email |
the practice or system by which messages may be typed into one computer terminal and sent by telephone, cable, or wireless to another computer terminal; electronic mail. [4 definitions] |
emancipate |
to free from some external control or constraint, such as enslavement or ignorance. [2 definitions] |
embankment |
a mound or bank of earth or stone formed to support a roadway, serve as a protective barrier, or the like. |
embargo |
a government injunction or other legal restriction on trade or the shipment of goods. [4 definitions] |
embark |
to board a ship, esp. to begin a voyage. [4 definitions] |
embarrass |
to shame, disconcert, make ill at ease, or make painfully self-conscious. [5 definitions] |
embarrassed |
experiencing, expressing, or marked by feelings of shame, painful self-consciousness, or unease. [2 definitions] |
embarrassing |
causing or accompanied by feelings of shame, painful self-consciousness, or unease. |
embarrassment |
the condition of being embarrassed. [3 definitions] |
embassy |
an ambassador and his staff. [4 definitions] |
embed |
to set or enclose firmly in some surrounding material. [2 definitions] |
ember |
a small piece of glowing wood or coal, esp. in a dying fire. [2 definitions] |
embezzle |
to take by fraud for one's own use (money or property entrusted to one's care). |
emblem |
an object or its representation, functioning as a symbol. [3 definitions] |
embody |
to provide with, or as though with, a body; incarnate. [3 definitions] |
emboss |
to raise or represent in relief (a surface design). [2 definitions] |
embrace |
to clasp in one's arms; hug. [8 definitions] |
embroider |
to make or decorate with ornamental needlework. [3 definitions] |
embroidery |
the art or product of ornamental needlework. [2 definitions] |
embryo |
an organism in its earliest stage or stages of development and in a rudimentary or early form. [3 definitions] |
emerald |
a gemstone of brilliant, transparent, dark green beryl. [2 definitions] |