| escapee |
someone who has escaped, esp. from a prison or mental institution. |
| escape mechanism |
a psychological strategy that a person uses to evade something disagreeable. |
| escapement |
the part of a mechanical watch or clock that controls the mechanism by the movement of a toothed wheel. [2 definitions] |
| escape velocity |
the minimum speed by which an object can become free from the field of gravity of a planet, star, or the like. |
| escapism |
the tendency to escape from or avoid reality by absorbing oneself in fantasies or other entertainment. |
| escarole |
a variety of endive having broad, frilled leaves, used in salads. |
| escarpment |
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or fault line. [2 definitions] |
| -escence |
state, condition, act, or process. |
| -escent |
beginning to be; beginning; becoming. [3 definitions] |
| escheat |
in law, the reversion of property to the state when there are no heirs. [4 definitions] |
| escheatable |
combined form of escheat. |
| eschew |
to avoid or forgo; shun. |
| escort |
a protective group of persons or vehicles accompanying other persons or vehicles. [5 definitions] |
| escritoire |
a writing desk. |
| escrow |
a bond or deed, money, property, or the like put into the keeping of a third party for delivery to the intended receiver after specified conditions have been met. |
| escudo |
the chief monetary unit of Cape Verde, equaling one hundred centavos. [3 definitions] |
| esculent |
fit to eat; edible. [2 definitions] |
| escutcheon |
a shield or shield-shaped surface on which a coat of arms is shown. [3 definitions] |
| Esdras |
either of two books of the Apocrypha. |
| -ese |
pertaining to; residing in; of; from. [4 definitions] |
| ESE |
abbreviation of "east-southeast." |