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DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS
Earth
east
eastern
edge
eldest
electromotive force
ell (former English unit of length)
empty
end
energy
English
erg
error
excellent
exponent
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COMMON USAGE
5th
electronic
mi (musical note)
Echo (NATO alphabet)
Epsilon
Euler’s number
2.71828183
Ecstacy
MDMA
Epsilon
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NOUNS: PEOPLE
butt of joke
butt of ridicule
chief of engineers
Cleveland’s center (sports)
Cockney fellow
English (plural)
finisher in race
head of editorial, English
horse’s ass
initiator of enterprise
last of police, salespeople, Vietnamese
last to leave
lead in Earthquake
leader in effect, error, essence
leader in exile
leader of Ecuador, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
leader of enterprise
leader of expedition
leader of extremists
men stripped
mid-Easterner
premier of Egypt
starter for Expos
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NOUNS: PLACES
back of cave, cubicle, house, wardrobe
capital of Ecuador, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
central Alberta, Algeria, Armenia, Guatemala, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Minnesota, Nigeria, Senegal, Switzerland, Tennessee
close to me
east
east end of village
Eastern France
end of line, parade
entrance at the rear
fifth row of the theater
middle of field
rear of house
stern of canoe
O’Hare’s terminal
terminal in Baltimore, Belgrade, Melbourne, Prague, Rome, Sherbrooke, Syracuse, Yellowknife
Western England
west of Ecuador, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
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NOUNS: THINGS
base of a log
base of some logs
Beethoven’s Second
Beethoven’s Third
Beethoven’s Eighth
bit of encouragement
bit of excitement
butt of cigarette
central theme
Chanel’s No. 5
closing of Airplane!, Annie, Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Grease, Scarface, Tootsie
closing of gate, loophole, office, store
conclusion of course, debate, movie
Eastern (airline)
employee’s termination
end of innocence, knife, life, line, time
energy
error
expert’s tip
fourth in line
last in line
fifth in a series
fifth place in contest
final in literature, science
fourth place in pageant
game’s fourth quarter
head of elk
irrational number
judge’s conclusion
last place in debate, race
last quarter of game
letter of explanation
loose end
mathematical constant
movie’s trailer
natural base
opening of Earthquake, Evita
part 2 of series
part 5 of series
part 6 of miniseries
part 9 of miniseries
party drug
piece of eight, equipment, evidence
primary education
race’s final
radio’s echo
second place in debate, heat
source of energy, evil
starting of engine(s)
start of engagement
table’s finish
tail of airplane, Concorde, kite, Spitfire
termination of lease
termination of salespeople
Touch of Evil
ultimate in abuse
unlimited sex
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NOUNS: BODY PARTS
back/rear of horse, male
head of eel, elephant, elk
inside of leg
sheep’s stomach
skinned leg
tail of antelope, beagle, collie, coyote, crocodile, dove, eagle, giraffe, goose, horse, Lassie, moose, mouse, mule, partridge, Pekingese, pike, poodle, snake, whale
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NOUNS: CLOTHING
back of bathrobe
Ernie’s cap
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NOUNS: FOOD
piece/sample/bite of eel, egg, eggplant, Emmenthaler
slice of eggplant, Emmenthaler
starter of eggplant, Emmenthaler
serving/entrée of eel
bit/touch/taste of
last bit of juice
last piece of cake, canteloupe, cheese, chocolate, fudge, gruyere, ice, lettuce, licorice, lime, nectarine, orange, pie, quiche, sausage, sole, toffee
fifth of booze
shelled pea
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NOUNS: DATES & TIMES
2nd of February
4th of June
2nd, 5th, 8th of September
6th of October
4th, 7th of November
2nd, 4th, 7th of December
mid-September
beginning of eclipse
beginning of equinox
early evening
end of decade, eclipse, June, life, parade, time
start of election
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VERBS
are finally
beginning to elaborate, embrace, emerge, encourage, end, engage, enhance, enjoy, entertain, establish, evolve, examine, exercise, exhibit, expand, expect, exploit, explore, expose
cope without policeman
eager to start
edges away from Bea, Ben, Deb, eel, Fed, hen, Jed, Jen, Ken, Lee, Leo, Les, Lex, Meg, Mel, men, Ned, Peg, pet, ref, Reg, rep, Rex, Ted
empty
ending in catastrophe
ending in June
finally ate, awoke, became, bore, broke, came, chose, dove, drove, ate, forgave, froze, gave, gone, made, rode, rose, shone, smote, spoke, stole, strove, swore, tore, woke, wore, wove, wrote
heading to Ecuador, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
last to see
orient
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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
alone at last
back from/to Belize, Chile, Delaware, France, Greece, Maine, Mozambique, Singapore, Suriname, Zaire, Zimbabwe
back in charge, love, style, time
back to nature
back to the
beginning in/west of Ecuador, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia
bottom of the —
close to home
close to me
close to shore
close to the —
close to thee
culmination of lifetime
eager to start
eastern
empty
end of the —
England’s first
English
excellent
fourth of five
free at last
inside of bed, den, eel, fen, fez, gem, jet, keg, leg, men, net, pen, sea, web, yew
inside of few, her, new, red, wet…
last of the —
one’s last
rear of the —
somewhat more than two
third from the [left]
ultimate of ultimate —
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E BEFORE WORD
after Ben/Vanessa’s heart
beginning to elaborate on —
behind Catherine’s back
eastern —
empty —
empty-headed
English —
excellent —
following Ethel’s lead
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WORD AROUND E
about empty
admits error
bearing east
catching error
charged with energy
circling error
conserving energy
consuming energy
contains error
covering up error
energy-packed
fencing error
gaining entrance to Eritrea, exhibit
gathers energy
getting back on horse
getting back to me
getting back to nature
getting close to me
harnessing energy
imbued with energy
heartened by English [exact centre]
packed with energy
pens letter of explanation
retains energy
shown around terminal in O’Hare
smuggling Ecstasy
storing energy
taking Ecstasy
taking English
with an investment of energy
with inner energy
with restrained energy
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E INSIDE WORD
beginning to engage in
eastern parts —
eastern tenants —
Ecstasy seized by
empty inside
empty into
energy absorbed by
energy invested in
energy retained by
energy-guzzling
energy-packed
English picked up by
English residing in
error in
everyone’s heading inside —
put energy into
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E AFTER WORD
at end of course, life, line, message, movie, tenure
— at the last minute
—, beginning to end
by error
English dogs —
heading east
next to empty
on back of envelope
on Ecstasy
on end of mantlepiece
on the end of the —
with energy
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DELETE E
after eastern deserts
drained of (all) energy
dropping Ecstasy
dropping English
eliminating error
error removed from —
expending energy
having no room for error?
less empty
losing energy
moving out east
non-empty
non-energy
out east
out of energy
releasing energy
sapped of energy
short of energy
taking Ecstasy
with no end of cattle, cheese, choice, juice, malice, mayonnaise, panache, people, use
without effort?
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DELETE MULTIPLE E’S
cutting energy repeatedly
drained of all energy
errors removed from
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