| 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 | ||
| ell | n. | measure of length equal to 45 inches in England (the Scotch = 37.2 in., the Flemish = 27 in.) | ||
| emblematic | adj. | symbolizing, representative | ||
| embonpoint | n. | healthy plumpness; fleshy part of the body, esp. of the bosom | ||
| embranglement | n. | state of being embroiled, implicated, or entangled | ||
| embrocation | n. | liniment; action of applying a liniment | ||
| emerods | n. | hemorrhoids | archaic | |
| emesis | n. | vomiting | ||
| emissile | adj. | capable of being protruded | ||
| emmet | n. | ant | ||
| emollient | n. | salve or lotion with such a softening effect | ||
| emollient | adj. | softening or relaxing | ||
| empennage | n. | the stern of an airplane or airship, usually including the tail fin, rudder, stabilizer, and elevator | ||
| empery | n. | absolute dominion | ||
| empiric | n. | one who relies solely upon experience; quack, charlatan | ||
| empyema | n. | condition wherein pus collects in bodily cavity, particularly in the pleural cavity | ||
| empyrean | n. | the highest heaven, the sphere of pure fire; the firmament | ||
| emulous | adj. | desirous of rivaling or imitating | ||
| en grande tenue | adj. | in full dress uniform, in elegant style | ||
| en travesti | adj. | dressed as the opposite sex for theatrical role, lit. “in disguise” | ||
| enantiodromia | n. | supposed tendency for any extreme in a system to arrive or to turn into its opposite | ||
| enchafe | v. | to make warm or hot | ||
| enchiridion | n. | handbook, manual | ||
| encomiastic | adj. | of or related to one giving a eulogy; laudatory | ||
| endogamy | n. | marriage within only a given tribe or social group | ||
| endopsychic | adj. | extant within the mind | ||
| endore | v. | to make a bright golden color in cooking | ||
| endue | v. | (of a hawk) to digest | ||
| enfeoff | v. | to give a fiefdom | ||
| enfleurage | n. | method of perfume extraction through transfer of scent into fats or oils | ||
| enkindle | v. | to make to blaze up; to set on fire | ||
| enosis | n. | political union of Greece and Cyprus; movement seeking such a union | ||
| ensample | n. | example | obsolete |
