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Words that start with E

Words starting with E

E Words.


Eight echidnas eat eggs in an elevator.

(8) Eight


There are eight legs on the spider in the picture. The number before eight is seven. The number that comes after eight is nine.

Photo by SubZeroConsciousness

Eagle


Eagles are large birds of prey with strong, hooked beaks. They usually hunt small animals and other birds. There are a huge variety of eagles, and they are found all over the world.

Photo by Just chaos

Ear


You have one ear on either side of your head. You use your ears to hear with. You have two ears shaped the way they are so that you can tell which direction sound is coming from.

Photo by Joshua Rappeneker

Earring


Earings are pieces of jewellery you wear either clipped to your ears or hooked through a hole in your ears. Traditionally, more women than men wear earrings.

Photo by Kathy Coleman

Earth


Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to have life. It is the third planet from the sun. Earth is mostly covered in water. The Earth has one moon.

The Earth is 149,597,890km from the Sun.

Its radius is 6,378.14 km.

Image sourced from NASA/JPL-Caltech

Earthquake


An earthquake is a sudden release of energy under the Earth's surface, like a sudden cracking along a fault line. Earthquakes can sometimes be caused by volcanoes. Earthquakes can cause severe shaking of the ground, which makes building buildings fall down and roads and bridges to crack and break.

Photo by Zack Wang

Earwig


Earwigs are a very common insect found all over the world. They eat ripe fruit, trash, other insects and the young shoots of plants.

They get their name because a long time ago people beleived that earwigs crawled into people's brains through their ears to lay their eggs. Earwigs do like hiding in warm, dark, damp places so it is possible they will hide in people's ears if they have the chance.

Photo by Gilles Gonthier

Easel


An easel is a piece of furniture you use to put paper or a canvas on when you are painting.

Photo by Oddharmonic

Eaves

Photo of some eaves
Eaves are the part of a roof that slightly overhangs the walls of the house. Eaves protect the house from weather. A very wide eave would be called a verandah.

Photo by Adactio

Echidna


An echidna, or spiney anteater, is a small, spiney animal found in Australia and New Guinea. They eat mostly ants and termites.

Along with the platypus, echidnas are the only animals that lay eggs.

Photo by Robert Young

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