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eam(dialectal or obsolete) Uncle.ean(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.ear(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.eatTo ingest; to be ingested.eau(Lincolnshire) Alternative form of ea.eawAlternative form of hee-haw.ebaA stiff dough made by soaking garri in hot water and kneading it with a baton.ebbThe receding movement of the tide.ecoClipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive.ecu(historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.edu(abbreviation) education.eeeAn expression of happiness or excitement: yay!eefTo make a vocal rhythm in which some sounds are made by inhaling.eekRepresenting a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).eelAny freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.eem(African-American Vernacular) Nonstandard form of even.een(poetic or dialectal, Scotland) evening.eep(onomatopoeia) An expression of surprise or dismay.eer(poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.ees(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is.eff(euphemistic, slang) Synonym of fuck.eftA newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.egd(computing) Initialism of equality-generating dependency.eggSynonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.egoThe self, especially with a sense of self-importance.eid(UK dialectal, Scotland) An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.eir(rare, nonstandard) Belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her.eke(beekeeping, archaic) A small stand on which a beehive is placed.eld(intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.ele(informal) Elephant.elf(folklore) A small, magical creature similar to a fairy, often mischievous, playful, or occasionally helpful.elkAny of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).ellThe name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)elm(uncountable, often attributive) Wood from an elm tree.elt(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.emaA wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.eme(Scotland) Friend.emf(physics) Alternative letter-case form of EMF ("electromotive force")emo(countable) An individual presenting as such.empAbbreviation of employee.emuA large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.enc(postal) Abbreviation of enclosure (indicating that a letter is accompanied by further material).endThe terminal point of something in space or time.engThe velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.enm(informal) Abbreviation of enemy.ens(philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.ent(fantasy) A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.envAbbreviation of envelope.eonEternity, the duration of the universe.eorThe logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is true.epi(medical jargon) epinephrineept(nonstandard or humorous) Skillful and knowledgeable; adept.eraA time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.erd(dialect, rare) Alternative form of earth.ere(poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.erf(Northern England, Scotland, rare) Inheritance; patrimony.erg(geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.ermUsed in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.ern(UK dialectal) To run; flow.err(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.ersthird-person singular simple present indicative of erert(transitive) To incite; urge on; encourage.erw(historical) A medieval Welsh unit of surface area equal to 11664 sq ft, or about ¼ acre.esaAlternative letter-case form of ESA (trademark stylisation)ese(US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).eshThe IPA symbol ʃ.essThe name of the Latin script letter S/s.estAbbreviation of established.etaThe seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.ethA letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.evaPronunciation spelling of ever.eveThe day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.evo(Australia, informal) Evening (time of day).eweA female sheep, as opposed to a ram.ewsthird-person singular simple present indicative of ewewwElongated form of ew.ewyAbbreviation of expressway.excAbbreviation of execution.exe(file format) A Windows executable file.exhAbbreviation of exhibit.extexterior (describing the location of a shot in a film script, etc.)exxAbbreviation of executrix.exy(Australia, colloquial, slang) Expensive.eyeAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
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