1. A stuff yielding a crimson dye from the bodies of certain female insects, and known in commerce as scarlet grain.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• cermis,
• khermes,
• mermes,
• oermes,
• kwrmes,
• ksrmes,
• kdrmes,
• krrmes,
• k4rmes,
• k3rmes,
• kermnes,
• kermess,
• kermesz,
• Karmes,
• kermesse,
• kermeses,
• cermess,
• kermis,
• Karmez,
• Kermece

• hermes.

The plural of the "Kermes" can be the "kermeses".

The singular of the "Kermes" can be the "Kermes".