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embaumer: to embalm; to fill with fragrance
embellie: a clear spell following rain; upturn
embellir: to improve, make more attractive; to embellish
embellissement: embellishment, beautification
embellisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of embellir
emberlificoter: to entangle; to muddle up
emberlificoteur: entangler
embioptère: embiopteran, webspinner
emblaver: to sow wheat
emblavure: land that has been sown (typically with wheat)
emblème: emblem
emblématique: iconic, emblematic
emblématiquement: emblematically
embobiner: to wind up, reel up; to wrap up; reel in
emboire: to impregnate; to take a dark colour
emboiter: post-1990 spelling of emboîter
embole: embolus
embolie: embolism (obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
embolie pulmonaire: pulmonary embolism
embolique: embolic
embolisme: embolism
embonpoint: plumpness, stoutness
embosser: to emboss; to moor a vessel with cables from both the prow and the stern
embossé: embossed
emboucher: to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument; to place the bit in a horse's mouth; to tell off, to antagonize; to argue
embouchure: mouthpiece (of a musical instrument); embouchure (of a wind instrument player); mouth (of a river); bit (horse controlling mechanism)
embouché: mouthed
embouer: to mud (make muddy)
embouquer: to sail through a canal, strait or similar narrow passage
embourbement: quagmire
embourber: to get stuck in the mud; to get bogged down
embourgeoisement: bourgeoisification; embourgeoisement; gentrification
embourgeoiser: to become bourgeois; to gentrify
embout: nozzle; tip (of a walking stick or an umbrella)
embouteillage: bottling; blockade; traffic jam, gridlock
embouteiller: to bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles; to back up
embouteilleur: bottler (person) (machine, masculine only)
embouter: to put a nozzle or tip on something (see embout)
emboutir: to emboss; to crash into
emboutissage: stamping
emboutisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of emboutir
emboîtant: skin-tight, close-fitting
emboîtement: interlocking, stacking
emboîter: to embed, encapsulate; to fit, fit together; to box, to place in a box
emboîter le pas: to follow in someone's footsteps, to follow suit
emboîture: socket (or any similar device in which something fits inside another)
embranchement: junction, branch, fork; phylum
embrancher: to join or link up; to connect
embrasement: blaze
embraser: to set fire to; to inflame, impassion
embrassade: hugging and kissing; embrace
embrasse: curtain-loop, armrest
embrassement: embracing; hugs and kisses
embrasser: to hug, embrace (to affectionately wrap one's arms around another); to kiss (to touch with the lips)
embrasseur: kissy; fond of kissing
embrasseur: kisser
embrassé: "embraced" on the specified side by sections that extend to the top and bottom of the opposite edges of the shield, dividing it into three sections with a triangle of the field in the middle (similar to chaussé or chapé but with the base of the triangle being the sinister or dexter side rather than the top or bottom)
embrasure: embrasure
embrayage: clutch; clutch pedal
embrayer: to engage (to mesh or interlock); to engage, set in motion; to begin, engage (to draw into conversation)