| episcopal | (adjective) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops | Synonyms: pontifical |
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| episcopate | (noun) the office and dignity of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopry |
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| (noun) the collective body of bishops | Synonyms: episcopacy |
| (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopric, diocese |
| (noun) the term of office of a bishop | - |
| epispadias | (noun) a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis | - |
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| equipage | (noun) a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses | Synonyms: carriage, rig |
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| (noun) equipment and supplies of a military force | Synonyms: materiel |
| escapade | (noun) any carefree episode | Synonyms: lark |
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| (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: adventure, dangerous undertaking, risky venture |
| espadrille | (noun) a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part | - |
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| espalier | (noun) a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat | - |
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| esparcet | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sainfoin, sanfoin |
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| exculpate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate |
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| exculpated | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, cleared, exonerated, vindicated |
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| exculpation | (noun) the act of freeing from guilt or blame | - |
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| (noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | Synonyms: alibi, excuse, self-justification |
| exculpatory | (adjective) clearing of guilt or blame | - |
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| expand | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, flourish, thrive |
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| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate |
| (verb) become larger in size or volume or quantity | - |
| (verb) expand the influence of | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | - |
| (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| (verb) extend in one or more directions | Synonyms: spread out |
| expandability | (noun) A physical property of gases, denoting that they expand to fill their containers. | - |
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| expandable | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandible, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandible, expansible |
| expanded | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | - |
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| expander | (noun) an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal. | - |
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| expandible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expansible |
| expanse | (noun) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | Synonyms: area, surface area |
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| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: sweep |
| (noun) a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | - |
| expansible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expandible |
| expansile | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansible |
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| expansion | (noun) the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | Synonyms: enlargement |
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| (noun) adding information or detail | Synonyms: expanding upon |
| (noun) a discussion that provides additional information | Synonyms: elaboration, enlargement |
| (noun) a function expressed as a sum or product of terms | - |
| expansionism | (noun) the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country | - |
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| expansionist | (adjective) of or involving or guided by expansionism | - |
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| expansive | (adjective) able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion | - |
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| (adjective) friendly and open and willing to talk | Synonyms: talkative |
| (adjective) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | - |
| (adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: grand, heroic |
| expansively | (adverb) in an ebullient manner | Synonyms: ebulliently, exuberantly |
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| (adverb) in an impressively expansive manner | - |
| expansiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansivity |
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| (noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansivity |
| expansivity | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansiveness |
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| (noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansiveness |
| (noun) the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure | Synonyms: coefficient of expansion |
| expat | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
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| expatiate | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
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| expatiation | (noun) a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail | - |
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| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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| (verb) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | - |
| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, exile |
| expatriation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation |
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| (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: emigration, out-migration |
| extirpable | (adjective) capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out | Synonyms: exterminable |
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| extirpate | (verb) surgically remove (an organ) | - |
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| (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: deracinate, root out, uproot |
| (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot |
| extirpation | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: ablation, cutting out, excision |
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| (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: deracination, excision |
| extirpator | (noun) a farm implement used to remove weeds. | - |
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| eyepatch | (noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye | Synonyms: patch |
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| facepalm | (noun) the act of putting your hand to cover your face to show disappointment or despair | - |
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| feldspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: felspar |
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| felspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: feldspar |
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| fingerpaint | (noun) paint that has the consistency of jelly | Synonyms: finger paint |
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| fishpaste | (noun) a paste of fish or shellfish | - |
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| fissiparity | (noun) the tendency to break into parts | - |
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| (noun) reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish | - |
| fissiparous | (adjective) reproducing by fission | - |
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| (adjective) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude | Synonyms: breakaway, separatist |
| flipagram | (noun) a sequence of photos composed into a video | - |
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| flippancy | (noun) inappropriate levity | Synonyms: light-mindedness |
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| flippant | (adjective) showing inappropriate levity | Synonyms: light-minded |
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| flippantly | (adverb) in a flippant manner | Synonyms: airily |
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| flunitrazepam | (noun) a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia | Synonyms: Rohypnol |
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| fluorapatite | (noun) a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine | - |
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| fluorspar | (noun) a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine | Synonyms: fluor, fluorite |
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| flurazepam | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia | Synonyms: Dalmane, flurazepam hydrochloride |
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| flypaper | (noun) paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies | - |
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| flypast | (noun) a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground | Synonyms: fly-by, flyover |
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| footpad | (noun) a highwayman who robs on foot | Synonyms: padder |
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| footpath | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: pathway |
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| forcipate | (adjective) shaped like a forceps; deeply forked | - |
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| forepart | (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: front, front end |
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| forepaw | (noun) front paw; analogous to the human hand | - |
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| frangipane | (noun) pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling | - |
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| frangipani | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipanni |
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| frangipanni | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipani |
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| frypan | (noun) a pan used for frying foods | Synonyms: frying pan, skillet |
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| gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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| gazpacho | (noun) a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
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| genipa | (noun) any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind | - |
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| genipap | (noun) a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind | Synonyms: genipap fruit |
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| godparent | (noun) a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism | - |
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| grandpa | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather |
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| grandparent | (noun) a parent of your father or mother | - |
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| graphospasm | (noun) muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | Synonyms: writer's cramp |
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| grappa | (noun) Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing | - |
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| graspability | (noun) The quality of being able to be understood or comprehended; understandability. | - |
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| graspable | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: apprehensible, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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| greasepaint | (noun) a greasy substance used as makeup by actors | - |
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| gyrocompass | (noun) a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead | - |
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| haemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: hemoglobinopathy |
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| hardpan | (noun) crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions | Synonyms: caliche |
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| headspace | (noun) the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing | - |
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| heliopause | (noun) the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet | - |
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| hemiparasite | (noun) a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis | Synonyms: semiparasite |
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| hemiparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites | - |
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| hemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: haemoglobinopathy |
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| hepadnavirus | (noun) a group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans | - |
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| heparin | (noun) a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery | Synonyms: Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin |
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| hepatic | (adjective) pertaining to or affecting the liver | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | Synonyms: liverwort |
| hepatica | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: liverleaf |
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| (noun) a common liverwort | Synonyms: Marchantia polymorpha |
| hepatitis | (noun) inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
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| hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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| hepatoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: lactoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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| hepatoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, malignant hepatoma |
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| hepatomegaly | (noun) abnormal enlargement of the liver | Synonyms: megalohepatia |
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| hepatotoxic | (adjective) toxic to the liver | - |
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| hepatotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects the liver | - |
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| herpangia | (noun) a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time | - |
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| histocompatibility | (noun) condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue | - |
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| histoincompatibility | (noun) incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person | - |
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| homeopath | (noun) a practitioner of homeopathy | Synonyms: homoeopath |
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| homeopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of homeopathy | Synonyms: homoeopathic |
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