Words that start with E

Something is encrusted if it is covered in a layer of something else. Usually when you talk about something being encrusted, the layer is made up of lots of small things. Some expensive jewelry is encrusted with diamonds, and the rock in the picture is encrusted with barnacles.

An engine is a device that creates mechanical motion, usually by burning some kind of fuel to create that motion. Engines are used for all sorts of things. The most common uses are for powering cars and airplanes.

English box, or boxwood, is an evergreen shrub that is most commonly used for topiary. It has dense foliage and is easy to clip into shapes.

English muffins are a kind of bread made with yeast. They are usually cut in half like in the picture, toasted, and eaten for breakfast with butter and toppings like honey or jam.

You enjoy something if it gives you pleasure and makes you happy. The man in the picture is enjoying the food he is eating.

You enroll in something when you are added to a list, or roll.

Enrolling is usually used to mean signing up for some kind of course of education at a school or university.

An entrance is the way into somewhere, usually a building. When you enter somewhere with a big fuss, you are said to be making an entrance.
The opposite of an entrance is an exit.

An environment is the surroundings a person, plant or animal lives in, including landscape and weather.

Two things are equal when there are no difference in the amounts of each thing. For example, two glasses each with equal amounts of wine in them.

An eraser is a piece of soft rubber or plastic that is used to rub out mistakes you make with lead pencil.