| acclaim | (noun) enthusiastic approval | Synonyms: acclamation, eclat, plaudit, plaudits |
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| aim | (noun) the action of directing something at an object | - |
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| (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: design, intent, intention, purpose |
| (noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | Synonyms: object, objective, target |
| (noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: bearing, heading |
| alastrim | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| angelim | (noun) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira | Synonyms: andelmin |
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| brim | (noun) a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: lip, rim |
| claim | (noun) demand for something as rightful or due | - |
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| (noun) an established or recognized right | Synonyms: title |
| (noun) an informal right to something | Synonyms: title |
| (noun) an assertion of a right (as to money or property) | - |
| (noun) a demand | Synonyms: call |
| (noun) an assertion that something is true or factual | - |
| counterclaim | (noun) a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action | - |
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| denim | (noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | Synonyms: dungaree, jean |
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| (noun) (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear | Synonyms: blue jeans, jeans |
| hakim | (noun) a Muslim physician | Synonyms: hakeem |
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| (noun) a Muslim ruler or governor or judge | - |
| interim | (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another | Synonyms: lag, meantime, meanwhile |
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| isocheim | (noun) a line on a map connecting places with the same mean winter temperature. | - |
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| maxim | (noun) a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits | Synonyms: axiom |
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| megrim | (noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | Synonyms: hemicrania, migraine, sick headache |
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| minim | (noun) a musical note having the time value of half a whole note | Synonyms: half note |
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| (noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram | - |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters | - |
| nim | (noun) game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table | - |
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| paynim | (noun) a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) | - |
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| pilgrim | (noun) someone who journeys in foreign lands | - |
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| (noun) someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion | - |
| prelim | (noun) an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue | Synonyms: preliminary exam, preliminary examination |
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| (noun) a minor match preceding the main event | Synonyms: preliminary |
| quitclaim | (noun) act of transferring a title or right or claim to another | - |
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| (noun) document transferring title or right or claim to another | Synonyms: quitclaim deed |
| rim | (noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: brim, lip |
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| (noun) a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object | Synonyms: flange |
| (noun) the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached | - |
| (noun) (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended | - |
| (noun) the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object | - |
| scrim | (noun) a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater | - |
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| shim | (noun) a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices | - |
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| shittim | (noun) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit | Synonyms: Bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittimwood, southern buckthorn |
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| skim | (noun) reading or glancing through quickly | Synonyms: skimming |
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| (noun) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid | - |
| swim | (noun) the act of swimming | Synonyms: swimming |
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| trim | (noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: clipping, trimming |
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| (noun) a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment | Synonyms: passementerie, trimming |
| (noun) attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation | - |
| (noun) a state of arrangement or appearance | Synonyms: trimness |
| victim | (noun) an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance | - |
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| (noun) a person who is tricked or swindled | Synonyms: dupe |
| vim | (noun) an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) | Synonyms: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour |
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| (noun) a healthy capacity for vigorous activity | Synonyms: energy, vitality |
| whim | (noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea | Synonyms: notion, whimsey, whimsy |
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| (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: caprice, impulse |