(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aglaspis
algraphy
algraphy
noun
(photography) An early photographic technique, similar to zincography or lithography, using paper impregnated with an aluminium salt.
alpigene
anaglyph
anaglyph
noun
A decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry.
A matched pair of images designed to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles that have usually one red and one bluish-green lens, corresponding to the colors of the pairs of images.
anglepod
apiology
apiology
noun
The scientific study of bees and honey-making.
apologal
apologal
adj
(literature) Relating to an apologue.
apologer
apologer
noun
(obsolete) A teller of apologues.
apologia
apologia
noun
A written defense of a position or belief.
apologue
apologue
noun
(rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience.
A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
applying
applying
noun
The act of applying; an application.
verb
present participle of apply
aspergil
bagplant
baseplug
beplague
bleeping
bleeping
adj
(UK, euphemistic, slang) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
verb
present participle of bleep
blipping
blipping
verb
present participle of blip
blooping
blooping
verb
present participle of bloop
blurping
chipling
clamping
clamping
noun
The act by which something is clamped.
verb
present participle of clamp
clapping
clapping
noun
The action by which someone or something claps.
verb
present participle of clap
clasping
clasping
noun
The act by which something is clasped.
verb
present participle of clasp
clipping
clipping
adj
(UK, slang, obsolete) Excellent; very good.
noun
(countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
(countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.
(uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
(uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
verb
present participle of clip
clomping
clomping
adj
That clomps.
verb
present participle of clomp
clopping
clopping
noun
(My Little Pony fandom slang) The act of masturbating to erotic fanart of My Little Pony characters.
The sound or action of something that clops.
verb
present participle of clop
clumping
clumping
noun
A clump or cluster.
The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
verb
present participle of clump
coppling
coupling
coupling
noun
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.
(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
A device that couples two things together.
Act of joining together to form a couple.
verb
present participle of couple
cupeling
dappling
dappling
noun
A dappled pattern.
verb
present participle of dapple
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
diaglyph
diaglyph
noun
Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem.
dimpling
dimpling
noun
The formation of a dimple.
verb
present participle of dimple
diplegia
diplegia
noun
(medicine) Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
diplegic
diplegic
noun
One who suffers from diplegia.
dogplate
dogsleep
dogsleep
noun
(nautical) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
Feigned sleep.
dropling
dumpling
dumpling
noun
(cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
(endearing) A term of endearment.
(mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
earplugs
earplugs
noun
plural of earplug
eggplant
eggplant
noun
(Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena.
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
(skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
elapsing
elapsing
verb
present participle of elapse
empaling
empaling
verb
present participle of empale
emplunge
emplunge
verb
Alternative form of implunge
epigonal
epigonal
adj
Alternative spelling of epigonic
Near or surrounding the gonads (in the embryos of some fish)
Relating to, or characteristic of, a prehistoric culture of coastal Peru and Chile
epilogic
epilogic
adj
Of or relating to an epilogue.
epilogue
epilogue
noun
(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
The performer who gives this speech
verb
(transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.
espiegle
fireplug
fireplug
noun
A fire hydrant.
flagpole
flagpole
noun
A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
(Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flapping
flapping
adj
that flaps or flap
noun
(computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
(phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
(uncountable) The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.
An instance where one flaps.
verb
present participle of flap
flipping
flipping
adj
A mild intensifier.
adv
(euphemistic, chiefly Britain) Fucking; used as an intensifier to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
noun
The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
verb
present participle of flip
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
fuseplug
galapago
galipine
galipots
galipots
noun
plural of galipot
gallipot
gallipot
noun
(now rare) Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary.
A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
galloped
galloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gallop
galloper
galloper
noun
(Australia) The Chinamanfish, a type of snapper
(military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)
An aide-de-camp.
One who gallops.
galopade
galoping
galoping
verb
present participle of galop
galumphs
galumphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph
gamphrel
gangplow
gantlope
gantlope
noun
The military punishment known as running the gauntlet
gapingly
gapingly
adv
So as to gape or open wide.
gapville
gemperle
gempylid
gempylid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
geophila
geoplana
geopolar
gildship
gladship
gladship
Noun
gladness
glaspell
gleipnir
glenpool
glenspey
glimpsed
glimpsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glimpse
glimpser
glimpser
noun
One who glimpses something.
glimpses
glimpses
noun
plural of glimpse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glimpse
glooscap
glopping
glopping
verb
present participle of glop
gluepots
gluepots
noun
plural of gluepot
glumpier
glumpily
glumpily
adv
In a glumpy manner.
glumpish
glumpish
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
glyptics
glyptics
noun
The art of engraving on precious stones.
goalpost
goalpost
noun
(sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
(sports, American football) The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)
A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
gospeler
gospeler
noun
(music) A singer of gospel music
(obsolete, Early Modern) A Protestant or evangelical Christian.
A person who preaches from the Gospels
gospelly
gospelly
adj
Resembling gospel music
adv
(archaic, Christianity) In the manner of the Gospel
gossypol
gossypol
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.
grapeful
grapeful
adj
(poetic) Full of grapes.
grapelet
grapelet
noun
A little grape.
grapline
grapline
noun
A grapnel (small anchor).
graplins
graplins
noun
plural of graplin
grapnels
grapnels
noun
plural of grapnel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grapnel
grappled
grappled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grapple
grappler
grappler
noun
A wrestler; one who fights by wrestling.
One who grapples.
grapples
grapples
noun
plural of grapple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grapple
graupels
graupels
noun
plural of graupel
gripeful
gripeful
adj
Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
gripless
gripless
adj
Lacking a grip.
grouplet
grouplet
Noun
A small group.
grumpily
grumpily
adv
In a grumpy manner; in a cranky manner.
guapilla
guapilla
noun
The American bromeliad Hechtia glomerata.
guapinol
guapinol
noun
Synonym of courbaril (“South American tree”)
guelphic
gulfport
gulpiest
gunplays
gunplays
noun
plural of gunplay
gyplures
haspling
heelgrip
helpings
helpings
noun
plural of helping
hirpling
hirpling
verb
present participle of hirple
hopingly
hopingly
Adverb
In a hopeful manner.
hoppling
hoppling
verb
present participle of hopple
hypalgia
hypalgia
noun
diminished sensitivity to pain
hypalgic
hypalgic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hypalgia.
hypergol
hypergol
noun
(chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant.
hypogeal
hypogeal
adj
(botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated
Existing or growing underground
impaling
impaling
noun
The act of something being impaled.
verb
present participle of impale
impledge
impledge
Verb
To pledge.
implunge
implunge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To plunge (something into something else).
implying
implying
noun
implication
verb
present participle of imply
ispaghul
japingly
japingly
adv
In a japing manner; with good-natured humour.
kingklip
kingklip
noun
A popular South African food fish; Genypterus capensis .
lagnappe
lagnappe
noun
Alternative spelling of lagniappe.
lagomrph
lagopode
lagopode
noun
A ptarmigan.
lagopous
langspil
lapwings
lapwings
noun
plural of lapwing
laspring
laspring
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A smolt, or young salmon.
leapfrog
leapfrog
noun
(chiefly Britain, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
verb
(intransitive) To progress.
(transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
(transitive) To overtake.
(transitive, chiefly Britain, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
(transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
legpiece
linkping
lipogram
lipogram
noun
(literature) A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
lippings
lippings
noun
plural of lipping
logotype
logotype
noun
(typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).
A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.
logotypy
logotypy
noun
(typography) The use of logotypes or ligatures.
logperch
logperch
noun
Any fish in the genus Percina.
longport
longship
longship
noun
A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings.
longspun
longspun
adj
Spun out, or extended, to great length; long-winded; tedious.
longspur
longspur
noun
A specific type of bird, of the genus Calcarius; it has a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
malpighi
megalopa
megalopa
noun
The final larval stage found in decapod crustaceans