Index of English words, starting with "em"

(1) - Empress (n.) A sovereign mistress.
(2) - Empress (n.) A female sovereign.
(3) - Empress (n.) The consort of an emperor.

(1) - Emptiness (n.) Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
(2) - Emptiness (n.) Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
(3) - Emptiness (n.) The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

(1) - Empty (v. i.) To become empty.
(2) - Empty (v. i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
(3) - Empty (v. t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
(4) - Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
(5) - Empty (superl.) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
(6) - Empty (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
(7) - Empty (superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
(8) - Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
(9) - Empty (superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.
(10) - Empty (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
(11) - Empty (superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
(12) - Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.