Word origins

• earlapThe ear lobe.
• earnestfulserious; earnest
• earshstubble field.
• earspoonA very small spoon used as an earpick.
• earthappleA Jerusalem artichoke (the tuber of Helianthus tuberosus); the plant that produces it.
• earthdinAn earthquake.
• earthdrakea dragon.
• earth-fastFirm or planted in the earth, and difficult to remove.
• earthholeA hole or cavern in the earth; a cave.
• earthhouseAn underground chamber or habitation; a souterrain.
• earthlessWithout earth or soil.
• earthnutA tuber belonging to the species Conopodium majus (syns. Bunium flexuosum, Conopodium denudatum), Bunium bulbocastanum (syn. Carum bulbocastanum), or Apios americana (syn. Apios tuberosa).
• earth-tilthCultivation of the ground; farming; agriculture.
• Easter termSynonym of Paschal term (“the fourteenth day of the first lunar month of spring, formerly used in calculating dates”).
• eathlyIn an eath or easy manner; easily; readily.
• ecclesiastA member of the Athenian ecclesia (public legislative assembly).
• eckleAn icicle.
• eclogueA pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
• -edUsed to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
• ed-A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-.
• edderA long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
• eddishAn aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
• edgelingWith the edge.
• edgrowAftergrass; eddish.
• egalityEquality.
• eggshellfulThe amount contained in an eggshell
• egg yolkThe central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.
• EgyptlandThe land of the Egyptians; Egypt
• eigneEldest; firstborn. Only used in bastard eigne.
• -elSuffix forming nouns, originally denoting an instrument, from verbs, usually spelt -le except after n and e.
• elderdomAuthority; dominion.
• elderfatherSynonym of eldfather.
• eldernElder; elderly; aged; old.
• eldfatherOne's grandfather or forefather.
• eldingfirewood; fuel
• eldmotherOne's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law.
• eldningEnvy; jealousy; suspicion.
• electuaryAny preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
• elflandThe land of the elves; home of the elves.
• ellingeIsolated, lonely, dreary, unsettling.
• elmenOf or pertaining to an elm tree.
• elneTo strengthen; hearten; comfort; encourage.
• elningComfort; grace.
• eloignTo remove (something) to a distance.
• elsewhatSomething else; anything else.
• elsewhenAt some other time or times; somewhen else.
• elsinA shoemaker's awl.
• elverA young eel.
• 'emThem (now only in unstressed position).
• embattleTo arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
• embelifOblique.
• Ember dayAny of the three days within the same week, four separate sets of which occur roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that are set aside for fasting and prayer. In Western Christianity they are usually the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, Holy Cross Day (14 September), and Saint Lucy's Day (13 December).
• emblemishSynonym of blemish.
• embracementAn act of encircling another with one's arms and pulling them to one's chest, a hug.
• embushTo place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
• embushmentAn ambush.
• empanelA list of jurors; a panel.
• emperyAn empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
• empoisonTo poison.
• 'emselvesThemselves (in unstressed position following a consonant).
• emulousAmbitious or competitive.
• -enDenotes the past participle form when attached to a verb.
• en-in, into
• enamorTo cause to be in love.
• enaunterLest.
• -enceSame as -ance; having the state or condition of.
• enchafeTo make warm, to heat.
• encharmTo charm.
• enchaseTo set (a gemstone, etc.) into.
• encheasonA cause, reason.
• encumbererOne who, or that which, encumbers; an encumbrance.
• encumbermentencumbrance
• encumbrousOf, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.
• encurseto place or bring a curse upon; curse
• endamageTo damage.
• endfulFull of ends or aims; characteristic of having a goal, target, or specific agenda; ambitious; busy.
• endlangLengthways; along.
• endlyFinal, terminal; of or pertaining to the end; conclusive.
• endossTo write on the back of (a document); to endorse.
• endowableEligible for endowment; able to be endowed or endowed upon.
• endreeTo suffer.
• endueOf a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume.
• endwareA hamlet or township; a small settlement or locality.
• enfeebleTo make feeble.
• enfeoffTo transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.
• enhortTo encourage, to insist upon.
• enknitTo knit in; intwine; (by extension) to interweave
• enlargenTo enlarge.
• ensampleAn example; a pattern or model for imitation.
• ensealTo mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)
• ensearchTo search; to try to find something.
• ensiegeSynonym of besiege.
• -entCausing, doing, or promoting a certain action.
• entrailTo interweave or bind.
• envenomTo inject or put venom onto or into (someone or something).
• envenomingThe act by which someone is envenomed.
• enwrapTo wrap around, surround; to envelop.
• enwriteTo write upon something; inscribe; imprint.
• -erA person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
• ererFormer; previous.