(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benighten
benighten
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To benight.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
bergalith
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
bigothero
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
blighties
blighties
noun
plural of blighty
bobsleigh
bobsleigh
noun
(UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
(obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
(uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
verb
To ride a bobsleigh.
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
bradleigh
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
brighella
brighouse
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightest
brightest
adj
superlative form of bright: most bright
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bright
bromleigh
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chaneling
chapeling
chasseing
chasseing
verb
present participle of chasse
cheiragra
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chelingas
chelingos
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
cherogril
cherogril
noun
(obsolete) A cony; a rabbit.
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
chesaning
chiefling
chiefling
noun
A little or petty chief.
chiengmai
chiengrai
chigetais
chigetais
noun
plural of chigetai
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
chiminage
chiminage
noun
(obsolete, law) A toll paid for passage through a forest.
chiogenes
chirogale
chiseling
chiseling
noun
Alternative form of chiselling
verb
(US) present participle of chisel
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
clenching
clenching
noun
The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.
verb
present participle of clench
codelight
cofighter
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
coliphage
coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
coshering
coshering
noun
The levying of a cosher, or tribute.
verb
present participle of cosher
creeshing
creeshing
verb
present participle of creesh
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
deadlight
deadlight
noun
(figurative) An eyelid.
(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
(nautical) A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
delighted
delighted
adj
Filled with wonder and delight.
Greatly pleased.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delight
delighter
delighter
noun
One who takes delight in something.
demihague
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
diaghilev
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen
discharge
discharge
noun
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
(medicine, uncountable) Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
The process of flowing out.
The process of unloading something.
verb
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
(obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
(transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To expel or let go.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
dogeships
dogeships
noun
plural of dogeship
dogfishes
dogfishes
noun
plural of dogfish
doughiest
doughiest
adj
superlative form of doughy: most doughy
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughtier
doughtier
adj
comparative form of doughty: more doughty
downweigh
downweigh
verb
(transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
drenching
drenching
noun
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
verb
present participle of drench
earthling
earthling
noun
(obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
Alternative letter-case form of Earthling
eastleigh
eastleigh
Proper noun
A town and borough in Hampshire, England
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
echoizing
echoizing
verb
present participle of echoize
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
effingham
effingham
Proper noun
A village in Surrey, England
A city in Illinois, USA, and the county seat of Effingham County.
egophonic
egophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to egophony.
egotheism
egotheism
noun
The deification of one's own self.
The view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self.
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
eightball
eighteens
eighteens
noun
plural of eighteen
eightfoil
eightfoil
noun
(heraldry) An octofoil.
eightfold
eightfold
adj
Containing eight parts.
Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
adv
By a factor of eight.
eightieth
eightieth
adj
The ordinal form of the number eighty.
noun
One of eighty equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the eightieth position.
eightling
eightling
noun
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals, such as are common with rutile.
eightsman
eightsman
noun
(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.
eightsmen
eightsmen
noun
plural of eightsman
eightsome
eightsome
noun
A group of eight persons or things.
enanguish
encashing
encashing
verb
present participle of encash
enchasing
enchasing
verb
present participle of enchase
englished
englished
Adjective
Anglicised
englisher
englisher
Noun
An English person.
A non-Amish person.
A translator into English.
englishes
englishes
Noun
of (used of dialects etc)
englishly
englishly
Adverb
In an English way.
englishry
englishry
Noun
the state or privilege of being an Englishman.
a body of English people, especially in Ireland.
engraphia
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
enhaloing
enhaloing
verb
present participle of enhalo
enhancing
enhancing
verb
present participle of enhance
enlighten
enlighten
verb
(transitive) To supply with light.
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
enmeshing
enmeshing
noun
The process by which something is enmeshed or entangled.
verb
present participle of enmesh
enriching
enriching
adj
That adds value, either monetary, intellectual, or emotional.
noun
Enrichment.
verb
present participle of enrich
enthusing
enthusing
verb
present participle of enthuse
epigraphs
epigraphs
noun
plural of epigraph
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epiphegus
epiphragm
epiphragm
noun
(botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses.
(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
ergophile
ergophile
noun
A person who enjoys working.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
ethologic
ethologic
adj
Ethological.
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
eyebright
eyebright
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.