educe (en)

(verb) to bring out (as something latent) / (verb) deduce

effete (en)

(adjective) no longer fertile / (adjective) having lost character, vitality, or strength / (adjective) marked by weakness or decadence / (adjective) soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence / (adjective) effeminate

effulgence (en)

(noun) radiant splendor; brilliance

egress (en)

the action of going out of or leaving a place

eidos (grk)

meaning "form" "essence", "type" or "species" (developed in Plato's theory of forms?)

ein abgekartetes Spiel (de)

a card game in which the deck has been stacked

eirenic (en)

tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory (alt: irenic); a part of Christian theology

eisegesis (en)

the process of interpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that the process introduces one's own presuppositions, agendas, or biases into and onto the text

ekphrasis (en)

a rhetorical term originally taught to Greek students as a way of bringing the experience of an object to a listener or reader through highly detailed descriptive writing

eleemosynary (en)

(adj) relating to or dependent on charity; charitable

elegiac (en)

relating to or characteristic of an elegy.

elision (en)

(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something

elucubration (en)

produce (especially literary work) by long and intensive effort

embrasure (en)

a beveled window, as in a castle

emendation (en)

the process of making a revision or correction to a text

Emersonian (en)

pertaining to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 -1882), American essayist, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century

emetic (en)

(adj, noun) causing vomiting

eminently (en)

to a notable degree; very

emollient (en)

(adjective) making soft or supple / (adjective) soothing especially to the skin or mucous membrane / (adjective) making less intense or harsh; mollifying / (noun) something that softens or soothes

empyrean (en)

(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light / (noun) the true and ultimate heavenly paradise / (noun) firmament heavens / (noun) an ideal place or state

encaustic (en)

(noun) a paint made from pigment mixed with melted beeswax and resin and after application fixed by heat / (noun) the method involving the use of encaustic or a work produced by this method

encomium (en)

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory

encyclicals (en)

(noun) an encyclical letter / (noun) a papal letter to the bishops of the church as a whole or to those in one country

enervating (en)

(verb) to reduce the mental or moral vigor of / (verb) to lessen the vitality or strength of

enfilade (en)

(noun) an interconnected group of rooms arranged usually in a row with each room opening into the next / (noun) gunfire directed from a flanking position along the length of an enemy battle line / (verb) to rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction