Word origins

• -ectomyThe surgical removal of.
• ectoparasiteA parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.
• ectroticThat tends to prevent the development of something, especially a disease.
• ectypeAn impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.
• ecumeneAll known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
• edaph-Ground.
• edaphoecologicalRelating to soils and the ecosystems within them
• edaphologicof or pertaining to edaphology
• edaphologicalof or pertaining to edaphology
• edaphophyteany plant that grows with its roots in the soil and shoots in the air
• edemato-edema
• egersisawakening; resurrection
• eicosanoic acidarachidic acid
• eidolismThe belief in ghosts or phantoms; spiritualism.
• eidolopoeiaA rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.
• eidoloscopeAn early motion picture system.
• eidouranionA kind of orrery that combined mechanical movement with a method of back projection.
• eikosteIn Ancient Greece, a tax on sea trade at the rate of a twentieth (5%).
• EileithyiaThe goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.
• 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.
• EisodiaThe entrance of the Virgin Mary to the Temple.
• ekecheiriaA truce around the time of the ancient Olympic Games to protect the hosts, competitors, and spectators.
• ekisticsThe scientific study of human settlements, and the planning and design of cities and other communities.
• ekphrasisA clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.
• ekphrasticPertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
• ekpyrosisThe supposed periodic destruction of the universe
• ekstasisThe state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
• ekteniaA litany in the Byzantine Rite.
• 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.
• elephantarchThe commander of a military corps of elephants.
• Eleusinian MysteriesInitiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece, now named Elefsina.
• EleuthereusEpithet of Dionysus/Bacchus
• 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.
• elytronA sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.
• 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.
• emplastronA plaster.
• emprostho-before, in front
• emprosthotonusA condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
• emptysisHemorrhage from the lungs.
• 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.
• encephalonThe area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.
• encephalosThe encephalon.
• EncheleA historical region of the Balkans inhabited by the Enchelei, now in Albania, North Macedonia and Greece.
• EncheleiAn ancient Illyrian tribe inhabiting Enchele.
• 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.
• -enchymacellular tissue
• 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.
• enclisisThe use of enclitics in the syntax of a language.
• encomiastA person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.
• encomiasticOf or relating to an encomiast.
• encomionencomium; panegyric
• encratySelf-control; abstinence.
• 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.