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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • eagerly/ˈiɡɚli/adverbB2+With enthusiasm and impatience.
  • earthy/ˈɜː.θi/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsSmelling of soil and damp woodland.
  • earwig/ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/nounB2+A brown insect with pincers at its rear end.
  • eastward/ˈist.wɚd/adverbB2+Towards where the sun rises.
  • ebony/ˈɛb.ən.i/nounB2+A very hard black wood.
  • ecologist/iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
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A scientist who studies living things and their surroundings.
  • ecology/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/nounB2+The study of how living things relate to their surroundings.
  • economics/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/nounB2+2 meaningsThe study of money, markets and trade.
  • economist/ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/nounB2+A person who studies how money and trade behave.
  • ecosystem/ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/nounB2+2 meaningsA community of living things and their surroundings as one system.
  • ecstasy/ˈɛkstəsi/nounB2+2 meaningsAn overwhelming feeling of joy.
  • ecstatic/ɛkˈstætɪk/adjectiveB2+So wildly happy that you can barely stand still.
  • editorial/ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe article where a newspaper gives its own opinion.
  • efficientlyadverbB2+With no waste of time or effort.
  • effortlessly/ˈɛf.ət.ləs.li/adverbB2+Easily, and with no apparent strain.
  • ejection/əˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/nounB2+The forcing out of a person or object by sudden physical action.
  • elective/ɪˈlɛktɪv/nounB2+3 meaningsA course a student chooses rather than has to take.
  • electorate/ɪˈlɛktəɹət/nounB2+Everyone entitled to vote in an election.
  • electron/ɪˈlɛk.tɹɒn/nounB2+The tiny negative particle circling the centre of an atom.
  • electronically/ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk.li/adverbB2+By means of computers or electric circuits.
  • elemental/(ˌ)ɛləˈmɛntəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsBelonging to the basic forces of nature.
  • eligibility/ˌɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounB2+Meeting the conditions for something.
  • elimination/ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+The removing of somebody or something completely.
  • eloquence/ˈɛl.ə.kwəns/nounB2+The power of speaking fluently and movingly.
  • eloquent/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/adjectiveB2+Speaking so well that the words carry real force.
  • emancipation/ɪˌmæn.səˈpeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The freeing of people from slavery or control.
  • embankment/ɪmˈbæŋkmənt/nounC12 meaningsA raised bank of earth carrying a road or railway.
  • ember/ˈɛm.bə/nounB2+A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.
  • embersnounB2+The glowing remains of a dying fire.
  • emblem/ˈɛmbləm/nounB2+A design that stands for a country or a group.
  • embroider/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚ/verbB2+To sew a design onto cloth, or to add invented detail.
  • embroidery/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/nounB2+3 meaningsThe craft of decorating cloth with designs sewn in thread.
  • embryo/ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ/nounB2+A living thing at its very first stage, before birth.
  • emigrate/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/verbB2+To leave your own country to settle in another.
  • emigrationnounB2+The leaving of your own country to settle elsewhere.
  • emission/ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/nounB2+2 meaningsGases sent into the air by vehicles, factories or power stations.
  • emit/iˈmɪt/verbB2+To send out light, heat, gas or sound.
  • empathetic/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/adjectiveB2+Feeling what others feel as if from inside them.
  • empathiseverbB2+To understand and share another person's feelings.
  • empathy/ˈɛmpəθi/nounB2+The ability to feel and understand what another person is feeling, as if from inside their experience.
  • emphasis/ˈɛmfəsɪs/nounB2+2 meaningsSpecial importance or attention given to something.
  • emphasize/ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/verbB2+2 meaningsTo give special importance or force to something.
  • emphatically/ɪmˈfætɪkli/adverbB2+2 meaningsIn a firm way that leaves no room for doubt.
  • enamel/ɪˈnæməl/nounB2+2 meaningsA hard glassy coating melted onto metal.
  • enchanter/ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/nounB2+Somebody who works magic spells.
  • enchantment/ɪnˈt͡ʃænt.mənt/nounB2+2 meaningsA spell that changes or charms.
  • encircle/ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/verbB2+To surround completely.
  • enclose/ənˈkloʊz/verbB2+2 meaningsTo surround something on all sides.
  • enclosed/ənˈkloʊzd/adjectiveB2+Shut in on every side.
  • enclosure/ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/nounB2+Any fenced-off piece of land.
  • encore/ˈɒŋkɔː/nounB2+An extra performance given after the audience calls for it.
  • encryption/ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/nounB2+Scrambling data into a code only the right key can unlock.
  • endgame/ˈɛnd.ɡeɪm/nounB2+2 meaningsThe final stage of a chess game, with few pieces left.
  • endorsement/ɪnˈdɔːɹs.mənt/nounC14 meaningsA public statement of support for a person, product or idea.
  • engrave/ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/verbB2+2 meaningsTo cut a design or lettering into a hard surface.
  • engravingnounB2+A design cut into a hard surface.
  • engulf/ɪŋˈɡʌlf/verbB2+To surround and swallow something up completely.
  • enhancement/ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/nounB2+Something that makes a thing better.
  • enigma/ɪˈnɪɡmə/nounB2+A person or thing that nobody can work out.
  • enigmatic/ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/adjectiveB2+Mysterious and hard to interpret.