| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| embassade | ambassade. | The mission of an ambassador., An embassy., An embassy. See Ambassade. |
| emacerate | verb t. & i. | To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. |
| emaciated | imp. & past participle | of Emaciate |
| emaculate | verb t. | To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. |
| emanating | present participle & vb. noun | of Emanate |
| emanation | noun | The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin., That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower. |
| emanative | adjective | Issuing forth; effluent. |
| emanatory | adjective | Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. |
| embalming | present participle & vb. noun | of Embalm |
| embanking | present participle & vb. noun | of Embank, of Embar |
| embargoes | plural | of Embargo |
| embargoed | imp. & past participle | of Embargo |
| embarking | present participle & vb. noun | of Embark |
| embarrass | verb t. | To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator., To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed., To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; — said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements., Embarrassment. |
| embassage | noun | An embassy., Message; errand. |
| embassies | plural | of Embassy |
| embattail | verb t. | To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements. |
| embattled | imp. & past participle | of Embattle, Having indentations like a battlement., Having the edge broken like battlements; — said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like., Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. |
| embayment | noun | A bay. |
| embedding | present participle & vb. noun | of Embed |
| embedment | noun | The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded. |
| embellish | verb t. | To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. |
| emberings | noun pl. | Ember days. |
| embezzled | imp. & past participle | of Embezzle |
| embezzler | noun | One who embezzles. |
| emblazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Emblaze |
| embleming | present participle & vb. noun | of Emblem |
| emblement | noun | The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; — used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. |
| emblemize | verb t. | To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. |
| emblossom | verb t. | To cover or adorn with blossoms. |
| embodying | present participle & vb. noun | of Embody |
| emboguing | noun | The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. |
| embossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Emboss |
| emboweled | imp. & past participle | of Embowel |
| emboweler | noun | One who takes out the bowels. |
| embracing | present participle & vb. noun | of Embrace |
| embraceor | noun | One guilty of embracery. |
| embracery | noun | An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements. |
| embracive | adjective | Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. |
| embrangle | verb t. | To confuse; to entangle. |
| embrasure | noun | An embrace., A splay of a door or window., An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate. |
| embrocate | verb t. | To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge. |
| embroglio | noun | See Imbroglio. |
| embroider | verb t. | To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. |
| embroiled | imp. & past participle | of Embroil |
| embroiler | noun | One who embroils. |
| embrothel | verb t. | To inclose in a brothel. |
| embryonal | adjective | Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic. |
| embryonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. |
| embryotic | adjective | Embryonic. |
| emendable | adjective | Corrigible; amendable. |
| emendator | noun | One who emends or critically edits. |
| emergence | noun | The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance. |
| emergency | noun | Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion., An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. |
| emication | noun | A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. |
| emigrated | imp. & past participle | of Emigrate |
| emigrator | noun | One who emigrates; am emigrant. |
| eminences | plural | of Eminency |
| eminently | adverb | In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned. |
| emeership | noun | The rank or office of an Emir. |
| emmetropy | noun | Same as Emmetropia. |
| emolliate | adjective | To soften; to render effeminate. |
| emollient | adjective | Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient., An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc. |
| emolument | noun | The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary. |
| emotioned | adjective | Affected with emotion. |
| emotional | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature. |
| emotivity | noun | Emotiveness. |
| empaistic | adjective | Having to do with inlaid work; — especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks. |
| empassion | verb t. | To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. |
| emphasize | verb t. | To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase. |
| emphrensy | verb t. | To madden. |
| emphysema | noun | A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| empirical | adjective | Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments., Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; — said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. |
| emplaster | noun | See Plaster., To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. |
| emplastic | adjective | Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications., A medicine causing constipation. |
| emplecton | noun | A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. |
| employing | present participle & vb. noun | of Employ |
| emporetic | adjective | Alt. of Emporetical |
| emporiums | plural | of Emporium |
| empowered | imp. & past participle | of Empower |
| emprising | verb t. | Full of daring; adventurous. |
| emptiness | noun | The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach., Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory., Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. |
| emptional | adjective | Capable of being purchased. |
| empurpled | imp. & past participle | of Empurple |
| empyreuma | noun | The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels. |
| empyrical | adjective | Containing the combustible principle of coal. |
| empyrosis | noun | A general fire; a conflagration. |
| emulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Emulate |
| emulation | noun | The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry., Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention. |
| emulative | adjective | Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. |
| emulatory | adjective | Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. |
| emulously | adverb | In an emulous manner. |
| emunctory | noun | Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter. |