| EMPORIUM | • emporium n. (Also figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for… • emporium n. (Also figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a… • emporium n. (Historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory… |
| IMPERIUM | • imperium n. Supreme power; dominion. • imperium n. The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty. • IMPERIUM n. (Latin) empire, absolute power. |
| MAMPOERS | • mampoers n. Plural of mampoer. • MAMPOER n. (South African) homemade distilled brandy made from peaches, prickly pear etc. |
| MAPMAKER | • mapmaker n. A person who makes maps. • MAPMAKER n. one who makes maps. |
| MORPHEME | • morpheme n. (Linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. • MORPHEME n. a word or part of a word that contains no smaller unit of meaning e.g. 'man' or the 'ed' in 'walked'. |
| PLUMMIER | • plummier adj. Comparative form of plummy: more plummy. • PLUMMY adj. full of plums. |
| PREMIUMS | • premiums n. Plural of premium. • PREMIUM n. (Latin) a sum regularly payable for insurance. |
| PRIMMERS | • Primmers prop.n. Plural of Primmer. • PRIMMER n. a book that covers the basics of a subject, also PRIMER. |
| PRIMMEST | • primmest adj. Superlative form of prim: most prim. • PRIM adj. rigidly proper. |
| PROMMERS | • prommers n. Plural of prommer. • PROMMER n. an attender of promenade concerts. |
| RAMPSMEN | • rampsmen n. Plural of rampsman. • RAMPSMAN n. a person who exploits bookmakers. |
| SPAMMERS | • spammers n. Plural of spammer. • SPAMMER n. someone who sends out spam (electronic junk mail). |
| SPAMMIER | • spammier adj. Comparative form of spammy: more spammy. • SPAMMY adj. bland, unexciting. |
| SPIMMERS | • spimmers n. Plural of spimmer. • SPIMMER n. a person who sends unsolicited commercial communications via an instant-messaging system. |
| SUPERMOM | • supermom n. (US, informal) A mother who looks after her home and children whilst being in full-time employment. • SUPERMOM n. a superior mother. |
| SUPREMUM | • supremum n. (Set theory) (real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element… • SUPREMUM n. in maths, a maximum bound. |