English words starting with ec

Meanings of Ec:

abbreviation

East central (london postal district).

Meanings of Ecad:

noun

An organism that is modified by its environment.

Meanings of Ecarte:

noun

A card game for two players, originating in 19th-century france, in which thirty-two cards are used and certain cards may be discarded in exchange for others.

Meanings of Ecb:

abbreviation

England and wales cricket board.

noun

Abbreviation for european central bank: the central bank for countries that use the euro

Usage examples:

The ecb has raised interest rates as oil prices have pushed inflation above its target of 2%.

Meanings of Ecbolic:

adjective

Inducing contractions of the uterus leading to expulsion of a fetus.

Usage examples:

The ecbolic properties of indian medicinal plants

noun

An agent that induces contractions of the uterus.

Meanings of Ecbolics:

noun

An agent that induces contractions of the uterus.

adjective

Inducing contractions of the uterus leading to expulsion of a fetus.

Usage examples:

The ecbolic properties of indian medicinal plants

Meanings of Eccentric:

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.

Usage examples:

He noted her eccentric appearance

noun

A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's seen as a local eccentric

Meanings of Eccentrically:

adverb

In a strange or unusual way that is sometimes humorous

Usage examples:

I used to dress quite eccentrically., every item in his eccentrically decorated home tells a bizarr…

Meanings of Eccentricities:

noun

The quality of being eccentric.

Usage examples:

The eccentricity of his views

Meanings of Eccentricity:

noun

The quality of being eccentric.

Usage examples:

The eccentricity of his views

Meanings of Eccentrics:

noun

A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's seen as a local eccentric

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.

Usage examples:

He noted her eccentric appearance

Meanings of Ecchymoses:

noun

A discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising.

Usage examples:

There are signs of ecchymosis

Meanings of Ecchymosis:

noun

A discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising.

Usage examples:

There are signs of ecchymosis

Meanings of Eccles:

abbreviation

Ecclesiastes (in biblical references).

Meanings of Ecclesial:

adjective

Relating to or constituting a church or denomination.

Usage examples:

The modernization of ecclesial buildings

Meanings of Ecclesiarch:

noun

A ruler of a church.

Meanings of Ecclesiastes:

proper noun

A book of the bible traditionally attributed to solomon, consisting largely of reflections on the vanity of human life.

Meanings of Ecclesiastic:

noun

A priest or member of the clergy.

Usage examples:

Frequently visited by princes and high ecclesiastics, the monastery soon became famous.

adjective

Another term for ecclesiastical.

Meanings of Ecclesiastical:

adjective

Relating to the christian church or its clergy.

Usage examples:

The ecclesiastical hierarchy

Meanings of Ecclesiastically:

adverb

In a way that relates to the christian religion, or to its church leaders or officials

Usage examples:

He led an ecclesiastically uneventful life as a vicar in the church of england., the system for hel…

Meanings of Ecclesiasticism:

noun

Adherence or over-attention to details of church practice.

Usage examples:

The ecclesiasticism that so often gets in the way of the gospel

Meanings of Ecclesiastics:

noun

A priest or member of the clergy.

Usage examples:

Frequently visited by princes and high ecclesiastics, the monastery soon became famous.

Meanings of Ecclesiasticus:

proper noun

A book of the apocrypha containing moral and practical maxims, probably composed or compiled in the early 2nd century bc.

Meanings of Ecclesiology:

noun

The study of churches, especially church building and decoration.

Meanings of Eccoprotic:

noun

A medicine which has a laxative effect.

Usage examples:

He prescribes purgative medicines to act as eccoprotics, to excite but not to stimulate the bowels.