| ear | (noun) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium | - |
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| (noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: auricle, pinna |
| (noun) good hearing | - |
| (noun) attention to what is said | - |
| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: capitulum, spike |
| earache | (noun) an ache localized in the middle or inner ear | Synonyms: otalgia |
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| earcuff | (noun) a non-pierced earring of varying size (i.e. small wrap or hook big enough to hang over the whole ear and dangle) worn on the rim of the ear. | Synonyms: ear cuff, ear hook earring, ear wrap |
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| eardrop | (noun) an earring with a pendant ornament | Synonyms: drop earring, pendant earring |
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| eardrum | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| eared | (adjective) having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down | Synonyms: dog-eared |
| earflap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earlap |
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| earful | (noun) a severe scolding | Synonyms: bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, going-over, upbraiding |
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| (noun) an outpouring of gossip | - |
| 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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| earmark | (noun) a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something | Synonyms: hallmark, stylemark, trademark |
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| (noun) identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal | - |
| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, appropriate, reserve, set aside |
| earmuff | (noun) either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather | - |
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| earn | (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
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| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: garner, win |
| earned | (adjective) gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action | - |
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| earner | (noun) someone who earn wages in return for their labor | Synonyms: wage earner |
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| earnest | (adjective) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | Synonyms: businesslike |
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| (adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions | Synonyms: sincere, solemn |
| (adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: dear, devout, heartfelt |
| (noun) something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract | - |
| earnestly | (adverb) in a serious manner | Synonyms: in earnest, seriously |
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| earnestness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity |
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| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: seriousness, sincerity |
| earnings | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: pay, remuneration, salary, wage |
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| (noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
| earphone | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earpiece, headphone, phone |
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| earpiece | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earphone, headphone, phone |
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| earplug | (noun) a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise | - |
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| (noun) an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal | - |
| earreach | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earshot, hearing |
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| earring | (noun) jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe | - |
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| earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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| earsplitting | (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | Synonyms: deafening, thunderous, thundery |
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| earth | (noun) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | Synonyms: ground |
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| (noun) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | Synonyms: earthly concern, world, worldly concern |
| (noun) the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) | Synonyms: Earth |
| (noun) the solid part of the earth's surface | Synonyms: dry land, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma |
| (noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, globe, world |
| (noun) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | Synonyms: ground |
| (noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile | - |
| (verb) connect to the earth | - |
| (verb) hide in the earth like a hunted animal | - |
| earthball | (noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball |
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| earthborn | (adjective) connected with earthly life; of earthly origin | - |
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| (adjective) springing from or born on the earth | - |
| (adjective) of earthly origin (as mortals are) | - |
| earthbound | (adjective) confined to the earth | - |
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| (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy |
| earthen | (adjective) made of earth (or baked clay) | - |
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| earthenware | (noun) ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat | - |
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| earthing | (noun) fastening electrical equipment to earth | Synonyms: grounding |
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| earthlike | (adjective) earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth | - |
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| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of earth | - |
| earthling | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthman, tellurian, worldling |
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| earthly | (adjective) of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven | - |
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| earthman | (noun) an inhabitant of the earth | Synonyms: earthling, tellurian, worldling |
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| earthnut | (noun) edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber | Synonyms: truffle |
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| (noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | Synonyms: goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut |
| (noun) a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts | Synonyms: Conopodium denudatum |
| (noun) any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe | Synonyms: earth-ball, truffle |
| earthquake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor |
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| (noun) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive | - |
| earthshaking | (adjective) loud enough to shake the very earth | - |
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| (adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world | Synonyms: world-shaking, world-shattering |
| earthstar | (noun) any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | - |
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| earthtongue | (noun) any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum | Synonyms: earth-tongue |
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| earthwork | (noun) an earthen rampart | - |
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| earthworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| earthy | (adjective) of or consisting of or resembling earth | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, gross, vulgar |
| (adjective) not far removed from or suggestive of nature | - |
| (adjective) sensible and practical | Synonyms: down-to-earth |
| (adjective) hearty and lusty | - |
| earwax | (noun) a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal | Synonyms: cerumen |
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| earwig | (noun) any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen | - |
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