Anagrams of: PEPPERMINT

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

• acquire for oneself before others can do so

• take the place of or have precedence over

• gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)

• make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge

• Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy

• A waiter at a restaurant who offers to grind pepper onto customers' meals at the table.

• A student of a prep school.

• climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

• any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

• pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

• sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

• add pepper to

• attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

• holding or containing nothing

• a container that has been emptied

• devoid of significance or force

• needing nourishment

• emptied of emotion

• make void or empty of contents

• become empty or void of its content

• leave behind empty; move out of

• remove the contents of a container

• excrete or discharge from the body

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

• the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

• a group of countries under a single authority

• a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

• a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

• a sudden outburst of anger

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

• the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

• bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• adjust the pitch (of pianos)

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• change by restraining or moderating