English Words Starting With E

• epistle side

  nounC1
  /ɪˈpɪs(ə)l ˌsaɪd/The right side of a church's altar when facing it from the nave; the south side in a traditionally oriented church.
• epistle to the galatians

  nounLow
  /ɪˌpɪs.l̩ tə ðə ɡəˈleɪ.ʃənz/A book of the New Testament, being a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the early Christian communities in Galatia.
• epistler

  nounExtremely rare / Archaic
  /ɪˈpɪslə(r)/A writer of an epistle (a formal letter).
• epistolary novel

  nounC2
  /ɪˈpɪstələri ˈnɒvl/A novel written as a series of letters between characters.
• epistoler

  nounRare
  /ɪˈpɪstələ/A person who writes letters, especially someone skilled in or known for their letter-writing.
• epistolize

  verb-intransitiveverb-transitiveVery Rare / Obsolete
  /ɪˈpɪstəlaɪz/To write a letter or letters; to communicate by letter.
• epistolography

  nounVery Rare / Academic
  /ɪˌpɪstəˈlɒɡrəfi/the art, practice, or study of letter writing.
• epistrophe

  nounC2
  /ɪˈpɪs.trə.fi/A rhetorical device where the same word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
• epistyle

  nounRare/Very Specialized
  /ˈɛpɪstʌɪl/In classical architecture, a horizontal stone or beam (lintel) resting on top of columns.
• episyllogism

  nounVery Low (specialist term)
  /ˌɛpɪˈsɪlədʒɪz(ə)m/A syllogism whose conclusion is used as a premise in a further syllogism.
• epitaph

  nounverb-transitiveC1
  /ˈep.ɪ.tɑːf/A short text inscribed on a tombstone or monument in memory of a deceased person.
• epitasis

  nounExtremely Rare / Technical
  /ɛˈpɪtəsɪs/The intensification or heightening of the main action in a classical drama, especially the part of a play leading up to the climax.
• epitaxial transistor

  nounLow (very specialised technical term)
  /ˌɛpɪˈtæksɪəl trænˈzɪstə/A type of transistor manufactured using a crystalline growth process where semiconductor layers are deposited with the same crystal orientation as the substrate.
• epitaxis

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛpɪˈtæksɪs/ (erroneous); /ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs/ (correct as 'epistaxis')A rare or obsolete term for epistaxis, meaning nosebleed; in modern usage, a common misspelling of 'epistaxis'.
• epitaxy

  nounC2
  /ˈɛpɪtaksi/The growth of a thin crystalline layer on a crystalline substrate, where the layer's crystal structure is determined by the substrate.
• epithalamion

  nounC2
  /ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪən/A poem or song written to celebrate a wedding.
• epithalamium

  nounVery low (Literary/Technical term)
  /ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm/A poem or song composed to celebrate a wedding.
• epithalamus

  nounVery Low (Specialist Technical)
  /ˌɛpɪˈθæləməs/A dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon in the vertebrate brain.
• epitheca

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛpɪˈθiːkə/A proteinaceous protective case, shell, or structure.
• epithecium

  nounC2+
  /ˌɛpɪˈθiːsɪəm/The uppermost layer of the hymenium in certain fungi and lichens, specifically a layer of tissue covering the asci.

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