(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
amphigaea
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
archimage
archimage
noun
(now rare) A powerful wizard.
archimago
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
bombsight
bombsight
noun
A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.
brightman
bromleigh
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
champaign
champaign
adj
Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
noun
(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
(obsolete) A battlefield.
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
chiangmai
chiengmai
chiminage
chiminage
noun
(obsolete, law) A toll paid for passage through a forest.
choragium
demihague
diaphragm
diaphragm
noun
(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
verb
(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
dichogamy
dichogamy
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
drumright
effingham
effingham
Proper noun
A village in Surrey, England
A city in Illinois, USA, and the county seat of Effingham County.
egotheism
egotheism
noun
The deification of one's own self.
The view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self.
eightsman
eightsman
noun
(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.
eightsmen
eightsmen
noun
plural of eightsman
eightsome
eightsome
noun
A group of eight persons or things.
enmeshing
enmeshing
noun
The process by which something is enmeshed or entangled.
verb
present participle of enmesh
epiphragm
epiphragm
noun
(botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses.
(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
famishing
famishing
verb
present participle of famish
fathoming
fathoming
verb
present participle of fathom
fumishing
gandhiism
geheimrat
gemutlich
gemutlich
adj
Alternative spelling of gemütlich
germanish
germanish
Adjective
Germanic.
German.
Of, like, or resembling anything German.
German-like; somewhat German.
gilgamesh
gilgamesh
Proper noun
A legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem "Epic of Gilgamesh".
ginghamed
ginghamed
adj
Dressed in, or furnished with, gingham fabric.
gladsheim
goldsmith
goldsmith
noun
(obsolete) A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).
A person who makes, repairs or sells things out of gold, especially jewelry.
gomphosis
gomphosis
noun
(anatomy) a type of fibrous, immovable joint such as the one between the teeth and the alveolar bone
gothamite
gothamite
Noun
A Gothamist.
An inhabitant of New York City.
gothicism
gothicism
Noun
The Gothic style in literature or architecture.
An early modern Swedish cultural movement glorifying the ancient Goths, who were thought to be the ancestors of the Swedish people.
grahamism
grahamism
Noun
The dietetic system of Sylvester Graham.
grahamite
grahamite
noun
A bitumen-impregnated rock found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.
graphemic
graphemic
adj
Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language.
Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
grumphies
grumphies
noun
plural of grumphie
plural of grumphy
guamachil
guamuchil
guelphism
gumshield
gumshield
noun
(UK) A mouthguard to protect the teeth and gums during physical activity.
gumshoing
gunsmiths
gunsmiths
noun
plural of gunsmith
hammering
hammering
noun
A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.
A period of being beaten or hammered.
verb
present participle of hammer
hampering
hampering
noun
That which hampers; an impediment.
verb
present participle of hamper
hamstring
hamstring
noun
(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
(informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
verb
(transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
(transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
harmaning
hatmaking
hatmaking
noun
The manufacture of hats.
haymaking
haymaking
noun
Taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts
The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
hegemonic
hegemonic
adj
Of or pertaining to hegemony.
heliogram
heliogram
noun
A message transmitted by a heliograph.
helmeting
helmeting
verb
present participle of helmet
hemagogic
hemialgia
hemialgia
noun
A state of pain affecting only one side of the body.
hemigalus
hemiganus
hemiglyph
hemiglyph
noun
(architecture) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
hemingway
hemingway
Proper noun
(1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
hemiplegy
hemiplegy
noun
Dated form of hemiplegia.
hemminger
hemogenia
hemogenic
hemogenic
adj
Of or relating to the production of blood cells.
hermitage
hermitage
noun
A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
A period of seclusion.
A place of seclusion.
hermleigh
hexastigm
hidalgism
hidalgism
noun
Alternative form of hidalgoism
hierogamy
hierogamy
noun
The ritual enactment of sexual relations between gods and goddesses in order to guarantee fertility of crops
hierogram
hierogram
noun
hieroglyph
sacred symbol, letter or writing
histogram
histogram
noun
(statistics) A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.
verb
(transitive) To represent (data) as a histogram.
homogamic
homogamic
adj
Of or relating to homogamy.
homogenic
homogenic
adj
(genetics) (of a gamete or a population) Having only one allele of a gene or genes.
Of, or related to homogeny; exhibiting similarity throughout its different parts.
homologic
homologic
adj
homological
hubmaking
humdinger
humdinger
noun
(informal) Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
hummingly
humouring
humouring
verb
present participle of humour
immeshing
immeshing
verb
present participle of immesh
immingham
immingham
Proper noun
a town in North East Lincolnshire, England. A port at Immingham Dock on the River Humber is nearby.
inghamite
inghirami
inmeshing
inmeshing
verb
present participle of inmesh
ishpeming
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
lamplight
lamplight
noun
The light emitted by a lamp.
lightmans
lightmans
noun
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The day.
lightroom
lightroom
noun
(nautical) A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
The room at the top of a lighthouse containing the lighting apparatus.
lightsman
lightsmen
lightsome
lightsome
adj
Characterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
Characterised by lightness of weight, not heavy; nimble, active.
Upbeat; cheery; light graceful.
limelight
limelight
noun
(by extension) Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame.
A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.
verb
to illuminate with limelight
logarithm
logarithm
noun
(mathematics) For a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written log _bx. For example, log ₁₀1000=3 because 10³=1000 and log ₂16=4 because 2⁴=16.
machining
machining
noun
The act or process of machining, of manufacturing or finishing by machine.
verb
present participle of machine
magpieish
magpieish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in having the desire to take and conceal attractive objects.
maighdiln
maighdlin
malpighia
malpighia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
mangohick
marigraph
marigraph
noun
(oceanography) A device used to measure tidal levels.
mashgiach
mashgiach
noun
(Judaism) Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
mashgihim
matchings
matchings
noun
plural of matching
megachile
megaliths
megaliths
noun
plural of megalith
megillahs
megillahs
noun
plural of megillah
megilloth
megrimish
megrimish
adj
(archaic) headachy
metheglin
metheglin
Noun
A spiced mead, originally from Wales.
midgardhr
midnights
midnights
noun
plural of midnight
mightiest
mightiest
adj
superlative form of mighty: most mighty
mightless
mightless
adj
Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.
mindsight
mindsight
noun
Focused awareness of one's own mental processes in order to correct undesirable behaviours.
minishing
minishing
verb
present participle of minish
mischarge
mischarge
noun
A mistake in charging, as in an account.
verb
(law or finance) To charge wrongly.
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
mislights
mislights
noun
plural of mislight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislight
mistaught
mistaught
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misteach
mithgarth
mizoguchi
mogulship
mogulship
noun
The state or business of a mogul.
mongolish
monishing
monishing
verb
present participle of monish
moonlight
moonlight
noun
(sometimes attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.
verb
(Britain, dated) To carry out undeclared work.
(by extension) To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
(by extension, of an inanimate object) To perform a secondary function substantially different from its supposed primary function, as in protein moonlighting.
To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.
mothering
mothering
noun
(obsolete) Shortened form of a-mothering (obsolete); practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compare Mothering Sunday).
Nurturing or protective behaviour reminiscent of that performed by a literal mother.
The nurturing of a child by its mother.
The protective behaviour of a mother towards her child.
verb
present participle of mother
mughopine
mummichog
mummichog
noun
A hardy killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, found in brackish and coastal waters of the United States and Canada.
murphying
musophagi
nightmare
nightmare
noun
(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
(now chiefly historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis.
(now rare) A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
A very bad or frightening dream.
verb
To have a nightmare.
nightmary
nightmary
adj
Characterized by, beset by, or resembling, nightmares.
nighttime
nighttime
adj
Happening during the night.
Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
noun
The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
oghamists
oghamists
noun
plural of oghamist
omnigraph
omnigraph
noun
A pantograph.
An automatic telegraph code-sound producer used to learn telegraph code.
omophagia
omophagia
noun
The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh.
omophagic
omophagic
adj
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
pemphigus
pemphigus
noun
(pathology) A severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by pustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal.