8-letter words starting with e
- eggfruit — the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
- eggheads — Plural form of egghead.
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- eggshell — The thin, hard outer layer of an egg, especially a hen's egg.
- eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- ego trip — sth done to satisfy yourself
- egoistic — Egoistical.
- egomania — Obsessive egotism or self-centeredness.
- egotists — Plural form of egotist.
- egregore — An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
- egressed — Simple past tense and past participle of egress.
- egresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of egress.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- eia-232c — (communications, standard) The EIA equivalent of ITU-T standard V.24. The EIA EIA-232C electrical signal is unbalanced +/- 5 to +/- 12V, polar non return to zero and handles data speeds up to 19.2 kilobits per second.
- eichmann — Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
- eidolons — Plural form of eidolon.
- eighteen — Equivalent to the product of two and nine; one more than seventeen, or eight more than ten; 18.
- eighties — Plural form of eighty.
- einstein — (photochemistry) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.
- eisenach — a city in central Germany, in Thuringia: birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pop: 44 081 (2003 est)
- ejecting — Present participle of eject.
- ejection — The action of forcing or throwing something out; emission.
- ejective — Denoting a type of consonant in some languages, e.g., Hausa, produced by sudden release of pressure from the glottis.
- ejectors — Plural form of ejector.
- ekistics — the science or study of human settlements
- ektexine — the outer of the two layers that make up the exine
- el aaiún — a city in Western Sahara, controlled by Morocco: the capital of the former Spanish Sahara; port facilities for rich phosphate deposits nearby. Pop: 197 000 (2005 est)
- el cajon — city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
- el greco — real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- el misti — a volcano in S Peru, in the Andes. Height: 5852 m (19 199 ft)
- el monte — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 116,000
- el obeid — a city in the central Sudan, in Kordofan province: scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi (1883). Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- elastane — An elastic polyurethane material, used for hosiery, underwear, and other close-fitting clothing.
- elastase — An endopeptidase enzyme involved in the breakdown of elastin.
- elastick — Obsolete form of elastic.
- elastics — Plural form of elastic.
- elatedly — In an elated manner.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- eldritch — Weird and sinister or ghostly.
- electing — Present participle of elect.
- election — A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
- elective — Related to or working by means of election.
- electors — Plural form of elector.