A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

Alternative letter-case form of Empire.

Used as a warning to anyone buying something that there might be unforeseen problems or faults with what is bought.

(historical) The German state which existed, with Berlin as its capital, between 1871 and 1918.

To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane. / To start, begin. / (transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

(pathology) The embolism or obstruction of a pulmonary artery, usually by a detached blood clot from a leg or pelvic vein, which causes a stoppage of blood into the lungs; symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, and sometimes death.

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug. / (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.

(intransitive) To come from a source; issue from. / (transitive, rare) To send or give out; manifest.

A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. / A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.