Did you hear about the kid who was pulled over for speeding?
The cop got out of his car and the young man rolled down his window.
"I’ve been waiting for you all day," the cop said.
The guy replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could."
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.
n. - bevelling of a wall at the sides of a window etc.
- opening in a parapet for a gun etc. embrasured adj. [french embraser splay]
EMBROIDER
v. - decorate (cloth etc.) With needlework.
- embellish (a narrative). embroiderer n. [anglo-french from germanic]
EMERGENCY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 sudden state of danger etc., requiring immediate action.
- a condition requiring immediate treatment. B patient with this.
- (attrib.) For use in an emergency. [medieval latin: related to *emerge]
EMOLLIENT
—adj. That softens or soothes the skin, feelings, etc. —n. Emollient substance. [latin mollis soft]
EMOLUMENT
n. Fee from employment, salary. [latin]
EMOTIONAL
adj. - of or expressing emotions.
- especially liable to emotion.
- arousing emotion. emotionalism n. Emotionally adv.
EMPATHIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) (usu. Foll. By with) exercise empathy.
EMPHASIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) put emphasis on, stress.
EMPHYSEMA
n. Disease of the lungs causing breathlessness. [greek emphusao puff up]
EMPIRICAL
adj. (also empiric) based on observation, experience, or experiment, not on theory. empirically adv. Empiricism n. Empiricist n. [greek empeiria experience]
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