| empathy | (noun) understanding and entering into another's feelings | - |
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| empennage | (noun) the rear part of an aircraft | Synonyms: tail, tail assembly |
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| emperor | (noun) large richly colored butterfly | Synonyms: emperor butterfly |
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| (noun) large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings | Synonyms: emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia |
| (noun) red table grape of California | - |
| (noun) the male ruler of an empire | - |
| emphasis | (noun) intensity or forcefulness of expression | Synonyms: vehemence |
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| (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | Synonyms: accent, stress |
| (noun) special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. | - |
| (noun) special importance or significance | Synonyms: accent |
| emphasizing | (noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something | Synonyms: accenting, accentuation |
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| emphysema | (noun) an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age | Synonyms: pulmonary emphysema |
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| empire | (noun) a monarchy with an emperor as head of state | - |
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| (noun) a group of countries under a single authority | - |
| (noun) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | Synonyms: conglomerate |
| (noun) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised | Synonyms: imperium |
| empiricism | (noun) the application of empirical methods in any art or science | - |
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| (noun) medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | Synonyms: quackery |
| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience | Synonyms: empiricist philosophy, sensationalism |
| empiricist | (noun) a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism | - |
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| emplacement | (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: locating, location, placement, position, positioning |
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| (noun) military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon | - |
| employ | (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | Synonyms: employment |
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| employable | (noun) a person who is qualified and ready to work | - |
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| employee | (noun) a worker who is hired to perform a job | - |
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| employer | (noun) a person or firm that employs workers | - |
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| employment | (noun) the occupation for which you are paid | Synonyms: work |
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| (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
| (noun) the act of giving someone a job | Synonyms: engagement |
| (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | Synonyms: employ |
| emporium | (noun) a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain | Synonyms: department store |
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| empowerment | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
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| empress | (noun) a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor | - |
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| emptiness | (noun) the quality of being valueless or futile | Synonyms: vanity |
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| (noun) an empty area or space | Synonyms: vacancy, vacuum, void |
| (noun) the state of containing nothing | - |
| (noun) having an empty stomach | - |
| emptor | (noun) a person who buys | Synonyms: buyer, purchaser, vendee |
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| empty | (noun) a container that has been emptied | - |
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| emptying | (noun) the act of removing the contents of something | Synonyms: evacuation, voidance |
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| empyema | (noun) a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity) | - |
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| empyrean | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin |
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