EE -abbr

  1. electrical engineer

EEC -abbr

  1. European Economic Community

EEG -abbr

  1. electroencephalogram; electroencephalograph

eek ['ēk] -interj

  1. used to express surprise or dismay

eel ['ēl] -n, adj

  1. any of numerous voracious elongate snakelike bony fishes (order Anguilliformes) that have a smooth slimy skin, lack pelvic fins, and have the median fins confluent around the tail
  2. any of numerous other elongate fishes (as of the order Synbranchiformes)
  3. any of various nematodes (as the vinegar eel)

eel·grass ['ēl-,gras] -n

  1. a submerged long-leaved monocotyledonous marine plant ( Zostera marina) that is found esp. in coastal temperate waters and whose dried stems and leaves are used esp. as packing material in woven goods
  2. tape grass

eel·pout [-,pau̇t] -n

  1. any of various elongate tapered marine fishes (family Zoarcidae) usu. living on the bottom of cold seas
  2. burbot

eel·worm [-,wərm] -n

  1. a nematode worm
  2. any of various small free-living or plant-parasitic roundworms

EENT -abbr

  1. eye, ear, nose, and throat

EEO -abbr

  1. equal employment opportunity

EEOC -abbr

  1. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEPROM -abbr

  1. electronically erasable programmable read-only memory

ee·rie ['ir-ē] -adj, adv, n

  1. affected with fright : scared
  2. so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
    • a coyote's eerie howl
    • the similarities were eerie
  3. seemingly not of earthly origin
    • the flames cast an eerie glow

EEZ -abbr

  1. exclusive economic zone