| epigastrium | n. | upper abdomen situated just above the stomach | ||
| epigenesis | n. | the process by which genetic information, as modified by environment, is transformed into an organism’s substance and behaviors | ||
| epigraph | n. | an inscription, on a building, statue, or the like | ||
| epistaxis | n. | nosebleed | ||
| epistemology | n. | theory of knowledge, study of how we know things we think we know | ||
| epithalamium | n. | song or poem in honor of newly married couple (also epithalamion) | ||
| epizootic | n. | disease which propagates quickly among animals; outbreak of a disease in an animal population (an “animal epidemic”) | ||
| epoche | n. | suspended judgment; cessation of action | ||
| epopt | n. | initiate of the Eleusinian Mysteries; any initiate of a secret order | ||
| equerry | n. | officer in charge of the horses of a royal or an exalted noble; groom | ||
| equipage | n. | carriage | ||
| equiparable | adj. | equal in comparison, equivalent | ||
| equipartition | n. | division into equal parts; equal contribution to total energy by each form of a system | ||
| equipollent | adj. | of equal power; logically equivalent | ||
| equitation | n. | horse riding, horsemanship | ||
| equivoque | n. | double meaning word or expression, pun; ambiguous speech | ||
| eremite | n. | anchoret, religious hermit or recluse | ||
| ergodic | adj. | of or related to processes where large enough samples are statistically representative of the whole; of systems which will return to previously states given sufficient time | ||
| eristic | adj. | of or related to disputation, argumentative for argument’s sake | ||
| erotetic | adj. | of or pertaining to questions or questioning | ||
| erst | adv. | once, formerly | archaic | |
| erstwhile | adv. | formerly | ||
| erubescent | adj. | blushing, red or reddish; rubescent | ||
| eruct | v. | to belch | ||
| erudite | adj. | having or showing lots of knowledge or learning | ||
| erumpent | adj. | bursting forth | ||
| erysipelas | n. | acute disease of bacterial origin characterized by fever and rough red patches on the skin | ||
| erythema | n. | redness of the skin caused by increased capillary flow | ||
| escalade | n. | scaling of walls by means of ladders | ||
| eschar | n. | dark crusty dead tissue, as a scab or resulting from a burn | ||
| eschatological | adj. | of or pertaining to the science or study of last things: death, judgment, heaven, hell | ||
| escritoire | n. | desk with drop-down surface for writing upon | ||
| esculent | adj. | edible | ||
| esker | n. | gravel ridges formed by glaciers | ||
| espalier | n. | fruit-bearing tree or bush trained so that its branches form a flat surface, as against a wall or to form a hedge | ||
| estaminet | n. | small café | ||
| estivate | v. | to spend the summer; (of animals) to be dormant or in a state of torpor through the summer | ||
| estoppel | n. | judicial limitation on a party from making a claim or statement at odds with a previous position | ||
| estrus | n. | a female’s period of sexual receptivity | ||
| esurient | adj. | ravenously hungry | ||
| eterne | adj. | eternal | archaic | |
| etiolate | v. | to blanch (a plant) by keeping light from it; to induce a pale, sickly hue in (a person or a person’s skin) | ||
| etiologic | adj. | of or relating to causes | ||
| etiologic agent | n. | infectious substance, material likely to contain a pathogen | ||
| Eton crop | n. | severely short woman’s hairstyle of the late 1920s | ||
| etymon | n. | primary word or word form from which other words or forms are derived | ||
| euchre | v. | to trick, to outwit | ||
| eulogium | n. | speech or writing praising some person or thing | ||
| eupeptic | adj. | having good digestion; of or related to a good digestion | ||
| euphuistic | adj. | high-flown, overly ornate style in speech or writing |
