English Words Starting With E

• ebola virus disease

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency, specific to medical/health contexts)
  /ɪˌbəʊlə ˈvaɪrəs dɪˌziːz/A severe, often fatal disease in humans and non-human primates, caused by the Ebola virus, characterized by fever, internal and external bleeding, and organ failure.
• ebon

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈɛbən/the wood of the ebony tree; deep black, like ebony.
• ebonics

  nounLow
  /iːˈbɒn.ɪks/A term for African American Vernacular English (AAVE), referring to the distinctive dialect, grammar, and vocabulary used primarily by many African Americans in the United States.
• ebonist

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈɛbənɪst/A worker or specialist in ebony wood.
• ebonite

  nounC2
  /ˈɛbənaɪt/A hard, black insulating material made by vulcanizing rubber with a high percentage of sulfur.
• ebonize

  verbverb-transitiveC2
  /ˈɛbənʌɪz/To stain or treat wood to give it the appearance of ebony.
• ebonji

  nounVery Low (Technical/Historic)
  /ˈɛbəndʒi/a type of fine-grained tropical hardwood, historically used for premium furniture and musical instruments.
• ebony

  adjectivenounB2
  /ˈeb.ə.ni/A dense, hard, dark wood from tropical trees.
• ebony spleenwort

  nounVery Low
  /ˈɛbəni ˈspliːnwɜːt/A small, hardy fern (Asplenium platyneuron) with dark, glossy stems and leaflets that grow in a ladder-like arrangement.
• eboracum

  nounVery Low
  /ˌiːbɒˈrɑːkəm/The Roman name for the city of York in England.
• eboulement

  nounC2 (Extremely Rare)
  /ˌeɪˈbuːlmɒ̃/The sudden collapse or falling down of a mass of earth, rock, or building material; a landslide or subsidence.
• ebro

  nounLow
  /ˈeɪbrəʊ/A river in northeastern Spain, one of the country's major rivers, flowing into the Mediterranean Sea.
• ebullience

  nounC1
  /ɪˈbʊl.i.əns/The quality of being full of cheerful energy and excitement; a bubbly, enthusiastic liveliness.
• ebulliometer

  nounVery Low
  /ɪˌbʌl.iˈɒm.ɪ.tə/An instrument for measuring the boiling point of a liquid, often used to determine alcohol content or purity.
• ebullioscopy

  nounC2 (Highly Specialized)
  /ɪˌbʌlɪˈɒskəpi/The measurement of the boiling point elevation of a solution.
• ebullition

  nounC2/Rare
  /ˌɛbəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/A sudden, vigorous outburst or boiling over of a feeling or situation; literally, the action of boiling or bubbling up.
• eburnation

  nounVery Low
  /ˌiːbəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/A pathological condition in which bone becomes abnormally hard and dense, resembling ivory, typically due to chronic degenerative joint disease.
• ecad

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈiːkæd/An individual plant or group of plants showing characteristics resulting from adaptation to the specific environmental conditions of its habitat, as opposed to its genetic inheritance.
• ecarte

  nounlow
  /eɪˈkɑːteɪ/A two-player card game, popular in the 19th century, where the goal is to win tricks by playing cards of the same suit or trumping.
• ecatepec de morelos

  nounVery Low
  /ˌɛkətɛˈpɛk deɪ mɒˈrɛlɒs/A large, densely populated municipality and city located in the State of Mexico, within the Greater Mexico City urban area.

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