Discover a comprehensive list of words starting with “ep” to boost your vocabulary and enhance your wordplay skills.
- Ephemeral- Lasting for a very short time.
- Episode- An event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence.
- Epistle- A letter, especially a formal one.
- Epicenter- The point on the earth’s surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
- Epicure- A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
- Epoch- A period of time in history or a person’s life, typically one marked by notable events.
- Epigram- A witty, often paradoxical remark or saying.
- Epigraph- An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
- Epilogue- A section at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.
- Epiphany- A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.
- Epistle- A letter, especially a lengthy or formal one.
- Epistaxis- Bleeding from the nose.
- Epidemiology- The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states.
- Epidermis- The outer layer of cells covering an organism.
- Epizootic- An outbreak of disease affecting many animals of one kind at the same time.
- Episiology- The study of the perineum.
- Episteme- Knowledge or understanding, especially the theoretical knowledge of a discipline.
- Epistolary- Relating to the writing of letters.
- Ephemeris- A table or data file giving the calculated positions of celestial bodies at regular intervals.
- Epoxide- A three-membered ring molecule with an oxygen atom.
- Epizoon- An external parasite.
- Epitaph- An inscription on a tomb or gravestone in memory of the person buried there.
- Epithet- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- Epizoic- Living on the body of an animal.
- Epitome- A perfect example of something.
- Epigraph- A quote set at the beginning of a literary work.
- Epiphyte- A plant that grows on another plant.
- Epistasis- The interaction of genes that are not alleles.
- Epithalamium- A poem written in honor of marriage.
- Epigone- A less distinguished follower or imitator.
- Epiphytic- Pertaining to plants growing non-parasitically on another plant.
- Epimere- A section or segment of an organism’s body.
- Epiblast- The outer layer of an embryo.
- Epochal- Highly significant or important, especially bringing about a new era.
- Epizoology- The study of animal diseases.
- Epicyclic- Pertaining to a small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger one.
- Epiphysitis- Inflammation of growth plates in bones.
- Episcopal- Pertaining to a bishop or bishops.
- Epiotic- Situated in the otic capsule of the ear.
- Epigenesis- The process by which an organism develops from a fertilized egg.
- Ephor- One of the five senior Spartan magistrates.
- Epizoite- A parasite that lives on the surface of its host.
- Epicycle- A circle whose center moves around the circumference of another circle.
- Epizootiology- The study of disease patterns in animal populations.
- Epigraphic- Relating to or consisting of inscriptions.
- Epidemiological- Pertaining to the branch of medicine that deals with epidemiology.
- Epigenetic- Relating to or arising from non-genetic influences on gene expression.
- Epithelioid- Resembling epithelial cells.
- Ephemera- Something short-lived or transitory.
- Epaxial- Above or on the dorsum.
- Epilimnion- The top layer of water in a stratified lake.
- Epirotic- Relating to Epirotic, pertaining to the region of Epirus.
- Epigeal- Growing on or close to the ground.
- Episcia- A genus of flowering plants in the Gesneriaceae family.
- Epoxidize- To introduce an epoxy group into a compound.
- Episteme- A system of understanding; knowledge.
- Epitrichium- A layer of cells covering the epidermis of a fetus.
- Epigeous- Living or occurring on the ground.
- Epineurium- The outermost layer of connective tissue surrounding a peripheral nerve.
- Epitaphist- A person who writes epitaphs.
- Epitrophic- Influencing or reflecting growth conditions.
- Epizoon- An animal parasite living on the surface of its host.
- Episome- A genetic element inside some bacterial cells, particularly plasmids that can integrate into the bacterial chromosome.
- Epopee- A grand narrative poem, epic.
- Epenthesis- The addition of one or more sounds to a word.
- Epilate- To remove hair by pulling it out by the roots.
- Epimorphic- Capable of developing into a complete organism or structures.
- Epimysium- A sheath of fibrous tissue surrounding a muscle.
- Epiotic- Located on or above the inner ear structure.
- Epigastric- Relating to the upper part of the abdomen.
- Epithesis- Addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word.
- Epistemic- Relating to knowledge or the degree of its validation.
- Epitrichium- The thin outer layer present on mammalian embryos.
- Epigraphist- A person who studies inscriptions.
- Epicanthal- Relating to a fold of skin over the inner corner of the eye.
- Epigraphy- The study and interpretation of inscriptions.
- Epiplasm- The cytoplasm that lies beneath the surface membrane.
- Epirotic- Of or related to the Epirus region of Greece.
- Epigenomanalysis- The study of epigenomes and their influences.
- Epitaxy- The growth of one crystalline substance on the crystal face of another.
- Epibiont- An organism that lives on the surface of another living organism.
- Epicycloid- A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the exterior of another circle.
- Epimer- Each of two isomers with at least two asymmetric centers differing in configuration at one center.
- Epitope- The part of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself.
- Epidural- An injection into the epidural space of the spine.
- Epirogenic- Relating to the gradual but extensive uplift or subsidence of part of the earth’s crust.
- Epideictic- Rhetorical oratorial expression.
- Epigenome- The complete set of epigenetic modifications across the genome.
- Epigrammatist- A person who writes epigrams.
- Epispastic- Causing blistering.
- Epizoism- Mutualistic relationship where one organism lives on another.
- Epichlorohydrin- A chemical compound used in the production of epoxy resins.
- Epithermal- Relating to geological processes at high temperatures.
- Episternum- A bone in the sternum of some animals.
- Epilation- The removal of hair from the body.
- Epithelium- A type of tissue forming the outer layer of body surfaces and lining hollow structures.
- Epicedium- A funeral chant.
- Epoxides- A class of organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms in a ring.
- Epistolatory- Written in the form of letters or correspondence.
- Epizootic- Pertaining to animal epizootics, outbreaks of disease.