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Edgingnounborder consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)verified
Edible AsparagusnounMWEplant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetableverified
Edible BanananounMWEwidely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruitverified
Edible BeannounMWEany of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for foodverified
Edible FatnounMWEoily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissueverified
Edible FruitnounMWEedible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshverified
Edible NutnounMWEa hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shellverified
Edible-Pod PeanounMWEa variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common peaverified
Edible-Podded PeanounMWEa variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common peaverified
Edictnouna legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)verified
Edificenouna structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one placeverified
Editingnounputting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable formverified
Editornoun(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of dataverified
Editor ProgramnounMWE(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of dataverified
Editorial DepartmentnounMWEthe department of a publishing business that edits material for publicationverified
educationnounThe process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.Process
Education and TrainingnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Conducts training of personnel within pertinent subject domain; develop, plan, coordinate, deliver, and/or evaluate training courses, methods, and techniques as appropriate.Process
Education Information SecuritynounMWEEducation integrates all of the security skills and competencies of the various functional specialties into a common body of knowledge . . . and strives to produce IT security specialists and professionals capable of vision and proactive response.Capability
Eelnounvoracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral finsverified
Eelgrassnounsubmerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coastsverified
Eelgrass FamilynounMWEused in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceaeverified
Eelpoutnounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthverified
Effacementnounshortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during laborverified
effectivenessnounThe degree to which information is relevant and pertinent to the business process as well as delivered in a timely, correct, consistent, and usable manner.Metric
Effectornouna nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretionverified
Effectuationnounthe act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something)verified
Efficiency EngineernounMWEan expert in increasing the efficient use of machines and personnelverified
Egalitarianismnounthe doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equalityverified