| dynamics | n. | variation in volume of musical sounds | ||
| dysania | n. | difficulty in getting out of bed | ||
| dysgeusia | n. | distortion of the sense of taste | ||
| dyslogistic | adj. | having a bad connotation | ||
| dyspareunia | n. | pain during intercourse | ||
| dyspathy | n. | antipathy, opposite of sympathy | ||
| dysphagia | n. | difficulty of swallowing | ||
| dysphemism | n. | derogatory or socially taboo expression | ||
| dysphoria | n. | state of feeling bad or unhappy, malaise | ||
| dyspnea | n. | difficulty breathing | ||
| dysthymia | n. | long-term low-grade depression | ||
| dysuria | n. | painful or difficult urination | ||
| eagre | n. | very high tidal flood in a narrowing estuary | ||
| ear | v. | to plow | archaic | |
| ebriety | n. | drunken state; habitual drunkeness | ||
| ebrious | adj. | intoxicated; addicted to drink; of or related to intoxication | ||
| ebullition | n. | boiling; temperamental outburst | ||
| ecchymosis | n. | discoloration from extravasated blood beneath the skin | ||
| ecdysiast | n. | stripper, striptease performer | ||
| ecdysis | n. | shedding of integument by reptiles, crustaceans, etc. | ||
| ecod | int. | mild oath (variant of ‘egad’) | ||
| econophysics | n. | unorthodox use of mathematical models from physics to analyze economics | ||
| ecru | n. | very light beige, color of unbleached linen; dark greyish yellow | ||
| ectogenesis | n. | production or development outside the body | ||
| ectopic | adj. | out of place, anomalously situated | ||
| edema | n. | morbid accumulation of watery fluid into serous cavities or interstices between joints, dropsy | ||
| educe | v. | to bring out, to elicit; to infer | ||
| educt | v. | to extract | ||
| edulcorate | v. | to purify, to remove acids or other harsh elements by washing; (obsolete) to sweeten | ||
| effete | adj. | ineffectual and lacking vitality | ||
| effluent | adj. | 1 | flowing out | |
| effluent | n. | 2 | treated sewage; sewage or waste flowing into water | |
| effluvium | n. | vapor or exhalation perceptible only to the sense of smell, esp. one that is noxious or disgusting | ||
| effluxion | n. | flowing out; lapse of time; expiration | ||
| effulge | v. | to shine forth, to brilliantly radiate | ||
| eftsoons | adv. | soon after | archaic | |
| egality | n. | equality | archaic | |
| egest | v. | to expel from within the body | ||
| egesta | n. | excreted matter, esp. urine and feces | ||
| eglantine | n. | sweetbrier, wild rose native to Europe and Western Asia | ||
| egolatry | n. | constant credence in one’s own potential and ability to the point of pathological self-worship | ||
| egregious | adj. | remarkable in a bad way, flagrant | ||
| eidolon | n. | phantom, ghost; ideal, representation of idealized thing | ||
| eisegesis | n. | interpretation (esp. of Scripture) which brings the interpreter’s own biases, ideas, etc. to the text, rather than drawing meaning from the text itself | ||
| elapid | adj. | of or related to the Elapidae, a family of venomous snakes which include coral snakes and cobras, all having hollow venom-injecting fangs fixed to the upper jaw | ||
| eld | n. | old age; olden times | ||
| Electra complex | n. | psychoanalytic concept in which a girl competes with her mother for possession of her father | ||
| electuary | n. | medicament with the active ingredient mixed with honey, syrup, or jam | ||
| eleemosynary | adj. | about alms or charity | ||
| elenchus | n. | Socratic method of argument by cross-examination; refutation of syllogism by another syllogism |
