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effiler: to thin, taper; to fray
effilochement: fraying, unravelling
effilocher: to fray
effiloquer: to fray cloth into tatters
effilé: slender; sharp
efflanqué: emaciated, scrawny
effleurage: effleurage
effleurement: light touch
effleurer: to stroke gently, to touch lightly; to brush over, to brush past; to skim over (a subject)
effleurir: to effloresce
efflorescence: efflorescence
efflorescent: efflorescent
effluence: effluence
effluent: effluent
effluent: effluent
effluve: emanation (something that emanates); waft; whiff
effoirer: to flatten as a result of a fall or crash; to fail; to lie down unceremoniously
effondrement: collapse
effondrement gravitationnel: gravitational collapse
effondrer: to collapse
efforcer: to make efforts towards, to try hard to, to endeavour
effort: effort
effort de guerre: war effort
effraction: breaking and entering, burglary; hacking; effraction
effraie: barn owl, owl of genus Tyto
effrangé: frayed
effrayant: causing fear, fearful, frightening
effrayer: to frighten, to scare, to affray
effrayé: of a quadruped, especially a horse: represented standing on its hind legs, and giving the impression of beating the air with its front legs
effritement: crumbling
effriter: to break up, crumble; to crumble
effroi: terror, dread
effronterie: insolence, cheek, effrontery
effronté: insolent; cheeky; impudent
effrontément: insolently, brazenly, shamelessly
effroyable: horrific, horrifying, terrifying
effroyablement: horribly, frightfully
effréné: wild, frantic, unbridled
effrénément: wildly, frantically, unrestrainedly
effusif: effusive
effusion: effusion
effémination: effemination
efféminé: effeminate
efféminément: effeminately
efférence: efference
eh: signifying indifference or surprise
eh bien: well (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)
eicosanoïde: eicosanoid
eicosatriénoïque: eicosatrienoic
eicosatétraénoïque: eicosatetraenoic
eicosénoïque: eicosenoic
eider: eider
eidotrope: eidotrope
eidétique: eidetic
eidétiquement: eidetically
eine: pronunciation spelling of une (“one”)
eins: tits, boobs
einsteinien: of Einstein; Einsteinian (relating to Albert Einstein and his theories)
einsteinium: einsteinium
ekamanganèse: ekamanganese