English Words Starting With E

• embroideress

  nounExtremely Low / Archaic
  /ɪmˈbrɔɪ.dər.ɪs/A female person who embroiders; a woman or girl who practices the craft of embroidery.
• embroidery

  nounB2
  /ɪmˈbrɔɪ.dər.i/The art or process of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn, often creating decorative patterns or pictures.
• embroidery needle

  nounB1
  /ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri ˈniːd(ə)l/A long, thin tool with a pointed end and a large eye, designed specifically for hand embroidery to pass thread or yarn through fabric.
• embroil

  verbverb-transitiveC2
  /ɪmˈbrɔɪl/To involve someone deeply in a conflict, argument, or difficult situation.
• embroiled

  adjectiveverbC1
  /ɪmˈbrɔɪld/To involve deeply in a conflict, argument, or difficult situation.
• embrown

  verb-ambitransitiveC2/Low Frequency
  /ɪmˈbraʊn/To make something brown or dark brown in colour.
• embrue

  verbverb-transitiveVery Low / Archaic
  /ɪmˈbruː/To stain, soak, or saturate with a liquid, especially blood; to imbue or permeate thoroughly.
• embryectomy

  nounRare
  /ˌembrɪˈɛktəmi/The surgical removal of an embryo from the uterus.
• embryo

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈɛmbrɪəʊ/An organism in the early stages of development before birth or hatching, especially a human offspring during the first eight weeks after conception.
• embryo sac

  nounRare / Technical
  /ˈɛmbrɪəʊ sæk/The female gametophyte of a flowering plant, contained within the ovule, where the egg cell is fertilized to form a seed embryo.
• embryo transfer

  nounLow
  /ˈɛmbrɪəʊ ˌtrænsfɜː/A medical procedure where one or more embryos are placed into the uterus or fallopian tube of a female with the intent to establish a pregnancy.
• embryo vitrification

  nounC2
  /ˈɛmbrɪəʊ ˌvɪtrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/A cryopreservation technique that rapidly freezes an embryo using high concentrations of cryoprotectants to prevent damaging ice crystal formation.
• embryogeny

  nounLow (Technical/Specialist)
  /ˌɛmbrɪˈɒdʒɪni/The formation and development of an embryo from a fertilized egg.
• embryologist

  nounC2
  /ˌɛmbrɪˈɒlədʒɪst/A scientist who specializes in the study of embryos and their development.
• embryology

  nounC1/C2 (Specialised Academic/Technical)
  /ˌembrɪˈɒlədʒi/The branch of biology that studies the formation, early growth, and development of embryos.
• embryonic disk

  nounLow
  /ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk dɪsk/The flattened, circular mass of cells formed in early embryonic development from which the embryo proper develops.
• embryonic membrane

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
  /ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk ˈmɛmbreɪn/A protective, fluid-filled sac or thin tissue layer that surrounds and cushions a developing embryo in amniote vertebrates (reptiles, birds, mammals).
• embryotomy

  nounVery Low (Specialist Medical/HISTORICAL)
  /ˌɛmbrɪˈɒtəmi/A surgical operation performed on a fetus, typically to dismember or reduce its size to facilitate delivery when normal birth is impossible.
• embryotroph

  nounVery low
  /ˈɛmbrɪəʊtrəʊf/The nourishing material (e.g., uterine milk or secretions) absorbed by a mammalian embryo before placental circulation is fully established.
• embus

  verbverb-ambitransitiveVery Low
  /ɪmˈbʌs/To board a bus or military transport vehicle.

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