Words that start with E

In astronomy, an eclipse is where various planetary bodies align and block the light from the sun. In a lunar eclipse, the Earth comes between the sun and the moon. In a solar eclipse, the moon comes between the Earth and the sun. The picture is of a solar eclipse.
In general language, you eclipse someone if you do something so much better or more obviously than they do that everyone notices you and not them, for example "her beauty eclipsed all others at the dance".

Something is edible if you can eat it and it isn't dangerous. Many things that we don't normally have at mealtimes are edible, such as flowers and leaves of some garden and wild plants.

Birds, fish, most insects and most reptiles lay eggs, as do monotremes and amphibians. Birds lay eggs with a hard shell, and only one at a time, although they may lay several eggs to fill a nest. Reptiles like turtles and crocodiles lay eggs with leathery shells, and can lay hundreds of eggs at once. Fish and frogs lay eggs in the water, and most have no shells or a coating of jelly to make it hard for other things to eat them. Insects also lay eggs, and most are so small you can hardly see them. Only a very very small number of animals lay eggs. The platypus is one of them.

An egret is a white heron. There are several different kinds of egret, all of them are white or pale.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Something or someone is elegant if it is gracefully refined and dignified.