Words That Start with EM

2-letter words that start with EM

• em4n. The name of the Latin script letter M/m.

3-letter words that start with EM

• ema5n. A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto...
• eme5n. An uncle.
• emo5n. A subgenre of late 1980s hardcore punk originating in Washington D.C....
• emu5n. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.

4-letter words that start with EM

• emic8adj. Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features...
• emir6n. A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
• emit6v. To send out or give off.
• emma8n. M in RAF phonetic alphabet.
• empl8n. Employee.
• empt8v. To empty.
• emys9n. Any member of the small Emys genus of freshwater pond tortoises.

5-letter words that start with EM

• emacs9n. Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.
• email7n. A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network...
• emaki11n. A Japanese picture scroll, a handscroll containing an illustrated...
• embar9v. To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
• embed10v. To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
• ember9n. A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
• emcee9n. Master of ceremonies.
• emend8v. To correct and revise (text or a document).
• emerg8n. The emergency department of a hospital.
• emery10n. An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
• emmer9n. Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled...
• emmet9n. An ant.
• emoji14n. A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a...
• emote7v. To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly...
• empty12adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
• emule7v. To emulate.

6-letter words that start with EM

• emanon8n. Synonym of radon (“chemical element”).
• embalm12v. To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
• embark14v. To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
• embase10v. To lower physically.
• embers10n. The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.
• embiid11n. Any of the webspinners of the family Embiidae.
• emblem12n. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
• embody14v. To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
• emboss10v. To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause...
• embryo13n. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg...
• emerge9v. To come into view.
• emergy12n. The total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available...
• emeril8n. Emery.
• emesis8n. The act or process of vomiting.
• emetic10adj. Causing nausea and vomiting.
• emigre9n. One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
• emodin9n. A purgative resin, 6-methyl-1,3,8-trihydroxyanthraquinone, obtained...
• empath13n. Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus...
• empery13n. An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
• empire10n. A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater...
• employ13v. To retain (someone) as an employee.
• emptor10n. Buyer.
• empusa10n. In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard...
• emunah11n. Faith, sincere belief, conviction.

7-letter words that start with EM

• emailer9n. One who, or that which, sends an email.
• emanate9v. To come from a source; issue from.
• embargo12n. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
• embassy14n. The function or duty of an ambassador.
• emblica13n. Emblic.
• embolic13adj. Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
• embolus11n. An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other...
• embrace13v. To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in...
• embroil11v. To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to...
• emerald10n. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of...
• emerita9n. A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation...
• emersed10adj. That rises above the surface.
• emetine9n. A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄...
• eminent9adj. Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emirate9n. A country ruled by an emir.
• emitter9n. That which emits something.
• emotion9n. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological...
• emotive12adj. Of or relating to emotion.
• empanel11n. A list of jurors; a panel.
• empathy17n. Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or...
• emperor11n. The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
• empiric13adj. Empirical.
• emplace13v. To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a...
• employe14n. Dated spelling of employee.
• empower14v. To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
• empress11n. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
• emprise11n. An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
• emptier11n. A person who, or device which empties.
• emptily14adv. In an empty manner.
• emption11n. The act of buying; purchase.
• emptive14adj. Responding to or acting to counteract something when it happens (rather...
• empyema16n. A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as...
• emulate9v. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
• emulous9adj. Ambitious or competitive.

8-letter words that start with EM

• emailing11n. The sending of a message by electronic mail.
• embalmer14n. One who embalms a corpse; a practitioner of mortuary science.
• embanked17adj. Protected by or containing embankments.
• embarras12n. Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty.
• embedded15adj. Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into...
• embezzle30v. To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with...
• embitter12v. To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an...
• emblazon21v. To adorn with prominent markings.
• embodied14adj. Experienced, mediated via the physical body (typically in contrast to...
• embolden13v. To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten.
• embolism14n. An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by...
• embossed13adj. With raised letters or images on the surface.
• embosser12n. A person who or a thing which embosses.
• embryoid16adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
• emergent11adj. Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
• emerging12adj. Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
• emeritus10adj. Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.
• emersion10n. Emergence, especially from the water.
• emigrant11n. Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
• emigrate11v. To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native...
• eminence12n. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
• emissary13n. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
• emission10n. Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
• emissive13adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or...
• emoticon12n. A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a...
• empanada13n. Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and...
• empathic17adj. Showing or expressing empathy.
• emphasis15n. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
• emphatic17adj. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
• empirics14n. Empirical evidence.
• employed16adj. In a job; working.
• employee15n. A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
• employer15n. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of...
• emporium14n. A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within...
• emptying16n. The act by which something is emptied.
• empyreal15adj. Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
• empyrean15n. The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure...
• emulator10n. A person or thing that emulates.
• emulsify16v. To make into an emulsion.
• emulsion10n. A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with...

9-letter words that start with EM

• emaciated14adj. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
• emanation11n. The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling)...
• embalming16n. The work of an embalmer.
• embargoed15adj. Having had an embargo imposed, preventing access to or trade with.
• embarking18n. An embarkation.
• embarrass13v. To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or...
• embattled14adj. Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
• embayment18n. A bay. (the water).
• embedding16n. The act or process by which one thing is embedded in another.
• embedment16n. The act of embedding or the state of being embedded.
• embellish16v. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to...
• embezzler31n. One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's...
• embodying18n. Embodiment.
• embossing14n. A raised design or symbol that has been embossed.
• embracing16n. The act by which something is embraced (in various senses).
• embrasure13n. Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening...
• embroider14v. To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of...
• embryonal16adj. Embryonic.
• embryonic18adj. Of or relating to an embryo.
• emergence14n. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or...
• emergency17n. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent...
• eminently14adv. In an eminent or prominent manner.
• emittance13n. The quantity of luminous flux emitted per unit area.
• emollient11n. Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.
• emolument13n. Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is...
• emotional11adj. Of or relating to the emotions.
• emotively17adv. In an emotive way.
• emotivism16n. The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those...
• empathize25v. To feel empathy for another person.
• empennage14n. The tail assembly of an aircraft.
• emphasise16v. UK standard spelling of emphasize.
• emphasize25v. To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
• emphysema21n. An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly...
• empirical15adj. Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
• empowered17adj. Having been given powers.
• emptiness13n. The state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines...
• emulation11n. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or...

10-letter words that start with EM

• emaciation14n. The act of making very lean.
• emancipate16v. To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of...
• emarginate13adj. With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually...
• emasculate14v. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
• embankment20n. A long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for...
• embeddable18adj. That can be embedded.
• embezzling33n. Embezzlement.
• embittered15adj. Deeply hostile, resentful.
• emblazoned24adj. Marked by light that blazes out.
• emblematic18adj. Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.
• embodiment17n. The process of embodying.
• emboldened16adj. Having been made bold.
• embonpoint16n. Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.
• embouchure19n. The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a...
• embroidery18n. The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to...
• embryology21n. The scientific study of embryos and (often) also the developmental...
• emendation13n. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or...
• emergently16adv. In an emergent manner.
• emigration13n. The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country...
• emissivity18n. The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a...
• empathetic19adj. Showing empathy for others, recognizing their feelings.
• emphasized27adj. Having been given extra stress or focus.
• empiricism18n. A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable...
• empiricist16n. An advocate or supporter of empiricism.
• employable19adj. Able to be employed.
• employment19n. The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
• empowering18adj. That empowers; serving to empower.
• emulsifier15n. A substance that helps an emulsion form, or helps keep an emulsion from...

11-letter words that start with EM

• emancipated18adj. Having been set free from someone's control, or from some constraint...
• emancipator17n. A person who emancipates.
• embarcadero18n. A quay; a wharf.
• embarkation19n. The act of embarking.
• embarrassed16adj. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
• embellished19adj. Having been made more attractive, compelling or interesting.
• emboldening17n. A making bold.
• embolectomy22n. Surgical removal of an embolus to relieve an embolism.
• embraceable19adj. Able or suitable to be embraced.
• embracement19n. An act of encircling another with one's arms and pulling them to one's...
• embrocation17n. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
• embroidered17adj. Decorated with embroidery; covered in decorative needlework.
• embroiderer16n. A person who embroiders.
• emetophobia20n. An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.
• emmenagogue17n. An herb that stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus...
• emotionally16adv. In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
• emotionless13adj. Lacking emotion.
• emperorship20n. The rank or office of an emperor.
• empirically20adv. Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
• emplacement19n. An installation that houses a military weapon.
• empowerment20n. The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual...
• emulsifying20adj. That emulsifies.

12-letter words that start with EM

• emancipation18n. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery...
• emancipatory21adj. Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
• emasculation16n. The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or...
• embarrassing17n. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
• embeddedness19n. The property of being embedded.
• embellishing20n. An embellishment.
• embezzlement36n. The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
• embolization25n. A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that affects the selective...
• embroidering18n. An embroidered decoration.
• embryologist20n. An expert or specialist in embryology.
• emotionalism16n. An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional...
• emotionality17n. The state or quality of being emotional.
• empathically24adv. In an empathic manner.
• emphatically24adv. In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.

13-letter words that start with EM

• embarrassment19n. A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of...
• embellishment22n. An act of embellishing.
• embrittlement19n. The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a...
• embryogenesis21n. The process by which an embryo is formed and develops.
• embryological23adj. Of or pertaining to embryology.
• emotionlessly18adv. Without emotion.
• empagliflozin30n. An orally available competitive inhibitor of sodium–glucose...
• emphysematous25adj. Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
• employability25n. The state or quality of being employable.
• emtricitabine19n. A synthetic nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₈H₁₀FN₃O₃S...

14-letter words that start with EM

• embarrassingly22adv. In an embarrassing manner.
• emblematically25adv. In an emblematic manner.
• empathetically26adv. In an empathetic way.
• emulsification21n. The process by which an emulsion is formed.

Questions about these words

How many words that start with EM are there?

Word.ws lists 241 words that start with EM, plus 638 rare ones.

What are common words that start with EM?

emergency, email, emotional, empty, em, employment, empire and employee.

Which of the words that start with EM has the highest letter score?

embezzlement scores 36 points with the standard letter tile values.

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