embowments
plural of embowment

embraceability
The quality or state of being embraceable.

embracement
A clasp in the arms; embrace.
State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion.
Act or state of embracing or accepting; willing acceptance.
State of being contained; enclosure.

embracements
plural of embracement

embracingness
The state of being comprehensive or acceptive.

embranchment
A branching off

embranchments
plural of embranchment

embrasure
Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
Any small protected space.
The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
An embrace.

embrasures
plural of embrasure

embrazure
Alternative form of embrasure.

embrazures
plural of embrazure

embreathement
inspiration (the act of breathing in)

embrechite
A type of migmatite where the crystal structures of the rock before metamorphism are partially preserved.

embrechites
plural of embrechite

embrio
Archaic form of embryo.

embrios
plural of embrio

embrithopod
Any of the Embrithopoda, an extinct order of mammals resembling the rhinoceros.

embrithopods
plural of embrithopod

embrittlement
The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material; the development of brittleness.

embrittlements
plural of embrittlement

embrocation
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

embrocations
plural of embrocation

embroil
To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.

embroiled
simple past and past participle of embroil

embroilest
second-person singular simple present indicative of embroil

embroileth
third-person singular simple present indicative of embroil

embroilment
The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.

embroilments
plural of embroilment

embroils
third-person singular simple present indicative of embroil

embryo
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
In a viviparous animal, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body.
In a human, usually the cell growth of the child within the mother's body, through the end of the seventh week of pregnancy.
A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
The beginning; the first stage of anything.

embryoctony
Deliberate destruction of the unborn fetus; abortion.

embryofetoscopy
An endoscopic technique for visualising the first-trimester embryo and fetus.

embryofetotoxicity
Toxicity to the embryo or the fetus.

embryogeneses
plural of embryogenesis

embryogenesis
The process by which an embryo is formed and develops.

embryogenicity
The quality of being embryogenic.

embryogeny
Embryogenesis.

embryogony
embryogenesis

embryogram
A count, using microscopy, of viable embryos (typically of roundworms)

embryography
The scientific description of embryos.

embryoism
The condition or stage of being an embryo.

embryolessness
Absence of embryos.

embryolethality
lethal embryotoxicity

embryologies
plural of embryology

embryology
The scientific study of embryos and (often) also the developmental biology of all prenatal phases (embryology sensu stricto plus fetology and teratology collectively).

embryonation
The formation and development of an embryo.

embryones
plural of embryo

embryonies
plural of embryony

embryonism
Alternative form of embryoism.

embryonization
Modification to an embryonic form.

embryony
The formation of an embryo; embryogenesis.

embryophagy
The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks.

embryophore
The outer cellular covering of the hexacanth embryo of a tapeworm that forms the inner part of the eggshell

embryophores
plural of embryophore

embryos
plural of embryo

embryosac
Alternative form of embryo sac.

embryosacs
plural of embryosac

embryoscopies
plural of embryoscopy

embryoscopy
The direct examination of a foetus/embryo by means of an embryoscope.

embryotomies
plural of embryotomy

embryotomy
The act of cutting up a deceased foetus, so that it can be removed from the womb.

embryotoxicities
plural of embryotoxicity

embryotoxicity
The toxicity of an embryotoxin

embryotoxicology
The toxicology of embryotoxins

embryotoxon
The presence of a band of corneal opacity similar in appearance to the arcus senilis, sometimes seen in newborns.

embrythopod
Misspelling of embrithopod.

embryulcia
The forcible extraction of the fetus.

embuggerance
Any obstacle (natural or artificial) that gets in the way of progress.

embuggerances
plural of embuggerance

embushment
An ambush.

embushments
plural of embushment

emendanda
plural of emendandum

emendandum
Something to be corrected.

emendation
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.

emendations
plural of emendation

emeraldine
Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure

emeraldines
plural of emeraldine

emergence
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
An emergency.
An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.

emergences
plural of emergence

emergencies
plural of emergency

emergency
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
A critical urge to urinate or defecate.

emergentism
The belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts (or not) with reductionism.

emergentisms
plural of emergentism

emergentness
The state or quality of being emergent.

emergy
the total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available energy of one kind that has to be used up directly and indirectly to make a product or service.

emeritate
The act of becoming, or status of being emeritus or emerita.

emersion
Emergence, especially from the water.
The reappearance of a heavenly body after being eclipsed by another or by the sun's brightness.

emersions
plural of emersion

emethallicin
Any of a group of epidithiodioxopiperazines that have physiological activity

emethallicins
plural of emethallicin

emeto
Clipping of emetophilia.

emetogenicity
The state or degree of being emetogenic

emetology
The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.

emetophilia
A paraphilia in which one is aroused by vomiting or regurgitation.

emetophobia
An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.

emeute
Alternative spelling of émeute.

emeutes
plural of emeute

emf
Alternative letter-case form of EMF ("electromotive force")

emication
A spark, flickering or scintillation.

emications
plural of emication

emicity
Synonym of emicness.

emicness
The state or degree of being emic.

emics
The use of an emic approach.