(obsolete, intransitive) To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified.
(obsolete, transitive) To make tremble, to terrify.
aigret
aigret
noun
Alternative spelling of aigrette
angier
arenig
argile
argine
argive
aridge
ariege
arigue
asgeir
augier
begari
begird
begird
verb
(transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
(transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
begirt
begirt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begird
begrim
bergin
bering
bering
verb
(transitive, intransitive, dated) To encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
bigger
bigger
adj
comparative form of big: more big
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
bigler
bigner
binger
binger
noun
Someone who binges.
bogier
bridge
bridge
noun
(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
(chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
(cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
(electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
(music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
(roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
(wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
A connection, real or abstract.
A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
verb
(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
(music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
(roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
(wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
To be or make a bridge over something.
To span as if with a bridge.
brigue
brigue
noun
(obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations.
verb
(obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
cagier
cagier
adj
comparative form of cagey: more cagey
cerigo
cering
cering
verb
present participle of cere
cierge
cierge
noun
A wax candle used in religious rites.
creigh
cringe
cringe
adj
(slang) Inducing awkwardness or embarrassment; cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy.
noun
(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
(countable, Britain, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
(countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
(uncountable, slang) Awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe; cringeworthiness.
verb
(intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
(intransitive, figuratively) To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
(transitive, obsolete) To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).
digger
digger
noun
(Australia, dated) A friend; used as a term of endearment.
(Australia, informal) An Australian soldier.
(Australia, obsolete) A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
A spade (playing card).
A tool for digging.
One who digs.
dinger
dinger
noun
(Australian slang) A catapult, a shanghai.
(Australian slang) A condom.
(Australian slang) The buttocks, the anus.
(Canada, US, slang) The penis.
(MLE, slang) An unregistered car.
(US, slang) Something outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger.
A bell or chime.
One who rings a bell.
The suspended clapper of a bell.
dirged
dirged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dirge
dirges
dirges
noun
plural of dirge
dirgie
dirige
dirige
noun
A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
dreigh
driegh
driegh
adj
(Scotland) Drear, dreary; dree.
earing
earing
noun
(archaic) A ploughing of land.
(nautical) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
(nautical) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; also called reef earing.
(nautical) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called head earing.
earwig
earwig
noun
A flatterer.
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.
verb
(intransitive, UK, slang) To eavesdrop.
(transitive) To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
(transitive) To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations.
(transitive, UK, slang) To eavesdrop on.
edgier
edgier
adj
comparative form of edgy: more edgy
egeria
egeria
Proper noun
A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
Noun
A patroness.
egriot
egriot
noun
A kind of sour cherry.
emigre
emigre
noun
An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another.
One who has departed their native land, often as a refugee.
engird
engird
verb
(transitive) To gird around; to ingirt.
engirt
engirt
adj
(rare) Encircled, surrounded.
verb
(obsolete) To girt; to surround or encircle.
past participle of engird
engrid
enring
enring
verb
To encircle.
To surround.
eringo
eringo
noun
Alternative form of eryngo
erring
erring
noun
The act of one who errs; sin.
verb
present participle of er
present participle of err
erving
feriga
figure
figure
noun
(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
(music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
A number, an amount.
A numeral.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
A shape.
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
verb
(chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
(chiefly US) To come to understand.
(chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
(intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
(music) To embellish.
(music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
(obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
(obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
finger
finger
noun
(UK regional, botany, usually in the plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
(UK slang) A person.
(US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
(US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
(US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
(anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
(aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
(botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
(chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
(computing theory) A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
(cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
(especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
(figurative) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
(historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
(historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
(historical) Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
(historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
(informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
(informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
(nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
(obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
(originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
(radio) Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
(vulgar) The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
(zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
Something similar in shape to the human finger
Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
verb
(obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
(transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
(transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang.
(transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
(transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
(transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
(transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
forgie
fregit
fridge
fridge
noun
(informal) A refrigerator.
verb
(transitive, archaic, chiefly Britain, dialectal) To chafe or rub (something).
(transitive, fandom slang) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance.
(transitive, informal) To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.
Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”)
To chafe or rub.
fringe
fringe
adj
Outside the mainstream.
noun
(Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
(UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
(botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
(golf) The area around the green
(physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
(television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
A decorative border.
A marginal or peripheral part.
Non-mainstream theatre.
The periphery of a town or city (or other area).
Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
verb
(transitive) To decorate with fringe.
(transitive) To serve as a fringe.
gainer
gainer
noun
(sports, slang) A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
One who gains a profit or advantage.
One who puts on weight.
gaiser
gaiter
gaiter
noun
(obsolete, dialectal) The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
verb
To dress with gaiters.
gamier
gamier
adj
comparative form of gamey: more gamey
gardie
gardie
noun
(Australia) A garfish (of the family Hemiramphidae).
gareri
garvie
gaurie
gehrig
geiger
georgi
gerbil
gerbil
noun
One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
verb
(intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
(intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
gerdie
gerick
gering
gerita
gerius
gerkin
germin
germin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, resistant to proteases, associated with the germination of cereals
gerrie
gerrit
gerrit
abbrev
Contracted form of 'get it', representing slurred pronunciation.
gertie
gezira
giarre
gibber
gibber
noun
(Australia) A stone or rock, of chalcedony or similar mineral, found strewn over arid regions of inland Australia; a gibber stone.
(Australia, obsolete) A large boulder or rocky outcrop; also, an overhanging rock formation.
A balky horse.
Gibberish, unintelligible speech.
verb
To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
gibers
gibers
noun
plural of giber
gibert
gibier
giefer
gierek
giffer
gigger
gigger
noun
One who fishes by gigging.
gilder
gilder
noun
(archaic, rare) Alternative spelling of guilder
One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.
giller
gilmer
gilmer
Proper noun
a town in Texas, USA
gilver
gimmer
gimmer
noun
(Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.
gimper
ginder
ginger
ginger
adj
(UK, Cockney rhyming slang) Homosexual.
(chiefly Britain, regional, Canada, US) Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.
(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown colour.
Having hair or fur of this colour.
adv
In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.
noun
(UK, Cockney rhyming slang) A homosexual.
(colloquial, Scotland, especially Glasgow, countable and uncountable) Any soft fizzy drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.
(colloquial, countable and uncountable) Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).
(colloquial, often derogatory, countable) A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
The plant that produces this rhizome.
The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
verb
(Nigeria, transitive) To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
To add ginger to.
To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
To enliven, to spice (up).
To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.
ginner
ginner
noun
A cotton ginning plant.
A person who operates a cotton gin.
gipper
gipper
noun
(obsolete except dialectal) One who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing).
gipser
gipser
noun
(historical) A kind of pouch worn at the girdle.
girded
girder
girder
noun
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
One who girds; a satirist.
girdle
girdle
noun
(Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
(mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
The clitellum of an earthworm.
The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
verb
(transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
(transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
girlie
girlie
adj
(slang) Of entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing.
Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine.
noun
(colloquial) A young girl.
(slang) A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or semi-nude photographs of women.
girned
girned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of girn
girnel
girnie
girsle
girted
girted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of girt
gisler
gisser
gitter
givers
givers
noun
plural of giver
glaire
glider
glider
noun
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
(mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
A kind of garden swing.
A pilot of glider aircraft.
A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.
Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
One who glides.
Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
gliere
glires
glorie
glorie
noun
Archaic form of glory.
gluier
gluier
adj
comparative form of gluey: more gluey
goiter
goiter
noun
(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of goitre
goitre
goitre
noun
(pathology, UK) An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
gooier
gooier
adj
comparative form of gooey: more gooey
gordie
gorier
gorier
adj
comparative form of gory: more gory
gowrie
gracie
graiae
graine
graine
noun
Obsolete form of grain.
grazie
grecia
greige
greige
adj
(of textiles) Unfinished; not fully processed; neither bleached nor dyed.
Of a colour between grey and beige.
noun
A colour between grey and beige, closely akin to taupe.
greing
greith
grekin
gremio
gresil
grewia
grided
grided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gride
grider
grides
grides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gride
griece
griefs
griege
griege
noun
Misspelling of greige.
grieko
grieve
grieve
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
(obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
verb
(intransitive) To experience grief.
(transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
(transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
(transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
(transitive, archaic) To harm.
griffe
griffe
noun
(chiefly US, dialectal, dated or historical) A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry.
A claw-like ornament at the base of a column.
grille
grille
noun
Alternative form of grill (only in the senses of "grating over opening", "grating on the front of a vehicle", and "window divider")
grilse
grilse
noun
A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
grimed
grimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grime
grimes
grimes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grime