6-letter words containing em
- demain — (obsolete, British, legal) A demesne, especially the Ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.
- demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- demark — to remove all trace of (a person or thing)
- demask — (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- demast — to remove the mast from (a boat)
- demate — (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- demean — If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
- dement — to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- demies — a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- demine — Remove explosive mines from.
- demise — The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
- demiss — submissive or humble
- demist — to free or become free of condensation through evaporation produced by a heater and/or blower
- demobs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demob.
- demode — out of fashion
- demoed — demonstration (defs 4, 6).
- demons — sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or a group of people
- demoss — (transitive) To remove moss from.
- demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
- demure — If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and rather shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
- demurs — Plural form of demur.
- demuth — Charles, 1883–1935, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- destem — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- diadem — A diadem is a small crown with precious stones in it.
- dirhem — any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.
- djembe — A kind of goblet-shaped hand drum originating in West Africa.
- dodgem — an attraction at amusement parks, carnivals, or the like, consisting of small electrically powered automobiles that the patrons drive, trying to bump other cars while avoiding being bumped by them.
- drempt — Nonstandard spelling of dreamt.
- eczema — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
- emails — Plural form of email.
- embail — to enclose in a circle
- embale — to bind or wrap (goods) into a package or bale
- emball — to enclose in a circle
- embalm — Preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative.
- embank — Construct a wall or bank of earth or stone in order to confine (a river) within certain limits.
- embark — Go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
- embase — to degrade or debase
- embeds — An embedded journalist.
- embers — The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire.
- emblem — A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family.
- emblic — a deciduous tree, Phyllanthus emblica, found in eastern India and belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae, used for tanning
- embody — Be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).
- emboil — to enrage or be enraged
- embola — Plural form of embolon.
- emboli — Plural form of embolus.
- emboly — (biology) embolic invagination.
- embosk — to hide or cover, esp with greenery
- emboss — Carve or mold a design on (a surface) so that it stands out in relief.
- embrio — Archaic form of embryo.
- embrue — imbrue