(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aegyptus
aganippe
agapetae
agapetae
noun
plural of agapet; Alternative form of Agapetae
agapetid
agaphite
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
alpigene
amperage
amperage
noun
(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
ampongue
anglepod
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
apagoges
apagoges
noun
plural of apagoge
apagogue
apanaged
apanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apanage
apanages
apanages
noun
plural of apanage
apigenin
apigenin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavone, found as a glycoside in many plants, that reverses the adverse effects of cyclosporine
apogaeic
apogaeic
adj
Alternative form of apogeic
apologer
apologer
noun
(obsolete) A teller of apologues.
apologue
apologue
noun
(rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience.
A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
apophyge
apophyge
noun
(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
appanage
appanage
noun
Alternative form of apanage
appenage
appenage
noun
Alternative form of appanage
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
arpeggio
arpeggio
noun
(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
verb
(intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
(transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
asperger
asperger
noun
A ceremonial herb bundle or perforated object used to sprinkle witch's water at the commencement of a ritual
asperges
asperges
noun
A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asperge
aspergil
asperugo
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpiper
bagpiper
noun
One who plays the bagpipes.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bagpuize
baseplug
beplague
bespreng
bespring
bethpage
bleeping
bleeping
adj
(UK, euphemistic, slang) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
verb
present participle of bleep
campagne
campagne
noun
plural of campagna
capering
capering
noun
The motion of one who capers.
verb
present participle of caper
cheaping
cheaping
noun
(obsolete) A market.
(obsolete) Bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of cheap
cheeping
cheeping
noun
The sound of a cheep.
verb
present participle of cheep
chippage
compages
compages
noun
plural of compage
compinge
compinge
verb
(obsolete) To compress; to shut up.
consperg
copiague
creepage
creepage
noun
A gradual, creeping movement.
The leakage of an electrical current across the surface of an insulator (dielectric)
creeping
creeping
noun
The act of something that creeps.
verb
present participle of creep
crimpage
crimpage
noun
Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service.
cupeling
cytopyge
cytopyge
noun
cytoproct; anal pore
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
deponing
deponing
verb
present participle of depone
deposing
deposing
verb
present participle of depose
depthing
depurged
deputing
deputing
verb
present participle of depute
diplegia
diplegia
noun
(medicine) Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
diplegic
diplegic
noun
One who suffers from diplegia.
disperge
disperge
verb
(obsolete) To sprinkle.
disponge
disponge
verb
(poetic, rare) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
dispunge
dispunge
verb
Obsolete form of disponge.
To expunge; to erase.
dogeship
dogeship
Noun
The role or status of doge (chief magistrate).
dognaped
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
dogplate
dogsleep
dogsleep
noun
(nautical) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
Feigned sleep.
dragrope
dragrope
noun
A rope used to drag something.
Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”)
drippage
drippage
noun
A dripping; something that drips.
droppage
earplugs
earplugs
noun
plural of earplug
eggplant
eggplant
noun
(Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena.
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
(skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
egyptiac
egyptiac
Adjective
of or relating to Ancient Egypt, Egyptian
Noun
a mixture of vinegar, honey, verdigris and sometimes burnt alum formerly used as a detergent, Egyptian ointment
egyptian
egyptian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Noun
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
A gypsy.
Proper noun
The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
egyptize
egyptize
Verb
To give an Egyptian character or appearance to.
elapsing
elapsing
verb
present participle of elapse
empaling
empaling
verb
present participle of empale
emplunge
emplunge
verb
Alternative form of implunge
emptings
emptings
noun
(dated) The lees of wine or beer, used for their yeast in making bread, etc.
emptying
emptying
noun
(in the plural) Alternative form of emptins
The act by which something is emptied.
verb
present participle of empty
engraphy
epagogic
epagogic
adj
inductive
epergnes
epergnes
noun
plural of epergne
epigamic
epigamic
adj
(zoology) Attractive to the opposite sex
epigenes
epigenic
epigenic
adj
Relating to epigenesis; epigenetic.
epigeous
epigeous
adj
Growing on, or close to, the ground.
epigonal
epigonal
adj
Alternative spelling of epigonic
Near or surrounding the gonads (in the embryos of some fish)
Relating to, or characteristic of, a prehistoric culture of coastal Peru and Chile
epigones
epigones
noun
plural of epigone
epigonic
epigonic
adj
Being or relating to an epigone or disciple; imitative.
epigonos
epigonus
epigrams
epigrams
noun
plural of epigram
epigraph
epigraph
noun
(mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
An inscription, especially on a building.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
epigynum
epigynum
noun
Synonym of epigyne
epilogic
epilogic
adj
Of or relating to an epilogue.
epilogue
epilogue
noun
(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
The performer who gives this speech
verb
(transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.
epoxying
epoxying
verb
present participle of epoxy
equipaga
equipage
equipage
noun
(obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
(uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
A type of horse-drawn carriage.
The carriage together with attendants; a retinue.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To furnish with an equipage.
erupting
erupting
verb
present participle of erupt
escapage
escaping
escaping
noun
That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.
The act of one who escapes; an escape.
verb
present participle and gerund of escape
esophagi
esophagi
noun
plural of esophagus
esophago
espiegle
eurypyga
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
expeding
expeding
verb
present participle of expede
expiring
expiring
adj
Ending, terminating, dying.
verb
present participle of expire
exposing
exposing
verb
present participle of expose
expunged
expunged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expunge
expunger
expunger
noun
One who expunges.
expunges
expunges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expunge
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
flagpole
flagpole
noun
A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
(Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
fuseplug
gaincope
galipine
galloped
galloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gallop
galloper
galloper
noun
(Australia) The Chinamanfish, a type of snapper
(military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)
An aide-de-camp.
One who gallops.
galopade
gamphrel
gantlope
gantlope
noun
The military punishment known as running the gauntlet
gapeseed
gapeseed
noun
Alternative form of gape seed
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gappiest
gappiest
adj
superlative form of gappy: most gappy
gapville
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gatekeep
gatekeep
noun
A gatekeeper.
verb
(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatepost
gatepost
noun
a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
gazumped
gazumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gazump
gazumper
gazumper
noun
One who gazumps.
geepound
geepound
noun
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”)
gemperle
gempylid
gempylid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
genapped
genapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of genappe
genapper
genipaps
genipaps
noun
plural of genipap
genotype
genotype
noun
(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
(taxonomy, obsolete) The type species of a genus; generitype.
A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.
verb
(transitive) To determine the genotype of.
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
geophila
geophone
geophone
noun
(geology) A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.
geophyte
geophyte
noun
(botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
geoplana
geopolar
geoponic
geoponic
adj
Relating to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.
geoprobe
geoprobe
noun
A probe used for studying the earth.
geoscopy
geoscopy
noun
Knowledge of the earth or soil, obtained by inspection.