| entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
| entrapment | (noun) a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials | - |
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| entreat | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press |
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| entreatingly | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, imploringly, importunately, pleadingly |
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| entreaty | (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: appeal, prayer |
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| entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
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| entree | (noun) an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage | - |
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| (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway |
| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, admittance |
| (noun) the principal dish of a meal | Synonyms: main course |
| entremets | (noun) a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course | Synonyms: side dish, side order |
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| entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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| (verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
| entrenched | (adjective) established firmly and securely | - |
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| (adjective) dug in | - |
| entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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| entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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| (noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
| entrepreneur | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: enterpriser |
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| entrepreneurial | (adjective) of or relating to an entrepreneur | - |
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| (adjective) willing to take risks in order to make a profit | - |
| entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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| entric | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals | Synonyms: enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria |
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| entropy | (noun) (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | Synonyms: randomness, S |
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| (noun) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome | Synonyms: information, selective information |
| entrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, intrust, trust |
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| (verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: leave |
| entry | (noun) the act of entering | Synonyms: entering, entrance, incoming, ingress |
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| (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling |
| (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entree, entryway |
| (noun) something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | Synonyms: submission |
| (noun) an item inserted in a written record | - |
| (noun) a written record of a commercial transaction | Synonyms: accounting entry, ledger entry |
| entryphone | (noun) An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell. | - |
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| entryway | (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry |
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| eolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: aeolotropic |
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| epicentre | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicenter |
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| epigastric | (adjective) lying on or over the stomach | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen | - |
| epigastrium | (noun) the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) | - |
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| epistrophe | (noun) repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. | Synonyms: epiphora |
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| eptatretus | (noun) a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus | - |
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| equestrian | (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights | - |
| (noun) a person skilled in equitation | Synonyms: horseback rider |
| equidistribution | (noun) a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence | - |
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| ergotropic | (adjective) of or relating to ergotropism | - |
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| ergotropism | (noun) an affinity for work | - |
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| esotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose | Synonyms: convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye |
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| estradiol | (noun) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer | Synonyms: oestradiol |
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| estragon | (noun) fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning | Synonyms: tarragon |
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| (noun) aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia | Synonyms: Artemisia dracunculus, tarragon |
| estrange | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, disaffect |
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| (verb) remove from customary environment or associations | - |
| estranged | (adjective) caused to be unloved | Synonyms: alienated |
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| estrangement | (noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: alienation, disaffection |
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| (noun) separation resulting from hostility | Synonyms: alienation |
| estranging | (adjective) making one feel out of place or alienated | - |
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| estriol | (noun) a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency | Synonyms: oestriol |
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| estrogen | (noun) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | Synonyms: oestrogen |
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| estrogenic | (adjective) relating to or caused by estrogen | - |
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| estrone | (noun) a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency | Synonyms: Estronol, oestrone, theelin |
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| estrous | (adjective) (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat | - |
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| estrus | (noun) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity | Synonyms: heat, oestrus, rut |
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| ethnocentric | (adjective) centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | - |
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| ethnocentrism | (noun) belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group | - |
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| eutrophic | (adjective) (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication | - |
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| eutrophication | (noun) excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life | - |
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| eventration | (noun) protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall | - |
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| executrix | (noun) a woman executor | - |
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| exfiltrate | (verb) escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control | - |
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| (verb) transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control | - |
| exocentric | (adjective) not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents | - |
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| exotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, walleye |
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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 |
| extra | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: additional |
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| (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
| (adjective) added to a regular schedule | Synonyms: special |
| (noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: duplicate |
| (noun) an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) | - |
| (noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes | Synonyms: spear carrier, supernumerary |
| (adverb) unusually or exceptionally | - |
| extracellular | (adjective) located or occurring outside a cell or cells | - |
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| extract | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, selection |
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| (noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: infusion |
| (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
| (verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
| (verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
| (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
| (verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
| (verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
| (verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
| (verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
| extractable | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractible |
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| extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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| extractible | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractable |
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| extraction | (noun) the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) | - |
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| (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, origin |
| (noun) the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means | - |
| extractivity | (noun) the amount of extract that grains of malt yield. | - |
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| extractor | (noun) an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, separator |
| (noun) a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector | Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover |
| extracurricular | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extramarital |
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| (adjective) outside the regular duties of your job or profession | - |
| (adjective) outside the regular academic curriculum | - |
| extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
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| extradition | (noun) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) | - |
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| extrados | (noun) the exterior curve of an arch | - |
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| extradural | (adjective) on or outside the dura mater | Synonyms: epidural |
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| extragalactic | (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy | - |
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| extrajudicial | (adjective) beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted | - |
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| extralegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: nonlegal |
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| extralinguistic | (adjective) not included within the realm of language | - |
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| extramarital | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extracurricular |
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| extramural | (adjective) carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community | - |
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| extraneity | (noun) The state of not forming an essential or vital part. | Synonyms: extraneousness |
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| extraneous | (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: foreign |
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| (adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal |
| (adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, outside |
| (adjective) not essential | - |
| extraneousness | (noun) The state of not forming an essential or vital part. | Synonyms: extraneity |
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| (noun) unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand | - |
| extraordinaire | (adjective) extraordinary in a particular capacity | - |
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| extraordinarily | (adverb) to a surprising degree | Synonyms: inordinately |
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| extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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| extraordinary | (adjective) beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special | - |
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| (adjective) far more than usual or expected | Synonyms: over-the-top, sinful |
| (adjective) (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials | - |
| extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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| (verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
| extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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| (noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
| extrasensory | (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: paranormal |
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| extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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| extrasystolic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole | - |
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| extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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| (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
| extraterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: exterritorial |
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| extravagance | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality |
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| (noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: prodigality, profligacy |
| (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagancy |
| extravagancy | (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagance |
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| extravagant | (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening |
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| (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift |
| extravagantly | (adverb) in a wasteful manner | Synonyms: lavishly |
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| (adverb) in a rich and lavish manner | Synonyms: lavishly, richly |
| (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, profusely |
| extravaganza | (noun) any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
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| extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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| (verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
| (verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
| extravasation | (noun) the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine | - |
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| (noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, eruption |
| (noun) an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation | - |
| extraversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extroversion |
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| extraversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extroversive |
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| extravert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| (noun) (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: extrovert |
| extraverted | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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