| DAMPENERS | • dampeners n. Plural of dampener. • DAMPENER n. a thing that dampens; (US) a contrivance for moistening linen etc. |
| DEMPSTERS | • dempsters n. Plural of dempster. • DEMPSTER n. (Scots) formerly in Scotland, an officer who repeated the sentence after the judge, also DEEMSTER, DOOMSMAN, DOOMSTER. |
| DESTEMPER | • destemper n. Obsolete form of distemper. • DESTEMPER v. (obsolete) to distemper, in the paint sense, also DISTEMPER. |
| DISTEMPER | • distemper n. (Veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by… • distemper n. (Archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease. • distemper n. A glue-based paint. |
| EMPERISED | • EMPERISE v. to play the emperor, also EMPERIZE. |
| EMPOLDERS | • empolders v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empolder. • EMPOLDER v. to reclaim low-lying land, also IMPOLDER. |
| ENDOSPERM | • endosperm n. (Biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the… • ENDOSPERM n. in a seed, nutritive tissue formed from the embryo-sac. |
| EPIDERMIS | • epidermis n. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis. • epidermis n. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants. • EPIDERMIS n. (Greek) the outermost layer of the skin, also EPIDERM. |
| IMPRESSED | • impressed adj. Strongly affected, especially favourably. • impressed adj. Stamped, under pressure. • impressed adj. Compelled to serve in a military force. |
| PERIDERMS | • periderms n. Plural of periderm. • PERIDERM n. an outer layer of plant tissue. |
| PODOMERES | • podomeres n. Plural of podomere. • PODOMERE n. a limb segment of an arthropod, also PODITE. |
| PREMEDICS | • premedics n. Plural of premedic. • PREMEDIC n. a student preparing for the study of medicine, also PREMED. |
| PREMISSED | • premissed v. Simple past tense and past participle of premiss. • PREMISS v. to state or assume. |
| REIMPOSED | • reimposed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reimpose. • REIMPOSE v. to impose again. |
| RESAMPLED | • resampled v. Simple past tense and past participle of resample. • RESAMPLE v. to sample again. |
| RESTAMPED | • restamped v. Simple past tense and past participle of restamp. • RESTAMP v. to stamp again. |
| RESTUMPED | • restumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of restump. • RESTUMP v. (Australian) to provide (a building) with new stumps. |
| SCAMPERED | • scampered v. Simple past tense and past participle of scamper. • scampered adj. Achieved by a scampering motion. • SCAMPER v. to run playfully about. |
| SPIDERMEN | • spidermen n. Plural of spiderman. • SPIDERMAN n. (colloquial) a construction worker etc. employed on a high building. |
| STAMPEDER | • stampeder n. Someone or something that stampedes. • stampeder n. Someone following a stampede for a gold rush. • stampeder n. (Canadian football) A team member for the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders. (Rendered with… |