ecumenism |
a movement to unify Christianity. |
eczema |
a skin disease that causes redness, itching, and scaly or crusty sores. |
-ed |
used to form the past tense and past participle of regular verbs. [3 definitions] |
ed. |
abbreviation of "editor," "edited," or "edition." [2 definitions] |
Edam |
a hard, mild, yellow cheese formed in rounds and usu. covered with red wax. |
Ed.D. |
abbreviation of "Doctor of Education." |
Edda |
either of two early Icelandic literary works, one a collection of religious and mythological poems, and the other a summary of Norse mythology and a manual on poetry. |
eddy |
a small current of water, air, fog, dust, or the like that moves contrary to the main current, esp. rotating like a whirlpool. [2 definitions] |
edelweiss |
a small plant of the Alps, having whitish woolly leaves and bearing white flowers. |
edema |
an abnormal accumulation of watery fluid in tissues or cavities of the body. |
Eden |
according to the Old Testament, the garden in which Adam and Eve, the first humans, lived in a state of perfection; Garden of Eden; paradise. [2 definitions] |
edentate |
having no teeth; toothless. [3 definitions] |
edentulous |
without teeth; toothless. |
edge |
a line where two surfaces converge. [10 definitions] |
edgeless |
combined form of edge. |
edge out |
to force out, defeat, or overcome by a small margin. |
edge tool |
a tool that has a cutting edge, such as a chisel. |
edgewise |
with the edge forward or outward. [2 definitions] |
edging |
something that constitutes, or is placed along, an edge or border to protect, decorate, or define it. |
edgy |
irritably nervous or impatient; on edge. |
edible |
suitable or safe to be eaten as food. [2 definitions] |