English words starting with es - page 1
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Meanings of Escaped:
adjectiveHaving broken free from confinement or control.
Usage examples:
Escaped convicts
verbBreak free from confinement or control.
Usage examples:
Two burglars have just escaped from prison
Escapee
ɪˌskeɪˈpiːMeanings of Escapee:
nounA person who has escaped from somewhere, especially prison.
Usage examples:
We try to focus primarily on missing children, dangerous prison escapees and dangerous fugitives.
Escapees
ɪˌskeɪˈpiːMeanings of Escapees:
nounA person who has escaped from somewhere, especially prison.
Usage examples:
We try to focus primarily on missing children, dangerous prison escapees and dangerous fugitives.
Escapements
ɪˈskeɪpm(ə)ntMeanings of Escapements:
nounA mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
Usage examples:
A lever escapement
Escapes
ɪˈskeɪpMeanings of Escapes:
verbBreak free from confinement or control.
Usage examples:
Two burglars have just escaped from prison
nounAn act of breaking free from confinement or control.
Usage examples:
The gang had made their escape
Escaping
ɪˈskeɪpMeanings of Escaping:
verbBreak free from confinement or control.
Usage examples:
Two burglars have just escaped from prison
nounAn act of breaking free from confinement or control.
Usage examples:
The gang had made their escape
Escapism
ɪˈskeɪ.pɪ.zəmMeanings of Escapism:
nounThe tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.
Usage examples:
Virtual reality offers a form of escapism
Meanings of Escapist:
nounA person who seeks distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially in the form of entertainment or fantasy.
Usage examples:
The perfect escapist's paradise, almost as remote as a desert island
adjectiveProviding or seeking distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially in the form of entertainment or fantasy.
Usage examples:
I was ready for a good escapist read
Escapists
ɪˈskeɪpɪstMeanings of Escapists:
nounA person who seeks distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially in the form of entertainment or fantasy.
Usage examples:
The perfect escapist's paradise, almost as remote as a desert island
adjectiveProviding or seeking distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially in the form of entertainment or fantasy.
Usage examples:
I was ready for a good escapist read
Escapologist
ˌes.kəˈpɒl.ə.dʒɪstMeanings of Escapologist:
nounAn entertainer specializing in freeing themselves from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
Usage examples:
‘our clients will be able to enjoy comedy, magicians, contortionists, escapologists and music,’ he …
Escapology
ˌes.kəˈpɒl.ə.dʒiMeanings of Escapology:
nounThe skill of freeing oneself from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains, as a form of entertainment.
Usage examples:
Her showbiz talents include dance and escapology
Meanings of Escargot:
nounThe edible snail, especially as an item on a menu.
Usage examples:
No, i did not include escargots on the menu.
Escargots
ɪˈskɑː.ɡəʊMeanings of Escargots:
nounThe edible snail, especially as an item on a menu.
Usage examples:
No, i did not include escargots on the menu.
Escarole
ˈes.kə.rəʊlMeanings of Escarole:
nounAn endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavour, used in salads.
Usage examples:
If you want to continue exploring, toss curly endive, escarole, arugula or radicchio - all of which…
Meanings of Escaroles:
nounAn endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavour, used in salads.
Usage examples:
If you want to continue exploring, toss curly endive, escarole, arugula or radicchio - all of which…
Escarp
ɪˈskɑːpMeanings of Escarp:
nounA steep bank or slope, especially that of a ditch in a fortification.
Usage examples:
The reconstruction of escarps at the fortress of gibraltar
Escarpment
ɪˈskɑːpm(ə)ntMeanings of Escarpment:
nounA long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
Usage examples:
Perhaps the most striking feature is the steep escarpment that characterizes the northwest-facing e…
Escarpments
ɪˈskɑːp.məntMeanings of Escarpments:
nounA long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
Usage examples:
Perhaps the most striking feature is the steep escarpment that characterizes the northwest-facing e…
Meanings of Escarps:
nounA steep bank or slope, especially that of a ditch in a fortification.
Usage examples:
The reconstruction of escarps at the fortress of gibraltar
Meanings of Eschar:
nounA dry, dark scab or falling away of dead skin, typically caused by a burn, an insect bite, or infection with anthrax.
Usage examples:
Formation of a local cutaneous papule ensues at the site of inoculation within three to five days a…
Eschars
ˈɛskɑːMeanings of Eschars:
nounA dry, dark scab or falling away of dead skin, typically caused by a burn, an insect bite, or infection with anthrax.
Usage examples:
Formation of a local cutaneous papule ensues at the site of inoculation within three to five days a…
Eschatological
ˌɛskətəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lMeanings of Eschatological:
adjectiveRelating to death, judgement, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
Usage examples:
Unorthodox religionists concerned with eschatological questions
Eschatology
es.kəˈtɒl.ə.dʒiMeanings of Eschatology:
nounThe part of theology concerned with death, judgement, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
Usage examples:
Christian hope is concerned with eschatology, or the science of last things
Escheat
esˈtʃiːtMeanings of Escheat:
nounThe reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
Usage examples:
The crown's right of escheat was lost
verb(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat.
Usage examples:
A private chase which had escheated to the king
Meanings of Escheated:
verb(of land) revert to a lord or the state by escheat.
Usage examples:
A private chase which had escheated to the king
nounThe reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs.
Usage examples:
The crown's right of escheat was lost
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