ebony spleenwort

common North American fern with polished black stripes ;

ebony tree

tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork ;

ebro

a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean ;

ebro river

a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean ;

ebs

the compass point that is one point south of due east ;

ebullience

overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval ;

ebullition

an unrestrained expression of emotion ;

eburnation

a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory ;

eburophyton

a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae ;

eburophyton austinae

waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho ;

ebv

the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China ;

ec

an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he took Britain into Europe" ;

ecarte

a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high ;

ecballium

exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber ;

ecballium elaterium

Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched ;

ecc

(telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors ;

ecce homo

a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns ;

eccentric

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" ; a person with an unusual or odd personality ;

eccentric person

a person with an unusual or odd personality ;

eccentricity

strange and unconventional behavior ; a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path ; (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity" ;

ecchymosis

the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin ; the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise ;

eccles

Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) ;

eccles cake

a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit ;

ecclesiastes

an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC ;

ecclesiastic

a clergyman or other person in religious orders ;

ecclesiastical attire

attire that is appropriate to wear in a church ;

ecclesiastical benefice

an endowed church office giving income to its holder ;

ecclesiastical calendar

a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals ;

ecclesiastical law

the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church ;

ecclesiastical mode

any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode ;

ecclesiastical province

the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order; "the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him" ;

ecclesiastical robe

attire that is appropriate to wear in a church ;

ecclesiasticism

excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion" ; religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices ;

ecclesiasticus

an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) ;

ecclesiology

the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church ;

eccm

electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare ;

eccrine gland

a small sweat gland the produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin ;

eccyesis

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus ;

ecdysiast

a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music ;

ecdysis

periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles ;