English Wordbook/E

Staff E of the English Wordbook.

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eager adj keen, hungry ease vb allay easy adj soft ebony adj & n black, blackwood ebullition n outburst, flare-up, blowup ecclesiastical adj churchly, church economics n wealthlore economy n landgeld ecstatic adj blissful, beside oneself edible adj eatable, eatbear edifice n building educate vb teach, teach lore to educated adj learned, lorefast education n learning, teaching, lorecraft effort n work, tew ego n me, pride egocentric adj selfish egotism n selflust egregious adj glaringly bad, outstanding egressive adj outflowing eject vb throw out, outthrow elaborate adj overwrought elate vb uplift elect vb choose electric adj sparkwork electricity n wattflow, thunderflow, thundermight, thundersprack, ghostfire(Icelandic), sparkflow elevate vb hoist, lift, heave up, raise, aloofen elevation n raising, raisedness elevator n lift elocution n thylecraft elongate vb lengthen email vb wirewrite, thundersend email n wirewrit, thunderwrit embrace vb hug, beclip, umgripe embroidery n needlework, needlecraft embryo n wightbloom emerge vb arise, unwhelm, forthcome, kythe, forthkythe emit vb cast, shine, give out, send out emotion n feeling, heartfeeling emnity n foehood emotional adj heartfelt emphasize vb underscore, highlight empire n kyserdom employ vb hire employee n underling, hired worker, ,worker, underworker, staff employer n hirer employment n hired work emporer n overlord en- pref um(be)-  encircle vb begirt, beclip, beset enchant vb spellbind, bewitch enchantment n spell enchantress n witch enclose vb umfold, shut in, hem enclosure n haw, paddock, field, yard encounter vb meet encourage vb hearten, foster, feed encumber vb burden, hinder encumbrance n burden, hindering encyclopedia n wisdombook, alkenbook endeavour vb undertake, seek endeavour n undertaking, ettle endoplasmic reticulum n (biol) lifebrick net, lifebrick web endure vb abear, withstand, undergo, bear, adree, keep on enemy n foe enervate vb weaken, unsettle, faze engaged adj betrothed engine n iron horse, spincraft, turncraft enjoyment n fun enlarge vb swell en mass adv in bulk en route phrase on way ensue vb follow enter vb go into, come into, begin enter(data entry) vb input enterprise n undertaking entire adj whole entirely adv outright, wholly entirety n whole, fulness, all-hood entrance n way in, ingang entrance vb bewitch entrepreneur n businessman/woman ensnare vb swarl envelop vb overspread, bewrap envelope n overspread, errandwritholder environment n lifescape envision vb foresee, mindsee ephemeral adj fleeting, short-lived epic n saga equal adj even, alike, same equal n match equality n evenhood, evenness, sameness, fairness equate vb liken equidistant adj midway, evenfar equip vb gear, graith, bedight, begear, fit equipment n gear, graith equitable adj fair equivalent adj crossmatching, worthwhile equivalent n crossmatch, match era n timestretch, time, world eradicate vb kill, uproot erase vb rub out, outrub, kill, uproot eraser n rubber erect n upright erect vb rear, raise, uprighten erection n hardon, uprighting, building erotic adj lewd, kinky error n mistake, slip, slip-up, untruth eruption n outbreak, outburst escape vb, break free, flee, get away, break out escape n breakout, getaway, fleeing, breaking free especially adv moreso, above all, mainly establish vb build, begin, settle, install, set up estimate vb & n guess, forecast estuary n firth, inlet esurient adj hungry, greedy et al(ia) phr and others et cetera phr and so on, and the like, and others, and so forth eternal adj everlasting ethnic minority n outlandish fellowship etymology n truewordlore, wordbirthlore, sothwudlore evade vb dodge, sidestep event n happening eventually adv in time evolve vb unfold, grow example n lodestar, loadstar example (for) n thus exaptation n kludging exceed vb overgo, overshoot, outstrip exception n standout excessive adj overmuch exchange vb swap excise vb cut out excite vb thrill exclude vb outshut excoriate vb chide excrement n keich excursion n outing excuse vb forgive ex– prefix former, erstwhile exaggerate vb overplay, overdo exaggeration n overblowing, whid ex-directory adj unlisted execute vb put to death, kill, quell, slay executioner n hangman exercise vb work out exhale vb breathe out exhaust vb overwork, wear out, forspend, tire exhaustive adj all-out exhausted adj worn out, drained, overtired exhaustive adj thoroughgoing exhibit vb show exhume vb dig up, unearth exile vb & n outcast exist vb be, live existence n being, life, lifetime exit n way out, outgang exit vb leave, move out of, go out exotic vb altheodish, farlandish, outlandish expand vb swell, spread expanse n spread expect vb await expectorate vb spit expedite vb hurry, quicken expedition n ladenfare, outing expeditious adj fast, quick, swift, speedy expel vb drive out, outcast, throw out, cast out expenditure(s) n outgoing(s) expensive adj dear experience vb undergo experience (bad) n ordeal expertise n know-how, skill explain vb tell thoroughly of, unravel explode vb burst exploit vb overwork explorer n pathfinder expose vb bare exposé n bewraying, naked truth expulsion n outcast, driving out, throwing out extend vb lengthen, outstretch, stretch; ~ for span extensive adj far-reaching, fulsome, sweeping extensively adv fulsomely, wholesale extent n length, breadth exterior adj outer exterior n outside exterminate vb wipe out, kill all external adj outward, outer extinct adj dead, gone, lost extinguish vb Douse, dout, put out extraordinary adj amazing, geason extra adj spare, more extract vb take out extra time n overtime extraterrestrial adj unearthly extreme adj utmost extroverted adj outgoing exuberant adj outgoing, sparkling exultation n glee