The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
bowldering
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
buglewort
childcrowing
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
clowring
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterwilling
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowgirls
cowgirls
noun
plural of cowgirl
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
crownling
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downtrampling
drawglove
drowningly
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
fingerflower
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
fliegerabwehrkanone
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowerage
flowerage
noun
State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.
flowering
flowering
adj
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
noun
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
verb
present participle and gerund of flower
foreglow
foreglow
noun
The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise
So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
fringeflower
frogflower
frowningly
frowningly
adv
While or as if frowning
fullgrownness
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
gabrilowitsch
gairfowl
gairfowl
noun
Alternative form of garefowl
galewort
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
gallflower
gallflower
noun
The short-styled female flower of certain figs.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gallowsward
gallowsward
adv
Toward the gallows.
gallwort
gallycrow
gallycrow
noun
Alternative spelling of gallicrow
galsworthy
gangflower
garefowl
garefowl
noun
The great auk.
The razorbill
garefowls
garefowls
noun
plural of garefowl
garlicwort
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
gilbertown
gilliflower
gilliflower
noun
Alternative spelling of gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
glareworm
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassblowers
glassblowers
noun
plural of glassblower
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
glendower
glidewort
globeflower
globeflower
noun
More generally, any plant of the genus Trollius.
Trollius europaeus, a plant with globe-shaped flowers.
Trollius laxus, a similar American plant.
globeflowers
globeflowers
noun
plural of globeflower
glowbard
glowbird
glower
glower
noun
An angry glare or stare.
That which glows or emits light.
verb
(intransitive) To look or stare with anger.
glowered
glowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glower
glowerer
glowerer
noun
One who glowers.
glowering
glowering
noun
The act of giving a glower.
verb
present participle of glower
gloweringly
gloweringly
adv
In a glowering manner.
glowers
glowers
noun
plural of glower
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glower
glowworm
glowworm
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
gnatflower
goldflower
goldsworthy
goldwasser
goldwasser
noun
A Polish liqueur containing particles of gold leaf.
goldwater
goldwork
goldwork
noun
Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
gollywobbler
gooseflower
gospelwards
grapeflower
grassflower
grewsomely
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
grillwork
grillwork
noun
The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
griswold
gromwell
gromwell
noun
Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
grotewohl
groundflower
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundswells
groundswells
noun
plural of groundswell
groundwall
groundwall
noun
A wall as foundation; a foundation.
growable
growable
adj
Capable of growing
growingly
growingly
adv
To a growing or increasing degree
growl
growl
noun
(by extension) A similar sound made by a human.
(by extension) An aggressive grumbling.
(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.
(jazz, by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument.
A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
verb
(intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
(intransitive, jazz) Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.
(intransitive, software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
(transitive) To express (something) by growling.
(transitive, jazz) To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.
growled
growled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of growl
growler
growler
noun
(Britain, slang) The vulva.
(US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
(dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.
(historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
(informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).
A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
A person, creature or thing that growls.
A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
growleries
growleries
noun
plural of growlery
growlers
growlers
noun
plural of growler
growlery
growlery
noun
Alternative form of Growlery
growlier
growlier
adj
comparative form of growly: more growly
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growliness
growliness
noun
The state or quality of being growly.
growlinesses
growling
growling
adj
Producing a growl.
noun
(jazz) The technique of producing a low-pitched growling or rumbling sound on a wind instrument.
A sustained instance of growls or guttural noises.
verb
present participle of growl
growlingly
growlingly
adv
In a growling manner; with growls.
growls
growls
noun
plural of growl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of growl
growly
growly
adj
Resembling the sound of a growl; throaty.
Tending to growl.
growthful
growthful
adj
Causing growth.
Having the capacity to grow.
growthless
growthless
adj
Devoid of growth.
gumflower
gwalior
gyrowheel
harrowingly
harrowingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
hingeflower
hollingsworth
hornswaggle
hornswoggle
hornswoggle
noun
(slang) nonsense; humbug
verb
(transitive, slang) To deceive or trick.
hornswoggled
hornswoggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle
hornswoggles
hornswoggles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hornswoggle