| electric |
of or having to do with electricity. [3 definitions] |
| electrical |
having to do with electricity; electric. |
| electrician |
one whose job is to install or repair electrical equipment. |
| electricity |
energy caused by the movement of electrons through matter. [3 definitions] |
| electrocute |
to kill by electricity. |
| electrode |
a part of an electric or electronic device. An electrode allows electric current to enter or leave a device such as a battery. |
| electromagnet |
an iron or steel core with wire wound around it. It becomes magnetic when an electric current is passed through the wire. |
| electron |
a very small particle that moves outside the nucleus of an atom. Electrons have a negative charge. |
| electronic |
having to do with devices, equipment, or systems that use electricity in complex ways while employing very tiny parts. [2 definitions] |
| electronic mail |
a written message sent between people from a computer in one location to a computer in another location; e-mail. |
| electronics |
(used with a singular verb) the science that is concerned with the flow of electrons and their uses. |
| elegant |
fine or rich in quality. |
| element |
a part of any whole. [4 definitions] |
| elementary |
having to do with the most basic or simplest parts of something. [2 definitions] |
| elementary school |
a school for the first six to eight years of a child's education. |
| elephant |
an enormous mammal with a very long nose called a trunk. Elephants have curved tusks, huge, floppy ears, and four long, thick legs. Elephants use their trunks to pick up food, drink water, or lift things. They use their tusks to dig roots. Elephants travel in herds, eating tons of plants every day. African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. Indian elephants are smaller and can be trained to work with people. |
| elevate |
to raise or lift up to a higher physical position. |
| elevation |
the height to which something rises or is raised, or its height above sea level or ground level. [2 definitions] |
| elevator |
a platform or a small room used to raise and lower people or goods from one level or floor to another in a building. [2 definitions] |
| eleven |
the word for the Arabic numeral 11 and the Roman numeral XI. [3 definitions] |
| eleventh |
coming next after the tenth in a series. [3 definitions] |