| EMPIRIC | • empiric adj. Empirical. • empiric n. (Historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience. • empiric n. Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist. |
| EPICISM | • epicism n. A word, phrase, etc. characteristic of epic poetry. • EPICISM n. epic quality. |
| GIMPIER | • gimpier adj. Comparative form of gimpy: more gimpy. • GIMPY adj. limping. |
| IMPERIA | • imperia n. Plural of imperium. • Imperia prop.n. A town and associated province on the coast of Liguria, Italy. • IMPERIUM n. (Latin) empire, absolute power. |
| IMPERIL | • imperil v. (Transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger. • imperil v. (Transitive) To risk or hazard. • IMPERIL v. to put in danger, also PERIL. |
| IMPIETY | • impiety n. (Uncountable) The state of being impious. • impiety n. (Countable) An impious act. • impiety n. (Uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred. |
| IMPINGE | • impinge v. (Transitive, now rare) To make a physical impact on. • impinge v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To interfere with. • impinge v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To have an effect upon, especially a negative one. |
| IMPLIED | • implied adj. Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at. • implied v. Simple past tense and past participle of imply. • IMPLY v. to insinuate. |
| IMPLIES | • implies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imply. • IMPLY v. to insinuate. |
| JIMPIER | • JIMPY adj. (Scots) neat. |
| LIMEPIT | • limepit n. Alternative form of lime pit. • lime␣pit n. A limestone quarry. • LIMEPIT n. a pit from which lime is dug. |
| LIPEMIA | • lipemia n. (Medicine, pathology) An excess of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood. • LIPEMIA n. an abnormal level of fat in the blood, also LIPAEMIA. |
| PIETISM | • pietism n. (Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries… • PIETISM n. unquestioning or dogmatic religious devotion. |
| PIGMIES | • pigmies n. Plural of pigmy (alternative spelling of pygmies). • PIGMY n. a small person, also PYGMY. |
| PISMIRE | • pismire n. (UK, Ireland, archaic) An ant. • PISMIRE n. an ant. |
| PRIMINE | • primine n. (Botany) The outermost integument of an ovule (if it has two). • PRIMINE n. the outer covering of an ovule. |
| PRIMSIE | • PRIMSIE adj. (Scots) prim, demure. |
| RIEMPIE | • riempie n. (South Africa) A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc. • riempie adj. (South Africa) Made of or featuring crisscrossed leather strips. • RIEMPIE n. (South African) a long riem about the width of a shoelace, used as string. |
| WIMPIER | • wimpier adj. Comparative form of wimpy: more wimpy. • WIMPY adj. ineffectual, also WIMPISH. |