(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.
agers
agers
noun
plural of ager
agnes
agues
agues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague
arges
beggs
bergs
bergs
noun
plural of berg
bsage
bseng
cages
cages
noun
plural of cage
degas
degas
verb
(transitive) To remove the gas from.
doges
doges
noun
plural of doge
dregs
dregs
noun
(collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
edges
edges
noun
(plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
plural of edge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of edge
egads
egads
intj
Alternative form of egad.
egers
egers
noun
plural of eger
egest
egest
verb
To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
esrog
essig
gabes
gades
gades
noun
plural of gade
gaels
gages
gages
noun
plural of gage
gales
gales
noun
plural of gale
games
games
noun
plural of game
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of game
gapes
gapes
noun
A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
A fit of yawning.
plural of gape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gape
garse
gases
gases
noun
plural of gas
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gas
gaspe
gates
gates
noun
plural of gate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gate
gause
gause
noun
Obsolete spelling of gauze
gazes
gazes
noun
plural of gaze
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaze
gears
gears
noun
plural of gear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gear
gease
gease
noun
Alternative form of geas
geast
gecks
gecks
noun
plural of geck
gecos
gedds
gedds
noun
plural of gedd
geeks
geeks
noun
plural of geek
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geek
geese
geese
noun
plural of goose
geest
geest
noun
A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
geisa
geiss
geist
geist
noun
Ghost, apparition.
Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).
gelds
gelds
noun
plural of geld
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geld
gelts
gelts
noun
plural of gelt
gemse
genes
genes
noun
plural of gene
genos
genos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geno
gents
gents
adj
Men's: intended for use by men.
noun
(chiefly UK, informal euphemistic) A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
plural of gent
genus
genus
noun
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
(music) A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
(topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
A group with common attributes.
A taxon at this rank.
genys
germs
germs
noun
plural of germ
gesan
gesso
gesso
noun
A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.
A work of art done in gesso.
geste
gests
gests
noun
plural of gest
getas
getas
noun
plural of geta
geums
geums
noun
plural of geum
ghees
ghees
noun
plural of ghee
ghess
ghess
verb
Obsolete form of guess.
gibes
gibes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gibe
giess
giles
gilse
gilse
noun
Alternative form of grilse (young salmon).
girse
gisel
gives
gives
noun
plural of give
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of give
gleds
glees
glees
noun
plural of glee
glens
glens
noun
plural of glen
gleys
gleys
noun
plural of gley
glues
glues
noun
plural of glue
goers
goers
noun
plural of goer
goles
goles
noun
plural of gole
goose
goose
noun
(South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
(slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.
(uncountable, historical) An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
A female goose (sense 1).
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
The flesh of the goose used as food.
verb
(British slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
(transitive) To stimulate; to spur.
(transitive, slang) To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
(transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
(transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks of (a person).
gores
gores
noun
plural of gore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gore
gorse
gorse
noun
Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.
gosse
goxes
grees
grees
noun
plural of gree
greys
greys
noun
(UK, prison slang) Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.
plural of grey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grey
grise
grise
noun
(obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Alternative form of grice (a pig)
grose
grues
grues
noun
plural of grue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grue
gudes
guess
guess
noun
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
verb
(chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
(colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
(obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
guest
guest
noun
(computing) A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
(zoology) An inquiline.
(zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
verb
(intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
(intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
(transitive, obsolete) To receive or entertain hospitably.
guise
guise
noun
(Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of guys.
Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To act as a guiser; to go dressed up in a parade etc.
(archaic, transitive) To dress.
gules
gules
adj
(heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.
noun
(heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
plural of gule
guser
gusle
gusle
noun
(music) A single-stringed lute-like stringed instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.
gybes
gybes
noun
plural of gybe
gyges
gyres
gyres
noun
plural of gyre
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gyre
gyves
gyves
noun
plural of gyve
leges
legis
lesgh
loges
loges
noun
plural of loge
luges
luges
noun
plural of luge
mages
meges
meggs
meigs
meigs
Proper noun
a city in Mitchell and Thomas Counties, Georgia, USA.
an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio, USA.
negus
negus
noun
(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.
A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
ogees
ogees
noun
plural of ogee
ogles
ogles
noun
plural of ogle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ogle
ogres
ogres
noun
plural of ogre
osage
osage
Noun
A member of a certain Native American people related to the Sioux.
Proper noun
The language of this people.
A city in Iowa, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A in Minnesota.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A in Wyoming.
A river in (the which is a tributary of the River.
pages
pages
noun
plural of page
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of page
peags
peggs
rages
rages
noun
plural of rage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rage
reges
regis
sager
sager
adj
comparative form of sage: more sage
sages
sages
noun
plural of sage
sagle
sarge
sarge
noun
(colloquial) sergeant
verb
(seduction community) to go out and engage women in order to pick them up
sedge
sedge
noun
(fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
Any of certain other plants resembling sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedge, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
Obsolete spelling of siege
sedgy
sedgy
adj
Of, pertaining to, or covered with sedge.
seege
seege
noun
Obsolete form of siege.
segal
segar
segar
noun
Obsolete form of cigar.
seggy
segni
segni
noun
plural of segno
segno
segno
noun
(music) The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
segol
segol
noun
A Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle
segos
segos
noun
plural of sego
segou
segre
segue
segue
noun
An instance of segueing, a transition.
verb
(music) To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
(of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.
To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
seige
seige
noun
Misspelling of siege.
selig
sengi
sengi
noun
A former (1967-1993) monetary unit of Zaire, 1/100 of a likuta.
An elephant shrew (family Macroscelidae).
serge
serge
noun
(by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
(textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
verb
(sewing) To overlock.
sergo
sergt
sergu
seugh
sheng
sheng
noun
A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
siege
siege
noun
(US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
(figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
(obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
(obsolete) A seat, especially as used by someone of importance or authority.
(obsolete) A toilet seat.
(obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.
(obsolete) Excrements, stool, fecal matter.
(obsolete) Rank; grade; station; estimation.
(obsolete) The anus; the rectum.
(obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.
(obsolete) The place where one has his seat; a home, residence, domain, empire.
A flock of heron.
The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
verb
(transitive, uncommon) To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.
sigel
signe
singe
singe
noun
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
verb
(transitive) To burn slightly.
(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
Obsolete form of sing.
skeeg
skegs
skegs
noun
plural of skeg
soger
soger
noun
(dated) A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.
(obsolete or Scotland) Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English., sojer
verb
(dated) To shirk; to neglect one's work.
soget
squeg
squeg
verb
(transitive, electronics) To undergo squegging.
stage
stage
noun
(Canada, Quebec) An internship.
(by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
(dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.
(dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
(electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
(geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
(theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
(video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
A floor or storey of a house.
A phase.
A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
verb
(astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
(transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
(transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
(transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
(transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
stegh
steng
surge
surge
noun
(US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
(aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
(electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).
(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
verb
(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
(intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
(transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
swage
swage
noun
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
verb
(transitive) To bend or shape through use of a swage.