Nouns starting with E

• electric furnace — Noun – English ～ any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
• electric-arc furnace — Noun – English ～ an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel
• Eptesicus fuscus — Noun – English ～ rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed
• electrical fuse — Noun – English ～ an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
• Emile Gaboriau — Noun – English ～ French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873)
• Erythrina crista-galli — Noun – English ～ small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
• Echidnophaga gallinacea — Noun – English ～ parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
• European gallinule — Noun – English ～ purple gallinule of southern Europe
• Evariste Galois — Noun – English ～ French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832)
• ex-gambler — Noun – English ～ a former gambler
• end game — Noun – English ～ the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
• end game — Noun – English ～ the final stages of an extended process of negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame"
• exhibition game — Noun – English ～ a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing
• en anden gang — Noun – Danish ～ på et senere tidspunkt; ved en anden lejlighed
• emphysematous gangrene — Noun – English ～ (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
• Egretta garzetta — Noun – English ～ Old World egret
• Elizabeth Gaskell — Noun – English ～ English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
• epicyclic gear — Noun – English ～ an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
• Estates General — Noun – English ～ assembly of the estates of all France; last meeting in 1789
• electrostatic generator — Noun – English ～ electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity

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