Embalming is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EMBALMING in dictionary:

VERB:
• preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative
• preserve (someone or something) in an unaltered state
• give a pleasant fragrance to
NOUN:
• the act of embalming
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to treat so as to protect from decay

Words related to EMBALMING

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Words that contain EMBALMING

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How to use EMBALMING in a sentence

• It behooves every public man to keep a sentence or two on hand, with a view to embalming them for future reference.
• And as for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming him on sight.
• The face already had large purple spots, which showed the urgency of completing the embalming.
• The woman was a vendor of aromatic herbs, and Nicodemus had purchased many perfumes which were necessary for embalming the body of Jesus from her.
• John, and the holy women had gone to seek different things required for embalming the body of Jesus, and John and the holy women followed the servants at a certain distance.
• Connected with the healing art was the practice of embalming dead bodies, which was carried to great perfection.
• For, in the twelfth century, the art of embalming the dead was unknown.
• The great principle of embalming is the exclusion of the external air, but much is attributable to antiseptics.
• As the Guanches were in the habit of embalming their dead I entertained hopes of obtaining from them a mummy, of which there are several preserved in the Canary Islands.
• The ancient Egyptians, although using iron and bronze for other objects, invariably used stone knives in preparing bodies for the process of embalming.
• The process of embalming was carried to high perfection, for the mummy of the canonized Knes Lasar is to be seen to this day.
• He arrived, bearing ample provision of the materials necessary for embalming.
• They employed the hours of the evening which remained to them in making new preparations for the embalming.
• This imparted to the dead a mummy-like appearance, but there was nothing to suggest that embalming or other artificial means of preservation of the bodies had been used.
• It has been supposed that no common motive could have animated them to such lavish expenditure of money, time, and labor as the process of embalming required.
• Secondly, the mutilation of the body in embalming forbids the belief in its restoration to life.
• Among the ancients Honey was used for embalming the dead, and it is still found contained in their preserved coffins.
• To engage Tomkins to have every thing ready for the opening and embalming.
• The remains of Siems in this state are preserved by a peculiar process of embalming which will be found described elsewhere in this monograph.
• It is, however, not unlikely that honey was so utilized in days gone by, as it is a well-known agent for embalming.
• The natives practice a sort of embalming of the dead.

Similar words containing BALM without suffix ing and without prefix em

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