docket :: program as for trial; book where such entries are made doggerel :: poor verse dolt :: stupid person domicile :: home dotage :: senility dregs :: sediment; worthless residue dross :: waste matter; worthless impurities drudgery :: menial work duenna :: attendant of young female; chaperone duplicity :: double-dealing; hypocrisy durance :: restraint; imprisonment duress :: forcible restraint, especially unlawfully eccentricity :: oddity; idiosyncrasy eclecticism :: selection of elements from various sets of opinions or systems ecstasy :: rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion efficacy :: power to produce desired effect effigy :: dummy effluvium :: noxious smell effrontery :: shameless boldness effusion :: pouring forth egoism :: excessive interest in one"s self egotism :: conceit; vanity egress :: exit ejaculation :: exclamation elation :: a rise in spirits; exaltation embezzlement :: stealing emendation :: correction of errors; improvement emetic :: substance causing vomiting emollient :: soothing or softening remedy emolument :: salary; compensation enclave :: territory enclosed within an alien land encomium :: praise; eulogy encroachment :: gradual intrusion endearment :: fond statement endive :: species of leafy plant used in salads enigma :: puzzle ennui :: boredom enormity :: hugeness (in a bad sense) entity :: real being entomology :: study of insects entree :: entrance entrepreneur :: businessman; contractor epicure :: connoisseur of food and drink epicurean :: person who devotes himself to pleasure of the senses epigram :: witty thought or saying, usually short epilogue :: short speech at conclusion of dramatic work epitaph :: inscription in memory of a dead person epithet :: descriptive word or phrase |