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E-BankingnounThe remote delivery of new and traditional banking products and services through electronic delivery channels.SystemRegulatedPCI
E-commercenounThe processes by which enterprises conduct business electronically with their customers, suppliers and other external business partners, using the Internet as an enabling technology Scope Note: E-commerce encompasses both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce models, but does not include existing non-Internet e-commerce methods based on private networks such as electronic data interchange (EDI) and Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).Process
E-GovernmentnounThe use by the U.S. government of Web-based Internet applications and other information technology.CapabilityRegulatedCUI
E-Mailnoun(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs inverified
Eagle RaynounMWEpowerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike finsverified
Eagrenouna high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)verified
Ear CanalnounMWEeither of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membraneverified
Ear FungusnounMWEwidely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying woodverified
Ear TrumpetnounMWEa conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired personverified
Ear-Shellnounany of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interiorverified
Eared SealnounMWEpinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on landverified
Earleaved Umbrella TreenounMWEsmall erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tipsverified
Earless LizardnounMWEany of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexicoverified
Earless SealnounMWEany of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippersverified
Early Coral RootnounMWEplant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lipsverified
Early Purple OrchidnounMWEEurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spikeverified
Early Spider OrchidnounMWEspring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lipverified
Early Wake-RobinnounMWEa low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United Statesverified
Early Warning SystemnounMWEa network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept themverified
Earmuffnouneither of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weatherverified
Earning Per SharenounMWEthe portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stockverified
Earningsnounthe excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)verified
Earnings ReportnounMWEa financial statement that gives operating results for a specific periodverified
Earplugnouna plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noiseverified
Earth WaxnounMWEa waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleumverified
Earth-Closetnouna small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecateverified
Earth-Nut PeanounMWEEuropean herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskeyverified
Earthballnounany of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling trufflesverified
Earthly ConcernnounMWEthe concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlifeverified
Earthnutnouna common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnutsverified
Earthquakenounshaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activityverified
Earwignounany of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomenverified
Easementnoun(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)verified