5 Letter Words That Start With E

eager

Adjective : Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

Adjective : (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

Adjective : (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

ether

Noun : (uncountable, literary or poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.

Noun : (by extension) The medium breathed by human beings; the air.

Noun : (by extension) The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.

ethos

Noun : The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.

Noun : (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.

Noun : (art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.

eerie

Adjective : Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

Adjective : (Scotland) Frightened, timid.

Noun : An eerie creature or thing.

evoke

Verb : (transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.

Verb : (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

Verb : (transitive) To elicit a response.

epoch

Noun : A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

Noun : A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.

Noun : (chronology, astronomy, computing) A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time.

ennui

Noun : A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

Verb : (transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.

educe

Verb : (transitive, now rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

Verb : (transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

Verb : (transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.

elude

Verb : (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

Verb : (transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.

Verb : (transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.

exalt

Verb : (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.

Verb : (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

Verb : (transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.

esper

Noun : A person who practices the development of psychic ability.

Noun : (chiefly science fiction) A person who has extrasensory perception.

Noun : A surname.

envoy

Noun : (law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

Noun : A representative.

Noun : A diplomat.

elegy

Noun : A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

Noun : (music) A composition of mournful character.

Noun : A classical poem written in elegiac meter

endow

Verb : (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

Verb : (transitive, followed by with, or rarely by of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

Verb : (transitive, usually in the passive voice) To naturally furnish (with something).

exude

Verb : (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

Verb : (intransitive) To flow out through the pores.

Verb : (transitive) To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly.

evade

Verb : (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from

Verb : (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

Verb : (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

embed

Verb : (transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

Verb : (transitive, by extension) To include (something) in surrounding matter.

Verb : (transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.

enact

Verb : (transitive, law) To make (a bill) into law.

Verb : (transitive) To act the part of; to play.

Verb : (transitive) To do; to effect.

erect

Adjective : Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

Adjective : (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.

Adjective : (of a person) Having an erect penis or clitoris.

edict

Noun : A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

expel

Verb : (transitive) To eject.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To remove from membership.

ebony

Noun : (uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

Noun : (countable) A tree that yields such wood.

Noun : (countable and uncountable) A deep, dark black colour.

elite

Adjective : Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

Adjective : Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

Noun : A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

enjoy

Verb : (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

Verb : (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.

Verb : (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.

elfin

Noun : An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.

Noun : A little urchin or child.

Noun : Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.

entry

Noun : The act of entering.

Noun : (uncountable) Permission to enter.

Noun : A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.

empty

Adjective : Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

Adjective : (computing, programming, mathematics) Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

Adjective : (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

exact

Adjective : Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

Adjective : Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

Adjective : Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

exert

Verb : (transitive) To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear.

Verb : (reflexive) To put in vigorous action.

ephor

Noun : (historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.

Noun : (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator.

elide

Verb : To leave out or omit (something).

Verb : (linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.

Verb : To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

extol

Verb : (transitive) To praise; to make high.

elate

Verb : (transitive) To make joyful or proud.

Verb : (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

Adjective : Elated; exultant.

endue

Verb : To provide with some quality or trait

Verb : (obsolete) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.

Verb : To take on, to take the form of.

error

Noun : (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

Noun : (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.

event

Noun : An occurrence; something that happens.

Noun : A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

Noun : One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.

earth

Noun : (uncountable) Soil.

Noun : (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.

Noun : The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

extra

Adjective : (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

Adjective : (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.

Adjective : (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.

eaves

Noun : (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.

Noun : (by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.

Noun : A surname.

erose

Adjective : (botany) Irregularly notched, eaten away, as though bitten.

erupt

Verb : (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).

Verb : (intransitive) To burst forth; to break out.

Verb : (intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.

enate

Noun : A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.

Noun : Any maternal female relative.

Adjective : Related to someone by female connections.

eyrie

Noun : The nest of a bird of prey.

Noun : Any high and remote but commanding place.

exult

Verb : (intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

ensue

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.

Verb : (intransitive) To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.

evert

Verb : (transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To move (someone or something) out of the way.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.

enter

Verb : (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

Verb : (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).

elder

Noun : A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

Noun : (now chiefly US) An old person.

Noun : (relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.

enemy

Noun : Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

Noun : A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

Noun : Something harmful or threatening to another

erode

Verb : To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.

Verb : (figurative) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.

Noun : Erode (a district of Tamil Nadu, India)

epopt

Noun : An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia.

Noun : One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.

emcee

Noun : Alternative form of MC in its senses as

Noun : Master of ceremonies.

Noun : (music) A rapper.

eclat

Noun : Alternative spelling of éclat [A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.]

excur

Verb : (rare) To digress.

Verb : (rare) To pass beyond limits; to go to or towards an extreme.

Verb : (rare) To take an excursion.

eoten

Noun : A giant from Old English literature and mythology.

excel

Verb : (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.

Verb : (intransitive) To be much better than others.

Verb : (transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond.

early

Adjective : At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

Adjective : Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

Adjective : After but close to the start of a period of time.

essay

Noun : (publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

Noun : (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.

Noun : (now rare) An attempt.

exist

Verb : (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

edify

Verb : (now rare) To build, construct.

Verb : (transitive) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

edged

Adjective : That has a sharp planar surface.

Adjective : (followed by with or in a compound adjective) Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.

eased

Adjective : Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.

Adjective : Soothed or mitigated.

Adjective : Less extreme or stringent.

educt

Noun : That which is educed.

Noun : (obsolete, chemistry) A reactant.

Verb : (engineering) To educe, to extract.

eejit

Noun : (Ireland, Scotland, Mid-Ulster, derogatory) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.

elect

Noun : One chosen or set apart.

Noun : (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

Verb : (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)

eject

Verb : (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.

Verb : (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.

Verb : (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.

ember

Noun : A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

Noun : Smoldering ash.

Adjective : (religion) Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

eagre

Noun : a tidal bore

Adjective : Obsolete form of eager. [Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.]

etude

Noun : (music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

exode

Noun : (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

Noun : (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.

Noun : (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.

eikon

Noun : Alternative spelling of icon (“religious image”) [An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.]

ettin

Noun : (dialectal, archaic, fantasy) A giant.

Noun : (roleplaying games) A giant with two heads.

ettle

Verb : (transitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) To propose, intend.

Verb : (intransitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) To direct one's course, to head.

Verb : (intransitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.

enorm

Adjective : (obsolete) enormous

embue

Verb : Obsolete form of imbue. [(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.]

egoic

Adjective : Of or relating to the ego.

equal

Adjective : (not comparable) The same in all respects.

Adjective : (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.

Adjective : (obsolete) Fair, impartial.

ester

Noun : (organic chemistry) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther

elope

Verb : (intransitive, of a married or engaged person) To run away from home with a paramour.

Verb : (intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.

Verb : (intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).

emmet

Noun : (dialectal or archaic) An ant.

Noun : (Cornwall, derogatory) A tourist.

Noun : A surname.

emote

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner.

Verb : To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.

enoch

Noun : (biblical) In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.

Noun : The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.

Noun : (biblical) First son of Cain.

ethel

Noun : A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.

exeat

Noun : A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery).

Noun : A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese.

Noun : (dated, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) Leave of absence from a public school or college.

egg on

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

enure

Verb : (transitive) To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.

Verb : (intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative; used with to.

evite

Verb : (Early Modern, now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid.

eking

Noun : The act or process of adding.

Noun : That which is added.

Noun : (nautical, obsolete) A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.

eloin

Verb : Obsolete spelling of eloign. [(obsolete, transitive) To remove (something) to a distance.]

eloge

Noun : (obsolete) An expression of praise.

Noun : A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died.

Noun : Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.

elogy

Noun : (archaic) Praise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph

eight

Noun : The digit/figure 8.

Noun : (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

Noun : (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.

exile

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

Noun : (countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

Verb : (transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

emery

Noun : (petrology) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

Verb : (transitive) To sand or polish with emery.

Verb : (transitive) To coat with emery.

emend

Verb : (transitive) To correct and revise (text or a document).

ethic

Adjective : Moral, relating to morals.

Noun : A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

Noun : The morality of an action.

egest

Verb : To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).

elong

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To lengthen out; to prolong.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To put away; to separate; to keep off.

emule

Verb : (obsolete) To emulate.

exord

Noun : (literature) A preface or prefatory passage

Noun : (US, military) An execute order: an order to implement a specified plan.

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