| aeroembolism | (noun) obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving | Synonyms: air embolism, gas embolism |
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| (noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
| collembolan | (noun) any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water | Synonyms: springtail |
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| disembodied | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: bodiless, discorporate, unbodied, unembodied |
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| disembody | (verb) free from a body or physical form or reality | - |
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| disembowel | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: draw, eviscerate |
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| disembowelment | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | Synonyms: evisceration |
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| embodied | (adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form | Synonyms: bodied, corporal, corporate, incarnate |
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| 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 |
| embody | (verb) represent, as of a character on stage | Synonyms: be, personify |
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| (verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, incarnate, substantiate |
| (verb) represent or express something abstract in tangible form | - |
| embolden | (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, hearten, recreate |
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| emboldened | (adjective) made bold or courageous | - |
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| embolectomy | (noun) surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery) | - |
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| embolic | (adjective) of or relating to an embolism or embolus | - |
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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 | (adjective) sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure | Synonyms: chubby, plump |
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| (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded | Synonyms: plumpness, roundness |
| emboss | (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: boss, stamp |
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| embossed | (adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: brocaded, raised |
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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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| embower | (verb) enclose in a bower | Synonyms: bower |
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| thromboembolism | (noun) occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus | - |
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| unembodied | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: bodiless, discorporate, disembodied, unbodied |
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