Index of English words, starting with "em"

(1) - Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
(2) - Emissary (a.) Exploring; spying.
(3) - Emissary (n.) An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.

(1) - Emission (n.) That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
(2) - Emission (n.) The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.

(1) - Emissive (a.) Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

(1) - Emit (v. t.) To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
(2) - Emit (v. t.) To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.