Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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. |