eka- -comb form

  1. standing or assumed to stand next in order beyond (a specified element) in the same family of the periodic table in names of chemical elements esp. when not yet discovered
    • eka -lead is the hypothetical element 114

eke ['ēk] -adv

  1. also
  2. increase, lengthen
  3. to get with great difficulty usu. used with out
    • eke out a living

eke out -vt

  1. to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement
    • eked out his income by getting a second job
  2. to make (a supply) last by economy

EKG -abbr

  1. electrocardiogram; electrocardiograph

ekis·tics [i-'kis-tiks] -n pl but sing in constr, adj

  1. a science dealing with human settlements and drawing on the research and experience of professionals in various fields (as architecture, engineering, city planning, and sociology)

ek·phra·sis ['ek-frə-səs] -n

  1. a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art