Ampere :: Ampere (n.) Alt. of Amper.

Ampere :: Ampere (n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere..

Amperemeter :: Amperemeter (n.) Alt. of Amperomete.

Amperometer :: Amperometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amperes.

Ampersand :: Ampersand (n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &..

Camper :: Camper (n.) One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

Champer :: Champer (n.) One who champs, or bites..

Champertor :: Champertor (n.) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain..

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) Partnership in power; equal share of authority.

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..

Clamper :: Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper..

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels..

Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put in a hamper.

Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..

Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

Hamper :: Hamper (n.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times..

Hampered :: Hampered (imp. & p. p.) of Hampe.

Hampering :: Hampering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hampe.

Lamper Eel :: Lamper eel () See Lamprey.

Lampern :: Lampern (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis)..

Lampers :: Lampers (n.) See Lampas.

Main-hamper :: Main-hamper (n.) A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.

Megampere :: Megampere (n.) A million amperes.

Microampere :: Microampere (n.) One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere.

Milliampere :: Milliampere (n.) The thousandth part of one ampere.

Overpamper :: Overpamper (v. t.) To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much.

Pamper :: Pamper (v. t.) To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite..

Pamper :: Pamper (v. t.) To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination..

Pampered :: Pampered (imp. & p. p.) of Pampe.

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