Words Containing: E,M,P,R,T

• deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food

• a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle

• 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

• To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.

• To utterly defeat an opponent.

• a vagrant

• a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

• a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

• a heavy footfall

• a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

• a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

• travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• cross on foot

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

• a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

• proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

• play or blow on the trumpet

• utter in trumpet-like sounds

• a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher