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] |
egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. [2 definitions] |
egotistic |
conceited and boastful; excessively self-promoting. [2 definitions] |
egotistical |
conceited and boastful; excessively self-promoting. [2 definitions] |
egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |