| egg2 |
to incite or encourage (some action). |
| eggbeater |
a kitchen utensil having rotary blades, and used for beating liquid or semiliquid foods such as cream or eggs. |
| egghead |
(informal) an intellectual, considered somewhat negatively. |
| eggnog |
a drink made of beaten eggs, milk or cream, sugar, and often rum or other liquor. |
| egg on |
to encourage or pressure someone to engage in or continue in some action, esp. one that is risky or potentially harmful to oneself or others. |
| eggplant |
a plant cultivated for its fruit, or the dark purple fruit itself, which is eaten as a vegetable. Some eggplants are ovoid in shape; others are somewhat tubular. |
| egg roll |
a thin flat square of egg dough that is folded like an envelope around finely chopped raw vegetables and shredded pork or shrimp, and then fried in deep fat. |
| egg sac |
the pouch or cocoon in which many types of spiders deposit their eggs. [2 definitions] |
| eggs Benedict |
a dish made of poached eggs placed on a slice of ham over toast or a split and toasted English muffin, and covered with hollandaise sauce. |
| eggshell |
the thin covering that encloses a bird's egg. [3 definitions] |
| egg tooth |
a toothlike growth on the noses or beaks of very young reptiles and birds with which they break the egg membrane or shell when hatching. |
| egis |
variant of aegis. |
| eglantine |
the sweet brier, a wild rose. |
| ego |
the self, as distinguished from other persons and the external world. [5 definitions] |
| egocentric |
regarding oneself as the subject, object, and standard of all things. [3 definitions] |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. (Cf. altruism.) [3 definitions] |
| egoist |
a self-centered or selfish person. [2 definitions] |
| egoistic |
of, pertaining to, or based on egoism. [2 definitions] |
| egoless |
combined form of ego. |
| egomania |
obsessive interest in oneself. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. [2 definitions] |