| AMPERE | • ampere n. A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially… • ampère n. Alternative spelling of ampere. • AMPERE n. (French) a unit of electric current strength. |
| DEPERM | • deperm v. (Transitive, chiefly nautical) To degauss or demagnetize; especially, to degauss a ship by dragging… • deperm n. (Chiefly nautical) The act or process of deperming. • DEPERM v. to demagnetize (a ship or submarine) to protect it from magnetic detection. |
| EMPARE | • EMPARE v. (Spenser) to become worse, also EMPAIRE. |
| EMPERY | • empery n. (Obsolete) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor. • empery n. (Archaic) Absolute power or authority. • EMPERY n. empire or power. |
| EMPIRE | • empire n. A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations… • empire n. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress. • empire n. The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them)… |
| EPIMER | • epimer n. (Chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres. • EPIMER n. a type of sugar compound. |
| KEMPER | • kemper n. One who kemps, or strives, for superiority; a champion or knight-errant. • Kemper prop.n. A surname. • Kemper prop.n. The Breton name for Quimper, France (see Breton language entry below). |
| PERMED | • permed v. Simple past tense and past participle of perm. • permed adj. That has been given a permanent wave. • PERM v. to permanent wave the hair. |
| PERMIE | • permie n. (UK, informal) A permanent employee. • PERMIE n. a permanent worker, as opposed to a temp. |
| PREMED | • premed n. A premedication. • premed n. Alternative form of pre-med. • pre-med n. An undergraduate college academic program, typically in biochemistry or related sciences, that prepares… |
| PREMEN | • premen n. Plural of preman. • PREMAN n. a hypothetical ancestor of man. |
| PREMIE | • premie n. Alternative spelling of preemie. • premie n. A follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957). • PREMIE n. (US slang) a premature baby, also PREEMIE, PREM, PREMY. |
| SEMPER | • semper- pref. Always, unvarying. • SEMPER adj. (Latin) always. |
| SEMPRE | • sempre adv. (Music, as a qualifier) always, still; maintaining the same style. • SEMPRE adv. (Italian) in the same manner throughout (a musical direction). |
| TEMPER | • temper n. A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of… • temper n. State of mind; mood. • temper n. A tendency to become angry. |