Elysian fields |
see "Elysium." |
Elysium |
in Greek mythology, a place in which virtuous people reside after death; Elysian fields. [2 definitions] |
'em |
(informal) contracted form of "them." |
em- |
in; into. [2 definitions] |
emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usu. by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
emaciation |
unnatural thinness, as caused by starvation or disease. [2 definitions] |
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] |
email address |
a unique identifying label that allows internet messages to be received in one's electronic mail account. The "@" symbol is a part of every email address |
emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
emanation |
the act or an instance of emanating. [2 definitions] |
emancipate |
to free from some external control or constraint, such as enslavement or ignorance. [2 definitions] |
emancipation |
the act of freeing from some constraint or confinement. [2 definitions] |
Emancipation Proclamation |
the declaration first introduced in 1862 by President Lincoln that freed all the slaves from Confederate states that were not yet under Union control during the United States Civil War. |
emasculate |
to castrate. [2 definitions] |
embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. [3 definitions] |
embank |
to enclose or support with a mound or wall of earth or stone; construct an embankment around or along. |
embankment |
a mound or bank of earth or stone formed to support a roadway, serve as a protective barrier, or the like. |
embarcadero |
a place on the edge of a body of water where a boat can land, such as a wharf. |
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] |