7 Letter Words Starting With E

with eagerness; in an eager manner

A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.

an ache localized in the middle or inner ear

an earring with a pendant ornament

the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm

the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess

lacking external ears

(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear

A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.

a distinctive characteristic or attribute

either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather

something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract

That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings.

a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise

jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe

the range within which a voice can be heard

made of earth (or baked clay)

of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven

Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful. Shak. -- Ease"ful*ly, adv. -- Ease"ful*ness, n.

from the east; used especially of winds

The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

any substance that can be used as food

a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

stain black to make it look like ebony

a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber

stain black to make it look like ebony

A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature

periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

a body of troops arranged in a line

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column

(of sounds) repeating by reflection

one celestial body obscures another

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

an act of economizing; reduction in cost

A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; - Charles Dickens

dilatation or distension of a hollow organ

A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base.

abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth)

exhibiting ectopia

Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

excessive desire to eat

Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement

One who builds.

putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

create by training and teaching

One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts. Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E.

resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms

Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials

To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. Thomson. To shine forth; to beam.

Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. And, if he fall from his capel eftsone. Chaucer. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted.

social and political equality

an intellectual; a very studious and academic person

an exaggerated opinion of your own importance

a conceited and self-centered person

To talk or write as an egotist.

of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy

An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W.

the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves

Pacific. See Irenic.

a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing

Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.

(of time) having passed or slipped by

a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material

a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries

making lively and joyful

a feeling of joy and pride

Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in…

people who are old collectively

subject to popular election

a citizen who has a legal right to vote

An electrotype.

displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution

expressing sorrow often for something past

compose an elegy

the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead

compose an elegy

a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

small and delicate

Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

a deliberate act of omission

the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals

someone who believes in rule by an elite group

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

difficult to describe

Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- E*lu"so*ri*ness, n.

the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions

being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings

(a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike…

Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

give out (breath or an odor)

a government order imposing a trade barrier

a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors.

of or relating to an embolism or embolus

an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection.

To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar... makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak. Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

enclose in a bower

a close affectionate and protective acceptance

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

cause to darken

To brutify; to imbrute. All the man embruted in the swine.

See Embryo.

improved or corrected by critical editing

One who emends.

a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone

Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. Deut. xxviii. 27.

Standing out of, or rising above, water.

A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

of imposing height; especially standing out above others

the domain controlled by an emir

the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate

any strong feeling

characterized by emotion

enter into a list of prospective jurors

understanding and entering into another's feelings

large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

provide a new emplacement for guns

board a plane

One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

give or delegate power or authority to

a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor

An enterprise; endeavor; adventure. Chaucer. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser. The deeds of love and high emprise.

One who, or that which, empties. of Empty.

a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)

compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with

characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation