(Scotland, England dialect) A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.
(now dialectal) A light breeze.
egal
egal
adj
(obsolete) Equal; impartial.
egol
elga
engl
gael
gale
gale
noun
(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
(literary, archaic) A light breeze.
(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
An outburst, especially of laughter.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
(intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
(intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
gdel
geal
geal
verb
(obsolete or Scotland) to congeal
gela
gelb
geld
geld
noun
(chiefly archaic or historical) Money.
(historical) In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant.
verb
(historical) To tax geld.
(transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal).
(transitive, figurative) To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.
gell
gell
noun
Alternative form of gill (a leech)
Pronunciation spelling of girl.
gels
gels
noun
plural of gel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gel
gelt
gelt
noun
(Judaism) Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.
(Judaism) Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.
(obsolete) Gilding; gilt.
(originally UK, especially thieves' cant and Polari, later Judaism and general slang) Money.
(rare) A lunatic.
A gelding.
Tribute; tax.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of geld
genl
geol
gile
gled
glee
glee
noun
(singing, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
(uncountable) Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
(uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
verb
To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).
gleg
gleg
adj
(Scotland) smart; quick; brisk
noun
(now rare, Northern England) A look or glance.
Alternative form of cleg
verb
(Northern England) To glance.
glen
glen
noun
A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
glew
glew
noun
Obsolete form of glue.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense of glow
gley
gley
noun
(soil science) A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
verb
(Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
(soil science) To be converted into this kind of soil.
glue
glue
noun
(figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
verb
(transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
goel
goel
noun
(historical, biblical) A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain obligations toward them, such as having to free them from slavery, to repurchase their property if sold through poverty, and to avenge their murder.
gule
gule
noun
(obsolete) The throat; the gullet.
gyle
gyle
noun
Fermented wort used for making vinegar.
The amount of beer brewed at a time.
lege
lege
noun
(Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.
(US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.
verb
(obsolete) To allege; to assert.
lego
legs
legs
noun
(bingo) eleven
(colloquial, oenology) Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
plural of leg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leg
leng
leng
adj
Alternative form of peng (“attractive, excellent”)
noun
Alternative form of peng (“attractive woman”)
lger
lige
lige
verb
(obsolete) To lie; to tell lies.
loge
loge
noun
A booth or stall.
An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.
An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine.
The lodge of a concierge.
luge
luge
noun
(countable) A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth.
(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
(uncountable) The sport of racing on luges.
verb
(figuratively) To slide or slip down a slope.
To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
ogle
ogle
noun
(Polari, usually in the plural) An eye.
An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.