A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
A person who crimps when climbing.
A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
crimple
crimple
verb
(archaic) to crumple, crimp
cropman
crumped
crumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crump
crumper
crumpet
crumpet
noun
(Britain, slang, countable, uncountable) A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable.
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
crumple
crumple
noun
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
verb
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
(transitive) To cause to collapse.
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
crumply
crumply
adj
crumpled.
cupmate
cupmate
noun
A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol.
cuprums
dampang
dampens
dampens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dampen
dampers
dampers
noun
plural of damper
dampest
dampest
adj
superlative form of damp: most damp
dampier
dampier
Proper noun
A port in the north-west of Western Australia
damping
damping
noun
(mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy
(mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation
verb
present participle of damp
dampish
dampish
adj
(obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
Moderately damp or moist.
decamps
decamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decamp
demirep
demirep
noun
(colloquial, dated) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
dempsey
deperms
deperms
noun
plural of deperm.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deperm
deplume
deplume
verb
(transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
(transitive, figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
deplump
deprome
despume
despume
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from spume or scum.
dewdamp
diapasm
diapasm
noun
(obsolete) powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together
dimorph
dimorph
noun
Either of a pair of dimorphous substances
dimphia
dimpled
dimpled
adj
Having dimples
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dimple
dimples
dimples
noun
plural of dimple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimple
diploma
diploma
noun
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
dirempt
dirempt
adj
(obsolete, past participial) Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
verb
(transitive, principally in philosophy) To separate; to divide; to break off.
discamp
discamp
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To drive away from a camp.
dishmop
dishmop
noun
A small mop used for washing dishes.
disrump
dropman
duchamp
dumpage
dumpage
noun
A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.
A heap of dumped matter.
The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter.
dumpers
dumpers
noun
plural of dumper
dumpier
dumpier
adj
comparative form of dumpy: more dumpy
dumpies
dumpies
noun
plural of dumpie
plural of dumpy
dumpily
dumpily
adv
In a dumpy manner.
dumping
dumping
noun
Selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.
The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.
verb
present participle of dump
dumpish
dumpish
adj
(obsolete) Stupid, dull.
Melancholy, sad.
dumpled
dumpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dumple
dumpler
dumpoke
dumpoke
noun
(Anglo-Indian) A dish of boneless stuffed poultry cooked in dough, butter, and spices.
dupedom
dymphia
empaled
empaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empale
empaler
empaler
noun
Obsolete form of impaler.
empales
empales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empale
empanel
empanel
noun
(law) A list of jurors; a panel.
verb
Alternative spelling of impanel
empaper
empasma
empasma
noun
Alternative form of empasm
empathy
empathy
noun
(obsolete slang) MDMA.
(parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
empearl
empearl
verb
Alternative form of impearl
empeine
emperil
emperil
verb
Dated form of imperil.
emperor
emperor
noun
(entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
(entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
(political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
(tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
An emperor penguin.
Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
emphase
empight
empight
adj
(obsolete) fixed; settled; fastened
empires
empires
noun
plural of empire
empiric
empiric
adj
Empirical.
noun
(historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.
Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
empirin
emplace
emplace
verb
To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
emplane
emplane
verb
Alternative form of enplane
emplead
emplead
verb
(archaic, transitive) To accuse; to indict.
emplore
emplore
verb
Obsolete form of implore.
employe
employe
noun
(chiefly US) Dated form of employee.
employs
employs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of employ
emplume
emplume
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a plume.
empodia
empodia
noun
plural of empodium
emporia
emporia
noun
plural of emporium
emporte
empover
empower
empower
verb
(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
emprent
empresa
empress
empress
noun
(rare) A female chimpanzee.
(tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
verb
Rare form of impress.
emprime
emprint
emprint
verb
Obsolete form of imprint.
emprise
emprise
noun
(archaic) An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
(archaic) The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess.
verb
(obsolete) To undertake.
emprize
emprize
noun
Obsolete form of emprise.
emptied
emptied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empty
emptier
emptier
adj
comparative form of empty: more empty
noun
A person who, or device which empties
empties
empties
noun
plural of empty
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empty
emptily
emptily
adv
In an empty manner
emptins
emptins
noun
(colloquial) The sediment of beer, cider, etc.
A type of yeast obtained from the remains of the brewing process.
emption
emption
noun
(obsolete) The act of buying.
emptive
emptive
adj
(rare) Responding to or acting to counteract something when it happens (rather than beforehand).
emptory
empusae
empusae
noun
plural of empusa
empyema
empyema
noun
(medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
encamps
encamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encamp
enstamp
enstamp
verb
(transitive) To stamp or mark; to impress deeply.
ephraim
epicism
epicism
noun
A word, phrase, etc. characteristic of epic poetry.
epidemy
epidemy
noun
(medicine) An epidemic disease
epiderm
epiderm
noun
(anatomy) The epidermis.
epigeum
epigeum
Noun
perigee
epigram
epigram
noun
(obsolete) An inscription in stone.
A brief but witty saying.
A short, witty or pithy poem.
epimere
epimere
noun
(biology) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so-called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.
epimers
epimers
noun
plural of epimer
epimyth
epimyth
noun
The moral of a story.
episome
episome
noun
(cytology) A segment of DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria
Synonym of epitheca
epithem
epithem
noun
(medicine, historical) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters; a poultice, lotion, etc.
epitome
epitome
noun
A brief summary of a text.
The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
The height; the best; the most vivid.
eponyms
eponyms
noun
plural of eponym
eponymy
eponymy
noun
(semantics) The semantic relation of eponyms; the quality of being eponymous.
euphemy
example
example
noun
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
A person punished as a warning to others.
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
verb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
exempla
exempla
noun
plural of exemplum
exempli
exempts
exempts
noun
plural of exempt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exempt
expreme
fapesmo
flumped
flumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flump
frumple
frumple
verb
(transitive) To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
galumph
galumph
verb
(intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
gazumps
gazumps
noun
plural of gazump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gazump
gimpier
gimpier
adj
comparative form of gimpy: more gimpy
gimping
gimping
verb
present participle of gimp
glimpse
glimpse
noun
A brief look, glance, or peek.
A faint idea; an inkling.
A sudden flash.
verb
(intransitive) To appear by glimpses.
(transitive) To see or view briefly or incompletely.
gompers
gramper
grampus
grampus
noun
Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus, with a blunt nose.
The hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
The killer whale, Orcinus orca.
giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
gripman
gripman
noun
A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car.
gripmen
gripmen
noun
plural of gripman
grumped
grumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grump
grumphy
grumphy
noun
Alternative form of grumphie (“a sow”)
guimpes
guimpes
noun
plural of guimpe
gumdrop
gumdrop
noun
A small chewy candy made with corn syrup, gelatin, and flavouring.
gymslip
gymslip
noun
A sleeveless tunic with a pleated skirt, most commonly seen as part of a girl's school uniform.
gypsums
gypsums
noun
plural of gypsum
hampden
hampden
Proper noun
A town in Maine
A town and county in Massachusetts
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A settlement in New Zealand
A city in North Dakota
A township municipality in Quebec, Canada
hampers
hampers
noun
plural of hamper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamper
hampton
hampton
Proper noun
Any of several places in England and Scotland, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
A suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, originally in Middlesex.
from the placenames.
A small city in Arkansas, USA
A town in Connecticut.
A city in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa
A small city in Minnesota.
A hamlet in Missouri.
A village in Nebraska.
A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
A town in New Hampshire.
A borough in New Jersey.
A town in New York.
A community in Nova Scotia.
A community in Prince Edward Island.
A town in Queensland, Australia.
A town in South Carolina, and the county seat of Named after
A city in Virginia.
haploma
haplome
haplome
noun
(genetics) A haplotype contig
haplomi
harumph
harumph
intj
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.
noun
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.