| Ecclesiastes |
a book of the Old Testament containing an examination of the meaning of life and advice about human limitations. |
| ecclesiastic |
a person in the clergy or in a religious order. [2 definitions] |
| ecclesiastical |
of or related to the church and clergy. |
| Ecclesiasticus |
a book of instructive proverbs contained in the Douay Bible and the Old Testament Apocrypha. |
| ecdysiast |
one who performs stripteases. |
| ecdysis |
the shedding of an outer layer of skin or integument, esp. by snakes, insects, or crustaceans. |
| ecesis |
the establishment of an immigrant plant or animal in a new locality or environment. |
| echelon |
a level of authority or rank, as in an organization. [3 definitions] |
| echidna |
any of several small, insect-eating, egg-laying mammals of the Australian region that have a long slender snout and a spiny, bristly coat; spiny anteater. |
| echinoderm |
any of various marine animals that have parts radiating symmetrically from the center and hard, often spiny outer body walls, such as the starfishes and sea urchins. |
| echo |
a repetition of sound caused by reflection of sound waves from a surface, or a sound so produced. [8 definitions] |
| echocardiogram |
a sonogram of the heart. |
| echo chamber |
a room in a recording or broadcasting studio that is used to increase resonance or produce echo effects. |
| echoic |
like an echo. [2 definitions] |
| echolalia |
the uncontrollable repetition of words spoken by another person, often associated with autism spectrum disorder or with other developmental or mental disorders. |
| echolocation |
the process by which animals such as bats locate objects by emitting sounds and hearing them echoed. [2 definitions] |
| echo sounding |
a method of determining the depth of a body of water by measuring the time the echo of an emitted sound wave takes to return from the bottom. |
| éclair |
an oblong pastry filled with whipped cream or custard and usu. frosted with chocolate. |
| éclat |
brilliance of performance or achievement. [3 definitions] |
| eclectic |
drawing on or influenced by various styles, disciplines, systems or the like. [3 definitions] |
| eclecticism |
an eclectic method or system, or the practicing or advocating of such. |