| AMIRATE | • amirate n. Alternative spelling of emirate. • AMIRATE n. the rank of an amir, also AMEERATE. |
| ASPIRATE | • aspirate n. (Linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant. • aspirate n. (Linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air. • aspirate n. A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. |
| BIOPIRATE | • biopirate n. (Derogatory) One who engages in biopiracy. • BIOPIRATE n. one who practises biopiracy. |
| CENTUMVIRATE | • centumvirate n. A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule… • CENTUMVIRATE n. a body of a hundred men. |
| DEASPIRATE | • deaspirate v. (Transitive, phonetics) To change the pronunciation of a consonant so that it is no longer aspirated. • DEASPIRATE v. to remove the aspirate from. |
| DECEMVIRATE | • decemvirate n. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly… • DECEMVIRATE n. the office of decemvir. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| EMIRATE | • emirate n. A country ruled by an emir. • emirate n. The office of an emir. • EMIRATE n. (Arabic) the rank of an emir, also EMEERATE. |
| EVIRATE | • evirate v. To castrate. • evirate v. To render weak or unmanly. • EVIRATE v. to castrate; to make weak or unmanly. |
| IRATE | • irate adj. Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged. • IRATE adj. angry. |
| LEVIRATE | • levirate adj. Having to do with one’s husband’s brother. • levirate n. (Countable) A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband’s brother or, sometimes, heir. • levirate n. (Anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage. |
| PERSPIRATE | • perspirate adj. (Rare) Sweaty; moist with perspiration. • perspirate v. (Dated) To perspire; to sweat. • PERSPIRATE v. to sweat. |
| PIRATE | • pirate n. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. • pirate n. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels. • pirate n. (By extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission. |
| QUADRUMVIRATE | • quadrumvirate n. Synonym of quattuorvirate. • QUADRUMVIRATE n. a group of four men acting together in some capacity. |
| SEPTEMVIRATE | • septemvirate n. A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule. • SEPTEMVIRATE n. government by, or group of, seven men. |
| TRIUMVIRATE | • triumvirate n. An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical)… • TRIUMVIRATE n. a body of triumvirs. |
| VIZIRATE | • vizirate n. Alternative form of vizierate. • VIZIRATE n. (Arabic) the office of a vizir. |