English Words Starting With E

• eavesdrop

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /ˈiːvzdrɒp/To listen secretly to a private conversation.
• eavestrough

  nounLow to Medium
  /ˈiːvztrɒf/A channel or trough fixed to the edge of a roof to collect and carry away rainwater.
• eban

  nounObsolete/Extremely Rare
  /ˈɛb(ə)n/A variant spelling of the archaic word "ebon," meaning black or made of ebony wood.
• ebayer

  nounC2
  /ˈiːbeɪə/A person who buys or sells items on the online marketplace eBay.
• ebb

  nounverbverb-intransitiveC1
  /eb/The gradual movement of the tide out to sea, away from the land.
• ebb tide

  nounC1
  /ˈeb taɪd/the period of the tide when the water is receding from the shore; the movement of the tide away from the land.
• ebbinghaus

  nounC2
  /ˈɛbɪŋˌhaʊs/A proper noun referring to Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909), a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, or phenomena named after him such as the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve.
• ebbw vale

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛbuː ˈveɪl/A place name, specifically a town in South Wales within Blaenau Gwent.
• ebcdic

  acronymnounC2
  /ˈebsɪdɪk/An 8-bit character encoding scheme, chiefly used on IBM mainframe and midrange computer systems, providing codes for letters, numbers, punctuation, and control characters.
• ebenezer

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛbɪˈniːzə/A name, most commonly recognized as a given name (first name), historically significant in Christian culture due to its biblical origin.
• eberhard

  nounVery low
  /ˈeɪbəhɑːd/A masculine given name of Germanic origin.
• eberhart

  nounC2 (Proper Noun/Surname)
  /ˈeɪbəhɑːt/A proper noun, typically functioning as a personal surname.
• ebert

  nounVery Low
  /ˈiːbət/An uncommon surname or proper noun, famously associated with the American film critic Roger Ebert.
• ebit

  nounC1
  /ˈiːbɪt/Earnings before interest and taxes; a measure of a company's profitability.
• ebitda

  abbreviationnounC1
  /ˈiːbɪtdə/A financial metric representing a company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, used to measure operational profitability.
• ebla

  nounVery Low / Nonexistent (Not a Standard English Word)
  /ˈɛblə/Capable of being done; feasible, possible.
• eblaite

  adjectivenounExtremely rare (C2+ / Specialized)
  /ˈɛbləʌɪt/An extinct East Semitic language spoken in the ancient city-state of Ebla (modern Syria) in the 3rd millennium BCE, known primarily from cuneiform tablets.
• eblis

  nounRare
  /ˈɛblɪs/In Islamic tradition, the primary devil or Satan; the name of the jinn who refused to bow to Adam.
• ebola

  nounC1
  /iˈbəʊlə/A severe, often fatal viral disease in humans and nonhuman primates, characterized by fever, internal bleeding, and high mortality rates.
• ebola virus

  nounC2
  /ɪˌbəʊlə ˈvaɪrəs/An extremely infectious, often fatal virus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and primates.

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