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- e.g.
An abbreviation that stands for the Latin phrase exempli gratia. Instead use for example or such as.
- Easy English
Easy English is a simple style of writing developed in Australia over the last 15 years by speech pathologists. …
- effect
The word effect. pronounced with a long e, as in /ĭ-fĕkt′/, is both a noun and a verb. It is best known…
- email
Digital messages sent and received through a network, such as an intranet or the internet. Spelled as a single word without a hyphen.
- emotional support animal
A pet (usually a dog or cat) that provides comfort to a person for psychiatric and emotional…
- endemic
A disease that presents in consistent and predictable rates or patterns in a particular region. For example…
- endorsements
The approval or support of a person, product, or thing. An endorsement of political candidate, piece…
- Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
A case in which a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States ruled that disabled students…
- ensure
A transitive verb that means to make sure, certain, or safe or to guarantee. Do not confuse with…
- epidemic
An unexpected outbreak of infectious disease or other health condition affecting a large number…
- etc.
A widely used abbreviation for the Latin phrase et cetera, which means and so on or and other…
- ethnic cleansing
A purposeful act by one ethnic or religious group to remove another ethnic or religious group from…
- ethnicity
A sociological grouping based on shared cultural (sometimes religious), social, historical, and…
- eugenics
A pseudoscience designed to control reproduction in an effort to create what proponents of…
- euphemism
A word or phrase used to replace language that some might find harsh, offensive, brazen, or disgusting.
- everyday, every day
Do not confuse the single word everyday with the compound phrase every day. The compound word…