embalmer | (noun) a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives | - |
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embalmment | (noun) preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals | - |
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embankment | (noun) a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection | - |
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embargo | (noun) a government order imposing a trade barrier | Synonyms: trade embargo, trade stoppage |
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embarkation | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: boarding, embarkment |
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embarkment | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: boarding, embarkation |
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embarrassment | (noun) extreme excess | Synonyms: overplus, plethora, superfluity |
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(noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed | - |
(noun) the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public | - |
(noun) the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy) | - |
embassador | (noun) a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | Synonyms: ambassador |
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embassy | (noun) a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work | - |
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(noun) an ambassador and his entourage collectively | - |
embayment | (noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | Synonyms: bay |
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embellishment | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: ornamentation |
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(noun) a superfluous ornament | - |
(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embroidery |
ember | (noun) a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering | Synonyms: coal |
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embezzlement | (noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | Synonyms: defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation |
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embezzler | (noun) someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | Synonyms: defalcator, peculator |
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embitterment | (noun) the state of being embittered | - |
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emblem | (noun) special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. | - |
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(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: allegory |
embodiment | (noun) giving concrete form to an abstract concept | - |
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(noun) a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | Synonyms: shape |
(noun) a new personification of a familiar idea | Synonyms: avatar, incarnation |
embolectomy | (noun) surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery) | - |
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embolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) | - |
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(noun) an insertion into a calendar | Synonyms: intercalation |
embolus | (noun) an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood | - |
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embonpoint | (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded | Synonyms: plumpness, roundness |
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embossment | (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief |
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(noun) an impression produced by pressure or printing | Synonyms: imprint |
embouchure | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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embrace | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embracement, embracing |
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(noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance | Synonyms: bosom |
(noun) the state of taking in or encircling | - |
embracement | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracing |
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embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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embrasure | (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: port, porthole |
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embrocation | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: liniment |
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embroiderer | (noun) someone who ornaments with needlework | - |
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embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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embroidery | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: fancywork |
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(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embellishment |
embroilment | (noun) an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation | Synonyms: imbroglio |
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embryo | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg |
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(noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | - |
embryologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in embryology | - |
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embryology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms | - |
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