6 Letter Words That Start With E

effect

Noun : The result or outcome of a cause.

Noun : Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Noun : Execution; performance; realization; operation.

employ

Verb : To retain (someone) as an employee.

Verb : (rare) To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.

Verb : To use (someone or something) for a job or task.

energy

Noun : The impetus behind all motion and all activity.

Noun : The capacity to do work.

Noun : (physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.

ensure

Verb : (transitive) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.

Verb : (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

elicit

Verb : To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

Verb : To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.

Verb : To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason

engage

Verb : To interact socially.

Verb : (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To draw into conversation.

equity

Noun : Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

Noun : (law) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England

Noun : (law) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.

eschew

Verb : (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

engine

Noun : A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

Noun : (now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement.

Noun : A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.

estate

Noun : The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.

Noun : (now rare, archaic) state; condition.

Noun : (archaic) Status, rank.

entity

Noun : That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.

Noun : The existence of something considered apart from its properties.

Noun : (databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.

extant

Adjective : Still in existence; not having disappeared.

Adjective : Still alive; not extinct.

Adjective : (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.

entail

Verb : (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.

Verb : (transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor.

enigma

Noun : Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.

Noun : A riddle, or a difficult problem.

Noun : Riddles and puzzles, collectively.

endure

Verb : (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

Verb : (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.

Verb : (intransitive) To last.

effort

Noun : The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

Noun : An endeavor.

Noun : A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

ersatz

Adjective : Made in imitation; artificial, especially of a poor quality.

Noun : Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.

evolve

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To move (something) in regular procession through a system.

Verb : To change or transform (something).

ethics

Noun : (philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.

Noun : Morality.

Noun : The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.

extend

Verb : (intransitive) To increase in extent.

Verb : (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.

expert

Adjective : Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.

Adjective : Characteristic of an expert.

Adjective : (obsolete) Proven, experienced, veteran.

either

Verb : (conjunctive, after a negative) As well.

enable

Verb : To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.

Verb : To affirm; to make firm and strong.

Verb : To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.

expose

Verb : (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).

Verb : (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

Verb : (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

enmity

Noun : The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

Noun : A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

empire

Noun : A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

Noun : A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

Noun : The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.

egress

Noun : An exit or way out.

Noun : The process of exiting or leaving.

Noun : (astronomy) The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.

enough

Verb : Sufficiently.

Verb : Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.

Verb : Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.

escape

Verb : (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.

Verb : (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

Verb : (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

eponym

Noun : A real or fictitious person or thing whose name has given rise to the name of a particular item.

Noun : A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.

Noun : (loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from the name of a real or fictive place or thing.

emerge

Verb : (intransitive) To come into view.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.

Verb : (intransitive) To become known.

except

Verb : (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

Verb : (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).

esteem

Noun : Favourable regard.

Verb : To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.

Verb : To regard something as valuable; to prize.

expand

Verb : (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

Verb : (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).

Verb : (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.

errant

Adjective : Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.

Adjective : Roving around; wandering.

Adjective : Prone to making errors; misbehaving.

expect

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen

Verb : To consider obligatory or required.

Verb : To consider reasonably due.

exotic

Adjective : Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

Adjective : Non-native to the ecosystem.

Adjective : extraterrestial, alien

entice

Verb : (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

eutony

Noun : A form of energy medicine devised by Gerda Alexander (1908–1994).

evince

Verb : (transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

extent

Noun : A range of values or locations.

Noun : The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.

Noun : (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

effete

Adjective : (obsolete) Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

Adjective : Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.

Adjective : Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.

elixir

Noun : (alchemy) A liquid which converts lead to gold.

Noun : (alchemy) A substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life.

Noun : (by extension) The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea.

excess

Noun : The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

Noun : The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

Noun : An act of eating or drinking more than enough.

embark

Verb : To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.

Verb : To start, begin.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

exceed

Verb : (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).

Verb : (transitive) To be better than (something).

Verb : (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.

eulogy

Noun : An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.

Noun : Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.

exodus

Noun : The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.

Noun : The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.

Noun : A sudden departure of a large number of people.

escrow

Noun : (law) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.

Noun : (informal) The money or assets so held.

Verb : To place in escrow.

errand

Noun : A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

Noun : (literary or archaic) A mission or quest.

Noun : A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)

exhort

Verb : To urge; to advise earnestly.

ethnic

Adjective : Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

Adjective : Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.

Adjective : Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.

embody

Verb : (transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.

Verb : (transitive) To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws.

Verb : (transitive) To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of.

exempt

Adjective : Free from a duty or obligation.

Adjective : (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.

Adjective : (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.

enjoin

Verb : (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

Verb : (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.

Verb : (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

excuse

Verb : (transitive) To forgive; to pardon.

Verb : (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.

Verb : (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.

elated

Adjective : Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.

efface

Verb : (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

Verb : (intransitive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.

emblem

Noun : A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

Noun : Something that represents a larger whole.

Noun : Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

enroll

Verb : (transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

Verb : (transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of

Verb : (intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)

entree

Noun : Alternative form of entrée [(chiefly Britain, French Canada, Australia, New Zealand, historical in the US and Canada) A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.]

edible

Adjective : Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.

Adjective : Capable of being eaten without disgust.

Adjective : In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.

enrich

Verb : (transitive) To enhance.

Verb : (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Verb : (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

escort

Noun : A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

Noun : An accompanying person in such a group.

Noun : A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.

excise

Noun : A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).

Verb : To impose an excise tax on something.

Verb : To cut out; to remove.

editor

Noun : A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

Noun : A copy editor.

Noun : A person who edited a specific document.

e-mail

Noun : Alternative spelling of email. [(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of email [(transitive) To send an email or emails to.]

erebus

Noun : (Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos.

Noun : (Greek mythology) The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld.

Noun : A volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus.

entire

Adjective : (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.

Adjective : (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

Adjective : (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

export

Adjective : Of or relating to exportation or exports.

Noun : (countable) Something that is exported.

Noun : (uncountable) The act of exporting.

enzyme

Noun : (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.

Noun : (Christianity) leavened bread, as opposed to azyme

erotic

Adjective : Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

Noun : An amorous composition or poem.

emetic

Adjective : (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.

Noun : (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.

eunuch

Noun : A castrated human male.

Noun : Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.

Noun : (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.

enlist

Verb : (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

Verb : (intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.

Verb : (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.

eureka

Noun : Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”)

Noun : A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

Noun : A small suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

expend

Verb : (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)

excite

Verb : (transitive) To stir the emotions of.

Verb : (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

Verb : (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

eczema

Noun : (biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.

Noun : (usually) Synonym of atopic dermatitis

Noun : (sometimes) Synonym of dermatitis

engulf

Verb : (transitive) To overwhelm.

Verb : (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.

Verb : (transitive) To cast into a gulf.

encore

Noun : A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

Noun : A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

Verb : (transitive) To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.

equate

Verb : (transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).

Verb : (transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.

Noun : (programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.

ensign

Noun : A badge of office, rank, or power.

Noun : The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.

Noun : A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.

effigy

Noun : A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

Noun : A likeness of a person.

errata

Noun : An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.

expire

Verb : (intransitive) To die.

Verb : (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

Verb : (intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude.

enamel

Noun : An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

Noun : A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.

Noun : The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.

endear

Verb : (obsolete) To make (something) more precious or valuable.

Verb : (obsolete) To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of.

Verb : (obsolete) To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate.

extort

Verb : (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.

Verb : (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

Verb : (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.

elapse

Verb : (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.

ermine

Noun : A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

Noun : The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.

Noun : (by extension, figuratively) The office of a judge.

embryo

Noun : In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

Noun : An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

Noun : In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

ennead

Noun : (obsolete) The number nine.

Noun : (rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects.

Noun : (Egyptian mythology) The collection of nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis and taking part in the Heliopolitan creation myth, together representing the sum of all the elements of the created world: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Nut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys.

eleven

Noun : (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.

Noun : (soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

Noun : (countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

ending

Noun : A termination or conclusion.

Noun : The last part of something.

Noun : (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").

equine

Adjective : Of or relating to a horse or horses.

Adjective : Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus.

Noun : Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.

esprit

Noun : Spirit, enthusiasm.

Noun : A wit.

Noun : Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.

emboss

Verb : To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.

Verb : To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.

Verb : To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.

eraser

Noun : One who erases.

Noun : (Canada, US, Philippines) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

Noun : (Canada, US, Philippines) A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard, by marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.

europe

Noun : The portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean.

Noun : A political entity; the European Union.

Noun : (UK, Ireland) Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.

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