(colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again
prep
(dialectal, colloquial, or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
agio
agio
noun
(economics, finance) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
agit
agni
angi
biga
biga
noun
(historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.
bigg
bigg
noun
A kind of barley.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland, Northumbria) To build.
bing
bing
intj
(onomatopoeia) The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck
(onomatopoeia) The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface
noun
(Britain, chiefly Scotland) A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore
(chiefly Scotland) A slag heap, i.e. a man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry
(chiefly Scotland) The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound
(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
noun
(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
The thing or things gained.
prep
(obsolete) Against.
verb
(intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
(intransitive) To put on weight.
(of a clock or watch) To run fast.
(transitive) To acquire possession of.
(transitive) To increase.
(transitive) To reach.
(transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
gair
gait
gait
noun
(UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.
(UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
(equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
verb
To teach a specific gait to a horse.
gali
gari
gari
noun
Alternative form of garri (“West African food made from cassava”)
Thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.
gati
gazi
gazi
noun
Alternative form of ghazi
gbip
geic
geic
adj
Derived from humus.
gein
gein
noun
(chemistry) humin
geir
geis
geis
noun
Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”)
plural of gei
geri
gfci
ghis
giai
gian
gibb
gibb
Proper noun
derived from a diminutive of the name Gilbert.
gibe
gibe
noun
Alternative spelling of gybe
Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”)
verb
Alternative spelling of jibe
gibs
gibs
noun
(slang, derogatory) Government welfare, assistance or handouts.
(video games) The internal organs of certain computer game characters after being splattered to death.
plural of gib
verb
(dialectal, rare) Pronunciation spelling of give.
(dialectal, rare) Pronunciation spelling of gives.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gib
gide
gids
gids
noun
plural of gid
gied
gien
gies
giff
gift
gift
noun
A talent or natural ability.
Something gained incidentally, without effort.
Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
verb
(transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
(transitive) To give away, to concede easily.
gifu
giga
gigi
gigo
gigs
gigs
noun
plural of gig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gig
gila
gila
adj
(Singapore) mad; crazy; insane
gild
gild
noun
Obsolete spelling of guild
verb
(transitive) To adorn.
(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
(transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
(transitive) To make appear drunk.
(transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
gile
gill
gill
noun
(Britain) ravine
(Britain) rivulet
(animal anatomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
(animal anatomy) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
(archaic, Britain) A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
(figuratively) The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
(mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
(obsolete) a promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
(obsolete) a prostitute
(of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.
(spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally.
a female ferret
a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber
verb
(intransitive) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
(obsolete) To act as a prostitute.
(transitive) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
gilo
gilo
noun
Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
gils
gilt
gilt
adj
Golden coloured.
noun
(UK, regional) A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
(countable, finance, UK) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
(obsolete, uncountable) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
(uncountable, by extension) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gild
gimp
gimp
adj
(dated, Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
noun
(BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
(dated, chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption
(informal) A crippled leg.
(informal) A limp or a limping gait.
(informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
(slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
(video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.
A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
verb
(dated) To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
(intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
(of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
(transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
gina
gina
noun
(US, Canada, slang, derogatory) The female equivalent of a gino.
(hypocoristic, slang) The vagina.
gine
gine
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of gin (“machine”)
verb
(Northern England, Virginia, obsolete) Alternative form of gwine
ging
ging
noun
(Australia) A ‘shanghai’, or handheld catapult.
(informal) A redhead, a ginger-haired person
(obsolete) A company; troop; a gang.
gink
gink
noun
(originally US slang) A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
ginn
ginn
verb
Nonstandard form of given.
gino
gino
noun
(US, Canada, slang, derogatory) A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
gins
gins
noun
plural of gin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gin
gips
gips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gip
gird
gird
noun
A sarcastic remark.
A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
A stroke with a rod or switch.
verb
(intransitive) To jeer.
(transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
(transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
(transitive) To jeer at.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
gire
gire
noun
Obsolete form of gyre.
girl
girl
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
(US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
(card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
(colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
(derogatory) A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
(sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
(somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).
A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
A young female animal.
One's daughter.
One's girlfriend.
verb
(somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.
(transitive) To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
girn
girn
noun
A vocalization similar to a cat's purring.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To whinge, moan, complain.
(dialectal) To grimace; to snarl.
(intransitive) To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition.
giro
giro
noun
(Britain, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.
(in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
verb
To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
girr
girt
girt
adj
(UK, rural dialect) Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.
(nautical) Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
noun
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
verb
(nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.
To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
To gird.
To measure the girth of.
simple past tense and past participle of gird
gise
gise
verb
To feed or pasture.
gish
gish
noun
(fantasy role-playing games) A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic.
(slang) An outsider.
giss
giss
verb
Pronunciation spelling of guess.
gist
gist
noun
(law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
(obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith.
verb
To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
gite
gite
noun
(obsolete) A gown.
Alternative form of gîte
gith
gith
noun
The corncockle.
gitt
give
give
noun
Alternative form of gyve
The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
verb
(dated or religion) To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
(obsolete) To become soft or moist.
(obsolete) To have a misgiving.
(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives?
(slang) To exceed expectations.
(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
(transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
To make a present or gift of.
To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
To pledge.
To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
giza
gizo
gizo
Proper noun
The capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands
gizz
glia
glia
noun
The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.
glib
glib
adj
(US) Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.
(dated) Smooth or slippery.
Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
noun
(historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly used in Ireland.
verb
(obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
(transitive) To make smooth or slippery.
glim
glim
noun
(archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
(archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
(archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
(archaic, slang) An eye.
(archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
(archaic, slang) Gonorrhea
(obsolete) brightness; splendour
verb
(dated, slang) To illuminate.
(dated, slang) To see; to observe.
(obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
glis
gnni
gobi
gobi
noun
(India, cooking) cauliflower
gois
goli
goli
noun
A traditional dance and masquerade of the Baoulé people of the Ivory Coast.
gpci
gpib
gpsi
grid
grid
noun
(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.
(computing) A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
(electricity) A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
(electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
(motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
(theater, television) An openwork ceiling above the stage or studio, used for affixing lights etc.
A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.
A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
A tiling of the plane with regular polygons; a honeycomb.
verb
To assign a reference grid to.
To mark with a grid.
grig
grig
noun
(UK, dialect) Heath or heather.
(obsolete) A dwarf.
A cricket or grasshopper.
A small or young eel.
Specifically, the broad-nosed eel. See glut.
verb
(transitive) To irritate or annoy.
grim
grim
adj
(obsolete) Fierce, cruel, furious.
Disgusting; gross.
Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
Ghastly or sinister.
Rigid and unrelenting.
noun
(MLE, slang, probably a fashionable word around 2006, now dated) A promiscuous woman.
(obsolete) A specter, ghost, haunting spirit.
(obsolete) Anger, wrath.
verb
(transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
grin
grin
noun
(obsolete) A snare; a gin.
A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
verb
(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
(intransitive, dated) To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
(transitive) To express by grinning.
(transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
grip
grip
noun
(archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
(chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
(chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
(computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
(dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
(figurative) A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
(figurative) Assistance; help or encouragement.
(figurative) Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
(film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
(slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
A handle or other place to grip.
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
Archaic spelling of grippe: Influenza; the flu.
verb
(dialectal) To trench; to drain.
(transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
(transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
(transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
gris
grit
grit
noun
(geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
(usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
(usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
Inedible particles in food.
Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
To cover with grit.
griz
gtsi
guib
guib
noun
The harnessed antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), a West African antelope marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground;.
guid
guid
noun
Alternative form of GUID
guin
gumi
guti
gwin
gwin
verb
(informal, dialectal) present participle of go
gyri
hagi
haig
high
high
adj
(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
(baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
(nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
(of a body of water) With tall waves.
(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
(phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
(sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
Most exalted; foremost.
Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
adv
At a pitch of great frequency.
In or at a great value.
In or to an elevated position.
noun
(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
(meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
A drug that gives such a high.
A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
verb
(obsolete) Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”)
(obsolete) To rise.
hing
hing
noun
(India) Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.
verb
(dialectal or poetic) alternative form of hang
hugi
huig
iago
iesg
igad
igal
igbo
iges
iggy
iggy
verb
(Internet slang, transitive) To ignore (a user on a chat system, etc.).
iglu
iglu
noun
Archaic form of igloo.
igmp
igor
inga
inga
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
inge
iong
irsg
isrg
jigs
jigs
noun
plural of jig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jig
jing
jing
noun
According to traditional Chinese medicine, a dense essence stored in the kidneys that is the material basis for the physical body. It is yin in nature.
kagi
king
king
noun
(UK, slang) A king skin.
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
(countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
A king-sized bed.
A male dragonfly; a drake.
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
A powerful or majorly influential person.
Alternative form of qing (Chinese musical instrument)
The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
verb
To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
To crown king, to make (a person) king.
To dress and perform as a drag king.
To perform the duties of a king.
To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
To rule over as king.
lige
lige
verb
(obsolete) To lie; to tell lies.
ling
ling
noun
(informal) Clipping of linguistics.
A common ling (Molva molva).
Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
logi
magi
magi
noun
plural of mage
plural of magus
migg
migs
ming
ming
noun
(Britain) A mixture.
(Britain, Lincolnshire, obsolete, land) The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.
(Confucianism) Destiny, fate.
verb
(Britain, slang) To be foul-smelling.
(Britain, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
(UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
(now rare) To mix, blend, mingle.
(obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.