English Words Starting With E

• escort

  nounverbverb-transitiveB2
  /ˈɛskɔːt/ (noun), /ɪˈskɔːt/ (verb)A person, vehicle, or group accompanying another for protection, guidance, or as a mark of respect.
• escort carrier

  nounLow-frequency
  /ˈɛskɔːt ˌkæriə/A small aircraft carrier used primarily for convoy protection and anti-submarine warfare during World War II.
• escort fighter

  nounC2
  /ˈɛskɔːt ˈfaɪtə/A military aircraft designed to accompany and protect other aircraft, especially bombers, from enemy fighters during a mission.
• escort service

  nounC1
  /ˈɛskɔːt ˈsɜːvɪs/A professional service providing a person to accompany someone to a social event or on a journey.
• escribe

  verbverb-transitiveVery Low
  /ɪˈskraɪb/To write or inscribe (especially something external, or to draw a circle tangent to one side of a triangle and the extensions of the other two sides).
• escritoire

  nounlow
  /ˌɛskrɪˈtwɑː/A writing desk or table, often with drawers and compartments for storing papers and writing materials.
• escrow

  nounverbverb-transitiveC1
  /ˈɛskrəʊ/A legal arrangement where money or property is held by a neutral third party until specific conditions are fulfilled.
• escuage

  nounVery rare
  /ˈɛskjʊɪdʒ/A form of feudal tenure where a knight's service was commuted to a money payment.
• escudero

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛskʊˈdɛərəʊ/A Spanish-origin term for a squire (the shield-bearer or attendant to a knight).
• escudo

  nounC1/C2 (very low frequency, historical/numismatic term)
  /ɛˈskjuːdəʊ/The basic monetary unit of Portugal (before the euro) and of several former Portuguese colonies.
• escuintla

  nounRare
  /ɛsˈkwɪntlə/The name of a department and its capital city in southwestern Guatemala.
• esculapian

  nounExtremely Rare
  /ˌɛskjʊˈleɪpɪən/Relating to medicine, physicians, or the practice of healing.
• esculent

  adjectivenounVery Low / Obsolete
  /ˈɛskjʊlənt/suitable for use as food; edible.
• esculin

  nounRare / Scientific
  /ˈɛskjʊlɪn/A fluorescent glucoside obtained from horse chestnut bark, used in medicine and biology.
• escurial

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛskjʊəˈrɪəl/A proper noun referring to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a vast historical complex of a palace, monastery, museum, and library in Spain.
• escutcheon

  nounC1/C2
  /ɪˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/A shield or shield-shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms; also, a protective or decorative plate around a keyhole, door handle, or light switch.
• esdraelon

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛzdreɪˈiːlɒn/ or /ˌɛzdreɪˈɛlɒn/A proper noun referring to a large, fertile plain in northern Israel, historically significant in biblical contexts.
• esdras

  nounVery Low
  /ˈɛzdrəs/The name of two or more canonical books of the Apocrypha, or related non-canonical texts, concerning Jewish history and restoration.
• esenin

  nounVery Low
  /ˈjɛsənɪn/A proper noun referring to Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin, a major Russian lyric poet.
• eserine

  nounVery Low
  /ˈɛsəriːn/A toxic alkaloid drug, also called physostigmine, extracted from the Calabar bean, used medically to treat glaucoma and as an antidote for certain poisons.

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