| AMPUTEES | • amputees n. Plural of amputee. • AMPUTEE n. one who has had a limb amputated. |
| ATTEMPER | • attemper v. To temper by adjusting relative quantities, or blending qualities. • attemper v. To mitigate, assuage. • attemper v. (Archaic) To regulate, arrange, organise. |
| COPEMATE | • copemate n. (Obsolete) adversary, antagonist. • copemate n. (Obsolete) associate, companion, comrade. • copemate n. (Obsolete) paramour; spouse. |
| EMPACKET | • empacket v. (Transitive, archaic, Scotland) To pack up. • EMPACKET v. to pack up. |
| EMPARTED | • emparted v. Simple past tense and past participle of empart. • EMPART v. (Spenser) to impart. |
| EPITHEMA | • epithema n. (Zoology) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. • EPITHEMA n. (Greek) a group of leaf cells which exude water, also EPITHEM. |
| HELPMATE | • helpmate n. A person who supplies help or companionship. • helpmate n. A wife or spouse. • helpmate n. (Chess) A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal. |
| NAMETAPE | • nametape n. A kind of nametag that can be sewn onto clothing. • NAMETAPE n. a small bit of cloth with the owner's name. |
| PALMETTE | • palmette n. A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree. • PALMETTE n. (French) an ornament (in sculpture or painting) with radiating petals like a palm leaf. |
| PAVEMENT | • pavement n. (Now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. • pavement n. (Chiefly British English) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. • pavement n. (Now chiefly North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. |
| PERMEANT | • permeant adj. (Biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer. • permeant n. (Biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer. • PERMEANT adj. passing through, permeating. |
| PERMEATE | • permeate v. (Transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing… • permeate v. (Transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade. • permeate n. A watery by-product of milk production. |
| PETERMAN | • peterman n. (Slang) A safecracker. • peterman n. A fisherman. • peterman n. A fishing boat with identical bow and stern. |
| PLATEMEN | • platemen n. Plural of plateman. • PLATEMAN n. someone who is in charge of the silver-plate. |
| STAMPEDE | • stampede n. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence… • stampede n. (By extension) A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time. • stampede n. (Figurative) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse. |
| STEPDAME | • stepdame n. (Archaic) A stepmother. • STEPDAME n. a stepmother. |
| TAMPERED | • tampered v. Simple past tense and past participle of tamper. • TAMPER v. to interfere in a harmful manner. |
| TAMPERER | • tamperer n. One who tampers. • TAMPERER n. one who tampers. |
| TEMPERAS | • temperas n. Plural of tempera. • TEMPERA n. (Italian) an emulsion, esp. made with egg yolk, used as a medium for powdering pigments. |
| TEMPLATE | • template n. A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects. • template n. A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived. • template n. (Molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule. |