Commonly used words in written English - letter E with 517 words, sorted alphabetically
The list of words starting with the letter E that occur frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
| Word | Frequency | Definition |
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208 | (noun) the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... | |
808 | (adverb) to or from every one of two or more (considered individually) | |
20 | (adjective) having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy | |
9 | (adverb) with eagerness; in an eager manner | |
15 | (verb) shoot two strokes under par; (noun) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | |
70 | (noun) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium | |
34 | (noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | |
138 | (adverb) earlier in time; previously; (adjective) (comparative and superlative of 'early') more early than; most early | |
31 | (adjective) (comparative and superlative of 'early') more early than; most early; (adverb) with the least delay | |
353 | (adverb) before the usual time or the time expected; (adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | |
26 | (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | |
20 | (adjective) gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action | |
16 | (adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; (noun) something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract | |
7 | (adverb) in a serious manner | |
27 | (noun) something that remunerates | |
164 | (verb) hide in the earth like a hunted animal; (noun) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | |
11 | (adjective) of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven | |
13 | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | |
31 | (verb) move gently or carefully; (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | |
114 | (adverb) with ease ('easy' is sometimes used informally for 'easily') | |
176 | (adverb) to, toward, or in the east; (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward the east | |
9 | (noun) a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox | |
79 | (adjective) of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States | |
6 | (adverb) toward the east | |
151 | (adverb) in a relaxed manner; or without hardship; (adjective) posing no difficulty; requiring little effort | |
69 | (verb) take in solid food | |
34 | (noun) the act of consuming food | |
10 | (noun) an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members | |
6 | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric; (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | |
17 | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | |
26 | (verb) call to mind; (noun) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | |
8 | (verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; (noun) one celestial body obscures another | |
14 | (adjective) characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment | |
12 | (noun) the environment as it relates to living organisms | |
291 | (adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth | |
8 | (adjective) avoiding waste | |
13 | (adverb) with respect to economic science | |
41 | (noun) the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management | |
19 | (noun) an expert in the science of economics | |
123 | (noun) the system of production and distribution and consumption | |
9 | (noun) a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | |
130 | (noun) impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis | |
6 | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids; (noun) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself | |
6 | (noun) swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities | |
8 | (noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | |
8 | (noun) the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975) | |
86 | (verb) advance slowly, as if by inches; (noun) the boundary of a surface | |
6 | (noun) a formal or authoritative proclamation | |
6 | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | |
19 | (noun) the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth | |
11 | (verb) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting | |
37 | (adjective) improved or corrected by critical editing | |
10 | (noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | |
86 | (noun) the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published | |
69 | (noun) a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) | |
19 | (adjective) of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives | |
37 | (noun) a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports | |
10 | (verb) give an education to | |
30 | (adjective) possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) | |
282 | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | |
82 | (adjective) relating to the process of education | |
13 | (noun) someone who educates young people | |
58 | (noun) King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972) | |
12 | (noun) American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758) | |
8 | (noun) king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633) | |
308 | (verb) produce; (noun) an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) | |
17 | (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | |
126 | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | |
37 | (adverb) in actuality or reality or fact | |
28 | (noun) power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | |
185 | (noun) property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business | |
13 | (noun) capacity or power to produce a desired effect | |
54 | (noun) the ratio of the output to the input of any system | |
42 | (adjective) being effective without wasting time or effort or expense | |
9 | (adverb) with efficiency; in an efficient manner | |
196 | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | |
25 | (verb) throw eggs at; (noun) animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds | |
32 | (noun) oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food | |
19 | (noun) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | |
42 | (noun) a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC | |
28 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Egypt | |
110 | (adjective) being one more than seven; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | |
23 | (adjective) being one more than seventeen; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one | |
30 | (adjective) coming next after the seventeenth in position; (noun) position 18 in a countable series of things | |
20 | (adjective) coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position; (noun) position eight in a countable series of things | |
18 | (adjective) being ten more than seventy; (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | |
7 | (noun) physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955) | |
8 | (noun) United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) | |
311 | (conjunction) either precedes two, or more, cordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to 'or'; (adverb) after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like 'likewise' or 'also' | |
62 | (noun) angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | |
24 | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; (adjective) marked by complexity and richness of detail | |
6 | (adjective) developed or executed with care and in minute detail | |
6 | (noun) developing in intricate and painstaking detail | |
6 | (adjective) (of time) having passed or slipped by | |
15 | (adjective) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; (noun) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material | |
11 | (noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | |
13 | (verb) push one's way with the elbows; (noun) hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | |
29 | (adjective) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; (noun) a person who is older than you are | |
22 | (adjective) advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables); (noun) people who are old collectively | |
9 | (adjective) first in order of birth; (noun) the offspring who came first in the order of birth | |
14 | (verb) select by a vote for an office or membership; (adjective) selected as the best | |
46 | (adjective) subject to popular election | |
98 | (noun) a vote to select the winner of a position or political office | |
9 | (noun) any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire | |
14 | (adjective) of or relating to elections | |
5 | (noun) the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote | |
52 | (adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; (noun) a car that is powered by electricity | |
35 | (adjective) relating to or concerned with electricity | |
23 | (noun) a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons | |
18 | (noun) a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit | |
7 | (noun) a solution that conducts electricity | |
6 | (adjective) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | |
58 | (noun) an elementary particle with negative charge | |
36 | (adjective) of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons | |
9 | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices | |
14 | (adjective) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style | |
82 | (noun) the most favorable environment for a plant or animal | |
29 | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education | |
129 | (noun) violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements) | |
14 | (noun) five-toed pachyderm | |
6 | (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | |
19 | (adjective) raised above the ground | |
23 | (noun) the event of something being raised upward | |
9 | (noun) lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building | |
26 | (adjective) being one more than ten; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one | |
8 | (adjective) coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position; (noun) position 11 in a countable series of things | |
7 | (verb) derive by reason | |
11 | (adjective) qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen | |
48 | (verb) kill in large numbers | |
14 | (noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | |
10 | (noun) British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965) | |
25 | (noun) a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status | |
42 | (noun) daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-) | |
8 | (noun) powerful and effective language | |
6 | (adjective) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively | |
127 | (adjective) other than the persons or things mentioned or implied, other or in addition | |
49 | (adverb) in or to another place | |
21 | (noun) a quad with a square body | |
5 | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer; (noun) (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in | |
6 | (verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source | |
9 | (noun) freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child | |
12 | (verb) go on board | |
8 | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | |
8 | (noun) the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public | |
12 | (noun) a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work | |
12 | (adjective) enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass | |
6 | (noun) special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. | |
11 | (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | |
9 | (verb) represent, as of a character on stage | |
30 | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | |
6 | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | |
13 | (noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | |
53 | (verb) come out into view, as from concealment | |
17 | (noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth | |
35 | (noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | |
18 | (adjective) coming to maturity | |
9 | (noun) United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) | |
6 | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | |
8 | (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | |
7 | (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | |
15 | (adjective) standing above others in quality or position | |
22 | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | |
11 | (verb) expel (gases or odors) | |
54 | (noun) any strong feeling | |
52 | (adjective) determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason | |
8 | (adverb) in an emotional manner | |
60 | (noun) the male ruler of an empire | |
56 | (noun) special importance or significance | |
26 | (verb) to stress, single out as important | |
21 | (adjective) spoken with emphasis | |
6 | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | |
73 | (noun) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised | |
30 | (adjective) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | |
43 | (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | |
95 | (adjective) having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary | |
110 | (noun) a worker who is hired to perform a job | |
57 | (noun) a person or firm that employs workers | |
94 | (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | |
6 | (adjective) invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter | |
6 | (noun) a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor | |
49 | (verb) make void or empty of contents; (adjective) holding or containing nothing | |
89 | (noun) half the width of an em | |
81 | (verb) render capable or able for some task | |
10 | (adjective) providing legal power or sanction | |
22 | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | |
9 | (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | |
7 | (verb) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel; (noun) hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth | |
14 | (adjective) closed in or surrounded or included within | |
9 | (noun) a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose | |
5 | (verb) convert information into code | |
9 | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | |
59 | (noun) a casual meeting with a person or thing | |
39 | (verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | |
35 | (adjective) inspired with confidence | |
17 | (noun) the expression of approval and support | |
16 | (adjective) giving courage or confidence or hope | |
8 | (noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | |
487 | (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; (noun) either extremity of something that has length | |
18 | (verb) attempt by employing effort | |
25 | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; (verb) attempt by employing effort | |
44 | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | |
29 | (noun) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | |
16 | (adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end | |
11 | (verb) sign as evidence of legal transfer | |
10 | (adjective) provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature) | |
9 | (noun) natural abilities or qualities | |
7 | (noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress | |
20 | (verb) persist for a specified period of time | |
9 | (adjective) patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble | |
123 | (noun) an opposing military force | |
9 | (adjective) possessing or exerting or displaying energy | |
208 | (noun) (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs | |
19 | (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | |
12 | (adjective) forced or compelled or put in force | |
22 | (noun) the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to | |
29 | (verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | |
59 | (adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | |
22 | (noun) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time | |
10 | (adjective) attracting or delighting | |
6 | (verb) call forth | |
61 | (noun) motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | |
51 | (verb) design as an engineer; (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | |
52 | (noun) the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry | |
206 | (noun) a division of the United Kingdom | |
262 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; (noun) an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries | |
8 | (noun) a man who is a native or inhabitant of England | |
5 | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | |
8 | (noun) a print made from an engraving | |
26 | (verb) increase | |
18 | (adjective) increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality | |
8 | (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | |
99 | (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | |
16 | (noun) the pleasure felt when having a good time | |
9 | (verb) make larger | |
17 | (adjective) larger than normal | |
9 | (noun) the state of being enlarged | |
10 | (adjective) having knowledge and spiritual insight | |
11 | (noun) education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge | |
10 | (verb) join the military | |
34 | (adjective) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | |
5 | (adverb) extremely | |
254 | (adverb) as much as necessary; (noun) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose | |
10 | (noun) an instance of questioning | |
13 | (verb) make better or improve in quality | |
9 | (verb) register formally as a participant or member | |
7 | (noun) the act of enrolling | |
6 | (noun) a group of musicians playing or singing together | |
9 | (verb) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end | |
6 | (adjective) following immediately and as a result of what went before | |
64 | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | |
16 | (verb) have as a logical consequence; (noun) land received by fee tail | |
186 | (verb) to come or go into | |
32 | (noun) a movement into or inward | |
71 | (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | |
9 | (verb) provide entertainment for | |
11 | (adjective) pleasantly occupied | |
6 | (adjective) agreeably diverting | |
21 | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | |
26 | (noun) a feeling of excitement | |
12 | (adjective) having or showing great excitement and interest | |
115 | (adjective) constituting the full quantity or extent; complete | |
95 | (adverb) without any others being included or involved | |
51 | (adjective) qualified for by right according to law | |
36 | (noun) that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | |
39 | (verb) put into a trance; (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | |
11 | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | |
5 | (noun) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome | |
10 | (verb) confer a trust upon | |
68 | (noun) an item inserted in a written record | |
9 | (verb) specify individually | |
14 | (noun) a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. | |
130 | (noun) the totality of surrounding conditions | |
71 | (adjective) of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings | |
7 | (verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | |
6 | (noun) a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador | |
11 | (verb) feel envious towards; admire enviously; (noun) a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another | |
33 | (noun) any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions | |
6 | (noun) an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment | |
12 | (adjective) constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic | |
11 | (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | |
8 | (adjective) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops | |
25 | (noun) a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events | |
10 | (noun) a specially long, formal letter | |
6 | (adjective) of or belonging to the epithelium | |
7 | (noun) membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body | |
11 | (noun) (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded | |
22 | (noun) the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen | |
155 | (verb) be identical or equivalent to; (adjective) having the same quantity, value, or measure as another | |
31 | (noun) the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status | |
72 | (adverb) to the same degree (often followed by 'as') | |
6 | (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | |
110 | (noun) a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal | |
40 | (noun) a stable situation in which forces cancel one another | |
88 | (noun) an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service | |
17 | (adjective) provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate | |
9 | (adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | |
29 | (noun) the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it | |
56 | (adjective) being essentially equal to something; (noun) a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc | |
18 | (noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium | |
44 | (noun) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event | |
6 | (verb) remove from memory or existence | |
31 | (adjective) upright in position or posture | |
7 | (noun) an erect penis | |
6 | (noun) painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976) | |
13 | (noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) | |
5 | (adjective) giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing; (noun) an erotic person | |
8 | (adjective) containing or characterized by error | |
118 | (noun) a misconception resulting from incorrect information | |
7 | (noun) symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible | |
21 | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | |
66 | (verb) run away from confinement; (noun) the act of escaping physically | |
21 | (adjective) having escaped, especially from confinement | |
12 | (verb) accompany as an escort; (noun) the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them | |
230 | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | |
9 | (noun) a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name | |
63 | (noun) an analytic or interpretive literary composition | |
32 | (noun) any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted | |
105 | (adjective) basic and fundamental | |
47 | (adverb) in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | |
7 | (noun) a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary | |
31 | (noun) standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States | |
101 | (verb) set up or found | |
160 | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | |
66 | (noun) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | |
86 | (noun) everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities | |
18 | (noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | |
6 | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | |
5 | (noun) organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water | |
5 | (noun) (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) | |
142 | (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | |
17 | (noun) the respect with which a person is held | |
6 | (noun) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | |
33 | (adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end | |
11 | (noun) time without end | |
11 | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom | |
29 | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics | |
28 | (noun) the philosophical study of moral values and rules | |
6 | (noun) Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia | |
37 | (noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group | |
8 | (noun) an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties | |
6 | (noun) the cause of a disease | |
14 | (noun) a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | |
9 | (noun) Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) | |
140 | (noun) the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles | |
126 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe; (noun) a native or inhabitant of Europe | |
5 | (verb) move out of an unsafe location into safety | |
5 | (noun) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection | |
6 | (verb) practice evasion | |
53 | (verb) form a critical opinion of | |
70 | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | |
9 | (adjective) relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels | |
14 | (noun) United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971) | |
8 | (noun) the process of extracting moisture | |
18 | (noun) the day before | |
911 | (adverb) used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; (verb) become even or more even | |
97 | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | |
6 | (adverb) in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way | |
220 | (noun) something that happens at a given place and time | |
7 | (adjective) expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating | |
60 | (adverb) after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay | |
279 | (adverb) at any time | |
7 | (noun) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | |
528 | (adjective) (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception | |
31 | (pronoun) every person | |
20 | (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | |
74 | (pronoun) every person; everybody | |
134 | (pronoun) used to indicate related but unspecified events, facts, or conditions, all that relates to the subject | |
36 | (adverb) to or in any or all places | |
219 | (noun) your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief | |
6 | (adjective) supported by evidence | |
55 | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | |
30 | (adverb) unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly') | |
85 | (adjective) morally bad or wrong; (noun) morally objectionable behavior | |
8 | (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | |
6 | (adjective) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation | |
52 | (noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | |
13 | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by evolution | |
31 | (verb) work out | |
42 | (noun) a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; (adjective) out of fashion | |
43 | (adjective) marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact | |
73 | (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | |
11 | (adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | |
6 | (noun) the act of making something more noticeable than usual | |
7 | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | |
9 | (noun) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge | |
87 | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | |
118 | (verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect | |
9 | (noun) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications | |
513 | (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | |
6 | (verb) recover through digging | |
12 | (noun) the act of digging | |
44 | (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | |
13 | (adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | |
14 | (adverb) to an extreme degree | |
10 | (verb) distinguish oneself | |
14 | (noun) the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree | |
7 | (noun) a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by 'Your' or 'His' or 'Her' | |
63 | (adjective) very good; of the highest quality | |
165 | (preposition) with exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting | |
70 | (noun) a deliberate act of omission | |
15 | (adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | |
7 | (adverb) to an exceptional degree | |
7 | (verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy; (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | |
47 | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required; (noun) a quantity much larger than is needed | |
29 | (adjective) beyond normal limits | |
118 | (verb) give to, and receive from, one another; (noun) chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another | |
11 | (adjective) changed for (replaced by) something different | |
7 | (verb) levy an excise tax on; (noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | |
10 | (noun) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland | |
8 | (verb) arouse or elicit a feeling | |
26 | (adjective) in an aroused state | |
24 | (noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | |
17 | (adjective) creating or arousing excitement | |
20 | (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | |
50 | (verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted | |
18 | (noun) the state of being excluded | |
26 | (adjective) excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; (noun) a news report that is reported first by one news organization | |
26 | (adverb) without any others being included or involved | |
6 | (noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter | |
8 | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | |
25 | (verb) accept an excuse for; (noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | |
14 | (verb) kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment | |
26 | (adjective) put to death as punishment | |
39 | (noun) putting a condemned person to death | |
73 | (adjective) having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.; (noun) a person responsible for the administration of a business | |
7 | (noun) a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will | |
10 | (verb) be characteristic of | |
15 | (verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; (adjective) (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject | |
13 | (noun) immunity from an obligation or duty | |
146 | (verb) give a workout to; (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | |
7 | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | |
26 | (verb) put to use | |
11 | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | |
9 | (verb) wear out completely; (noun) gases ejected from an engine as waste products | |
18 | (adjective) depleted of energy, force, or strength | |
7 | (noun) extreme fatigue | |
65 | (verb) show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; (noun) an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence | |
23 | (noun) the act of exhibiting | |
22 | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | |
172 | (verb) have an existence, be extant | |
120 | (noun) the state or fact of existing | |
84 | (adjective) presently existing | |
19 | (verb) move out of or depart from; (noun) an opening that permits escape or release | |
5 | (noun) a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment | |
7 | (adjective) strikingly strange or unusual | |
39 | (verb) extend in one or more directions | |
25 | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | |
53 | (noun) the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | |
85 | (verb) regard something as probable or likely | |
6 | (noun) an expectation | |
50 | (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | |
131 | (adjective) considered likely or probable to happen or arrive | |
9 | (adjective) serving to promote your interest; (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | |
35 | (noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country | |
10 | (verb) force to leave or move out | |
9 | (verb) use up, consume fully | |
51 | (noun) the act of consuming something | |
85 | (verb) reduce the estimated value of something; (noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | |
31 | (adjective) high in price or charging high prices | |
318 | (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience; (noun) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities | |
54 | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | |
124 | (verb) to conduct a test or investigation; (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | |
62 | (adjective) relating to or based on experiment | |
6 | (adverb) in an experimental fashion | |
6 | (noun) the testing of an idea | |
54 | (noun) a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | |
13 | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | |
7 | (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | |
197 | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | |
78 | (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | |
8 | (adjective) serving or intended to explain or make clear | |
22 | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | |
19 | (adverb) in an explicit manner | |
5 | (adjective) showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another | |
17 | (verb) use or manipulate to one's advantage | |
15 | (noun) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
8 | (adjective) developed or used to greatest advantage | |
22 | (noun) to travel for the purpose of discovery | |
49 | (verb) travel to or penetrate into | |
9 | (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | |
15 | (noun) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | |
10 | (adjective) serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; (noun) a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck | |
6 | (noun) someone who expounds and interprets or explains | |
70 | (verb) sell or transfer abroad; (noun) commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country | |
19 | (verb) expose or make accessible to some action or influence; (noun) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud | |
46 | (adjective) with no protection or shield | |
13 | (noun) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic | |
47 | (noun) vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain | |
99 | (adverb) by express; (verb) give expression to | |
94 | (adjective) communicated in words | |
151 | (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | |
9 | (adjective) characterized by expression | |
12 | (adverb) with specific intentions; for the express purpose | |
6 | (noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | |
8 | (adjective) intense or sharp | |
6 | (adjective) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost | |
79 | (verb) make available; provide | |
68 | (adjective) fully extended or stretched forth | |
55 | (noun) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt | |
55 | (adjective) of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor | |
14 | (adverb) in a widespread way | |
131 | (noun) the point or degree to which something extends | |
11 | (adjective) situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building | |
86 | (adjective) happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; (noun) outward features | |
6 | (adjective) no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives | |
9 | (noun) no longer active; extinguished | |
46 | (adverb) unusually or exceptionally; (adjective) added to a regular schedule | |
45 | (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | |
14 | (noun) the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means | |
36 | (adjective) beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable | |
6 | (adjective) recklessly wasteful | |
65 | (adjective) of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; (noun) the furthest or highest degree of something | |
63 | (adverb) to an extreme degree | |
16 | (noun) an external body part that projects from the body | |
111 | (verb) look at; (noun) the organ of sight | |
7 | (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | |
11 | (adjective) having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination | |
231 | (noun) opinion or judgment |