8-letter words starting with e
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- edit out — remove from text, film
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- editions — Plural form of edition.
- editress — a woman employed in the work of editing.
- edmonton — a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton. Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- edmund i — a.d. 921?–946, English king 940–946.
- edo dram — Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory
- educable — capable of being educated.
- educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- educatee — a person who receives instruction; student.
- educates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of educate.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- educible — Able to be elicited or evoked.
- eduction — the act of educing.
- eductive — educing; serving to educe.
- edulious — (obsolete) edible.
- edward i — ("Edward Longshanks") 1239–1307, king of England 1272–1307 (son of Henry III).
- edward v — 1470–83, king of England 1483 (son of Edward IV).
- eelgrass — a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
- eelpouts — Plural form of eelpout.
- eelworms — Plural form of eelworm.
- eelwrack — eelgrass
- eeriness — uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
- eeyorish — Alternative capitalization of Eeyorish.
- effacing — Present participle of efface.
- effected — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- effecter — effector (def 1).
- effector — Also, effecter. a person or thing that effects.
- effendis — Plural form of effendi.
- efferent — conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).
- effetely — In an effete manner.
- efficacy — capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
- effierce — to make fierce
- effigies — Plural form of effigy.
- effluent — flowing out or forth.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- effluxes — Plural form of efflux.
- effusing — Present participle of effuse.
- effusion — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- eftsoons — soon after.
- egestion — the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- egg case — Entomology. ootheca.
- egg cell — egg1 (def 5).
- egg coal — anthracite in sizes ranging from 2.44 to 3.25 inches (8 to 8 cm), intermediate between broken coal and stove coal.
- egg flip — an alcoholic drink made from egg, sugar and brandy or sherry
- egg roll — a cylindrical casing of egg dough filled with a minced mixture of meat or shrimp, bamboo shoots, onions, etc., and fried in deep fat.
- egg yolk — yellow part of an egg
- eggcrate — of or resembling a horizontal construction divided by vertical partitions into cell-like areas, used especially for directing downward rays of overhead light: eggcrate ceiling fixtures.