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

enjambment (en)

(noun) the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines

ensorcell (en)

(verb) bewitch enchant

entelechy (en)

(noun) the actualization of form-giving cause as contrasted with potential existence / (noun) a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that in some vitalist doctrines is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the development and functioning of an organism (from Aristotelian metaphysics)

entomicide (en)

the killing of insects, presumably

entr'acte (en)

an interval between two acts of a play or opera

entrepreneurial capitalism (en)

defined by Joseph Schumpeter in 1939 as enterprise carried out with borrowed money

entropology (en)

the study of man has become the study of disintegration and certain extinction

enuretic (en)

(noun) the involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine

environing (en)

surrounding; enclosing