Nouns
Words that name people, places, things, or ideas
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edentata
noun
order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World...
ederle
noun
United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to...
edger
noun
a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
edibleness
noun
the property of being fit to eat
editorialist
noun
a journalist who writes editorials
editorship
noun
the position of editor
educationist
noun
a specialist in the theory of education
educatee
noun
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
eelblenny
noun
eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters
eelpout
noun
elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and Nort...
eelgrass
noun
submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World an...
eelworm
noun
any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
effecter
noun
one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes...
effectualness
noun
power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring ab...
effector
noun
one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes...
effeminacy
noun
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
efferent
noun
a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
efficaciousness
noun
capacity or power to produce a desired effect
effleurage
noun
a rhythmic stroking
efflorescence
noun
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
effluence
noun
the process of flowing out
efflux
noun
the process of flowing out
effluvium
noun
a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste...
egbert
noun
king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most...
egeria
noun
small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
eggbeater
noun
a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream
eggcup
noun
dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg
egger
noun
moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed...
egis
noun
armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cui...
eglevsky
noun
United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977)
eglantine
noun
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bri...
egomania
noun
an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern fo...
egression
noun
the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
ehrlich
noun
German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syp...
eidos
noun
(anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive o...
eigenvalue
noun
(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix min...
eightsome
noun
eight people considered as a unit
eijkman
noun
Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a...
einsteinium
noun
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plu...
einthoven
noun
Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph...
eire
noun
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the is...
eisegesis
noun
personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible)...
eisteddfod
noun
any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic com...
elamite
noun
an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by...
elamitic
noun
an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by...
elapid
noun
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of bo...
elasmobranch
noun
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes character...
elastance
noun
the reciprocal of capacitance
elastomer
noun
any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resum...
elaterid
noun
any of various widely distributed beetles