DRAW'INGROOM, _s._ a room to which company withdraw--originally withdrawing-room
DRE'ADFUL, _a._ terrible; frightful
DRE'ARINESS, _s._ gloominess; sorrowfulness
DRE'ARY, _a._ sorrowful; gloomy; dismal; horrid
DU'CAT, _s._ a coin struck by Dukes; in silver valued at about four shillings and sixpence, in gold at nine shillings and sixpence
DURA'TION, _s._ power of continuance; length of continuance
DU'RING, _prep._ for the time of the continuance
EA'RLY, _ad._ soon; betimes
EA'RTHQUAKE, _s._ tremour or convulsion of the earth
EA'STERN, _a._ belonging to the east; lying to the east; oriental
EA'SY, _a._ not difficult; ready; contented; at rest
ECLI'PSE, _s._ an obscuration of the heavenly luminaries; darkness; obscuration
ECO'NOMY, _s._ frugality; discretion of expense; system of matter
E'DIFICE, _s._ a fabric; a building
EDI'TION, _s._ publication of anything, particularly of a book
EDUCA'TION, _s._ formation of manners in youth
EFFE'CT, _s._ that which is produced by an operating cause; success; purpose; meaning; consequence
EFFE'CTUAL, _a._ productive of effects; expressive of facts
EFFE'MINACY, _s._ softness; unmanly delicacy
E'FFLUENCE, _s._ what issues from some other principle
E'FFULGENCE, _s._ lustre; brightness; splendour
EFFU'SE, _v.a._ to pour out; to spill, to shed
EJA'CULATION, _s._ an exclamation
ELA'BORATE, _a._ finished with care
ELE'CTRIC, _a._ relating to electricity
ELE'CTRO-MA'GNETISM, _s._ a branch of electrical science
E'LEGANCE, _s._ beauty, rather soothing than striking; beauty without grandeur
E'LEGY, _s._ a mournful song; short poem without points or turns
E'LEPHANT, _s._ a large quadruped
E'LEVA'TED, _a._ exalted; raised up; progressed in rank
ELEVA'TION, _s._ the act of raising up aloft; exaltation
ELOCU'TION, _s._ the power of fluent speech; the power of expression; eloquence; flow of language
E'LOQUENCE, _s._ the power or speaking with fluency and elegance
ELU'DE, _v.a._ to mock by unexpected escape
E'MANATE, _v.a._ to issue; to flow from something else
EMBA'LM, _v.a._ impregnate a body with aromatics, that it may resist putrefaction
EMBA'RK, _v.n._ to go on board a ship; to engage in any affair
EMBROI'DERY, _s._ variegated work; figures raised upon a ground
E'MERALD, _s._ a precious stone of a green colour
EME'RGE, _v.n._ to issue; to proceed; to rise
EME'RGENCY, _s._ the act of rising into view; any sudden occasion; pressing necessity
E'MINENCE, _s._ loftiness; height; summit; distinction
E'MINENT, _a._ celebrated; renowned
EMI'T, _v.a._ to send forth; to let fly; to dart
EMO'LUMENT, _s._ profit; advantage
E'MPEROR, _s._ a monarch of title and dignity superior to a king
EMPLO'Y, _v.a._ busy; keep at work; use as materials; trust with the management of any affairs; use as means
E'MULATE, _v.a._ to vie
EMULA'TION, _s._ rivalry; desire of superiority
ENA'BLE, _v.a._ make able; confer power