7-letter words starting with e
- eco-tax — a tax levied on services, products, etc that adversely affect the environment
- ecocide — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- ecofact — (achaeology) A biological artifact not altered by humans, but which may be indicative of human occupation.
- ecolect — A language variety unique to a household.
- ecology — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- ecorche — an anatomical model of part or all of the human body with the skin removed, to allow study of the underlying musculature.
- ecotage — sabotage aimed at polluters or destroyers of the natural environment.
- ecotone — the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- ecotope — Ecological habitat on the scale of individual organisms sharing space. Many ecotopes together, either adjacent or overlapping, make up an eco-region or larger unit.
- ecotour — A vacation tour or package that showcases ecology (wildlife, etc.) or is ecologically friendly.
- ecotown — (UK) Any of a number of government-sponsored new towns which are intended to achieve exemplary standards of sustainability.
- ecotype — a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- ecss ii — Extendable Computer System Simulator. An extension of SIMSCRIPT II.
- ecstacy — Obsolete spelling of ecstasy.
- ecstasy — rapturous delight.
- ectasia — (medicine) ectasis.
- ectasis — Dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
- ectatic — (medical) Of or relating to ectasia.
- ecthyma — a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- ectopia — the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectopic — occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- ectozoa — any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon).
- ectropy — (thermodynamics) The overall increase in the organization of a system.
- ectypal — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- ecuador — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuelle — a covered soup bowl with two handles
- ecumene — (obsolete) All known inhabited areas of the world.
- ed wynn — Ed (Isaiah Edwin Leopold) 1886–1966, U.S. comedian.
- edacity — the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- edamame — A dish of green soybeans boiled or steamed in their pods.
- edaphic — related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
- edaphon — the aggregate of organisms that live in the soil.
- eddying — a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
- edelman — Gerald Maurice, 1929–2014, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1972.
- edenite — (mineral) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
- edental — Edentate.
- edge in — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- edgeway — A form of railway in which the road is causewayed up to the level of the top of the flanges.
- edgings — Plural form of edging.
- edibles — fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
- edictal — Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts.
- edicule — aedicule.
- edifact — ISO 9735:1988
- edifice — a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- edified — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- edifies — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- editing — Present participle of edit.
- edition — one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- editors — Plural form of editor.