Nouns starting with E

• ephemeris — Noun – English ～ an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides"
• ephemeron — Noun – English ～ anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
• Ephemeroptera — Noun – English ～ mayflies
• ephemeropteran — Noun – English ～ short-lived insect
• Ephesian — Noun – English ～ a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus
• ephesians — Noun – English ～ a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ
• Ephestia elutella — Noun – English ～ small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
• Ephestia — Noun – English ～ small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products
• ephesus — Noun – English ～ an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity
• Ephesus — Noun – English ～ the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius
• Ephippidae — Noun – English ～ small family comprising the spadefishes
• Ephippiorhynchus — Noun – English ～ saddlebills
• epi — Noun – English ～ a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
• epic — Noun – English ～ a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
• epicalyx — Noun – English ～ a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
• epicanthus — Noun – English ～ a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome
• epicardia — Noun – English ～ the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach
• epicardium — Noun – English ～ the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium
• epicarp — Noun – English ～ outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
• epicene — Noun – English ～ one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

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