Ecballium elaterium Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family. It gets its unusual name from the fact that, when ripe, it squirts a stream of liquid containing its seeds.
	Ecce Homo This article is a work in progress being translated from the German Wiki Ecce Homo, were the words used by Pontius Pilate when he presented a scourge Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to the hostile crowd shortly before the Crucifixion. It is the Latin translation of the Greek language phrase ?d?? ? a????p??.
	Eccles cake An Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with Zante currant and made with flaky pastry, enriched with butter. It is conventionally consumed in United Kingdom at any time of the day on its own as a snack, with a beverage such as tea or coffee, or occasionally as a dessert following a main meal.
	Ecdysis Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups . Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new, larger covering is formed. Other reasons for moulting are damaged tissue and missing limbs.
	ECHELON ECHELON is a name used to describe a highly secretive world-wide SIGINT and analysis network run by the UKUSA Community that has been reported by a number of sources including, in 2001, a committee of the European Parliament . According to some sources ECHELON can capture radio and satellite communications, telephone calls, faxes, e-mails and other data streams nearly anywhere in the world and includes computer automated analysis and sorting of intercepts .
	Echidna Echidnas, sometimes also referred to as "spiny anteaters", are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus. The four surviving species, native to New Guinea and Australia, all belong to the Tachyglossidae Family. The echidna is named after a Echidna.
	Echinacea Echinacea is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the Family Asteraceae, all native to eastern North America. The genus name is from the Greek language echino, meaning "hedgehog", an allusion to the spiny central disk. They are herbaceous, drought-tolerant perennial plants growing to 1 or 2 m in height.
	Echinocactus Echinocactus is a genus of large and beautiful barrel cactus cactus, usually with large spines and small flowers. Additional species used to be included in the genus but now the number is reduced to six. They thrive on plenty of sun. A well known species is Echinocactus grusonii from Mexico which is popularly known as the Golden Barrel Cactus.
	Echinocereus Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized cylindrical cactus, comprising about 50 species from the southern United States and Mexico. They are commonly known as hedgehog cactus, though the term also applies for Pediocactus.
	Echinochloa Echinochloa is a genus, some of whose members are grown as cereal or fodder crops, grouped with the millets, and known by common names including barnyard millet and billion-dollar grass. Domesticated species are: * Echinochloa esculenta * Echinochloa frumentacea
	Echinococcosis Echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease, is a potentially fatal parasitic disease that can affect many animals, including wildlife, commercial livestock and humans.
	Echinoderm Echinoderms are a Phylum of marine animals found at all depths. This phylum appeared in the early Cambrian Period and contains about 7,000 living species and 13,000 extinct ones. Five or six class are alive today: * Sea star : about 1,500 species that capture prey for their own food.
	Echinops Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of thistles in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa. Category:Asteraceae da:Tidselkugle
	Echium Echium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. The type species is Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss. Species of Echium are found in North Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as well as parts of East Asia.
	Echo sounding *Sounding line *Hydroacoustics *AUV External link Category:Surveying Category:Oceanography da:Ekkolod de:Echolot eo:Ehosondilo nl:Echolood sv:Ekolodning no:Ekkolodd
	Echocardiography The echocardiogram is an medical ultrasonography of the heart. Using standard ultrasound techniques, two-dimensional slices of the heart can be imaged. The latest ultrasound systems now employ 3D real-time imaging. The standard echocardiogram is also known as a transthoracic echocardiogram, or TTE.
	Éclair An ?clair is a long, thin pastry made with choux pastry filled with a cream and topped with icing. The dough, which is the same as that used for profiterole, is piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp and hollow inside. Once cool, the pastry then is filled with a coffee- or chocolate-flavoured pastry cream custard or whipped cream (food), and topped with fondant icing of the same flavour as the filling.
	Eclecticism Eclecticism is an approach to thought that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions or conclusions, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena, or applies only certain theories in particular cases. This is sometimes inelegant, and eclectics are sometimes criticised for lack of consistency in their thinking, but it is common in many fields of study.
	Eclipse An is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the shadow of Earth. However, it can also refer to such events beyond the Earth-Moon system: for example, a planet moving into the shadow cast by one of its moons, a moon passing into the shadow cast by its parent planet, or a moon passing into the shadow of another moon.
	Ecliptic The ecliptic is the apparent path the Sun traces out along the sky — independent of Earth's rotation — in the course of the year. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the ecliptic plane, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
	Ecological succession Ecological succession, a fundamental concept in ecology, refers to more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community ecology. Succession may be initiated either by formation of new, unoccupied habitat or by some form of disturbance of an existing community.
	Ecology Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of life and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms and their Ecosystem. The environment of an organism includes both physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors such as Sun insolation, climate and geology, as well as the other organisms that share its Habitat .
	Economic growth Economic growth is the increase in value of the goods and services produced by an economics. It is generally a factor in an increase in the income, of a nation. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or GDP. Growth is usually calculated in real terms, i.e.
	Economics In the social sciences, economics is the study of the Production,_costs,_and_pricing, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and services.. Economics studies how individuals and societies seek to satisfy needs and wants through incentives, choices, and allocation of scarce resources.
	Economist An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. Within this field of study there are many sub-fields, ranging from the broad philosophy theory propounded by thinkers such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx to focused study of minutiae within specific market , macroeconomics analysis, microeconomics analysis or financial analysis, involving analytical methods and tools such as econometrics
	Ectoplasm #In cell biology, ectoplasm refers to the outer regions of the cytoplasm of a cell. Ectoplasm typically contains a smaller amount of protein Granule and other organic compounds than inner cytoplasm, also referred to as endoplasm. #In parapsychology, ectoplasm is the name given to a hypothetical form of dense bio-energy liberated by living things which is claimed to make possible the materialisation of ghosts and psychokinesis.
	Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the Galpagos Islands in the Pacific, about 965 kilometers west of the mainland.
	Ecumenism The word ecumenism is derived from Greek language ', which means "the inhabited world", and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. In its broadest meaning, ecumenism refers to initiatives aimed at worldwide religious unity. In a narrower sense, it refers to the movement towards unity among Christianity.
	Eczema Eczema is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the upper layers of the skin. The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent or recurring skin rash characterized by redness, skin edema, itching and dryness, with possible crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing or bleeding.
	Eczema vaccinatum Eczema vaccinatum was and might become again a rare severe adverse effect to smallpox vaccination. It is characterized by serious local or disseminated, umbilicated, vesicular, crusting skin rashes in the face, neck, chest, abdomen, upper limbs and hands, caused by widespread infection of the skin in people with previous diagnosed skin conditions such as eczema or atopic dermatitis, even if the conditions are not active at the time.
	Ed Sullivan Edward Vincent Sullivan was an United States entertainment writer and television host, best known as the emcee of a popular TV variety show that was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Sullivan was originally a newspaper sportswriter and theater columnist for the New York Daily News.
	Edaphosauridae The Edaphosauridae are a family of mostly large advanced, Late Pennsylvanian to Cisuralian pelycosaurs. They were the earliest known herbivore amniotes, and along with the Diadectidae the earliest known herbivorous tetrapods. The head is small in relation to the bulky body, and there is a tall sail along the back, which may have functioned as a thermoregulation device.
	Edaphosaurus Edaphosaurus was a primitive herbivore reptile of the pelycosaur group. Along with the Diadectidae, Edaphosaurus is one of the earliest known plant-eating animals. It had a remarkably small, short and shallow skull, a wide body and thick tail. On its back is a sail, different in shape to that of its contemporary Dimetrodon, the vertebral spines being shorter and heavier and bearing numerous small cross bars.
	Eddie Rickenbacker Eddie Rickenbacker greatly influenced the U.S. in the 20th century, first as an automobile race car driver and automotive designer, then as a hero of World War I, and later as a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation. Rickenbacker participated in many of the most historical events of the Twentieth Century and was known for surviving many serious accidents, his exceptional ambition and personal character, and his service as a United States fighter pilot
	Eddy Merckx Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. Considered by many fans to be the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time, he set several world records some of which remain unsurpassed to this day.
	Edelweiss Edelweiss is one of the best known European mountain flowers. The name comes from German language edel and wei. The scientific name, Leontopodium means "lion paw", being derived from Greek language words leon and podion. Flowering stalks of edelweiss can grow to a size of 3-20 centimetre.
	Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an United States List of English language poets, short story writer, editing, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romanticism. Best known for his tales of the macabre, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction.
	Edgar Degas Edgar Degas was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, and drawing. His early study of classical art prefaced a body of mature works which convincingly placed the human figure in contemporary environments. He is regarded as one of the founders of impressionism.
	Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters was an United States poet, biographer and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems.
	Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs was an United States author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. Biography Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago , the son of a businessman.
	Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was a prolific United Kingdom crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.
	Edger An edger, also known as a lawn edger or stick edger, is a lawn-care tool used to cleanly separate a lawn from a walkway or other paved surface, such as a concrete sidewalk or asphalt path. Edgers may be manual or automated, typically employing a small two-stroke motor or an electric motor.
	Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest City status in the United Kingdom. It is situated on the east coast of Scotland's Scottish Lowlands on the south shore of the Firth of Forth on the North sea and forms the City of Edinburgh council area.
	Edirne Edirne is a city in Thrace, the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. The city was known in English until after the First World War as Adrianople. Edirne is the capital of Edirne Province and its estimated population in 2002 was 128,400, up from 119,298 in 2000.
	Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell is a World War I heroine. Edith Cavell was born in 1865 at Swardeston in Norfolk, where her father, the Reverend Frederick Cavell, was Vicar for 45 years. She trained as a nurse and in 1907 was appointed matron of the Berkendael Institute in Brussels, Belgium.
	Édith Piaf dith Piaf was one of France's most loved singers and a national Pop icon. Her music reflected her tragic life, with her specialty being the poignant ballad presented with a heartbreaking Singing. Among her most famous songs are "La vie en rose" , "Hymne l'amour" , "Milord" , "Non, je ne regrette rien" .
	Edith Wharton Edith Wharton was an United States novelist, short story writer, and designer.
	Editors Editors are an indie rock musical band from Birmingham, England, who met at Staffordshire University, comprising Tom Smith, Chris Urbanowicz, Russ Leetch and Ed Lay. Their brand of sweeping indie rock is frequently compared to the sound of bands such as Interpol, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Franz Ferdinand, Kitchens of Distinction, The Chameleons, Big Country and U2.
	Edmond Halley Edmond Halley was an England astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist.
	Edmond Hoyle Edmond Hoyle, also known as Edmund Hoyle, is a writer best known for his works providing detailed descriptions of games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language, a reflection of his generally-perceived authority on the subject. Little is known about most of his life, though he is widely believed to have been
	Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugne Alexis Rostand , France poet and dramatist. Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best-known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac . Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the Naturalism ic theatre popular during the late 19th century.
	Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces of Canada of Alberta, situated in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. It is the second largest city in Alberta with a population of 712,391, and is the hub of the country's sixth largest Census Metropolitan Area with a population of 1,016,000.
	Edmontonia Edmontonia was an Armour dinosaur, a part of the nodosaur family from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its name means 'of Edmonton', as it was discovered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
	Edmontosaurus Edmontosaurus meaning 'Edmonton lizard' was a hadrosaurid dinosaur genus from the Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Cretaceous Period, 71-65 million years ago. A fully-grown adult could have been up to 9 metres long and some of the larger species reached 13 metres.
	Edmund Burke Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosophy, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the British Whig Party party. He is chiefly remembered for his support of the United States colonies in the struggle against King George III of the United Kingdom that led to the American Revolution and for his strong opposition to the French Revolution.
	Edmund Cartwright Edmund Cartwright was an England clergyman and inventor of the power loom. He was a clergyman of the Church of England and lived at Marnham in Nottinghamshire, England. He was educated at University College, Oxford. More fortunate than his predecessors, he attacked the problem of mechanical weaving after much initial work had been done, especially that relating to spinning jenny and the factory system, for without these no power loom could succeed.
	Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Order of the Garter, Order of New Zealand, Order of the British Empire is a New Zealand Mountaineering and explorer. He and Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers to reach the 8,848 m summit of Mount Everest. They achieved this on 29 May 1953 at 11:30 a.m.
	Edmund Husserl Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was a Germany philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology. Husserl was born into a Jewish family in Prostejov , Moravia, Czech Republic . A pupil of Franz Brentano and Carl Stumpf, Husserl came to influence, among others, Edith Stein , Eugen Fink, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty; in addition, Hermann Weyl's interest in intuitionistic logic and impredicativity appear to have resulted from c
	Edmund Ironside Edmund II or Eadmund II , Kingdom of England from April 23 to November 30, 1016, was surnamed "Ironside" for his efforts to fend off the Denmark invasion led by Canute the Great.
	Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser was an England poet and Poet Laureate. Spenser is a controversial figure due to his zeal for the destruction of the Culture of Ireland yet is one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy.
	Edmund Wilson Edmund Wilson was an United States writer, noted chiefly for his literary criticism. Most literary experts considered Wilson the preeminent American literary critic of his day, and perhaps of the 20th century.
	Edo Edo , once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the Geographical renaming of the Japanese capital Tokyo. While there had been early settlements on the hills at Tokyo Bay for several centuries, the first major event in the history of Edo was the building of the Edo Castle in 1457 by Ota Dokan.
	Édouard Manet douard Manet was a France painter. His early masterworks The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia engendered great controversy, and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism--today they are considered watershed paintings which mark the genesis of modern art.
	Édouard Vuillard Jean-douard Vuillard was a France painting and printmaking associated with the Les Nabis. Vuillard was born in Cuiseaux in Sane-et-Loire and was brought up in Paris in modest circumstances. He attended the Lyce Condorcet where his contemporaries included musician Pierre Hermant, writer Pierre Vber and painter Maurice Denis.
	Eduard Buchner Eduard Buchner was a Germany chemistry and fermentation, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation. He was born in Munich, the son of a physician and Professor Extraordinary of Forensic Medicine.
	Education Education is the process by which an individual is encouraged and enabled to develop fully his or her innate potential; it may also serve the purpose of equipping the individual with what is necessary to be a productive member of society. Through teaching and learning the individual acquires and develops knowledge, beliefs, and skills.
	Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norway composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto , for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, and for his Lyric Pieces for the piano.
	Edvard Munch Edvard Munch was a Norway Expressionism painter and printmaker. His intense and evocative treatment of anguish greatly influenced development of German Expressionism in the early 20th century. The Scream , Munch's best-known painting, is regarded as an icon of existential anguish and is one of the pieces in a series titled The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of life, love, fear, death and melancholy.
	Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III is an United States playwright known for works including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, and The Sandbox. His works are considered well-crafted and often unsympathetic examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Absurdism that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugne Ionesco.
	Edward Bouverie Pusey Edward Bouverie Pusey, was an England churchman, and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. He was born in the village of Pusey near Oxford. His father was Philip Bouverie, a younger son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone, and took the name of Pusey on succeeding to the manorial estates at that place.