An unusually difficult or dangerous situation in which a government gives itself special powers or suspends normal legal procedures so as to regain control.

the reading and writing concepts, behaviors, and dispositions that precede and develop into conventional reading and writing.

(ice hockey) A goaltender who will play for either team in the case that their goalies are unable to play.

the mathematical concept of matching the sequence of counting words with objects where each object is allocated a number in turn, with the final number word corresponding to the total.

plural of emergency man

(historical) A man provided for any special service, especially in Irish evictions, and in saving the crops and other property of men who were boycotted.

A physician (or doctor) who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients.

plural of emergency brake

(chiefly Britain, New Zealand) The department of a hospital that deals with injuries and medical emergencies.

Alternative form of reemerge