Word origins

• epimoricsuperparticular
• epimythiumA moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.
• epinaosAn open vestibule behind the nave, differentiated from the opisthodomos.
• epinetronA piece of Attic pottery worn on a woman's thigh during the preparation of wool, akin to a thimble, and used as a decorative symbol for goddesses and unmarried girls.
• epinicionA song or ode in celebration of triumph or victory.
• EpinomisA dialogue ascribed variously to Plato, his disciple–editor Philip of Opus, and to an unknown forger, and which forms an appendical thirteenth book to the former’s Laws.
• epiphoraepistrophe
• epiplaphiliaSexual attraction to furniture; a paraphilia involving sexual arousal from furniture, sometimes specifically furniture designed for sexual purposes.
• epiplaphobiaThe irrational fear of furniture, sometimes specifically antique furniture.
• epiplecticOf or pertaining to epiplexis.
• epiploceleHernia of the omentum.
• epiploonThe greater omentum.
• epipolismfluorescence
• epiproctEither of the lateral lobes of the proctiger.
• epirrhemaAn address, usually dealing with public affairs, spoken by the leader of the chorus after the parabasis in an Ancient Greek comedy.
• episcopolatryExcessive devotion to bishops or the institution of episcopacy.
• episcopySupervision; superintendence.
• episio-Refers to the vulvar or perineal area in relation to the surgical procedures episiotomy, episiorrhaphy, or episioplasty.
• episkyrosAn Ancient Greek ball game in which players on two teams attempted to throw the ball over the heads of the other team.
• epispadiasA deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.
• epispasmA form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.
• epistatesA superintendent or overseer in Ancient Greece.
• epistemophiliaAn excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
• epistocracyA rule by citizens with political knowledge, or a proposed political system which concentrates political power in citizens according to their knowledge.
• epistoliteA triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
• epistolophobiaAn abnormal or irrational fear of correspondence, especially the receiving or writing of letters or messages.
• episynaloepheSynonym of synecphonesis.
• epitaphionAn embroidered veil showing the dead body of Jesus Christ.
• epitasisThe second part of a play, in which the action begins.
• epitenonA bundle of parallel arrays of fascicles, forming a sheath around tendons.
• epithecaThe upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
• epithemAny external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters; a poultice, lotion, etc.
• epitherapeiaA sentence added at the end of a statement to heal, soften, mitigate, or modify what has been said, so that modesty or other feeling might not be offended.
• epithesisThe addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning.
• epithumeticsensual; inclined towards lust
• epithymeticRelating to desire.
• epizeugmaA type of zeugma in which a single verb governs two or more clauses or phrases, placed either at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.
• epizeuxisThe repetition of words in immediate succession for emphasis.
• epodeThe after song; the part of a lyric or choral ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
• epogdoonA number equal to another plus an eighth thereof; a number 1.125 times another.
• eponychiumThe thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
• epoptAn initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia.
• epopteiaThe final initiation rite in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
• epuloticPromoting the scarring or healing of sores.
• epyllionA "little epic".
• erastesAn adult man who loved or was in a pedagogic relationship with an adolescent boy.
• eratapokriseisquestions and answers (as a form of catechism etc.)
• ErechtheionAn ancient Greek Ionic temple-telesterion on the north side of the Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena.
• erem-Desert.
• eremo-Relating to deserts.
• eremophobiafear of solitude
• ergalpotential energy; negative value of the force function
• ErganeAn epithet of Athena, as the patron goddess of craftsmen and artisans.
• ergasiophygophyteAny formerly cultivated plant that has escaped into the wild.
• ergasiophyteAny plant deliberately introduced to a region for cultivation.
• ergastoplasmAn endoplasmic reticulum that is studded with ribosomes.
• ergateA worker ant.
• ergato-worker
• ergatotypeAn additional type specimen chosen as a paratype to exemplify the worker caste in a hymenopteran taxon.
• ergo-work
• -ergywork
• ErinyesThe Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.
• ErinysOne of the female personifications of vengeance, particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.
• eriometerAn optical device used to measure the diameters of fibres such as wool
• erioniteA zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.
• EriphyleThe daughter of King Talaus of Argos and Lysimache, who — in exchange for the Necklace of Harmonia given to her by Polynices — persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. She was then slain by her son Alcmaeon.
• eristicProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
• ErmoupoliA town and former municipality on the island of Syros in the Cyclades, Greece.
• eromenosAn adolescent boy who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him.
• erotemeA question mark.
• eroteticOf or pertaining to questioning.
• eroto-Used to form terms related to sexual desire.
• erotomaniaA psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
• erotophonophilialust murder
• ErymanthosA mountain in the southcentral part of the Achaia prefecture in southwestern Greece
• ErymnaAn ancient town Lycia, modern-day Greece.
• Erythraean SeaThe Red Sea together with the Gulf of Aden, sometimes also including the neighboring Indian Ocean.
• erythrinC₂₀H₂₂O₁₀, an organic compound extracted from certain lichens, a derivative of orsellinic acid.
• erythro-Used to form scientific terms meaning red, or showing a relationship to red blood cells.
• erythrochroismerythrism
• erythroleic acidA purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from orchil.
• erythromelalgiaA rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.
• erythrosinA red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.
• esodicConveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; said of certain nerves.
• esophago-esophagus (oesophagus); esophageal (oesophageal).
• esthesisElemental awareness of sensory stimulation.
• esthiomeneElephantiasis of the vulva, particularly the labia.
• eteo-Denoting an ancient or ancestral language (or form of a language), dating from a time before it came into contact with another language; particularly one which had considerable influence, or which later displaced it entirely.
• EteoclusThe son of Iphis, who participated in the war on Thebes.
• EteocretanA pre-Greek language attested in a few alphabetic inscriptions of ancient Crete.
• eteosticA chronogram.
• eth-Used as a combining form to denote the presence of 2 carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds.
• etherionA gas formerly believed to exist in air, initially identified by Charles F. Brush in 1898. He estimated that its density was one ten-thousandth of hydrogen.
• ethmo-ethmoid
• ethniconThe name of a tribe; ethnonym.
• ethno-race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).
• etho-Relating to ethics
• ethopoeiaA rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
• ethopoeticExpressing character.
• -eticUsed to form adjectives, meaning "pertaining to", derived from nouns, most of which end in -esis and -esy.