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eat·ery noun, plural -er·ies : LUNCHEONETTE, RESTAURANT

eaves noun plural : the overhanging lower edge of a roof

eaves·drop verb : to listen secretly

— eaves·drop·per noun

1ebb noun 1 : the flowing back from shore of water brought in by the tide

2 : a point or state of decline

2ebb verb 1 : to recede from the flood

2 : to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state : DECLINE

Synonyms

abate, decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall, lessen, recede, subside, taper—more at DECREASE

EBCDIC noun [ORIGIN: extended binary coded decimal interchange code]

: a computer code for representing alphanumeric information

Ebo·la noun : an often fatal hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus (Ebola virus) of African origin

1ebony noun, plural -nies : a hard heavy wood of Old World tropical trees related to the persimmon

2ebony adjective 1 : made of or resembling ebony

2 : of the color black

Synonyms

black, raven—more at BLACK

ebul·lient adjective 1 : BOILING, AGITATED

2 : EXUBERANT

— ebul·lience noun

EC abbreviation European Community

1eccentric adjective 1 : deviating from a usual or accepted pattern

2 : deviating from a circular path <~ orbits>

3 : set with axis or support off center ; also : being off center

— ec·cen·tri·cal·ly adverb

2eccentric noun : an eccentric person

Synonyms

character, crackpot, crank, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo; also bohemian, maverick, nonconformist

ec·cen·tric·i·ty noun : the quality or state of being eccentric; also : odd or whimsical behavior

Synonyms

crotchet, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, trick—more at IDIOSYNCRASY

Eccles abbreviation Ecclesiastes

Ec·cle·si·as·tes noun : a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture

ec·cle·si·as·tic noun : a member of the clergy : CLERGYMAN

Synonyms

clergyman, divine, father, minister, preacher, priest, reverend—more at CLERGYMAN

ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal or ec·cle·si·as·tic adjective : of or relating to a church esp. as an institution <~ art>

— ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal·ly adverb

Ec·cle·si·as·ti·cus noun : a didactic book included in the Protestant Apocrypha and as Sirach in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament

Ecclus abbreviation Ecclesiasticus

ECG abbreviation electrocardiogram

ech·e·lon noun [ORIGIN: F échelon, lit., rung of a ladder]

1 : a steplike arrangement (as of troops or airplanes)

2 : a level (as of authority or responsibility) within an organization

ech·i·na·cea noun : the dried root of three composite herbs that is used primarily in herbal remedies to boost the immune system; also : any of these herbs

echi·no·derm noun : any of a phylum of marine animals (as starfishes and sea urchins) having similar body parts (as the arms of a starfish) arranged around a central axis and often having a calcium-containing outer skeleton

1echo noun, plural ech·oes also ech·os : repetition of a sound caused by a reflection of the sound waves; also : the reflection of a radar signal by an object

— echo·ic adjective

2echo verb : to produce an echo; also : to repeat or imitate (as a sound)

Synonyms

repeat, resonate, resound, reverberate—more at REVERBERATE

echo·lo·ca·tion noun : a process for locating distant or invisible objects by sound waves reflected back to the sender (as a bat) from the objects

echt adjective [ORIGIN: G]

: TRUE, GENUINE

éclair noun [ORIGIN: F, lit., lightning]

: an oblong shell of light pastry with whipped cream or custard filling

éclat noun [ORIGIN: F]

1 : a dazzling effect or success

2 : ACCLAIM

eclec·tic adjective : selecting or made up of what seems best of varied sources

— eclectic noun

— eclec·ti·cism noun

1eclipse noun 1 : the total or partial obscuring of one heavenly body by another; also : a passing into the shadow of a heavenly body

2 : a falling into obscurity or decline

2eclipse verb eclipsed; eclips