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ee-oh
O.K. (language=Kyotsu-go) [picked up from Jarmusch's Mystery Train]

 

Ehangwen
Arthur's Court or Hall, according to the original Celtic legend (language=unknown)

 

Eighter
just short of three years on , slightly longer than two Yeibichai years (language=Yeibichai/slang)

 

einheimischer Arbeiter
native workers (language=Deutsch), referring to the people of Ganj Dareh from Gastarbeiter; "Hauptarbeiter" would've fit better (more parallel structure) with "Gastarbeiter," but contemporary Deutsch doesn't work that way

 

elátkozott
damned (language=Magyar) [see cue/www=MTA SZTAKI, the Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences]

 

Ellinika'
language aka Greek

 

Em-Deh
names of Cyrillic letters that are initials of Mirnaya Direvnya (language=Rooski)

 

empathize
to participate in or vicariously experience another's feelings, volutions, or ideas [converted Encyclopædia Britannica's definition of empathy into a verb] (language=American); contrast with sympathize

 

endoware
the internal workings of any "black-box" device that could be software, hardware, firmware, or whatever-ware they come up with a hundred-fifty years in the future (language=Yeibichai/technical jargon); see also infraware and policyware

 

enfant gâté
a spoiled child (language=Français) [Roget's Pocket Thesaurus]

 

enfants perdus
lost children, a forlorn hope (language=Français) [Roget's Pocket Thesaurus]

 

enfant terrible
a terrible child, that is, one who makes disconcerting remarks (language=Français) [Roget's Pocket Thesaurus]

 

En-ki
Yeibichai's secondary sun, a red dwarf, En-ki revolves around Anu once every 3.12 Yeibichai days (each day, it goes a third around), so people can actually see it move, that is, if they could look straight at Anu, which they can't unprotected.

How big is En-ki? Sol is 926 times the volume of Jupiter, which is somewhat smaller than what it takes to flame into a star. If En-ki were even twice Jupiter's size, it wouldn't make a difference to the inhabitants, so I made it a quarter the size of Anu, so it has some influence on the sunlight that falls. Most people won't be able to perceive the difference in colors (Phoebe can, though), though they might be able to tell the change in intensity. If they need to talk about how En-ki relates to their perspective on Anu, they use the clock analogy, as perceived from above Anu's north pole, with noon meaning En-ki's directly on the other side of Anu, so — assuming En-ki orbits clockwise:
2 o'clock = En-ki emerging as a crescent on the right
3 o'clock = En-ki fully emerged & distinct on the right
6 o'clock = En-ki directly in front of Anu
8 o'clock = En-ki fading on the left
9 o'clock = En-ki distinct on the left
10 o'clock = En-ki just a crescent on the left
En-ki moves just slightly less 4 o'clocks each Yeibichai day, but not enough less to make a difference.

 
 
En-lil
Yeibichai's third sun, En-lil revolves around Anu once every 18 years or so, a small, reddish wanderer that accounts for and perturbs Yeibichai's highly elliptical orbit, so that it changes its azimuth around Anu. Every 37 years, En-ki approaches as Yeibichai reaches aphelion, causing what residents call Red Winter.
 
 
entremets
in Webster, dishes (as vegetables or savories) served in addition to the main course of a meal; in Joy of Cooking, the sweets served as the last course of a formal meal (language=Français; pronunciation=ahn-TREY-mahz)

 

epox-crete
Yeibichai building material made from a aggregate of varied-grained local materials and Schirra cement, mixed with a resin-based bonding agent that accelerates hydration (curing) by 130 times (2k seconds) versus three days for plain concrete); see also concrete (language=Yeibichai/building materials)

 

epox-plaster
Yeibichai building material made from aggregate of small-grained local materials and resin-based bonding agent encased in smooth, white coating (language=Yeibichai/building materials)

 

exabit
10 to the 18th bits, a trillion megabits (language=American)
 

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