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Eisbach Surfer Wave
Eisbachwelle (Eisbach Surfer Wave), Munich's standing river wave on the man-made Eisbach canal near the Haus der Kunst; surfed since 1972, legalized 2010, experts only, reopened 8 May 2026 after a fatal accident and disappearance.
Eisbrecher
Eisbrecher is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in 2003 by Alexx Wesselsky and Noel Pix, known for German-language vocals over electronics and guitar.
Eisegesis
Eisegesis is reading one's own ideas into a text, especially Scripture, the opposite of exegesis; coined from Greek eis plus exegesis, first recorded 1859-1892, and a derogatory term in biblical studies.
Eisenheim the Illusionist
Eisenheim the Illusionist is Steven Millhauser's short story about a legendary stage magician in fin-de-siècle Hapsburg Vienna, told as pseudo-journalistic reportage, whose illusions subvert the Empire before he vanishes; adapted as the 2006 film The Illusionist.
Eisenhower dollar
The Eisenhower dollar, or Ike dollar, is a United States one-dollar coin struck from 1971 to 1978, bearing President Dwight D. Eisenhower and an eagle adapted from the Apollo 11 insignia.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, formerly the Old Executive Office Building, is a French Second Empire federal office building next to the White House, built between 1871 and 1888.
Eisenhower Tunnel
The Eisenhower Tunnel is the westbound bore of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel, a dual-bore tunnel on Interstate 70 about 60 miles west of Denver that crosses the Continental Divide.
Eisenia fetida
Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826), the red wiggler or tiger worm, is an epigeic lumbricid earthworm used for vermicomposting and OECD 222 ecotoxicology tests; its sibling species Eisenia andrei is nearly identical, and DNA barcoding is needed to tell them apart.
Eisenmann
Eisenmann is a German plant engineering company based in Böblingen that builds industrial paint shops, conveyor systems, and material flow automation, chiefly for automotive manufacturing.
Eisenmenger syndrome
Eisenmenger syndrome, also called Eisenmenger complex, is advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension with congenital heart disease in which a shunt reverses to right-to-left flow, causing cyanosis, erythrocytosis, and reduced survival; shunt closure is contraindicated.
Eisenstein series
Eisenstein series are modular forms defined as sums of inverse powers over the nonzero points of a lattice, the simplest explicit examples in the theory of modular forms.
Eisenstein's criterion
Eisenstein's criterion, also called the Schönemann–Eisenstein theorem, is a test in algebra that proves a polynomial with integer coefficients irreducible over the rationals, published by Eisenstein in 1850.
Eiserne Division
Eiserne Division (Iron Division, Dzelzsdivīzija): German Freikorps volunteer division formed November 1918 in Courland under von der Goltz's 6th Reserve Corps; fought in Latvia 1919, defeated at Cēsis, then joined Bermondt's West Russian Volunteer Army.
Eish baladi (عيش بلدي)
Eish baladi (عيش بلدي), Egyptian whole-wheat flatbread baked at high heat into a hollow pocket; Egypt's staple bread at about 70% of consumption, 248 kcal per 90 g loaf, and the backbone of the subsidized ration system.
Eisha Singh
Eisha Singh (ईशा सिंह), Indian Hindi television actress born 1998 or 1999 in Bhopal; debut 2015 as Dhaani in Ishq Ka Rang Safed; leads include Ishq Subhan Allah, Bekaboo, Naagin 7, Juhi Mui; Bigg Boss 18 sixth place.
Eisheth (אשת זנונים)
Eisheth Zenunim, also known as Isheth (אשת זנונים, "wife of harlotry"), is the female demon the Zohar names as Samael's consort, whom scholarship often identifies with Lilith.
Eishin Flash (エイシンフラッシュ)
Eishin Flash (エイシンフラッシュ), Japanese Thoroughbred (2007, by King's Best), winner of the 2010 Japanese Derby and 2012 Tenno Sho Autumn; later sire of 2022 Japan Cup winner Vela Azul, retired to Versailles Resort Farm in 2025.
Eishō Incident
The Eishō Incident, also called the "Hosokawa dono no Hen," was the 1507 assassination of kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto by the faction of his adopted heir Sumiyuki.
Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
The Eisinga Planetarium, officially the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium, is a working scale model of the solar system built into a Franeker home between 1774 and 1781.
Eisler Capital
Eisler Capital was a London-based hedge fund founded in 2016 by Edward Eisler, a former Goldman Sachs markets co-head, which grew to over $4bn before winding down in 2025.
Eislingen
Eislingen/Fils, a town in the Göppingen district of Baden-Württemberg on the river Fils; first recorded as Isininga in 861, made a town in 1933, with a Roman fort, the 181-million-year-old Fischsaurierfriedhof fossil site, and textile-industry heritage.
Eison
Eison (叡尊) was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Kamakura period who revived the Buddhist precepts from the dilapidated temple Saidai-ji in Nara and founded the Shingon Ritsu school.
Eisosome component PIL1/LSP1
PIL1 and LSP1 encode the paralogous BAR-domain proteins Pil1 and Lsp1 that form the core of eisosomes, immobile furrow-associated plasma membrane domains in fungi; Pil1 is essential for eisosome assembly while Lsp1 is not.
Eisosome protein SEG1/2
Seg1 (YMR086W) and Seg2 (YKL105C) are coiled-coil eisosome proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Seg1 precedes Pil1 in eisosome assembly and controls eisosome length, while Seg2 is a minor component.
Eisriesenwelt
Eisriesenwelt (World of the Ice Giants) is the world's largest ice cave, a 42-km limestone cave system at Werfen, Austria, near Salzburg, discovered in 1879, with about 1 km of ice open on guided tours.
Eissa Al Suwaidi
Eissa Al Suwaidi is an Abu Dhabi investment executive who spent 25 years at ADIA, then led the Abu Dhabi Investment Council from 2007 to 2022.
Eisteddfod
Eisteddfod (eisteddfodau), Welsh competitive festival of literature, music, and performance in Welsh. First recorded 1176 at Cardigan Castle under Lord Rhys; modern National Eisteddfod began at Aberdare in 1861, attracting up to 170,000 visitors.
Eistla Regio
Eistla Regio is a ~7,500 km-long volcanic highland on Venus near 10.5°N, 21.5°E, with three east–west plume-related rises: western (Sif, Gula Mons), central (Irnini, Anala), and eastern corona-dominated (Pavlova, Didilia).
Eisuke Mori
Eisuke Mori (born 1948) is a Japanese politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2026, after serving as Minister of Justice from 2008 to 2009.
Eisuke Nishida
Eisuke Nishida (西田栄介, born 1958) is a Japanese cell biologist known for elucidating the MAP kinase signaling pathway and winner of the 2016 Japan Academy Prize.