(European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
(archaic, also figurative) A person apt to change their loyalty or thinking; a waverer.
(by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
(by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
(fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton.
channeling
channeling
noun
Alternative form of channelling
verb
present participle of channel
chapelling
chapelling
verb
present participle of chapel
chargeling
chargeling
noun
A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
chillagite
chillagite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of wulfenite
daylighted
daylighted
adj
provided with daylight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daylight
earthlight
earthlight
noun
sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface
earthlings
earthlings
noun
plural of earthling
eightballs
eightballs
noun
plural of eightball
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).
ereshkigal
ethylating
ethylating
adj
That serves to ethylate
verb
present participle of ethylate
euchologia
euchologia
noun
plural of euchologion
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
flagfishes
flighthead
frightable
galashiels
galashiels
Proper noun
A town in the Scottish Borders region.
galeorchis
gallophile
gallophile
Noun
One who loves France or the French.
gashliness
gaslighted
gaslighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gaslight
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.
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.
ghastliest
ghastliest
adj
superlative form of ghastly: most ghastly
glathsheim
glycohemia
goldenhair
goliathize
goodlihead
goodlihead
noun
(archaic, poetic) Goodly appearance or looks; beauty.
(obsolete) The character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.
graecophil
grapholite
grapholite
noun
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.
hagarville
hagiolater
hagiolater
noun
One who practices hagiolatry (the worship of saints).
halogenoid
halvelings
handseling
handseling
verb
present participle of handsel
hanselling
hanselling
verb
present participle of hansel
hatcheling
headlights
headlights
noun
plural of headlight; especially a pair on a single vehicle.
headlining
headlining
verb
present participle of headline
heelmaking
heligoland
heligoland
Proper noun
a small island of Germany, in the North Sea
heliofugal
heliograph
heliograph
noun
(obsolete) A photograph.
A device for photographing the sun.
A heliogram.
An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.
verb
(intransitive) To send a heliograph.
(transitive) To send a message by heliograph.
(transitive, dated) To photograph by sunlight.
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hexagonial
highballed
highballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highball
highlander
highlander
noun
(collectible card games, often capitalized) A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks.
A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
hightailed
hightailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hightail
hildagarde
hildegaard
hildegarde
hildegarde
Proper noun
name, variant of Hildegard.
hygienical
hygienical
adj
Relating to hygiene.
hylegiacal
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hyperalgia
hyperalgia
noun
Synonym of hyperalgesia
itcheoglan
keelhaling
keelhaling
verb
present participle of keelhale
knightdale
languished
languished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of languish
languisher
languisher
noun
One who languishes.
languishes
languishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish
leathering
leathering
verb
present participle of leather
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
lethargies
lethargies
noun
plural of lethargy
lethargise
lethargise
verb
Alternative form of lethargize
lethargize
lethargize
verb
To make lethargic.
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
lighterage
lighterage
noun
The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
lighterman
lighterman
noun
(nautical) One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
lightfaced
lightfaced
adj
Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space.
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lightyears
lightyears
noun
plural of lightyear
lineograph
lithagogue
lithagogue
noun
(medicine, archaic) Any medicine capable of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
lithomarge
lithomarge
noun
kaolinite
longhaired
longhaired
adj
(derogatory) Hippie-like.
(sometimes derogatory) Artistic or intellectual.
Having long hair.
malhygiene
megachilid
megachilid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.
megalithic
megalithic
adj
Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made.
meliphagan
nephralgia
nephralgia
noun
Neuralgia (i.e. pain) of the kidneys.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
oilheating
oligohemia
pelvigraph
pelvigraph
noun
An instrument for producing scale drawings of the pelvis.
phalangite
phalangite
noun
(historical) Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.
(obsolete) A soldier belonging to a phalanx.
philogeant
phlebalgia
phlegmasia
phlegmasia
noun
(medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
rehandling
rehandling
noun
The act by which something is rehandled.
verb
present participle of rehandle
ringhalses
ringhalses
noun
plural of ringhals
shillelagh
shillelagh
noun
(Ireland) A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob.
Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin.
singhalese
slathering
slathering
noun
A portion of thickly spread material.
The act of spreading thickly.
verb
present participle of slather
tanglefish
teachingly
telligraph
thargelion
theologian
theologian
noun
In Eastern Orthodox usage, a person who has had direct experience of and unity with God.
In Roman Catholic usage, a theological lecturer attached to a cathedral church.