eo ipso (la)

by that very act or quality; thereby

ephebes (en)

(in ancient Greece) a young man of 18–20 years undergoing military training

epicede (en)

(noun) a funeral song or ode : dirge, elegy.

epicene (en)

(adjective) having but one form to indicate either sex / (adjective) having characteristics typical of the other sex; intersexual / (adjective) effeminate / (adjective) lacking characteristics of either sex

epiclesis (en)

the part of the Eucharistic prayer in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is invoked to bless the elements or the communicants.

epicurean (en)

(adj) fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking

epignosis (en)

precise and correct knowledge; used in the New Testament to refer to the knowledge of things ethical and divine

epigone (en)

(noun) follower disciple / (noun) an inferior imitator

epigraph (en)

a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme

epilegomena (en)

added remark, things chosen (from Greek epilego); the -a ending is plural

epinastic (en)

The downward bending of a leaf or other plant part, resulting from greater growth of the upper side than of the lower side

epistasis (en)

(genetics) the interaction of genes that are not alleles, in particular the suppression of the effect of one such gene by another

epistle (en)

(noun) one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament / (noun) a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles / (noun) letter, or a composition in the form of a letter

epistolary (en)

written as a series of documents: letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents

equanimity (en)

calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation

equipoise (en)

(noun) a state of equilibrium / (noun) counterbalance / (verb) to serve as an equipoise to / (verb) to put or hold in equipoise

Erebus (en)

(Greek mythology) the primordial god of darkness; the shadowy realm between Earth and Hades in Homeric myth

ergodic literature (en)

a term coined by Espen J. Aarseth in his book Cybertext—Perspectives on Ergodic Literature, and is derived from the Greek words ergon, meaning "work", and hodos, meaning "path"; where nontrivial effort is required to allow the reader to traverse the text

erumpent (en)

(from Latin) something that emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth

eschatology (en)

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

espalier (en)

(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier

establishmentarian (en)

of, relating to, or favoring the (present) social or political establishment

estoppel (en)

(noun) a legal bar to alleging or denying a fact because of one's own previous actions or words to the contrary

etiolated (en)

(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light; having lost vigour or substance; feeble

etiology (en)

(noun) cause, origin / (noun) the cause of a disease or abnormal condition / (noun) a branch of knowledge concerned with causes / (noun) a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases