| 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. |
| eclipse |
at a particular observation point, the blocking of light from one celestial body by another, such as the eclipse of the sun by the interposition of the moon, or the eclipse of the moon by the earth's coming between the sun and moon. [6 definitions] |
| eclipsing binary |
two stars that orbit a common center of gravity and periodically move in front of each other, causing a fluctuating magnitude. |
| ecliptic |
the apparent path of the sun, as seen from the earth against the background stars. [3 definitions] |