Words that start with E

Eis forEnormous

Enormous is another word for huge. The boy in the picture thinks the horse is enormous.

Eis forEnroll

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.

Education

Hank LeClair / CC BY-SA

Eis forEnsuite

An ensuite is a small bathroom that is attached to a bedroom, and can only be entered via the bedroom. Ensuites can range from very tiny to large, luxurious rooms.

List of bathroom items

Marshall Astor / CC BY-SA

Eis forEntrance

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.

List of locations

SludgeGulper / CC BY-SA

Eis forEnvelope

An envelope is a special paper container that you put letters into to send them to other people. It costs money to send a letter. You have to buy a stamp to put on it to send it.

List of office items, List of types of shipping and packaging

Nattu / CC BY-SA

Eis forEnvironment

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

Landscape

Photographic Dictionary / Generated illustration

Eis forEnvy

Envy is being resentful of something that someone else has. Sometimes, people who are envious will wish the other person doesn't have the coveted item either. Envy is one of the seven deadly sins.

The seven deadly sins, Emotions

L.C. Nøttaasen / CC BY-SA

Eis forEqual

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.

Mathematics

The equator is an imaginary line drawn around the earth that is equally distant from the north and south poles, dividing the earth into hemispheres. The join around the middle of the globe in the picture is the equator.

Landscape