(nautical) A downhaul located at the tack of a sail, used for tightening the luff.
cushioning
cushioning
verb
present participle of cushion
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
dillingham
dingthrift
dingthrift
Noun
A spendthrift.
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
diphthongs
diphthongs
noun
plural of diphthong
diphygenic
diphygenic
adj
(zoology) Having two modes of embryonic development.
disgarnish
disgarnish
verb
(transitive) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
dishelming
dishelming
verb
present participle of dishelm
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dishmonger
dishwiping
diswashing
doughiness
doughiness
noun
The state or condition of being doughy.
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
dragonfish
dragonfish
noun
Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
draughting
draughting
verb
present participle of draught
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.
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
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fightingly
fightingly
adv
So as to fight; pugnaciously.
filchingly
filchingly
adv
By means of petty theft.
fingerfish
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
fingerhook
fishfinger
fishfinger
noun
Alternative form of fish finger
fishifying
fishifying
verb
present participle of fishify
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
flashingly
flashingly
adv
With a flashing appearance.
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
flemishing
flemishing
verb
present participle of flemish
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
flushingly
flushingly
adv
In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
folkething
forthbring
forthbring
verb
(obsolete) To bring forth; bring out; produce.
forthgoing
forthgoing
adj
Going out or forth; departing.
noun
A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.
verb
present participle of forthgo
fortnights
fortnights
noun
plural of fortnight
framingham
fraughting
fraughting
verb
present participle of fraught
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.
furbishing
furbishing
noun
The act by which something is furbished.
verb
present participle of furbish
furnishing
furnishing
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Furniture, fittings, and other detachable accessories.
(of an animal, in the plural) A portion of longer hair within the coat of a dog, rabbit, etc.
verb
present participle of furnish
furthering
furthering
noun
The act by which something is furthered; furtherance.
verb
present participle of further
galinthias
galumphing
galumphing
verb
(nonce word) Galloping in a triumphant manner
present participle of galumph
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
gatherings
gatherings
noun
plural of gathering
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.
geniohyoid
geniohyoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the geniohyoid muscle.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of geniohyoid muscle..
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
genteelish
genteelish
adj
Somewhat genteel.
gentleship
gentleship
noun
(obsolete) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
geochronic
geochronic
adj
Relating to geochrony.
geotechnic
geotechnic
adj
Alternative form of geotechnical
gerhardine
gershonite
gershonite
Noun
A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the curtains, hangings, and ropes of the sanctuary.
gesithcund
gesithcund
adj
Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born.
gesundheit
gesundheit
intj
(Canada, US) Said to someone who has just sneezed.
(humorous) Said in response to a word that sounds onomatopoeically similar to a sneeze.
ghibelline
gigmanhood
gillingham
gillingham
Proper noun
A town in the Medway conurbation of Kent.
A town in Dorset.
glichingen
glochidian
gluishness
gluttonish
gluttonish
adj
gluttonous
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
gnocchetti
gnocchetti
noun
Small Italian dumplings.
godsonship
goldenhair
goniotheca
gonophoric
gonorrheic
gonorrheic
adj
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of gonorrhoeic
gorgythion
gothicness
gothicness
Noun
The state or condition of being Gothic.
grandchild
grandchild
noun
A child of someone's child.
grassfinch
grassfinch
noun
Any Australian finch of the genus Poephila.
greenfinch
greenfinch
noun
the European greenfinch, a common Old World finch, Carduelis chloris, now Chloris chloris, that is mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
the Oriental greenfinch, Carduelis sinica, now Chloris sinica
the Vietnam greenfinch, Carduelis monguilloti, now Chloris monguilloti
the black-headed greenfinch, Carduelis ambigua, now Chloris ambigua
the yellow-breasted greenfinch, Carduelis spinoides, now Chloris spinoides
greenhills
greenwithe
griffinish
griffinish
adj
(historical) Resembling or characteristic of a griffin (new arrival in British India).
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
guggenheim
guggenheim
Proper noun
a surname.
a museum dedicated to a person of that name.
gumshoeing
gumshoeing
verb
present participle of gumshoe
gunfighter
gunfighter
noun
A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.