English words from Ancient Greek
- eireniconA proposal to resolve disputes and reconcile differences in order to advance peace, strengthen or establish unity, or foster solidarity, usually in a modus vivendi.
- eisegesisAn interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that is not there.
- ekstasisThe state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
- elaeodendrosideA particular steroid glycoside.
- elaeoliteA variety of nepheline, usually massive and of a greasy lustre and grey to reddish colour.
- elæonOil.
- elaeopteneThe more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil.
- elaidicDerived from elaidin (the trans isomer of oleic acid).
- elaiodic acidricinoleic acid
- elaiophoreA plant organ that secretes oil.
- elaiosomeA fleshy structure rich in lipids attached to the seeds of many plant species, usually to attract ants that disperse the seeds.
- elasto-elastic
- elaylethylene
- electropoionAn exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries.
- ElectryonSon of Perseus and Andromeda; king of Mycenae.
- elencticServing to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
- eleutheromaniaA great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- eleutherophobiaFear of freedom.
- eleutherozoicof or pertaining to the Subphylum Eleutherozoa
- elpiditeAn orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
- ElpisThe goddess and personification of hope.
- embolaliaAutomatic speech; verbalization that occurs without conscious effort by the individual, such as repetitions and filler words.
- embolonA blood clot or swelling, particularly one that blocks an artery; an embolus.
- embolosAn arcade or porticoed street in Constantinople.
- embolyembolic invagination
- -emeIndicating a fundamental unit in some kind of structure, chiefly linguistic structure.
- EmeseneOf or pertaining to Emesa or its region.
- emeto-Relating to vomit or emesis.
- emmeleiaA tragic dance in Ancient Greek theatre.
- emmenagogueAn herb that stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus, causing menstruation.
- emmenologyThe scientific study of menstruation.
- empaesticEmbossed, especially of Ancient Greek art.
- empanoplyTo dress in a full suit of armour; to panoply.
- empasmA perfumed powder to be sprinkled on the body to mask the odor of sweat.
- emphlysisA vesicular tumour.
- emprostho-before, in front
- emprosthotonusA condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- empusaIn Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
- empyreumaThe particular smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in sealed containers.
- enallageTransformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
- enanthemA lesion of the mucous membrane (especially of the mouth)
- enanthesisAn eruption on the skin from internal disease, such as scarlet fever or measles.
- enantio-Opposite, opposed, opposing.
- enantiodromiaThe principle in Jungian psychology whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
- enantiomorphA mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror.
- enantiornithineAny of an extinct group of protobirds of the Enantiornithes.
- enantiosisA figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.
- encarpusAn ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
- encaumaAn ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea.
- encephalo-Pertaining to the brain.
- encephalosThe encephalon.
- enchorialIndigenous, native.
- enchylemaThe semifluid, nearly transparent, and homogeneous matter forming the cell sap, or nuclear sap, supported by the linin network and constituting with it the cytoplasm or nucleoplasm.
- enchymaPrimitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
- enchytrismThe burial of a child or a small animal in a vessel such as a pot.
- encomiastA person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
- encomiasticOf or relating to an encomiast.
- encomionencomium; panegyric
- encriniteA fossil crinoid, especially one belonging to, or resembling, the genus †Encrinus.
- end-internal, within, inside, into
- endaspideanHaving the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; said of certain birds.
- endeicticServing to show or exhibit.
- endermicActing through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
- enderonThe deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
- endognatharyAn arm in eurypterids used to handle food
- endonyxRelated to the deeper layers of nails.
- endorheicOf a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.
- endosarcEntoplasm.
- endosteumA membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.
- endotenonThe fine connective tissue between the strands of a tendon.
- endysisThe growing of a new coat of hair, or a new set of feathers, scales, etc.
- enigmatographyThe art of making or solving puzzles.
- enn-Used for the digit nine to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.
- ennea-Nine.
- enneadThe number nine.
- enneaticalOccurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth.
- enoptromancyDivination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.
- enorthotropeA toy consisting of a card on which confused objects are transformed into various pictures, by causing it to revolve rapidly.
- enstasisContemplation of one's own self.
- ent-enantiomeric
- enter-Between, in the process of, intermediate; inter-.
- enterocleisisBlockage of the intestines.
- enterolithA mineral concretion in the intestinal tract.
- enteronThe gut, the whole intestine (alimentary) canal
- enthealDivinely inspired; causing great enthusiasm.
- entheasminspiration; enthusiasm, especially religious
- enthesisThe insertion point at which a tendon, ligament, or muscle inserts into a bone.
- entheticcontagious; catching
- enthymemeA by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to every case universally.
- ento-Synonym of end-.
- entomicRelating to insects; entomological.
- entomo-insect
- entomolinchitin
- entonicHaving great tension, or exaggerated action.
- entosthoblastThe granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
- EnyoGoddess of violent war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. Identified with Bellona in Roman mythology.
- eo-earliest
- eohippusAn extinct early Eocene mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum), ancestral to the modern horse.
- eolithCrudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
- eonialSynonym of eonian.