(nautical) A downhaul located at the tack of a sail, used for tightening the luff.
cytophagic
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
deadweight
deadweight
noun
Alternative spelling of dead weight
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
demihagbut
dhaulagiri
diaglyphic
diaglyphic
adj
Represented or formed by depressions in the surface.
diagraphic
diagraphic
adj
descriptive
diaphragms
diaphragms
noun
plural of diaphragm
dichogamic
dichogamic
adj
Relating to dichogamy
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
dillingham
diplograph
diplograph
noun
(historical) An instrument used for double writing, such as one for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time.
discharged
discharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discharge
dischargee
dischargee
noun
One who is discharged.
discharger
discharger
noun
Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm
discharges
discharges
noun
plural of discharge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discharge
disgarnish
disgarnish
verb
(transitive) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
distraught
distraught
adj
Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
Mad; insane.
diswashing
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
draughtier
draughtier
adj
comparative form of draughty: more draughty
draughtily
draughtily
adv
In a draughty manner.
draughting
draughting
verb
present participle of draught
dysgraphia
dysgraphia
noun
A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
earthlight
earthlight
noun
sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface
earthlings
earthlings
noun
plural of earthling
eightballs
eightballs
noun
plural of eightball
enchaining
enchaining
verb
present participle of enchain
enchanting
enchanting
adj
Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
noun
An act of enchantment.
verb
present participle and gerund of enchant
encharging
encharging
verb
present participle of encharge
englishman
englishman
Noun
A male native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, ie the red-legged partridge).
enheritage
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
epigrapher
epigrapher
noun
epigraphist
epigraphic
epigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
ereshkigal
ergophobia
ergophobia
noun
A fear or aversion to work
escheating
escheating
verb
present participle of escheat
esophagism
ethylating
ethylating
adj
That serves to ethylate
verb
present participle of ethylate
euchologia
euchologia
noun
plural of euchologion
evanishing
evanishing
verb
present participle of evanish
exchanging
exchanging
verb
present participle of exchange
exchangite
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
farsighted
farsighted
adj
Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.
fashioning
fashioning
noun
The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
verb
present participle of fashion
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
feathering
feathering
noun
(architecture) An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
A feathered texture.
Plumage.
The fitting of feathers to arrows.
Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
verb
present participle of feather
figurehead
figurehead
noun
(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.
(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
(nautical, slang, obsolete) A person's face.
flagfishes
flashingly
flashingly
adv
With a flashing appearance.
flashlight
flashlight
noun
(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source.
(obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera.
A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
verb
(transitive) To illuminate with a flashlight.
flaunching
flaunching
noun
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
flighthead
framingham
fraughting
fraughting
verb
present participle of fraught
freightage
freightage
noun
The price of transporting goods.
frightable
fringehead
fringehead
noun
Any of several fishes of the genus Neoclinus.
galashiels
galashiels
Proper noun
A town in the Scottish Borders region.
galeorchis
galinthias
gallophile
gallophile
Noun
One who loves France or the French.
galravitch
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
gamophagia
gargoylish
gargoylish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gargoyle.
garishness
garishness
noun
The quality of being garish.
garnisheed
garnisheed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garnishee
garnishees
garnishees
noun
plural of garnishee
garnishing
garnishing
noun
Something added as a garnish.
verb
present participle of garnish
gashliness
gaslighted
gaslighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gaslight
gastrolith
gastrolith
noun
(zoology) rocks which are or have been held inside the digestive tract of an animal to aid in buoyancy or food processing.
gatewright
gatherings
gatherings
noun
plural of gathering
gaucheries
gaucheries
noun
plural of gaucherie
gaugership
gaugership
noun
The rank or office of a gauger.
gaultheria
gaultheria
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Gaultheria of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.
gaultherin
gaultherin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside salicylate, methyl 2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxybenzoate, found in Gaultheria yunnanensis.
gearshifts
gearshifts
noun
plural of gearshift
genethliac
genethliac
adj
Of or pertaining to the casting of horoscopes at a person's birth
noun
A birthday poem.
A person who casts horoscopes.
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
geographic
geographic
adj
Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Pertaining to geography (or to geographics)
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
gerhardine
ghastliest
ghastliest
adj
superlative form of ghastly: most ghastly
gigmanhood
gillingham
gillingham
Proper noun
A town in the Medway conurbation of Kent.
A town in Dorset.
girgashite
glathsheim
glochidial
glochidial
adj
Relating to the glochidium.
glochidian
glycohemia
gnaphalium
gnaphalium
noun
Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
gnashingly
gnashingly
adv
While, or as if, gnashing.
gnathalgia
gnathalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the jaw
gnathidium
gnathidium
noun
(zoology) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked.
gnathonism
gnathonize
goatfishes
goatfishes
noun
plural of goatfish
goldenhair
goliathize
gomphiasis
gomphiasis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A disease of the teeth that causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
goniotheca
goodlihead
goodlihead
noun
(archaic, poetic) Goodly appearance or looks; beauty.
(obsolete) The character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.
gothically
gothically
adv
In a gothic way.
graecophil
grandchild
grandchild
noun
A child of someone's child.
graphemics
graphemics
noun
(linguistics) The study of the graphemes, or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language
graphitize
graphitize
verb
To coat with graphite.
To convert to graphite.
graphitoid
graphitoid
adj
Resembling graphite.
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
grassfinch
grassfinch
noun
Any Australian finch of the genus Poephila.
grayfishes
guitarfish
guitarfish
noun
Any ray in the family Rhinobatidae.
gunmanship
gunmanship
noun
The art or skill of using a gun.
gymnorhina
gynarchies
gynarchies
noun
plural of gynarchy
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
gynethusia
gypsophila
gypsophila
noun
Any of the many flowering plants of the genus Gypsophila, which have a profusion of small pink or white flowers.
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
haddington
haddington
Proper noun
a town in and the administrative centre of council area, Scotland
a historic county of Scotland, renamed in 1921. Also known as
a hamlet in district, Lincolnshire, England
a neighbourhood in Pennsylvania, USA.
hagarville
hagberries
hagberries
noun
plural of hagberry
haggadical
hagiocracy
hagiocracy
noun
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
hagiolater
hagiolater
noun
One who practices hagiolatry (the worship of saints).
hagiolatry
hagiolatry
noun
The worship of saints.
hagiologic
hagiologic
adj
Synonym of hagiological
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hairmonger
hairmonger
noun
(historical) A person who traded in hair for stuffing cushions etc.
hairspring
hairspring
noun
A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
haligonian
haligonian
Adjective
from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
Of, from, or pertaining to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Noun
A person born in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
A native or inhabitant of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
halogenoid
halvelings
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
hamrongite
hamstrings
hamstrings
noun
plural of hamstring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamstring
handhaving
handseling
handseling
verb
present participle of handsel
handsewing
handspring
handspring
noun
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
handwaving
handwaving
adj
(not comparable) Waving the hands.
Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.
noun
(chiefly figuratively) Alternative spelling of hand waving (“empty gesturing”)