Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Emboitement (n.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preexisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.
Emboldened (imp. & p. p.) of Embolden
Emboldening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embolden
Embolden (v. t.) To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.
Emboldener (n.) One who emboldens.
Embolic (a.) Embolismic.
Embolic (a.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
Embolic (a.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
Embolism (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
Embolism (n.) Intercalated time.
Embolism (n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
Embolismal (a.) Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.
Embolismatic (a.) Alt. of Embolismatical
Embolismatical (a.) Embolismic.
Embolismic (a.) Alt. of Embolismical
Embolismical (a.) Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.
Embolite (n.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.
Emboli (pl. ) of Embolus
Embolus (n.) Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
Embolus (n.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
Emboly (n.) Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.
Embonpoint (n.) Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
Emborder (v. t.) To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.
Embosom (v. t.) To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.
Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
Embossed (imp. & p. p.) of Emboss
Embossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emboss
Emboss (v. t.) To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.
Emboss (v. t.) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.
Emboss (v. t.) To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.
Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Emboss (v. i.) To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.
Embossed (a.) Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
Embossed (a.) Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
Embossed (a.) Swollen; protuberant.
Embosser (n.) One who embosses.
Embossment (n.) The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
Embossment (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.
Embottle (v. t.) To bottle.
Embouchure (n.) The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
Embouchure (n.) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
Embow (v. t.) To bend like a bow; to curve.
Emboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Embowel
Embowelled () of Embowel
Emboweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embowel
Embowelling () of Embowel
Embowel (v. t.) To disembowel.
Embowel (v. t.) To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.
Emboweler (n.) One who takes out the bowels.
Embowelment (n.) Disembowelment.
Embower (v. t.) To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.
Embower (v. i.) To lodge or rest in a bower.
Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
Embox (v. t.) To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.
Emboyssement (n.) An ambush.
Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor.
Embraced (imp. & p. p.) of Embrace
Embracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrace
Embrace (n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
Embrace (n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
Embrace (n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
Embrace (n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
Embrace (n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
Embrace (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
Embrace (v. i.) To join in an embrace.
Embrace (n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Embracement (n.) A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Embracement (n.) State of being contained; inclosure.
Embracement (n.) Willing acceptance.
Embraceor (n.) One guilty of embracery.
Embracer (n.) One who embraces.
Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
Embracive (a.) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
Embraid (v. t.) To braid up, as hair.
Embraid (v. t.) To upbraid.
Embranchment (n.) The branching forth, as of trees.
Embrangle (v. t.) To confuse; to entangle.
Embrasure (n.) An embrace.
Embrasure (n.) A splay of a door or window.
Embrasure (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
Embrave (v. t.) To inspire with bravery.
Embrave (v. t.) To decorate; to make showy and fine.
Embrawn (v. t.) To harden.
Embread (v. t.) To braid.
Embreathement (n.) The act of breathing in; inspiration.
Embrew (v. t.) To imbrue; to stain with blood.
Embright (v. t.) To brighten.
Embrocated (imp. & p. p.) of Embrocate
Embrocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embrocate
Embrocate (v. t.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
Embrocation (n.) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
Embrocation (n.) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
Embroglio (n.) See Imbroglio.
Embroidered (imp. & p. p.) of Embroider
Embroidering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embroider
Embroider (v. t.) To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.