| embalm | (verb) preserve a dead body | - |
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| 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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| embank | (verb) enclose with banks, as for support or protection | - |
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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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| (verb) prevent commerce | - |
| (verb) ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons | - |
| embark | (verb) set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) | Synonyms: enter |
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| (verb) go on board | Synonyms: ship |
| (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers | Synonyms: venture |
| 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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| embarrass | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: abash |
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| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| embarrassed | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | Synonyms: humiliated, mortified |
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| (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: abashed, chagrined |
| embarrassing | (adjective) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Synonyms: awkward, sticky, unenviable |
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| (adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: mortifying |
| embarrassingly | (adverb) causing embarrassment | - |
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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 | - |
| embattle | (verb) prepare for battle or conflict | - |
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| (verb) fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense | - |
| embattled | (adjective) having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement | Synonyms: battlemented, castellated, castled, crenelated |
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| (adjective) prepared for battle | - |
| (adjective) (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict | - |
| embayment | (noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | Synonyms: bay |
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