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Erodes
- verb - become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
- Eat away
- remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
- Wear away
Errors
- noun - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
- inadvertent incorrectness
- Mistake
- part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"
Eructs
- verb - eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"
- expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"
Erupts
- verb - appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
- become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
- become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
- break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
- erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
- start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
- start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
Eskers
- noun - (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
Eskies
- unknown - Plural: Portable insulated containers for keeping food or drink cool. (Singular: Esky)
Espies
- verb - catch sight of
- follow and watch
Essays
- noun - a tentative attempt
- an analytic or interpretive literary composition
- make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
- prototype of a proposed postage stamp
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
Esters
- noun - formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
- Organic compound that reacts with water to produce alcohol and is used in perfumes
Estrus
- noun - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity