| elocute | (verb) declaim in an elocutionary manner | - |
|---|
| elongate | (adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender | Synonyms: elongated |
|---|
| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | Synonyms: linear |
| (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: stretch |
| eluate | (noun) a liquid solution that results from elution | - |
|---|
| elucidate | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
|---|
| (verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible | Synonyms: clarify, clear up |
| elute | (verb) wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography | - |
|---|
| emaciate | (verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically | - |
|---|
| (verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: macerate, waste |
| emanate | (verb) give out (breath or an odor) | Synonyms: exhale, give forth |
|---|
| (verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source | - |
| emancipate | (verb) free from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: manumit |
|---|
| (verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: liberate |
| emarginate | (adjective) having a notched tip | - |
|---|
| emasculate | (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
|---|
| (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize |
| (verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: castrate |
| embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
|---|
| emigrate | (verb) leave one's country of residence for a new one | - |
|---|
| emirate | (noun) the office of an emir | - |
|---|
| (noun) the domain controlled by an emir | - |
| emote | (verb) give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role | - |
|---|
| emulate | (verb) compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with | - |
|---|
| (verb) strive to equal or match, especially by imitating | - |
| (verb) imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software | - |
| enate | (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enatic, maternal |
|---|
| (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib |
| encapsulate | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
|---|
| (verb) enclose in a capsule or other small container | - |
| enceinte | (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
|---|
| endoparasite | (noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | Synonyms: endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon |
|---|
| endplate | (noun) the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle | Synonyms: end-plate, motor end plate |
|---|
| enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally | - |
|---|
| (verb) disturb the composure of | Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle |
| entente | (noun) a friendly understanding between political powers | Synonyms: entente cordiale |
|---|
| (noun) an informal alliance between countries | Synonyms: entente cordiale |
| entoparasite | (noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | Synonyms: endoparasite, endozoan, entozoan, entozoon |
|---|
| entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
|---|
| enucleate | (verb) remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover | - |
|---|
| (verb) remove the nucleus from (a cell) | - |
| enumerate | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: itemise, itemize, recite |
|---|
| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: count, number, numerate |
| enunciate | (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, vocalise, vocalize |
|---|
| (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, pronounce, say, sound out |
| epaulette | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulet |
|---|
| epilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: depilate |
|---|
| epiphyte | (noun) plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Synonyms: aerophyte, air plant, epiphytic plant |
|---|
| episcopate | (noun) the office and dignity of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopry |
|---|
| (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 | - |
| equate | (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, match |
|---|
| (verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: compare, liken |
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: correspond |
| equilibrate | (verb) bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | - |
|---|
| (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrise, equilibrize |
| equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate |
|---|
| eradicate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out |
|---|
| (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
| eremite | (noun) a Christian recluse | - |
|---|
| erudite | (adjective) having or showing profound knowledge | Synonyms: learned |
|---|
| erythrite | (noun) a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic | Synonyms: cobalt bloom |
|---|
| erythrocyte | (noun) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus | Synonyms: RBC, red blood cell |
|---|
| escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity | Synonyms: intensify, step up |
|---|
| essonite | (noun) a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown | Synonyms: cinnamon stone, hessonite |
|---|
| estate | (noun) a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights | Synonyms: estate of the realm, the three estates |
|---|
| (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, demesne, land, landed estate |
| (noun) everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities | - |
| esthete | (noun) one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | Synonyms: aesthete |
|---|
| estimate | (noun) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody | Synonyms: estimation |
|---|
| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimation, idea |
| (noun) the respect with which a person is held | Synonyms: estimation |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: appraisal, estimation |
| (noun) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job | - |
| (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, gauge, guess, judge |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon |
| estivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: aestivate |
|---|
| ethanoate | (noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: acetate |
|---|
| etiolate | (adjective) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light | Synonyms: blanched, etiolated |
|---|
| (verb) make pale or sickly | - |
| (verb) bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight | - |
| (verb) make weak by stunting the growth or development of | - |
| etiquette | (noun) rules governing socially acceptable behavior | - |
|---|
| eucaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eukaryote |
|---|
| euglenophyte | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenid, euglenoid |
|---|
| eukaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eucaryote |
|---|
| eusporangiate | (adjective) (of ferns) having sporangia that arise from a group of epidermal cells | - |
|---|
| evacuate | (verb) excrete or discharge from the body | Synonyms: empty, void |
|---|
| (verb) remove content from | - |
| (verb) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) | - |
| (verb) move people from their homes or country | - |
| (verb) move out of an unsafe location into safety | - |
| evaluate | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, measure, valuate, value |
|---|
| (verb) form a critical opinion of | Synonyms: judge, pass judgment |
| evaporate | (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: vaporise, vaporize |
|---|
| (verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: vaporise |
| (verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: vaporise |
| (verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: disappear, melt |
| evaporite | (noun) the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater | - |
|---|
| eventuate | (verb) come out in the end | - |
|---|
| eviscerate | (adjective) having been disembowelled | - |
|---|
| (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, draw |
| (verb) remove the contents of | - |
| (verb) take away a vital or essential part of | - |
| (verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ | Synonyms: resect |
| exabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes | Synonyms: EB, EiB, exbibyte |
|---|
| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes | Synonyms: EB |
| exacerbate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen |
|---|
| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate |
| exaggerate | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
|---|
| (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: overdo |
| exanimate | (adjective) deprived of life; no longer living | Synonyms: lifeless |
|---|
| exarchate | (noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church | Synonyms: eparchy |
|---|
| exasperate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, worsen |
|---|
| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate |
| (verb) make furious | Synonyms: incense, infuriate |
| exbibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes | Synonyms: EB, EiB, exabyte |
|---|
| excavate | (verb) find by digging in the ground | Synonyms: dig up, turn up |
|---|
| (verb) remove the inner part or the core of | Synonyms: dig, hollow |
| (verb) form by hollowing | - |
| (verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: unearth |
| excite | (verb) act as a stimulant | Synonyms: stimulate |
|---|
| (verb) produce a magnetic field in | - |
| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energise, energize |
| (verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | Synonyms: shake, shake up, stimulate, stir |
| (verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: arouse, sex, turn on, wind up |
| (verb) arouse or elicit a feeling | - |
| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, rouse, turn on |
| (verb) stir feelings in | Synonyms: stimulate, stir |
| excogitate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
|---|
| (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent |
| excommunicate | (verb) exclude from a church or a religious community | Synonyms: curse, unchurch |
|---|
| (verb) oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree | - |
| excoriate | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, objurgate, reprobate |
|---|
| (verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading | Synonyms: chafe |
| excrete | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, eliminate, pass |
|---|
| excruciate | (verb) subject to torture | Synonyms: torment, torture |
|---|
| (verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: rack, torment, torture |
| exculpate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate |
|---|
| execrate | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate |
|---|
| (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, abominate, loathe |
| execute | (verb) sign in the presence of witnesses | - |
|---|
| (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill |
| (verb) carry out or perform an action | Synonyms: do, perform |
| (verb) kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment | Synonyms: put to death |
| (verb) murder in a planned fashion | - |
| (verb) carry out the legalities of | - |
| (verb) carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine | Synonyms: run |
| exegete | (noun) a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts) | - |
|---|
| exenterate | (verb) remove the contents of (an organ) | - |
|---|
| exfiltrate | (verb) escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control | - |
|---|
| (verb) transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control | - |
| exfoliate | (verb) grow by producing or unfolding leaves | - |
|---|
| (verb) cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters | - |
| (verb) remove the surface, in scales or laminae | - |
| (verb) spread by opening the leaves of | - |
| (verb) come off in a very thin piece | - |
| exhilarate | (verb) fill with sublime emotion | Synonyms: beatify, exalt, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink |
|---|
| exonerate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
|---|
| (verb) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | - |
| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, exile |
| expectorate | (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | Synonyms: cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up |
|---|
| (verb) clear out the chest and lungs | Synonyms: clear out, drive out |
| expedite | (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: hasten |
|---|
| (verb) process fast and efficiently | - |
| expiate | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, abye, atone |
|---|
| explicate | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explain |
|---|
| (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: develop, formulate |
| expostulate | (verb) reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion | - |
|---|
| expropriate | (verb) deprive of possessions | - |
|---|
| expurgate | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten |
|---|
| exquisite | (adjective) of extreme beauty | - |
|---|
| (adjective) delicately beautiful | Synonyms: dainty |
| (adjective) lavishly elegant and refined | Synonyms: recherche |
| (adjective) intense or sharp | Synonyms: keen |
| exsiccate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry up |
|---|
| extenuate | (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: mitigate, palliate |
|---|
| exterminate | (verb) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | Synonyms: kill off |
|---|
| (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
| extirpate | (verb) surgically remove (an organ) | - |
|---|
| (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 |
| extortionate | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
|---|
| extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
|---|
| extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
|---|
| (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 |
| extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
|---|
| (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 | - |
| extricate | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, untangle |
|---|