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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]