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# English words: E

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · **E** · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

821 words under E; 501–600 on this page.

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- [eruption](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eruption/) — An eruption is when a volcano suddenly throws out lava, ash, rocks and gas.
- [es](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/es/) — «Es» means «is» in Spanish: «es grande» means «it is big». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [escalate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escalate/) — To become bigger, worse or more serious, as in «The argument escalated into a fight».
- [escalation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escalation/) — Escalation is when something becomes bigger, worse or more serious, step by step, like a fight or a war.
- [escalator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escalator/) — An escalator is a moving staircase that carries people up or down between floors.
- [escape](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escape/) — To escape means to get away from a place where you are kept, or from danger. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [escargot](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escargot/) — A snail cooked to be eaten, usually with garlic butter, a famous dish in France.
- [escort](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/escort/) — To escort someone is to go with them to protect them, guide them or keep them under guard.
- [esophagus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esophagus/) — The tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach; the gullet. — Jewish tradition
- [esoteric](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esoteric/) — Understood by only a few people who have special knowledge, and kept secret. — Jewish tradition
- [especial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/especial/) — Special or particular; more than usual, and meant for one person or thing.
- [especially](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/especially/) — Especially means more than usual, or more than others; particularly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [esperanto](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esperanto/) — Esperanto is a language invented more than a hundred years ago by L.
- [espousal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/espousal/) — Betrothal, the promise to marry, or a wedding. — Jewish tradition
- [espouse](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/espouse/) — To take up a cause and support it warmly, often as your own. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [espresso](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/espresso/) — Espresso is a strong, dark coffee made by forcing very hot water through finely ground coffee beans.
- [esq](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esq/) — Short for «Esquire»: a polite title written after a man's name, mostly in letters, in old-fashioned British style: «John Smith, Esq.».
- [esquire](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esquire/) — A polite title written after a man's name in old letters and on envelopes, shortened to «Esq.»: John Smith, Esq.
- [essay](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/essay/) — An essay is a short piece of writing on one subject, written by a pupil or a writer. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [essence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/essence/) — The most important part or real nature of a thing, which makes it what it is. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [essential](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/essential/) — Something essential is completely necessary; you cannot manage without it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [essentially](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/essentially/) — Essentially means basically, in the most important way, when you leave out small details. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [est](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/est/) — «Est» means «is» in French: «il est content» is «he is happy»; the «s» and «t» are silent, so it sounds like «eh». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [establish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/establish/) — To establish something is to start or set it up so that it lasts, such as a school, a business or a rule. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [established](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/established/) — Set up and existing for a long time, so accepted and trusted. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [establishment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/establishment/) — An establishment is a business, organisation or place such as a shop, restaurant, school or hotel. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [estate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/estate/) — An estate is a large area of land in the country, often with a big house, owned by one person or family. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [esteem](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esteem/) — Esteem is great respect and good opinion of someone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [esteemed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/esteemed/) — Esteemed means greatly respected and admired. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [estimate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/estimate/) — To estimate is to make a careful guess about an amount, size, cost or time, without counting or measuring exactly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [estimation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/estimation/) — An estimation is a careful guess of a number or amount, made without counting or measuring exactly.
- [estranged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/estranged/) — Estranged means no longer close to someone, usually a family member or husband or wife, because you have stopped speaking or living… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [estrangement](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/estrangement/) — Estrangement is when people who used to be close, especially family members, stop speaking or seeing each other.
- [estuary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/estuary/) — An estuary is the wide part of a river where it meets the sea, so fresh water and salty sea water mix.
- [etched](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/etched/) — Etched means cut or scratched into a hard surface like glass, metal or stone, often with acid or a sharp tool, to make a picture or words.
- [eternal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eternal/) — Lasting for ever, without beginning or end. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [eternally](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eternally/) — For ever, without beginning or end. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [eternity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eternity/) — Eternity is time that goes on for ever, with no end. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ethane](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethane/) — Ethane is a gas with no colour or smell, made of carbon and hydrogen, found in natural gas.
- [ether](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ether/) — A colourless liquid with a strong smell that evaporates easily; it was used long ago to put patients to sleep for operations. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ethereal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethereal/) — Ethereal means very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the sky or to a spirit rather than to the solid world. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ethical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethical/) — Ethical means morally right, fair and honest.
- [ethically](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethically/) — Ethically means in a way that is right and fair.
- [ethics](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethics/) — Ethics are the ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how people act.
- [ethiopian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethiopian/) — From or to do with Ethiopia, a country in East Africa, or its people, languages and culture. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [ethnic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethnic/) — Ethnic means to do with a group of people who share a culture, traditions, language or family history.
- [ethnologist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethnologist/) — An ethnologist is a person who studies different peoples, their customs and their origins.
- [ethnology](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethnology/) — Ethnology is the study of different peoples, their customs, beliefs and stories.
- [ethylene](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ethylene/) — Ethylene is a colourless gas made of carbon and hydrogen; plants make it naturally, and it makes fruit ripen.
- [etiquette](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/etiquette/) — The rules of polite behaviour in a society or group, such as how to greet people, eat at table or write a letter.
- [etna](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/etna/) — Etna, or Mount Etna, is a large, active volcano on the island of Sicily in southern Italy; it is the highest active volcano in Europe…
- [etruscan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/etruscan/) — The Etruscans were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, in an area called Etruria (roughly modern Tuscany), before and during the…
- [etymological](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/etymological/) — Etymological means to do with etymology, the history of where words come from and how their meanings and forms have changed. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [etymology](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/etymology/) — Etymology is the study of where words come from and how they have changed over time.
- [eu](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eu/) — «EU» stands for the European Union, a group of many European countries that work together on trade, travel, laws and money.
- [eucalyptus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eucalyptus/) — A eucalyptus is a tall tree from Australia with long, strong-smelling leaves; it is also called a gum tree.
- [eucharist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eucharist/) — The Christian service in which bread and wine are blessed and shared to remember Jesus's Last Supper; also called Holy Communion, the Mass…
- [eunuch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eunuch/) — A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [euphemism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/euphemism/) — A euphemism is a gentle, polite or indirect word or phrase used instead of one that sounds too harsh, rude or upsetting.
- [eurasian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eurasian/) — Eurasian means about Eurasia — Europe and Asia together, the biggest piece of land on Earth.
- [eureka](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eureka/) — «Eureka!» is a cry of joy when you suddenly discover or work out something.
- [euro](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/euro/) — The euro is the money used in many countries of the European Union, such as Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
- [europe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/europe/) — Europe is one of the seven continents of the world. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [european](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/european/) — From or to do with Europe, the continent that includes countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK: European countries.
- [ev](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ev/) — EV stands for electric vehicle, a car, bus or bike that runs on electricity from a battery instead of petrol or diesel. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evacuate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evacuate/) — To evacuate a place is to leave it, or to make people leave it, because it is dangerous.
- [evacuation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evacuation/) — An evacuation is when people leave a dangerous place quickly and in an organised way, such as a building on fire or a town before a flood.
- [evacuee](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evacuee/) — An evacuee is a person who has been moved away from a dangerous place to somewhere safer.
- [evade](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evade/) — To escape from or keep away from someone or something, like a chaser. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evaluate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evaluate/) — To evaluate something is to judge how good, useful or successful it is, after thinking about it carefully.
- [evaluation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evaluation/) — Careful judging of how good, useful or valuable something is.
- [evangelical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evangelical/) — Evangelical describes Christians and churches that put great weight on the Bible, on a personal faith in Jesus and on telling others the…
- [evaporate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evaporate/) — When a liquid evaporates, it slowly turns into a gas (vapour) and goes into the air, often because it is warmed.
- [evaporation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evaporation/) — Evaporation is when a liquid, usually water, slowly turns into a gas (vapour) and goes into the air.
- [evasion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evasion/) — Evasion is avoiding something you should do or face, like a question, a rule or a duty.
- [evasive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evasive/) — If someone is evasive, they avoid giving a clear, direct answer, often because they are hiding something.
- [evasively](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evasively/) — In a way that avoids giving a clear, direct answer or avoids doing something.
- [eve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eve/) — The day or evening before a special day: Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [even](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/even/) — An even number can be split into two equal groups with none left over, like 2, 4, 6, 8. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evening](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evening/) — The evening is the time at the end of the day, after the afternoon and before night, from about 6 o'clock until bedtime. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evenly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evenly/) — Evenly means in equal parts, so everyone gets the same.
- [event](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/event/) — An event is something that happens, especially something important or unusual. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [eventful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eventful/) — Eventful means full of things that happen, many of them exciting or important.
- [eventide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eventide/) — Eventide is an old word for evening, the time when the day is ending. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [eventual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eventual/) — Happening at the end of a long time or after a series of events; final.
- [eventually](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/eventually/) — Eventually means in the end, after a long time, a lot of waiting or many problems.
- [ever](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ever/) — At any time: «Have you ever seen a whale?». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evergreen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evergreen/) — An evergreen tree or plant keeps green leaves all year round.
- [everlasting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/everlasting/) — Everlasting means lasting for ever, never ending. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evermore](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evermore/) — Evermore means always, for all time to come. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [every](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/every/) — Every means each one of a group, with none left out: every child. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [everyday](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/everyday/) — Everyday means usual or ordinary, used or done all the time, like everyday clothes.
- [everything](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/everything/) — Everything means all the things, every single thing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [everywhere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/everywhere/) — Everywhere means in every place or to every place. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evict](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evict/) — To force someone to leave the house or land they live in, usually by law because they did not pay rent or broke the rules.
- [evidence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evidence/) — Evidence is facts, signs or objects that show something is true or help to prove it.
- [evident](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evident/) — Easy to see or understand; clear and obvious. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evidential](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evidential/) — Evidential means to do with evidence or serving as evidence, the facts that show whether something is true.
- [evidently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evidently/) — Evidently means clearly or obviously, because you can see it from the signs. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [evil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/evil/) — Evil means very bad and cruel, wanting to hurt others. — everyday · Jewish tradition