12-letter words starting with E
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter E. This section showcases how E at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with E, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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embarrassing | 17 | causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles |
entertaining | 13 | agreeably diverting | an entertaining puppet show |
experiencing | 24 | - | - |
exaggerating | 22 | - | - |
experimental | 23 | relying on observation or experiment | experimental results that supported the hypothesis |
enthusiastic | 17 | having or showing great excitement and interest | enthusiastic crowds filled the streets |
evolutionary | 18 | of or relating to or produced by evolution | evolutionary biology |
exploitation | 21 | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | capitalistic exploitation of the working class |
electrocuted | 17 | - | - |
entrepreneur | 14 | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | - |
extinguisher | 23 | a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires | - |
extinguished | 24 | of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement | - |
encyclopedia | 22 | a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | - |
excruciating | 24 | extremely painful | - |
economically | 21 | with respect to economic science | economically this proposal makes no sense |
exaggeration | 21 | extravagant exaggeration | - |
exterminated | 22 | destroyed completely | - |
exhilarating | 23 | making lively and joyful | - |
embezzlement | 36 | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | - |
enlightening | 17 | enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | - |
emancipation | 18 | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child | - |
exterminator | 21 | someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) | - |
electroshock | 23 | the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma | - |
extravaganza | 32 | any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
enterprising | 15 | marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects | an enterprising foreign policy |
effortlessly | 21 | without effort or apparent effort | she danced gracefully and effortlessly |
extramarital | 21 | characterized by adultery | extramarital affairs |
entomologist | 15 | a zoologist who studies insects | - |
endangerment | 16 | a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | - |
electrifying | 21 | causing a surge of emotion or excitement | she gave an electrifying performance |
electrically | 19 | by electricity | electrically controlled |
exasperating | 22 | making worse | - |
effervescent | 23 | used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | - |
episcopalian | 18 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church | - |
exhilaration | 22 | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy | - |
extravagance | 25 | the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | we were surprised by the extravagance of his description |
emphatically | 24 | without question and beyond doubt | - |
experimenter | 23 | a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas | she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry |
encephalitis | 19 | inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | - |
eccentricity | 21 | a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path | - |
encapsulated | 17 | - | - |
encompassing | 19 | closely encircling | encompassing mountain ranges |
electrolysis | 17 | (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions | - |
entanglement | 15 | an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | - |
ecologically | 20 | with respect to ecology | ecologically speaking, this idea is brilliant; economically, it is a disaster |
extortionist | 19 | a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | - |
exploitative | 24 | tending to exploit or make use of | - |
encroachment | 21 | influencing strongly | - |
expropriated | 24 | - | - |
exasperation | 21 | an exasperated feeling of annoyance | - |
eavesdropped | 21 | - | - |
echolocation | 19 | determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it | - |
extrasensory | 22 | seemingly outside normal sensory channels | - |
emasculating | 17 | - | - |
epidemiology | 21 | the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease | - |
extrapolated | 22 | - | - |
effeminately | 23 | - | - |
eavesdropper | 20 | a secret listener to private conversations | - |
encyclopedic | 24 | comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia) | encyclopedic knowledge |
exhaustively | 28 | in an exhaustive manner | - |
estrangement | 15 | separation resulting from hostility | - |
eviscerating | 18 | - | - |
ecstatically | 19 | in an ecstatic manner | he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa |
equivocation | 26 | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | - |
expansionist | 21 | of or involving or guided by expansionism | - |
explicitness | 23 | clarity as a consequence of being explicit | - |
ethnographic | 23 | of or relating to ethnography | ethnographical data |
exacerbating | 24 | making worse | - |
exclusionary | 24 | - | - |
editorialize | 22 | insert personal opinions into an objective statement | - |
endocarditis | 16 | inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves | - |
encirclement | 18 | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | - |
ethnocentric | 19 | centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | - |
exchangeable | 27 | capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value | - |
evisceration | 17 | the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | - |
emasculation | 16 | neutering a male animal by removing the testicles | - |
earthshaking | 23 | sufficiently significant to affect the whole world | earthshaking proposals |
ecclesiastic | 18 | of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | ecclesiastic history |
erythromycin | 25 | an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative | - |
equalization | 30 | the act of making equal or uniform | - |
epithalamium | 21 | an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom | - |
enfranchised | 21 | endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | - |
externalised | 20 | - | - |
expressively | 27 | with expression; in an expressive manner | she gave the order to the waiter, using her hands very expressively |
exsanguinate | 20 | - | - |
ethnological | 18 | of or relating to ethnology | ethnological field work |
esthetically | 20 | in a tasteful way | this building is aesthetically very pleasing |
evolutionism | 17 | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals | - |
evangelistic | 18 | marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | - |
evangelizing | 26 | - | - |
emotionality | 17 | emotional nature or quality | - |
emotionalism | 16 | emotional nature or quality | - |
ecumenically | 21 | - | - |
epicheiremas | 21 | - | - |
epigenesists | 15 | - | - |
epiglottides | 16 | - | - |
epiglottises | 15 | - | - |
epigrammatic | 21 | terse and witty and like a maxim | - |
epigraphical | 22 | - | - |
epigraphists | 20 | - | - |
epileptiform | 21 | - | - |
epiloguising | 16 | - | - |
epididymitis | 21 | painful inflammation of the epididymis | - |
epididymides | 22 | - | - |
epicureanism | 18 | a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers | - |
epicuticular | 18 | - | - |
epicycloidal | 22 | - | - |
epideictical | 19 | designed primarily for rhetorical display | - |
epidemically | 22 | - | - |
epidendrones | 16 | - | - |
epidiascopes | 19 | - | - |
epiloguizing | 25 | - | - |
epimorphoses | 21 | - | - |
epimorphosis | 21 | - | - |
episcopising | 19 | - | - |
episcopizing | 28 | - | - |
episiotomies | 16 | - | - |
episodically | 20 | in an episodic manner | - |
epistemology | 20 | the philosophical theory of knowledge | - |
epistilbites | 16 | - | - |
epistolarian | 14 | - | - |
epistolaries | 14 | - | - |
episcopating | 19 | - | - |
episcopalism | 20 | - | - |
epinephrines | 19 | - | - |
epiphenomena | 21 | - | - |
epiphytology | 26 | - | - |
epiphytotics | 24 | - | - |
epirogenetic | 17 | - | - |
epirrhematic | 21 | - | - |
episcopacies | 20 | - | - |
epistolatory | 17 | written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence | the epistolatory novel |
ephemeridian | 20 | - | - |
entomologize | 24 | - | - |
entrenchment | 19 | an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | - |
entropically | 19 | - | - |
entrustments | 14 | - | - |
entwinements | 17 | - | - |
enucleations | 14 | - | - |
enumerations | 14 | - | - |
enunciations | 14 | - | - |
entreatments | 14 | - | - |
entreatingly | 16 | in a beseeching manner | - |
entoplastral | 14 | - | - |
entoplastron | 14 | - | - |
entrainement | 14 | - | - |
entrainments | 14 | - | - |
entrammelled | 17 | - | - |
entrancement | 16 | a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | - |
entranceways | 20 | - | - |
entreasuring | 13 | - | - |
enurednesses | 13 | - | - |
envassalling | 16 | - | - |
envelopments | 19 | - | - |
epanorthoses | 17 | - | - |
epanorthosis | 17 | immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification | - |
epanorthotic | 19 | - | - |
epeirogenies | 15 | - | - |
epencephalic | 23 | - | - |
epencephalon | 21 | - | - |
epexegetical | 24 | - | - |
ephebophilia | 24 | - | - |
eosinophilic | 19 | of or relating to eosinophil | - |
eosinophilia | 17 | a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood | - |
envermeiling | 18 | - | - |
enviableness | 17 | - | - |
environments | 17 | - | - |
envisagement | 18 | - | - |
enzootically | 26 | - | - |
enzymologies | 27 | - | - |
enzymologist | 27 | a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology | - |
eosinophiles | 17 | - | - |
ephemerality | 22 | the property of lasting for a very short time | - |
equivocality | 29 | - | - |
erogeneities | 13 | - | - |
erotisations | 12 | - | - |
erotizations | 21 | - | - |
erotological | 15 | - | - |
erotologists | 13 | - | - |
erotomaniacs | 16 | - | - |
erotophobias | 19 | - | - |
erubescences | 18 | - | - |
ergodicities | 16 | - | - |
ergatomorphs | 20 | - | - |
equivocating | 27 | - | - |
equivocators | 26 | - | - |
equivocatory | 29 | - | - |
eradications | 15 | - | - |
erectilities | 14 | - | - |
ergastoplasm | 17 | - | - |
ergativities | 16 | - | - |
eruptiveness | 17 | - | - |
eruptivities | 17 | - | - |
erysipelases | 17 | - | - |
erythropsias | 20 | - | - |
erythrosines | 18 | - | - |
escapologies | 17 | - | - |
escapologist | 17 | an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping | - |
escarmouches | 21 | - | - |
eschatologic | 20 | - | - |
escheatments | 19 | - | - |
eschscholzia | 31 | - | - |
erythropenia | 20 | - | - |
erythroniums | 20 | - | - |
erysipeloids | 18 | - | - |
erythematous | 20 | relating to or characterized by erythema | - |
erythorbates | 20 | - | - |
erythraemias | 20 | - | - |
erythroblast | 20 | a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop | - |
erythrocytes | 23 | - | - |
erythrocytic | 25 | - | - |
escutcheoned | 20 | - | - |
equivalently | 27 | - | - |
epistolising | 15 | - | - |
equalitarian | 21 | a person who believes in the equality of all people | - |
equanimities | 23 | - | - |
equanimously | 26 | - | - |
equatability | 26 | capability of being equated | - |
equationally | 24 | - | - |
equatorially | 24 | - | - |
equestrienne | 21 | - | - |
equalisation | 21 | the act of making equal or uniform | - |
equabilities | 23 | - | - |
epistolizing | 24 | - | - |
epithalamion | 19 | - | - |
epitheliomas | 19 | - | - |
epithelising | 18 | - | - |
epithelizing | 27 | - | - |
epitrochoids | 20 | - | - |
epoxidations | 22 | - | - |
equibalanced | 26 | - | - |
equibalances | 25 | - | - |
equidistance | 24 | - | - |
equiparating | 24 | - | - |
equiparation | 23 | - | - |
equipollence | 25 | - | - |
equipollency | 28 | - | - |
equipollents | 23 | - | - |
equiprobable | 27 | equally probable | - |
equisetiform | 26 | - | - |
equitability | 26 | - | - |
equinumerous | 23 | - | - |
equinoctials | 23 | - | - |
equilaterals | 21 | - | - |
equilibrants | 23 | - | - |
equilibrated | 24 | - | - |
equilibrates | 23 | - | - |
equilibrator | 23 | - | - |
equilibrists | 23 | - | - |
equilibriums | 25 | - | - |
equimultiple | 25 | - | - |
equivalences | 26 | - | - |
endeavourers | 16 | - | - |
endometritis | 15 | inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium) | - |
endomorphies | 20 | - | - |
endomorphism | 22 | - | - |
endonuclease | 15 | a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes | - |
endoparasite | 15 | any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | - |
endoperoxide | 23 | - | - |
endophyllous | 21 | - | - |
endorsements | 15 | - | - |
endogenously | 17 | in an endogenous manner | - |
endodontists | 14 | - | - |
endeavouring | 17 | - | - |
endemicities | 17 | - | - |
endenizening | 23 | - | - |
endocarditic | 18 | - | - |
endochondral | 19 | - | - |
endocuticles | 17 | - | - |
endodermises | 16 | - | - |
endoscopists | 17 | - | - |
endoskeletal | 17 | - | - |
endoskeleton | 17 | the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) | - |
energisation | 13 | - | - |
energization | 22 | - | - |
enfeeblement | 19 | serious weakening and loss of energy | - |
enfeoffments | 23 | - | - |
enforcements | 19 | - | - |
enframements | 19 | - | - |
enfranchiser | 20 | - | - |
enduringness | 14 | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | - |
endurability | 18 | - | - |
endosmometer | 17 | - | - |
endosymbiont | 20 | - | - |
endothelioid | 17 | - | - |
endothelioma | 18 | - | - |
endothermies | 18 | - | - |
endothermism | 20 | - | - |
endotracheal | 18 | - | - |
endungeoning | 15 | - | - |
enfranchises | 20 | - | - |
enarthrodial | 16 | - | - |
enchainments | 19 | - | - |
enchantingly | 21 | in a bewitching manner | - |
enchantments | 19 | - | - |
encheiridion | 18 | - | - |
enchiridions | 18 | - | - |
enchondromas | 20 | - | - |
encincturing | 17 | - | - |
encipherment | 21 | - | - |
encephalomas | 21 | - | - |
encapsulates | 16 | - | - |
encarnalised | 15 | - | - |
encarnalises | 14 | - | - |
encarnalized | 24 | - | - |
encarnalizes | 23 | - | - |
encephalines | 19 | - | - |
encephalitic | 21 | - | - |
enclitically | 19 | - | - |
encloistered | 15 | - | - |
enculturates | 14 | - | - |
encumberment | 20 | - | - |
encumbrancer | 20 | - | - |
encumbrances | 20 | - | - |
encurtaining | 15 | - | - |
encystations | 17 | - | - |
enculturated | 15 | - | - |
encrustments | 16 | - | - |
encomenderos | 17 | - | - |
encounterers | 14 | - | - |
encountering | 15 | - | - |
encouragings | 16 | - | - |
encrimsoning | 17 | - | - |
encrustation | 14 | a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | - |
endamagement | 18 | - | - |
ensnarements | 14 | - | - |
enterococcal | 18 | - | - |
enterococcus | 18 | - | - |
enterocoeles | 14 | - | - |
enterocoelic | 16 | - | - |
enterokinase | 16 | enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin | - |
enteropneust | 14 | - | - |
enteroptoses | 14 | - | - |
enteroptosis | 14 | an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity | - |
enterobiasis | 14 | an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children | - |
enterobiases | 14 | - | - |
ensorcelling | 15 | - | - |
enstructured | 15 | - | - |
enswathement | 20 | - | - |
entablatures | 14 | - | - |
entablements | 16 | - | - |
enterchaunge | 18 | - | - |
enterdealing | 14 | - | - |
enterostomal | 14 | - | - |
enterotomies | 14 | - | - |
enterotoxins | 19 | - | - |
enthymematic | 24 | - | - |
enticingness | 15 | - | - |
entirenesses | 12 | - | - |
entitlements | 14 | - | - |
entomofaunae | 17 | - | - |
entomofaunas | 17 | - | - |
entomologies | 15 | - | - |
enthronizing | 25 | - | - |
enthronising | 16 | - | - |
enterprisers | 14 | - | - |
entertainers | 12 | - | - |
entertissued | 13 | - | - |
enthrallment | 17 | a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | - |
enthralments | 17 | - | - |
enthronement | 17 | the ceremony of installing a new monarch | - |
entomologise | 15 | - | - |
enslavements | 17 | - | - |
enfreedoming | 19 | - | - |
engrossments | 15 | - | - |
enhancements | 19 | - | - |
enharmonical | 19 | - | - |
enheartening | 16 | - | - |
enhypostasia | 20 | - | - |
enhypostatic | 22 | - | - |
enigmatising | 16 | - | - |
enigmatizing | 25 | - | - |
engrossingly | 17 | - | - |
engrailments | 15 | - | - |
engagingness | 15 | - | - |
engarlanding | 15 | - | - |
engarrisoned | 14 | - | - |
engenderment | 16 | - | - |
engineerings | 14 | - | - |
engorgements | 16 | - | - |
engraftation | 16 | - | - |
engraftments | 18 | - | - |
enjambements | 25 | - | - |
enkephalines | 21 | - | - |
enkernelling | 17 | - | - |
enregimented | 16 | - | - |
enregistered | 14 | - | - |
ensanguining | 14 | - | - |
enscheduling | 19 | - | - |
ensepulchred | 20 | - | - |
ensepulchres | 19 | - | - |
ensheltering | 16 | - | - |
enshrinement | 17 | - | - |
enquirations | 21 | - | - |
enouncements | 16 | - | - |
enlargedness | 14 | - | - |
enlargements | 15 | - | - |
enlighteners | 16 | - | - |
enlivenments | 17 | - | - |
enneahedrons | 16 | - | - |
ennoblements | 16 | - | - |
enormousness | 14 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
ensilability | 17 | - | - |
exophthalmia | 29 | - | - |
exotericisms | 23 | - | - |
exothermally | 27 | - | - |
exoticnesses | 21 | - | - |
expansionary | 24 | - | - |
expansionism | 23 | the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country | - |
expatiations | 21 | - | - |
expatriating | 22 | - | - |
exoterically | 24 | - | - |
exospherical | 26 | - | - |
exophthalmic | 31 | - | - |
exophthalmos | 29 | protrusion of the eyeball from the socket | - |
exophthalmus | 29 | - | - |
exorbitances | 23 | - | - |
exorbitantly | 24 | to an exorbitant degree | prices are exorbitantly high in the capital |
exorbitating | 22 | - | - |
exorcistical | 23 | - | - |
exoskeletons | 23 | - | - |
expatriation | 21 | the act of expelling a person from their native land | the expatriation of wealthy farmers |
expatriatism | 23 | - | - |
expectancies | 25 | - | - |
expeditation | 22 | - | - |
expenditures | 22 | - | - |
experiential | 21 | derived from experience or the experience of existence | the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers |
experimented | 24 | - | - |
expertnesses | 21 | - | - |
expeditating | 23 | - | - |
expediential | 22 | - | - |
expectations | 23 | - | - |
expectatives | 26 | - | - |
expectedness | 24 | the state of being that is commonly observed | - |
expectorants | 23 | - | - |
expectorated | 24 | - | - |
expectorates | 23 | - | - |
expectorator | 23 | a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) | - |
expediencies | 24 | - | - |
expiscations | 23 | - | - |
exopeptidase | 24 | - | - |
excorticates | 23 | - | - |
executancies | 23 | - | - |
executioners | 21 | - | - |
executorship | 26 | - | - |
executresses | 21 | - | - |
exegetically | 25 | - | - |
exemplifiers | 26 | - | - |
exemplifying | 30 | clarifying by use of examples | - |
exenterating | 20 | - | - |
execratively | 27 | - | - |
excursionize | 30 | - | - |
excrescences | 25 | - | - |
excrescently | 26 | - | - |
excruciation | 23 | the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering | - |
exculpations | 23 | - | - |
excursioning | 22 | - | - |
excursionise | 21 | - | - |
excursionist | 21 | a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | - |
exenteration | 19 | surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis) | - |
exercitation | 21 | - | - |
exfoliations | 22 | - | - |
exhilaratory | 25 | - | - |
exhortations | 22 | - | - |
exiguousness | 20 | - | - |
exobiologies | 22 | - | - |
exobiologist | 22 | - | - |
exonerations | 19 | - | - |
exonucleases | 21 | - | - |
exoparasites | 21 | - | - |
exhilarators | 22 | - | - |
exhilarative | 25 | - | - |
exhaustivity | 28 | - | - |
exheredating | 24 | - | - |
exheredation | 23 | - | - |
exhibitioner | 24 | someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | - |
exhibitively | 30 | - | - |
exoparasitic | 23 | - | - |
extemporizer | 32 | - | - |
exteriorizes | 28 | - | - |
exterminable | 23 | capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out | - |
exterminates | 21 | - | - |
externalises | 19 | - | - |
externalisms | 21 | - | - |
exteriorized | 29 | - | - |
exteriorises | 19 | - | - |
extemporizes | 32 | - | - |
extendedness | 21 | - | - |
extensimeter | 21 | - | - |
extensionist | 19 | - | - |
extensometer | 21 | - | - |
extenuatings | 20 | - | - |
extenuations | 19 | - | - |
exteriorised | 20 | - | - |
externalists | 19 | - | - |
externalized | 29 | - | - |
externalizes | 28 | - | - |
extractively | 27 | - | - |
extraditable | 22 | - | - |
extraditions | 20 | - | - |