6-letter words starting with e
- easter — an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easton — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- eat in — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- eat up — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- eatage — grazing rights
- eatche — a wood-working tool that has a blade that bends towards the handle and is used for paring or shaving
- eaters — Plural form of eater.
- eatery — a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- eateth — Archaic third-person singular form of eat.
- eather — Obsolete spelling of either.
- eating — eats, Informal. food.
- ebasic — (language) A BASIC by Gordon Eubanks, now at Symantec, that led to CBASIC.
- ebayer — any person who buys or sells using the internet auction site, eBay
- ebbing — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ebcdic — Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
- ebitda — earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization
- ebonic — Alternative form of Ebonic.
- ebonji — a state of Nigeria, in the SE. Capital: Abakiliki. Pop: 2 173 501(2006). Area: 5670 sq km (2189 sq miles)
- ebooks — Plural form of ebook.
- ecarte — a card game for two players.
- ecbole — (rhetoric) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
- eccles — Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- ecclus — Ecclesiasticus
- ecesic — relating to ecesis
- ecesis — the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- ecevit — Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- echard — the water in soil that is not available for absorption by plants.
- echini — any sea urchin of the genus Echinus.
- echium — (botany) Any member of the genus Echium of flowering plants.
- echoed — Simple past tense and past participle of echo.
- echoer — a person who produces an echo
- echoes — a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- echoey — (of a sound) That echoes.
- echoic — resembling an echo.
- eckert — John Presper [pres-per] /ˈprɛs pər/ (Show IPA), 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.
- eclair — a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- eclose — To give rise to, or to undergo eclosion.
- ecofin — the council of European finance ministers
- ecomap — a diagram showing the links between an individual and his or her community
- econet — 1. One of the IGC networks. EcoNet serves individuals and organisations working for environmental preservation and sustainability. Important issues covered include: global warming, energy policy, rainforest preservation, legislative activities, water quality, toxics and environmental education. EcoNet users can send and receive private messages, including fax and telex, to and from more than 18,000 international users on the APC networks or to millions on other networks. EcoNet seeks to build coalitions and partnerships with activist and non-profit organisations to develop the use of the electronic communications medium. EcoNet provides subsidies and financial incentives to environmental organisations and committed individuals who foster the effectiveness of organisations through the use of electronic networking. FTP/Telnet: igc.apc.org. 2. A network produced by Acorn Computers Ltd. for the BBC Microcomputer and its successors.
- econut — an environmentalist
- ecorse — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecosoc — Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations)
- ecowas — Economic Community of West African States.
- ecrase — (of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- ectomy — (medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.
- ectype — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- Écurie — team of motor-racing cars
- eczema — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
- edberg — Stefan. born 1966, Swedish tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam singles titles: Wimbledon (1988, 1990), the US Open (1991–2), and the Australian Open (1985, 1987)