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Words starting with E

Words that start with E

Eight echidnas eat eggs in an elevator.

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Something is elaborate if it has been made with great care and with lots of intricate detail. The vase in the picture is quite elaborate. The opposite of elaborate is simple.
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Eis forElastic

Something is elastic if it snaps back to its original size after it has been stretched. There are many uses for things with elastic properties. rubber bands and the elastic in clothing are just two uses for elastic materials.
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Your elbow is the joint halfway up your arm, so you can bend your arm. If you hit the back of your elbow it feels funny, so people call it your funny bone. Your funny bone is actually just a nerve.

Eis forElderly

Someone is elderly if they are in their older age. Elderly is a politer way of saying old.
An electric guitar is similar to an acoustic guitar but instead of having a hollow wooden box under the strings to make it sound louder, there is an electronic device that needs to be plugged into an amplifier so you can hear the guitar. Electric guitars are used in almost all modern pop and rock music. Unlike acoustic guitars and most other instruments, electric guitars don't just have one sound - they can be changed to have almost any sound you want, which is part of the reason they are so popular.
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Electric razors are used for shaving hair off. They make use of tiny rotating blades, and don't need water or shaving cream.
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An electrician is someone who works with electrical wiring, or some kinds of electrical devices. In most countries you have to hire an electrician to do electrical work rather than doing it yourself.
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Electricity is the flow of charged particles through a conducting material, usually copper. Electricity is used for a huge variety of things today, with virtually all modern devices powered by it. Electricity is used to make many common things around you work, such as your refrigerator, modern watches, computers and phones. Electricity can be stored inside a battery to be used later. You may also be interested in static electricity or lightning, two other effects of electricity.
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Something or someone is elegant if it is gracefully refined and dignified.

Eis forElephant

Elephants are the largest land animals on earth (whales are the largest animal, but they live in the sea). They can live for 70 years. There are two different kinds of elephant, African and Asian (or Indian) elephants. African elephants are larger and have bigger ears. The elephant in the picture is an African elephant.