| 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. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. [2 definitions] |
| egret |
any of several usu. white herons that grow long, drooping plumes in breeding season. [2 definitions] |
| Egypt |
a North African country on the Mediterranean and Red Seas; Arab Republic of Egypt. |