Index of English words, starting with "es"

(1) - Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
(2) - Essay (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
(3) - Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n.
(4) - Essay (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
(5) - Essay (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

(1) - Essayer (n.) One who essays.

(1) - Essaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essay

(1) - Essayist (n.) A writer of an essay, or of essays.

(1) - Essence (v. t.) To perfume; to scent.
(2) - Essence (n.) Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
(3) - Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.
(4) - Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
(5) - Essence (n.) Constituent substance.
(6) - Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.
(7) - Essence (n.) The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.