(physics) An optical device of this construction used to generate interference fringes.
bspharm
bumpers
bumpers
noun
plural of bumper
campers
campers
noun
plural of camper
cuprums
dampers
dampers
noun
plural of damper
deperms
deperms
noun
plural of deperm.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deperm
disrump
dumpers
dumpers
noun
plural of dumper
empires
empires
noun
plural of empire
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.
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.
epimers
epimers
noun
plural of epimer
gompers
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)
hampers
hampers
noun
plural of hamper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamper
impairs
impairs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impair
imparks
imparks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impark
imparts
imparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impart
imports
imports
noun
plural of import
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of import
imposer
imposer
noun
One who imposes.
imprasa
impresa
impresa
noun
(heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
imprese
imprese
Noun
A heraldic device; an impresa.
impress
impress
noun
A heraldic device; an impresa.
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
The act of impressing.
verb
(figurative) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
(intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
(transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
(transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
(transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
(transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
imprest
imprest
noun
An advance of funds, especially to a government service or employee.
verb
To advance funds on loan.
improvs
improvs
noun
plural of improv
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improv
jumpers
jumpers
noun
plural of jumper
lampers
lampers
noun
Alternative form of lampas
lempres
limpers
limpers
noun
plural of limper
lumpers
lumpers
noun
plural of lumper
mappers
mappers
noun
plural of mapper
markups
markups
noun
plural of markup
maspero
meropes
miscrop
miscrop
verb
To plant the wrong crops, so as to harm the usefulness of the land.
mispart
mispart
verb
To miscast for a role.
To part or divide badly.
moppers
moppers
noun
plural of mopper
moropus
morphos
morphos
noun
plural of morpho
mumpers
mumpers
noun
plural of mumper
murphys
oosperm
oosperm
noun
(biology) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation.
orphism
orphism
Proper noun
A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus.
A minor Cubist art movement focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours.
palmers
palmers
noun
plural of palmer
pampers
pampers
noun
(informal) A diaper or nappy (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent).
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pamper
paramos
paramos
noun
plural of paramo
paramus
parmese
parmese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the city or province of Parma, in Italy.
parsism
parsism
Noun
The Parsi sect of Zoroastrianism
permiss
permiss
noun
A choice that has been permitted.
A rhetorical device in which a thing is predicated on the decision of one's opponent.
verb
(transitive, nonstandard, rare) To grant permission to; permit
permits
permits
noun
plural of permit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of permit
persism
persism
Noun
A Persian idiom.
Proper noun
Ancient Persian religion, especially as represented by the Magi.
peursem
phrasem
pismire
pismire
noun
(UK, Ireland, archaic) An ant.
pogroms
pogroms
noun
plural of pogrom
pomster
porisms
porisms
noun
plural of porism
poromas
poromas
noun
plural of poroma
preamps
preamps
noun
plural of preamp
prearms
prearms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prearm
prelims
prelims
noun
(uncountable, collective, Oxford University slang) Preliminary examinations taken as a whole, as sat by an individual or year group.
The preliminary front matter of a book, i.e. all content preceding the main text or work itself.
plural of prelim
premeds
premeds
noun
plural of premed
premies
premies
noun
plural of premie
plural of premy
premise
premise
noun
(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
(usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
(usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
verb
To make a premise.
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
premiss
premiss
noun
Alternative spelling of premise
presume
presume
verb
(intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
(transitive) To take as a premise; to assume for the sake of argument.
(transitive) With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
(transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
primers
primers
noun
plural of primer
primost
primost
noun
A soft, spreadable Scandinavian cheese made from cow's milk.
primsie
prismal
prismal
adj
Relating to a prism; prismatic.
prismed
prismed
adj
Containing prisms
promats
promise
promise
noun
(countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow
(countable, computing, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
(countable, obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
(uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
verb
(intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
(transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
promiss
prompts
prompts
noun
plural of prompt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prompt
prosoma
prosoma
noun
(zoology) The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid or crustacean.
proxysm
pumpers
pumpers
noun
plural of pumper
purisms
purisms
noun
plural of purism
pyramus
pyramus
Proper noun
a Babylonian lover in the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe
rampish
repumps
repumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repump
restamp
restamp
verb
(transitive) To stamp again.
revamps
revamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revamp
rimples
rimples
noun
plural of rimple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rimple
rompers
rompers
noun
A one-piece garment for babies and small children, consisting of a top and trousers. A romper suit.
plural of romper
rompish
rompish
adj
Given to boisterous play; inclined to romp.
rumples
rumples
noun
plural of rumple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rumple
rumshop
rumshop
noun
A store where rum is sold.
sampler
sampler
noun
(music) A digital device that records or merges together samples of recordings.
A device that takes samples.
A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
A representative selection of a larger group.
Someone whose job is to take samples.
scamper
scamper
noun
A quick, light run.
One who skimps or does slipshod work.
verb
(intransitive) To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
scrimps
scrimps
noun
plural of scrimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrimp
scrimpy
scrimpy
adj
scanty; meagre
scrumpy
scrumpy
noun
(Britain) A rough cider, normally more alcoholic than usual, and typically produced through natural fermentation.
semipro
semipro
adj
(slang) Semiprofessional.
sempres
serimpi
shimper
shrimpi
shrimps
shrimps
noun
plural of shrimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shrimp
shrimpy
shrimpy
adj
Physically puny.
Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.
simpers
simpers
noun
plural of simper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of simper
simpler
simpler
adj
comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging.
noun
(archaic) One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
sompner
sparsim
spermic
spermic
adj
Of or pertaining to sperm.
spermin
spermin
noun
Alternative form of spermine
spireme
spireme
noun
(dated, biochemistry) the tangled mass of strands of chromatin seen in the early stages of mitosis, originally believed to be a single continuous strand (or two in a diploid cell, etc.)
spirems
spirems
noun
plural of spirem
spumier
spumier
adj
comparative form of spumy: more spumy
stamper
stamper
noun
A physical template from which many identical vinyl records or compact discs can be produced.
An instrument for pounding or stamping.
One who stamps.
stomper
stomper
noun
(informal) A thumpingly percussive music track.
One who stomps.
stumper
stumper
noun
(archaic, slang) A boastful person.
(informal) A difficult puzzle or problem.
One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.
stuprum
stuprum
noun
stupration; rape
sumpter
sumpter
noun
(historical) A packhorse; a beast of burden.
(historical) The driver of a packhorse.
(obsolete) A pack; a burden.
supreme
supreme
adj
(botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
(sometimes postpositive) Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
Dominant, having power over all others.
noun
(cooking) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
(cooking) A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.
(cooking) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
verb
(transitive, cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
supremo
supremo
noun
(informal) The most important person in an organization.
swamper
swamper
noun
(Australia, slang) a person who travels by foot but has his belongings on a wagon.
(Canada, US, slang) A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.
(US) A handyman or general employee in a liquor saloon; a cook's assistant.
(US) A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp.
(US) A person who lives in a swampy area.
Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
tampers
tampers
noun
plural of tamper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tamper
tempers
tempers
noun
plural of temper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of temper
trampas
trompes
trompes
noun
plural of trompe
tropism
tropism
noun
(biology) The turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus.
(figurative) An instinctive tendency or predilection.
(virology) That type of organ, tissue or cell which supports a certain virus.