entremets
- n a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course
entrenching tool
- n a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
entrenchment
- n an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
entrepot
- n a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC - n a depository for goods
entrepreneur
- n someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
entric
- n rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
entropy
- n (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- n (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity