The goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health, one of the daughters of Asclepius.
Short for one of the main belt asteroids.
agiel
agile
agile
adj
(chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
Characterised by quick motion.
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.
The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
agley
agley
adj
(Scotland) Wrong; askew.
adv
(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
agnel
agnel
noun
A 13th century French gold coin.
alage
algae
algae
noun
(countable) A particular kind of algae.
Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
plural of alga
alger
algie
angel
angel
noun
(Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
(colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
(finance) An angel investor.
(historical) An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
(informal) A person who has Angelman syndrome.
(military slang, originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
(obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
(possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
(theater) The person who funds a show.
A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
verb
(transitive, theater, slang) To support by donating money.
angle
angle
noun
(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
(media) The focus of a news story.
(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
A change in direction.
A corner where two walls intersect.
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
verb
(informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
(intransitive, figurative) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
(intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
(transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
(transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
(transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
argel
argle
bagel
bagel
noun
(slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
(tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
Alternative form of bagle
verb
(sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
(tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
bagle
bagle
noun
Synonym of bagle hound
belga
bilge
bilge
noun
(nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
(nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
(uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
talk bilge
verb
(intransitive) To bulge or swell.
(nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
(nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.
bldge
bogle
bogle
noun
(dialectal, dated) A scarecrow.
A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear.
bugle
bugle
adj
(obsolete) jet-black
noun
A horn used by hunters.
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
Anything shaped like a bugle, round or conical and having a bell on one end.
The sound of something that bugles.
verb
To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
bulge
bulge
noun
(colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
(figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
(nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
verb
(intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
(intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
cagle
eagle
eagle
noun
(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
verb
(golf) To score an eagle.
egall
egall
adj
Alternative spelling of egal
eglin
eglon
elegy
elegy
noun
(music) A composition of mournful character.
A classical poem written in elegiac meter
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
elgan
elgar
elger
elgin
elgon
eliga
ellga
eloge
eloge
noun
(obsolete) An expression of praise.
A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died.
Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.
elogy
elogy
noun
(archaic) praise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph
elong
elong
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To lengthen out; to prolong.
(transitive, obsolete) To put away; to separate; to keep off.
engel
engle
engle
noun
A favourite; a paramour; an ingle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cajole or coax.
ergal
ergal
noun
(physics, dated) potential energy; negative value of the force function
feigl
flegm
fogel
fogle
fogle
noun
(obsolete) A pocket handkerchief.
fugle
fugle
verb
(colloquial) To manoeuvre; to move around.
gabel
gabel
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
gable
gable
noun
(archaic) A cable.
(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
gaels
gaile
galbe
galbe
noun
The contour or outline of something.
galea
galea
noun
(botany) A part of a flower or plant that is shaped like a helmet or hood.
(entomology) A mouthpart found in some species of insect; a flap that is part of the maxilla, so-called after the flaps attached to the sides of a Roman helmet.
(medicine) A headache extending all over the head.
(surgery) A kind of bandage for the head.
A Roman helmet.
galee
galei
galen
galer
gales
gales
noun
plural of gale
galet
galet
noun
Alternative form of gallet
galey
galle
garle
gavel
gavel
noun
(Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.
(historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.
(historical) Rent.
(metonymically, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.
(obsolete) Usury; interest on money.
A mason's setting maul.
A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
verb
(transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
To use a gavel.
gavle
gayel
gayle
gayle
noun
A skin lesion, accompanied by swelling, occurring in those who have handled the bodies of sheep that have died from gayle.
Puerperal septicemia in sheep.
gazel
gazel
noun
Archaic form of gazelle.
Archaic form of ghazal.
gelds
gelds
noun
plural of geld
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geld
gelee
gelee
noun
A traditional form of West African headwrap worn by women.
Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
gelid
gelid
adj
Very cold; icy or frosty.
gelly
gelly
noun
Obsolete form of jelly.
gelts
gelts
noun
plural of gelt
gelya
gemel
gemel
adj
(heraldry) Coupled; paired.
noun
(heraldry) One of a pair of small bars placed together.
(historical) A finger ring which splits into two horizontally.
(now rare) A twin (also attributively).
gemul
genal
genal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the cheeks
geole
ghole
ghole
noun
Alternative form of gole (“troops”)
Archaic form of ghoul.
gibel
gibel
noun
Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).
gigle
giles
gilet
gilet
noun
(by extension) A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.
A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately.
A waistcoat worn by a man.
gilse
gilse
noun
Alternative form of grilse (young salmon).
gimel
gimel
noun
The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
gisel
gitel
giule
glace
glade
glade
noun
(colloquial) An everglade.
(obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
(obsolete) A gleam of light.
A bright surface of ice or snow.
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
glare
glare
adj
(US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
noun
(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
An angry or fierce stare.
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
verb
(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
(intransitive) To shine brightly.
(intransitive) To stare angrily.
(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
glave
glave
noun
Alternative form of glaive
glaze
glaze
noun
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
A glazing oven; glost oven.
A smooth edible coating applied to food.
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
verb
(intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
(intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
(transitive) To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
glead
glead
Noun
A live coal.
gleam
gleam
noun
(countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
(countable) Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain.
(uncountable) Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour.
A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
verb
(figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
(intransitive, falconry, obsolete) Of a hawk or other bird of prey: to disgorge filth from its crop or gorge.
(transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
glean
glean
noun
(obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth
A collection made by gleaning.
verb
(figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.
To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.
To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
gleba
gleba
noun
(mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
glebe
glebe
noun
(historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
(mining) A piece of earth containing ore.
(poetic) A field or meadow.
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
gleby
gleby
adj
Relating to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
gleda
glede
glede
noun
A live coal, an ember or molten metallic bead such that skids or slides across a cooler surface.
Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
gleds
gledy
gleed
gleed
noun
Alternative form of glede (“live coal”)
gleek
gleek
noun
(countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
(informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
(slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
(uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
An enticing glance or look.
verb
(informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.
(obsolete, intransitive) To jest.
(obsolete, intransitive) To pass time frivolously.
(obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.
gleen
gleen
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To glisten; to gleam.
glees
glees
noun
plural of glee
gleet
gleet
noun
(obsolete, except Scots) Any slimy, viscous substance.
(obsolete, except Scots) Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
(vulgar, slang) A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhoea.
verb
To flow in a thin, limpid humour; to ooze, as gleet.
To flow slowly, as water.
gleir
gleit
glene
glene
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) A socket.
(anatomy, obsolete) The pupil or eyeball.
glenn
glens
glens
noun
plural of glen
glent
glent
noun
Archaic form of glint.
gleys
gleys
noun
plural of gley
glide
glide
noun
(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
(phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
A bird, the glede or kite.
A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
The act of gliding.
The joining of two sounds without a break.
verb
(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
(phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
(transitive) To cause to glide.
glike
glike
noun
(obsolete) A sneer; a flout.
glime
globe
globe
noun
(dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
(obsolete) A group.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
The planet Earth.
verb
(intransitive) To become spherical.
(transitive) To make spherical.
gloea
glome
glome
noun
(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
(botany) A globular head of flowers.
(geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.
(obsolete) gloom
verb
(obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
glore
glore
verb
(archaic) to glare
(archaic) to glower
glove
glove
noun
(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
A baseball mitt.
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
verb
(baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
(cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.
(transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
gloze
gloze
noun
(False) appearance.
A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
A specious show, a deceit.
Flattery.
verb
(literary) To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.
To give a shine to (something or someone).
To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.
To use flattering language.
glued
glued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glue
gluer
gluer
noun
One who glues.
glues
glues
noun
plural of glue
gluey
gluey
adj
Viscous and adhesive, as glue.
glume
glume
noun
(botany) A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
godel
golee
golem
golem
noun
(by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.
(mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
goles
goles
noun
plural of gole
golet
goloe
golpe
golpe
noun
(heraldry) A roundel purpure (purple circular spot).
gomel
gomel
Proper noun
Second-largest city of Belarus.
goole
goole
Proper noun
a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
goyle
goyle
noun
A ravine or other depression.
gruel
gruel
noun
(slang, Britain) semen
(slang, US, obsolete) sentimental poetry
A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
punishment
something that lacks substance
verb
(slang, Britain) ejaculate
(transitive) To exhaust, use up, disable
(transitive) to punish
guelf
guile
guile
noun
(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
(heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
plural of gule
gurle
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.