English words starting with ed

Meanings of Ed:

abbreviation

Edited by.

Usage examples:

‘eighteenth-century women poets’, ed. roger lonsdale

suffix

(added to nouns to form adjectives) having; possessing; affected by.

Usage examples:

Talented

verb

(in an online discussion, especially on twitter) address (someone) in order to draw their attention to a comment or post, by using an @ symbol preceding their name.

Usage examples:

If you see anything else interesting, please @ me in the comments

Meanings of Edacious:

adjective

Relating to or given to eating.

Meanings of Edam:

noun

A round dutch cheese, typically pale yellow with a red wax coating.

Usage examples:

The sector includes cooked pressed cheeses, used mainly for cooking purposes, and uncooked pressed …

proper noun

A town in the netherlands, to the north-east of amsterdam; population 28,448 (2008) (with volendam).

Meanings of Edaphic:

adjective

Of, produced by, or influenced by the soil.

Usage examples:

Long-term cultivation may cause near-irreversible edaphic changes

Meanings of Edaphosaurus:

noun

A large herbivorous synapsid reptile of the late carboniferous and early permian periods, with long knobbly spines on its back supporting a sail-like crest.

Usage examples:

Along with the diadectidae, edaphosaurus is one of the earliest known plant-eating tetrapods (land-…

Meanings of Eddied:

verb

(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.

Usage examples:

The mists from the river eddied round the banks

noun

A circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.

Usage examples:

The current was forming foam-lipped eddies along the bank

Meanings of Eddies:

noun

A circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.

Usage examples:

The current was forming foam-lipped eddies along the bank

verb

(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.

Usage examples:

The mists from the river eddied round the banks

Meanings of Eddo:

noun

A taro corm or plant of a west indian variety with many edible cormlets.

Usage examples:

The smaller taro, or eddo, is popular in caribbean and west african cooking, but wearing gloves whe…

Meanings of Eddoes:

noun

A taro corm or plant of a west indian variety with many edible cormlets.

Usage examples:

The smaller taro, or eddo, is popular in caribbean and west african cooking, but wearing gloves whe…

Meanings of Eddy:

noun

A circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.

Usage examples:

The current was forming foam-lipped eddies along the bank

verb

(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.

Usage examples:

The mists from the river eddied round the banks

Meanings of Eddying:

verb

(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.

Usage examples:

The mists from the river eddied round the banks

noun

A circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool.

Usage examples:

The current was forming foam-lipped eddies along the bank

Meanings of Edelweiss:

noun

A european mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves.

Usage examples:

Celebrated in the sound of music, the edelweiss has white star-shaped flowers and grows on rocks an…

Meanings of Edelweisses:

noun

A european mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves.

Usage examples:

Celebrated in the sound of music, the edelweiss has white star-shaped flowers and grows on rocks an…

Meanings of Edema:

noun

A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

Usage examples:

Seven children died from illness or injury without oedema, three in the antioxidant supplement grou…

Meanings of Eden:

proper noun

The place where adam and eve lived in the biblical account of the creation, from which they were expelled for disobediently eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

noun

A place or state of great happiness; an unspoilt paradise.

Usage examples:

The lost eden of his childhood

Meanings of Edenic:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the garden of eden.

Usage examples:

The story of the edenic fall

Meanings of Edentata:

noun

Another term for xenarthra.

Meanings of Edentate:

noun

A mammal of an order distinguished by the lack of incisor and canine teeth, including the anteaters, sloths, and armadillos, all of which are native to central and south america.

Usage examples:

Another group of uniquely south american mammals, the edentates (sloths, armadillos and anteaters),…

Meanings of Edentates:

noun

A mammal of an order distinguished by the lack of incisor and canine teeth, including the anteaters, sloths, and armadillos, all of which are native to central and south america.

Usage examples:

Another group of uniquely south american mammals, the edentates (sloths, armadillos and anteaters),…

Meanings of Edentulous:

adjective

Lacking teeth.

Usage examples:

The two intermediate species are estimated to weigh between 200 and 500 kg and include maleevosauru…

Meanings of Edge:

noun

The outside limit of an object, area, or surface.

Usage examples:

A willow tree at the water's edge

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving

Meanings of Edge out:

phrasal verb

Narrowly defeat a rival or opponent.

Usage examples:

Portugal edged out holland in the semi-final

Meanings of Edge-case:

noun

A problem or situation, especially in computer programming, that only happens in extreme situations or at the highest or lowest end of a range of possible values

Usage examples:

You may run into an edge case where your program screws up., in engineering, it is important not to…

Meanings of Edge-up:

phrasal verb

Push one's way into (a space)

noun

The outer or farthest point of something

Usage examples:

The edge of a cliff/table, they walked down to the water’s edge., fig. hitchcock’s films often kept…

Meanings of Edged:

adjective

(of an object, area, or surface) having an outside edge or boundary of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

A regular square-edged tile

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

Usage examples:

The pool is edged with paving