
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| (noun) glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech | Synonyms: Gracula religiosa, hill myna, Indian grackle |
| grad | (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, graduate |
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| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grade |
| gradable | (adjective) capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.) | - |
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| gradate | (verb) pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another | - |
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| (verb) arrange according to grades | - |
| gradation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: graduation |
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| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: grade |
| (noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: step |
| gradational | (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradatory, graduated |
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| gradatory | (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradational, graduated |
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| grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
| (noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
| (noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
| (verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to | - |
| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (verb) level to the right gradient | - |
| graded | (adjective) arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks | Synonyms: ranked, stratified |
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| grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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| gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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| (noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
| grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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| (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
| gradual | (adjective) proceeding in small stages | - |
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| (adjective) (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt | - |
| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
| graduality | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: gradualness |
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| gradually | (adverb) in a gradual manner | Synonyms: bit by bit, step by step |
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| gradualness | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: graduality |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gentleness |
| graduate | (adjective) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree | Synonyms: postgraduate |
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| (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
| (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
| (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: calibrate, fine-tune |
| (verb) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training | - |
| (verb) confer an academic degree upon | - |
| graduated | (adjective) marked with or divided into degrees | Synonyms: calibrated |
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| (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradational, gradatory |