| escalade |
the act of climbing a fortified wall by ladder. [2 definitions] |
| escalate |
to increase in intensity, scope, or size. [2 definitions] |
| escalation |
increase in amount, scope, or intensity. |
| escalator |
a moving stairway that operates on a belt mechanism to carry people between floors, as of a department store, airport, or train station. |
| 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] |