Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.
The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
crimps
crimps
noun
plural of crimp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crimp
crimpy
crimpy
adj
(climbing) Involving crimping
Having a crimped appearance; frizzly.
the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep
empair
empair
verb
(obsolete) To match, pair up, or combine.
Obsolete form of impair.
empire
empire
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Empire.
noun
(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
empiry
epimer
epimer
noun
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.
gimper
impair
impair
adj
(obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
impark
impark
verb
(transitive) To enclose or confine in, or as if in, a park.
(transitive) To enclose or fence in (land) to make a park.
imparl
imparl
verb
(law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
(obsolete) To hold discourse; to parley.
impart
impart
verb
(intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
(transitive) To give a part or to share.
(transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
(transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
(transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
imperf
imperf
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of imperfect.
(philately) Clipping of imperforate or imperforated.
noun
(philately) An imperforated stamp.
impers
impery
impery
noun
Archaic form of empery.
impoor
impoor
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To impoverish.
import
import
noun
(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
(countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
(uncountable) Significance, importance.
(uncountable) The practice of importing.
verb
(intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
(transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
(transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
(transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
(transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
(transitive) To mean, signify.
(transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
impreg
improv
improv
noun
(acting) A form of live entertainment characterized by improvisation and interaction with the audience.
(informal) Improvisation.
verb
To perform improv.
impure
impure
adj
Containing undesired intermixtures
Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
verb
(transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute
jimper
jimper
adj
comparative form of jimp: more jimp
kimper
limper
limper
adj
comparative form of limp: more limp
noun
(poker slang) One who limps (one who calls the big blind in the preflop betting round).
One who limps.
mopier
mopier
adj
comparative form of mopey: more mopey
pamiri
pamirs
partim
permit
permit
noun
(obsolete) Formal permission.
A learner's permit.
A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
verb
(intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
(intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
(now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
(transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
(transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
permix
permix
verb
(obsolete) To mix; to mingle.
porism
porism
noun
(geometry, number theory) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
A corollary.
prelim
prelim
adj
preliminary
noun
(Oxford University slang) Clipping of preliminary examination; a type of exam sat at the end of the first year of most undergraduate degrees.
(informal) Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc.
premia
premia
noun
plural of premium
premie
premie
noun
A follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957).
Alternative spelling of preemie
premio
premis
premit
premit
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To premise.
premix
premix
noun
(Australia, informal) A manufactured beverage consisting of alcohol and soft drink, milk or other non-alcoholic drinks; an alcopop.
A blend of components that has been mixed in advance of use or of further processing.
verb
To blend in advance.
primal
primal
adj
(meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.
Being the first in time or in history.
Of greatest importance; primary.
noun
A primal cut (of meat).
verb
(intransitive) To take part in primal therapy.
primar
primas
primed
primed
adj
Prepared for use or action.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prime
primer
primer
adj
(obsolete) First in importance, premier.
(obsolete) First in time, initial, early.
(obsolete, rare) First in position, foremost.
noun
(New Zealand) An elementary school class; an elementary school student. (No longer used.)
(biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
(historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
(historical, Protestant ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
(medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
(obsolete, rare) A person who primes explosives.
(obsolete, rare) A person who primes wood, metal, etc.
A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
A layer of such a substance.
A person who prunes trees.
A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
primes
primes
noun
plural of prime
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prime
primly
primly
adv
In a prim manner.
primos
primos
noun
plural of primo
primps
primps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of primp
primus
primus
noun
One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
prisms
prisms
noun
plural of prism
prismy
prismy
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a prism.
promic
promin
promin
noun
sodium glucosulfone, a sulfone drug, broken down in the body to dapsone, that was investigated for the treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, and leprosy
promit
purism
purism
noun
(countable) An example of purist language etc.
(linguistics) The desire to use words and forms derived from what is considered the native element in a given language instead of elements considered borrowed or foreign.
(uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
rimple
rimple
verb
(now chiefly US) To wrinkle or crease.
scrimp
scrimp
adj
Short; scanty; curtailed.
noun
A pinching miser; a niggard.
verb
(intransitive) To be frugal.
(transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
(transitive) To make too small or short.
shrimp
shrimp
noun
(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
(slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
verb
(intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
To contract; to shrink.
simper
simper
noun
A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk.
verb
(intransitive) To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.
(obsolete) To glimmer; to twinkle.
spirem
spirem
noun
Alternative form of spireme
thrimp
umpire
umpire
noun
(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
(Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses three; in the past there were two or just one. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
(baseball) One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
(cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
(curling) The official who presides over a curling game.
(law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
(tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
verb
(sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.