(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
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chargeling
chargeling
noun
A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
charminger
charminger
adj
comparative form of charming: more charming
chartering
chartering
verb
present participle of charter
chastening
chastening
noun
The act by which somebody is chastened.
verb
present participle of chasten
chattering
chattering
adj
That chatters
noun
A noise that chatters.
Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
verb
present participle of chatter
cheapening
cheapening
noun
The process by which something is cheapened or made vulgar.
verb
present participle of cheapen
cheatingly
cheatingly
adv
in a cheating manner
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
cheddaring
cheddaring
noun
The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
verb
present participle of cheddar
cheeringly
cheeringly
adv
In a way that cheers; hearteningly, encouragingly.
With cheering.
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chequering
chequering
noun
A chequered pattern.
verb
present participle of chequer
cherishing
cherishing
noun
The act by which somebody or something is cherished.
verb
present participle of cherish
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chimneying
chimneying
verb
present participle of chimney
chippering
chippering
verb
present participle of chipper
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chiselling
chiselling
noun
A piece of work produced using a chisel.
verb
(Britain) present participle of chisel
chittering
chittering
noun
The sound of a chitter.
verb
present participle of chitter
chivareing
chondrigen
chondrigen
noun
(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chuntering
chuntering
noun
Grumbling; complaining.
verb
present participle of chunter
coinhering
coinhering
verb
present participle of coinhere
crocheting
crocheting
noun
needlework made using a crochet
verb
present participle of crochet
debauching
debauching
verb
present participle of debauch
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
delighting
delighting
verb
present participle of delight
dethroning
dethroning
noun
The removal of a ruler from the throne.
verb
present participle of dethrone
dihydrogen
dihydrogen
noun
(chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions
(chemistry, modifying a noun) Describing a dihydrogen bond
(inorganic chemistry) The hydrogen molecule H₂
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
dishelming
dishelming
verb
present participle of dishelm
dishmonger
doughiness
doughiness
noun
The state or condition of being doughy.
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
earthlings
earthlings
noun
plural of earthling
echeloning
echeloning
verb
present participle of echelon
echinology
echinology
noun
The scientific study of echinoderms.
eighteenmo
eighteenmo
noun
octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
eighteenth
eighteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
noun
(informal) A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday.
One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the eighteenth position.
eightpenny
eightpenny
adj
Having a value or cost of eightpence.
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
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
englishing
englishism
englishism
Noun
An expression or characteristic peculiar to the English language.
englishize
englishize
Verb
To make or become more English
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).
englishmen
enheritage
enlightens
enlightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlighten
enshrining
enshrining
noun
enshrinement
verb
present participle of enshrine
ensignhood
ensignhood
noun
The role or status of an ensign.
ensignship
ensignship
noun
The state or rank of an ensign.
ensphering
ensphering
verb
present participle of ensphere
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
enthroning
enthroning
noun
An act of enthronement.
verb
present participle of enthrone
enwheeling
enwheeling
verb
present participle of enwheel
escheating
escheating
verb
present participle of escheat
etherizing
etherizing
verb
present participle of etherize
ethicizing
ethicizing
verb
present participle of ethicize
ethnogenic
ethnogenic
adj
Relating to ethnogeny or to ethnogenesis
ethnologic
ethnologic
adj
Ethnological.
ethylating
ethylating
adj
That serves to ethylate
verb
present participle of ethylate
euphuizing
euphuizing
verb
present participle of euphuize
evanishing
evanishing
verb
present participle of evanish
everything
everything
noun
everything
pron
(colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).
(colloquial) Considerable effort.
(colloquial) The most important thing.
(colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.
(literally) All the things under discussion.
exchanging
exchanging
verb
present participle of exchange
exchangite
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhibiting
exhibiting
verb
present participle of exhibit
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
extinguish
extinguish
verb
(intransitive) To die out.
(transitive) To destroy or abolish something.
(transitive) To obscure or eclipse something.
(transitive) To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
(transitive, literally) To hunt down (a species) to extinction.
(transitive, psychology) To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
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
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fingerfish
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
fingerhook
fishfinger
fishfinger
noun
Alternative form of fish finger
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
fitchering
flemishing
flemishing
verb
present participle of flemish
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
folkething
freighting
freighting
verb
present participle of freight
freshening
freshening
noun
The act by which something is freshened.
verb
present participle of freshen
frightened
frightened
adj
Afraid; suffering from fear.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frighten
frightener
frightener
noun
Agent noun of frighten; one who frightens.
frightment
frightment
noun
(obsolete) fear; terror
fringehead
fringehead
noun
Any of several fishes of the genus Neoclinus.
furthering
furthering
noun
The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.
verb
present participle of further
garishness
garishness
noun
The quality of being garish.
garnisheed
garnisheed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garnishee