Demulce :: Demulce (v. t.) To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.

Demulcent :: Demulcent (a.) Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent..

Demulcent :: Demulcent (n.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents..

Demulsion :: Demulsion (n.) The act of soothing; that which soothes.

Emulable :: Emulable (a.) Capable of being emulated.

Emulate :: Emulate (a.) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

Emulate :: Emulate (v. t.) To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great..

Emulated :: Emulated (imp. & p. p.) of Emulat.

Emulating :: Emulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Emulat.

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Emulative :: Emulative (a.) Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort..

Emulatively :: Emulatively (adv.) In an emulative manner; with emulation.

Emulator :: Emulator (n.) One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass..

Emulatory :: Emulatory (a.) Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.

Emulatress :: Emulatress (n.) A female emulator.

Emule :: Emule (v. t.) To emulate.

Emulge :: Emulge (v. t.) To milk out; to drain.

Emulgent :: Emulgent (a.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins..

Emulgent :: Emulgent (n.) An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein..

Emulgent :: Emulgent (n.) A medicine that excites the flow of bile.

Emulous :: Emulous (a.) Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues..

Emulous :: Emulous (a.) Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious..

Emulously :: Emulously (adv.) In an emulous manner.

Emulousness :: Emulousness (n.) The quality of being emulous.

Emulsic :: Emulsic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid..

Emulsify :: Emulsify (v. t.) To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food..

Emulsin :: Emulsin (n.) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.

Emulsin :: Emulsin (n.) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides..

Emulsion :: Emulsion (n.) Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process..

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