emphyteusisA right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold
emphyteuticOf, pertaining to, or subject to emphyteusis
emphyteuticarySomeone who holds land by way of emphyteusis.
empingA snack cracker made of Gnetum gnemon seeds.
empireA political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
empiricismA doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
empiriocriticismA philosophy based on knowledge and experience without any metaphysics
empiriologicalBased on, characterized by, or pertaining to empirical study.
empiriomonismAlexander Bogdanov's philosophy of cognition and being. Based on the neutral monist philosophy of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius (empiriocriticism), empiriomonism was an attempt to provide a modern, scientific proof of the principles of Marxism, in general, and of historical materialism in particular.
emplectonA kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
empowermentThe achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
empracticalOf or relating to a form of communication that is incidental to some practical activity, characterized by fragmentary utterances and more silence than a conversation.
empressiteA rare hexagonal mineral form of silver telluride.
empriseAn enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
emprosthodromousOf a flower: such that the genetic spiral on its shortest way from the bract to the outermost perianth-segment passes outside the flower, farthest from the axis.
emprosthotonusA condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
emptinessThe state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines hollowness, numbness, disconnection and a lack of meaning in life, resulting in existential boredom, ennui or depression.
emptingsThe lees of wine or beer, used for their yeast in making bread, etc.
empyrealPertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean.
empyreanThe highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.
empyreumaThe particular smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in sealed containers.