escalator clause |
a clause in a contract that provides for adjustment in prices, wages, and the like, based on changes in production costs, the cost of living, or the like. |
escallop |
to bake (cut or sliced food) in sauce, often with a breadcrumb topping, and sometimes in scallop shells. [2 definitions] |
escapade |
a wild adventure or prank, usu. mischievous or mildly wicked. |
escape |
to free oneself from physical confinement. [11 definitions] |
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] |