Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
emanant |
adjective |
Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; — said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition. |
emanate |
verb i. |
To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers., To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate., Issuing forth; emanant. |
embarge |
verb t. |
To put in a barge. |
embargo |
noun |
An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail., To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; — said of ships, also of commerce and goods. |
embassy |
noun |
The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message., The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys., The residence or office of an ambassador. |
embathe |
verb t. |
To bathe; to imbathe. |
embayed |
imp. & past participle |
of Embay |
emblaze |
verb t. |
To adorn with glittering embellishments., To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. |
embloom |
verb t. |
To emblossom. |
embogue |
verb i. |
To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. |
embolic |
adjective |
Embolismic., Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess., Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination. |
embolus |
noun |
Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe., A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism. |
embosom |
verb t. |
To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster., To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. |
embowel |
verb t. |
To disembowel., To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. |
embower |
verb t. |
To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees., To lodge or rest in a bower. |
embrace |
verb t. |
To fasten on, as armor., To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug., To cling to; to cherish; to love., To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome., To encircle; to encompass; to inclose., To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences., To accept; to undergo; to submit to., To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court., To join in an embrace., Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. |
embraid |
verb t. |
To braid up, as hair., To upbraid. |
embrave |
verb t. |
To inspire with bravery., To decorate; to make showy and fine. |
embrawn |
verb t. |
To harden. |
embread |
verb t. |
To braid. |
embroil |
verb t. |
To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife., To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble., See Embroilment. |
embrown |
verb t. |
To give a brown color to; to imbrown. |
embrute |
verb t. |
To brutify; to imbrute. |
embryos |
plural |
of Embryo |
embryon |
noun & adjective |
See Embryo. |
emburse |
verb t. |
To furnish with money; to imburse. |
emended |
imp. & past participle |
of Emend |
emender |
noun |
One who emends. |
emerald |
noun |
A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl., A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers., Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. |
emeraud |
noun |
An emerald. |
emerged |
imp. & past participle |
of Emerge |
emeriti |
plural |
of Emeritus |
emerods |
noun pl. |
Alt. of Emeroids |
emersed |
adjective |
Standing out of, or rising above, water. |
emetine |
noun |
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle. |
emforth |
preposition |
According to; conformably to. |
emgalla |
noun |
The South African wart hog. See Wart hog. |
emicant |
adjective |
Beaming forth; flashing. |
eminent |
adjective |
High; lofty; towering; prominent., Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. |
emitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Emit |
emongst |
preposition |
Among. |
emotion |
noun |
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. |
emotive |
adjective |
Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. |
empaled |
imp. & past participle |
of Empale |
empanel |
noun |
A list of jurors; a panel., See Impanel. |
empeach |
verb t. |
To hinder. See Impeach. |
empearl |
verb t. |
To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl. |
emperil |
verb t. |
To put in peril. See Imperil. |
emperor |
noun |
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; — a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. |
empight |
adjective |
Fixed; settled; fastened. |
empiric |
noun |
One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience., One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan., Alt. of Empirical |
emplead |
verb t. |
To accuse; to indict. See Implead. |
emplore |
verb t. |
See Implore. |
employe |
noun |
One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer. |
emporia |
plural |
of Emporium |
empower |
verb t. |
To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor., To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. |
empress |
noun |
The consort of an emperor., A female sovereign., A sovereign mistress. |
emprint |
verb t. |
See Imprint. |
emprise |
noun |
An enterprise; endeavor; adventure., The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits., To undertake. |
emptier |
noun |
One who, or that which, empties., of Empty. |
emption |
noun |
The act of buying. |
empties |
plural |
of Empty |
emptied |
imp. & past participle |
of Empty |
empyema |
noun |
A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. |
emulate |
adjective |
Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous., To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. |
emulous |
adjective |
Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as, emulous of another’s example or virtues., Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. |
emulsic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. |
emulsin |
noun |
The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds., An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides. |