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

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  • earwig/ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/nounB2+A brown insect with pincers at its rear end.
  • ebony/ˈɛb.ən.i/nounB2+A very hard black wood.
  • ecologist/iːˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/nounB2+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/
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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.
  • editorial/ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe article where a newspaper gives its own opinion.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • engravingnounB2+A design cut into a hard surface.
  • enhancement/ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/nounB2+Something that makes a thing better.
  • enigma/ɪˈnɪɡmə/nounB2+A person or thing that nobody can work out.
  • enquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ɹi/nounB2+A question asked, or an official investigation.
  • enrichment/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/nounB2+The making of something better or fuller.
  • ensemble/ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/nounB2+3 meaningsA group of musicians, actors or dancers who perform together as one.
  • entourage/ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/nounB2+The group of helpers who travel with an important person.
  • entrepreneur/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/nounB2+A person who starts their own company and takes the risk.
  • environmentalistnounB2+Somebody who works to protect the natural world.
  • enzyme/ˈɛn.zaɪm/nounB2+A protein made by living cells that speeds up one particular chemical reaction without being used up itself.
  • eon/ˈi.ɑn/nounB2+An immensely long period of time.
  • epicentre/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/nounB2+The point right above where a quake starts.
  • epilepsy/ˈɛpɪlɛpsi/nounB2+A condition of the brain that causes fits.
  • epilogue/ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/nounB2+A closing section added after the main story.
  • equinox/ˈɛkwɪnɒks/nounB2+One of the two days when day and night are about equal.
  • erosion/ɪˈɹəʊʒən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind or ice.
  • escalation/ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/nounB2+A sharp increase in scale or seriousness.
  • esteem/ɪˈstiːm/nounB2+The respect in which somebody is held.
  • estuary/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/nounB2+The wide mouth where a river meets the sea.
  • ethic/ˈɛθ.ɪk/nounB2+A guiding moral principle.
  • etiquette/ˈɛt.ɪˌkɛt/nounB2+The accepted rules of polite behaviour.
  • eucalyptus/ˌjuː.kəˈlɪp.təs/nounB2+An Australian tree with pale peeling bark and oily leaves.
  • evaporation/ɪˌvæpəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe change of a liquid into a gas at its surface, without boiling.
  • evasion/ɪˈveɪʒən/nounB2+The act of dodging a question or a duty.
  • eviction/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/nounB2+Being legally forced out of a rented home.