| embolism | An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel. |
| embroil | To involve in dissension or strife. |
| emerge | To come into view or into existence. |
| emergence | A coming into view. |
| emergent | Coming into view. |
| emeritus | Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position. |
| emigrant | One who moves from one place to settle in another. |
| emigrate | To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another. |
| eminence | An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc. |
| eminent | High in station, merit, or esteem. |
| emit | To send or give out. |
| emphasis | Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word. |
| emphasize | To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words. |
| emphatic | Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words. |
| employee | One who works for wages or a salary. |
| employer | One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay. |
| emporium | A bazaar or shop. |
| empower | To delegate authority to. |
| emulate | To imitate with intent to equal or surpass. |
| enact | To make into law, as by legislative act. |
| enamor | To inspire with ardent love. |
| encamp | To pitch tents for a resting-place. |
| encomium | A formal or discriminating expression of praise. |
| encompass | To encircle. |
| encore | The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance. |
| encourage | To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind. |
| encroach | To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another. |
| encumber | To impede with obstacles. |
| encyclical | Intended for general circulation. |
| encyclopedia | A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject. |
| endanger | To expose to peril. |
| endear | To cause to be loved. |
| endemic | Peculiar to some specified country or people. |
| endue | To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual. |
| endurable | Tolerable. |
| endurance | The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing. |
| energetic | Working vigorously. |
| enervate | To render ineffective or inoperative. |
| enfeeble | To debilitate. |
| enfranchise | To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote. |
| engender | To produce. |
| engrave | To cut or carve in or upon some surface. |
| engross | To occupy completely. |
| enhance | To intensify. |
| enigma | A riddle. |
| enjoin | To command. |
| enkindle | To set on fire. |
| enlighten | To cause to see clearly. |
| enlist | To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment. |
| enmity | Hatred. |