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Definition: EMBALMING |
EMBALMINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Embalm |
Date "EMBALMING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Embalming the process of preserving a body by means of aromatics (Gen. 50:2, 3, 26). This art was practised by the Egyptians from the earliest times, and there brought to great perfection. This custom probably originated in the belief in the future reunion of the soul with the body. The process became more and more complicated, and to such perfection was it carried that bodies embalmed thousands of years ago are preserved to the present day in the numberless mummies that have been discovered in Egypt. The embalming of Jacob and Joseph was according to the Egyptian custom, which was partially followed by the Jews (2 Chr. 16:14), as in the case of king Asa, and of our Lord (John 19:39, 40; Luke 23:56; 24:1). (See PHARAOH.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Health | Process of preserving a dead body to protect it from decay. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: EMBALMING |
| English words defined with "EMBALMING": Balsamation ♦ Canonship ♦ frankincense ♦ gum olibanum ♦ olibanum ♦ thus, thyme camphor, thymic acid, thymol. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "EMBALMING": DIRECTOR, FUNERAL ♦ Embalm ♦ manager, funeral home. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "EMBALMING": Embalm. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Unknown location. Embalming surgeon at work on soldier's body.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We are prohibited from embalming a sublimity in history. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree, or enriching his table as a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after awhile if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and rose are languishing for a nibble at his glutoeus maximus. |
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| "EMBALMING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 40.91% of the time. "EMBALMING" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 40.91% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (singular) | 31.82% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 14.77% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 88 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "EMBALMING": over-embalming. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
embalming | 473 |
embalming fluid | 52 |
embalming process | 47 |
embalming photo | 45 |
embalming procedure | 39 |
embalming picture | 37 |
embalming school | 23 |
embalming technique | 16 |
embalming supply | 15 |
embalming equipment | 9 |
embalming room | 9 |
embalming video | 9 |
embalming machine | 7 |
embalming photo process | 7 |
body embalming | 6 |
embalming pic | 6 |
embalming history | 5 |
egyptian embalming | 4 |
embalming gallery photo | 4 |
embalming table | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EMBALMING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 涂香油 (Embalm, Embalmed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | balsamering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | balseming, balsemen (embalm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | embaumement (embalm, embalment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einbalsamierend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ταρίχευση (embalment, mummification, taxidermy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | balzsamozó (embalmer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembalseman. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | imbalsamazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spiosaghey corp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | embalmingay embalsamamento. (various references) embalsamiento. (various references) เหล้าแรง (embalming fluid, hooch, hootch, jungle juice, scag, skag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"EMBALMING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: embalding, embaling, Embling, embolming, Emmelmann, enbalming, imbalming. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "EMBALMING" (pronounced embÄ"ming) |
| 5 | -b Ä" m i ng | bombing. |
| 4 | -Ä" m i ng | calming. |
| 3 | -m i ng | acclaiming, affirming, aiming, alarming, arming, assuming, barnstorming, beaming, becoming, blaming, blooming, blossoming, booming, bottoming, brainstorming, brimming, charming, claiming, climbing, combing, coming, condemning, confirming, conforming, consuming, cramming, damming, damning, daydreaming, deprogramming, diagraming, dimming, disarming, disclaiming, dooming, dreaming, drumming, dumbing, exclaiming, farming, filming, firebombing, firming, flaming, foaming, forming, forthcoming, framing, fuming, gaming, gleaming, gloaming, grooming, harming, heartwarming, helming, hemming, homecoming, homing, humming, incoming, inflaming, informing, jamming, lambing, lemming, liming, looming, maiming, mainstreaming, misinforming, mushrooming, naming, nonperforming, numbing, oncoming, outperforming, overcoming, overwhelming, performing, plumbing, presuming, priming, proclaiming, programing, programming, ramming, reaffirming, rearming, reclaiming, redeeming, reforming, renaming, reprogramming, resuming, rhyming, roaming, rooming, scheming, screaming, seeming, shaming, shortcoming, skimming, slamming, slimming, squirming, steaming, stemming, storming, streaming, strumming, succumbing, summing, swarming, swimming, taming, teaming, teeming, terming, thumbing, timing, transforming, trimming, unassuming, unbecoming, upcoming, vacuuming, warming, welcoming, zooming. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-i-l-m-m-n" | |
-2 letters: ambling, bamming, beaming, blaming, geminal, lambing, lamming, lemming, mailmen, minable. | |
-3 letters: ammine, bagmen, baling, bangle, embalm, enigma, gamble, gamine, genial, gimbal, gimmal, imbalm, immane, lambie, laming, legman, linage, lingam, malign, maline, mangel, mangle, menial, milage, milneb, mingle, nimble. | |
-4 letters: agile, algin, alien, align, aline, amble, amine, angel, angle, anile, anime, bagel, began, begin, being, belga, bilge, binal, binge, blain, blame, elain, email, gable, gambe, gamin, gemma, gimel, gimme, gleam, glean, gleba, glime, image, ingle, leman, lemma, liane, liang, ligan, liman, limba, limen, linga, maile, mamie, mange, minae. | |
-5 letters: able, agin, alme, amen, amie, amin, anil, bail, bale, balm, bane, bang, bani, beam, bean, bema, bile, bima, bine, blae, blam, blin, egal, elan, gaen, gain, gale, gamb, game, gane, gibe, gien, glen, glia, glib, glim, iamb, ilea, imam, lain, lamb, lame, lane, lang, lean, lien, lima, limb, lime, limn, line, ling, mabe, mage, magi, mail, maim, main, male, malm, mane, meal, mean, mien, mile, mime, mina, mine, nabe, nail, name, nema. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-i-l-m-m-n" | |
+4 letters: emblematizing, misassembling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4D 42 41 4C 4D 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- -... .- .-.. -- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001101 01000010 01000001 01001100 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E M B A L M I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004D 0042 0041 004C 004D 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)394736354647434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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