(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
achigan
afghani
afghani
noun
The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
aflight
aflight
adj
(obsolete) Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion.
Covered or filled (with something flying).
Fleeing.
Flying.
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
agathin
agathis
aheight
aheight
adv
(obsolete) From high, from a high point.
aligarh
alights
alights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight
almight
almight
adj
(obsolete) almighty
alright
alright
adj
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
adv
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right.
intj
(UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
(informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
althing
althing
Proper noun
the national parliament of Iceland
amishgo
anglish
anglish
Proper noun
A register or form of English that gives preference to words of Germanic origin over words of other (especially Latin, French, or Greek) origin.
Adjective
Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
anguish
anguish
noun
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
angwich
anhinga
anhinga
noun
(zoology) A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of North America with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck.
(zoology) Synonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
anights
anights
adv
(archaic) In the night time; at night.
aphagia
aphagia
noun
(medicine) The condition of difficulty in swallowing.
aphizog
arching
arching
adj
(nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
noun
The arched part of a structure.
verb
present participle of arch
ardrigh
ashling
ashling
noun
A small ash tree.
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
bagheli
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
behight
behight
verb
(dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.
(obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
(obsolete) To command; to order.
(obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
(obsolete) To mean, or intend.
(obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).
behring
belight
belight
verb
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To become lit up; shine up; dawn.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.
benight
benight
verb
(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
To darken; to shroud or obscure.
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
biggish
biggish
adj
Somewhat big.
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bighorn
bighorn
Noun
Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.
bighted
bighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bight
bingham
blighia
blights
blights
noun
plural of blight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blight
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
boggish
boggish
adj
boggy
brigham
brighid
brights
brights
noun
(US, road transport) The high-beam intensity setting of motor vehicle headlamps.
(colloquial, dated) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
plural of bright
bugfish
bugfish
noun
(US, dated) The menhaden.
bushing
bushing
noun
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
(mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
verb
(reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.
(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
chaingy
charing
charing
verb
present participle of chare
chasing
chasing
noun
Engraved or embossed decoration.
verb
present participle of chase
chawing
chawing
verb
present participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.
chergui
chergui
noun
Alternative form of sharqi
chewing
chewing
noun
(drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
(drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
verb
present participle of chew
chicago
chiding
chiding
verb
present participle of chide
chiggak
chigger
chigger
noun
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
A harvest mite, a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
chignik
chignon
chignon
noun
(medicine) A temporary swelling on a neonate's head after a ventouse-assisted delivery.
A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun.
chigoes
chigoes
noun
plural of chigoe
chilung
chiming
chiming
noun
An instance of chiming; a sound that chimes.
verb
present participle of chime
chingma
chingma
noun
A type of jute produced from the Indian mallow (Abutilon spp.).
chining
chining
verb
present participle of chine
chinwag
chinwag
noun
(Britain, Ireland, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.
verb
(British, Ireland, informal) To chat, to gossip.
chivage
choking
choking
noun
The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
verb
present participle of choke
choragi
choragi
noun
plural of choragus
choregi
choregi
noun
plural of choregus
choring
choring
verb
present participle of chore
chorogi
chorogi
noun
The Chinese artichoke or crosne, Stachys affinis or S. sieboldii, an herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae.
The edible rhizome of the plant.
chosing
chowing
chowing
verb
present participle of chow
chugiak
chuting
chuting
verb
present participle of chute
coshing
coshing
verb
present participle of cosh
creight
cudeigh
cushing
darghin
dashing
dashing
adj
Chic, fashionable.
Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
noun
The action of the verb to dash.
verb
present participle of dash
delight
delight
noun
Joy; pleasure.
Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
verb
(intransitive) To have or take great pleasure.
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
demihag
denbigh
desight
desight
noun
(obsolete) An unsightly object.
dghaisa
dghaisa
noun
A small boat resembling a gondola, common in Malta.
dighted
dighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dight
dighter
dighter
noun
(obsolete) One who dights.
dighton
dighton
Proper noun
a small city in Kansas, USA
a town in Massachusetts, USA.
diglyph
diglyph
noun
A member with two vertical channels or grooves, without the two lateral half grooves which characterize the triglyph.
digraph
digraph
noun
(computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
(divination of the Taixuanjing) a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
(graph theory) A directed graph.
(linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
dinghee
dishing
dishing
adj
Shaped like a dish; concave.
noun
(sometimes figurative) The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served.
A dish shape or deformation; a concavity.
verb
present participle of dish
dishrag
dishrag
noun
(slang) An unclean person; used in similes.
A piece of cloth used for washing dishes.
dogfish
dogfish
noun
(Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula
(Barbados) Bodianus rufus
(Bermuda) Mustelus canis
(Canada) Squalus suckleyi
(Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
(Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
(Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum
(UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
(US) The bowfin, Amia calva.
a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
especially those from the family Squalidae
doggish
doggish
adj
Resembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities.
Resembling or characteristic of a dog.
Stylish in a showy way.
dogship
dogship
noun
(aviation, informal) An experimental model of an aircraft.
The character or individuality of a dog.
echoing
echoing
noun
The act of something that echoes.
verb
present participle of echo
eggfish
eighths
eighths
noun
plural of eighth
eightvo
eightvo
noun
(printing) octavo
empight
empight
adj
(obsolete) fixed; settled; fastened
engiish
english
english
noun
(by extension, figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
enlight
enlight
verb
(archaic, transitive) To illuminate.
enright
etching
etching
noun
(countable) The image created by this process.
(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
verb
present participle of etch
fashing
fashing
verb
present participle of fash
feighan
feigher
fighter
fighter
noun
(colloquial) A firefighter.
(eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
(video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
A participant in boxing or any martial art.
A person who fights; a combatant.
A pugnacious, competitive person.
A warrior; a fighting soldier.
fishgig
fishgig
noun
(fishing) Alternative spelling of fizgig
fishing
fishing
noun
(countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
(uncountable) The act of catching fish.
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
verb
present participle of fish
flights
flights
noun
plural of flight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flight
flighty
flighty
adj
(obsolete) Swift.
(of a bird) That flies easily or often.
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
flyingh
foggish
foggish
adj
Synonym of foggy (“obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy”)
fogyish
fogyish
adj
Characteristic of a fogy
freight
freight
adj
(obsolete) Freighted; laden.
noun
(countable) A burden, a load.
(countable) Payment for transportation.
(countable, originally US, rail transport) Short for freight train.
(specifically, uncountable) Cultural or emotional associations.
(uncountable) Goods or items in transport; cargo, luggage.
(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
verb
(by extension) To load or store (goods, etc.).
(figuratively) To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
(intransitive, US, also figuratively) Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.
To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
To transport (goods).
frenghi
frights
frights
noun
plural of fright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fright
frighty
frighty
Adjective
Afraid.
gaddish
gaddish
adj
Inclined to gad, or move from place to place frivolously.
gahnite
gahnite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group.
gaither
galchic
gallish
garfish
garfish
noun
(especially UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
(especially US, Canada) Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
garnish
garnish
noun
(US, slang) Cash.
(cooking) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
(slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
(slang, obsolete) Fetters.
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
Pewter vessels in general.
Something added for embellishment.
verb
(archaic) To furnish; to supply.
(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
(law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
(law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
(slang, archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter.
To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
gashing
gashing
noun
(engineering) The roughing operation for worm gears.
The act of making a gash, or cut.
verb
present participle of gash
gaudish
gaudish
adj
(obsolete) gaudy
gauhati
gaulish
gaulish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Gaul.
Of or pertaining to the Celtic tribes speaking Gaulish languages.
Proper noun
The Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul, long extinct.
gaumish
gaumish
adj
(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
geilich
geishas
geishas
noun
plural of geisha
gelilah
gelilah
noun
The act or ceremony of scrolling the Torah back up after reading it.
gemlich
genghis
genizah
genizah
noun
(Jewish law) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
ghaffir
ghaffir
noun
(Egypt, Palestine, historical) A guard or member of a historical police force, especially in Egypt and Palestine.
ghanian
gharial
gharial
noun
A gavial.
gharris
gharris
noun
plural of gharri
ghawazi
ghawazi
Noun
A group of Egyptian dancing girls of the Nawari people, whose suggestive dancing was seen as improper.