12-Letter Words Starting With E

Here's the list of all the 964 12-Letter Words Starting With E in the English Language.

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encyclopedia
1. 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
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experimental
1. relating to or based on experiment
2. relying on observation or experiment
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entrepreneur
1. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
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entertaining
1. agreeably diverting
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evolutionary
1. of or relating to or produced by evolution
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epidemiology
1. the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease
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exploitation
1. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
2. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
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economically
1. with respect to economic science
2. in an economical manner
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enthusiastic
1. having or showing great excitement and interest
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embarrassing
1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
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encompassing
1. broad in scope or content
2. closely encircling
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experiential
1. relating to or resulting from experience
2. derived from experience or the experience of existence
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electrically
1. by electricity
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equalization
1. the act of making equal or uniform
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emancipation
1. freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
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extravaganza
1. any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
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effortlessly
1. without effort or apparent effort
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econometrics
1. the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
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encephalitis
1. 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)
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enlightening
1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
2. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
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epistemology
1. the philosophical theory of knowledge
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ethnographic
1. of or relating to ethnography
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ecologically
1. with respect to ecology
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extinguisher
1. a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
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exhilarating
1. making lively and cheerful
2. making lively and joyful
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electrolysis
1. (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions
2. removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root
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extinguished
1. of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
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exaggeration
1. extravagant exaggeration
2. the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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encroachment
1. any entry into an area not previously occupied
2. entry to another's property without right or permission
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enterprising
1. marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
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erythromycin
1. 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
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entanglement
1. an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
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emphatically
1. without question and beyond doubt
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electrolytic
1. of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis
2. of or relating to or containing an electrolyte
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eccentricity
1. strange and unconventional behavior
2. (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
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exchangeable
1. suitable to be exchanged
2. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
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embezzlement
1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
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encyclopedic
1. comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)
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evangelistic
1. relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel
2. marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
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excruciating
1. extremely painful
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experimenter
1. a research worker who conducts experiments
2. a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas
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endocarditis
1. inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
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electrifying
1. causing a surge of emotion or excitement
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endonuclease
1. a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
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extravagance
1. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
2. the trait of spending extravagantly
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effervescent
1. marked by high spirits or excitement
2. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
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exploitative
1. tending to exploit or make use of
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exterminator
1. someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
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exacerbation
1. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
2. violent and bitter exasperation
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entomologist
1. a zoologist who studies insects
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endangerment
1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
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exhaustively
1. in an exhaustive manner
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exhilaration
1. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
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extramarital
1. characterized by adultery
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exacerbating
1. making worse
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equalisation
1. the act of making equal or uniform
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excitability
1. excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
2. being easily excited
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exterminated
1. destroyed completely
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ecclesiology
1. the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
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exasperation
1. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
2. actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
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evolutionist
1. a person who believes in organic evolution
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estrangement
1. separation resulting from hostility
2. the feeling of being alienated from other people
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eosinophilic
1. of or relating to eosinophil
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eosinophilia
1. a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood
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12-Letter Words Starting With E