Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
agents
agents
noun
plural of agent
aglint
aglint
adj
Glinting.
agnate
agnate
adj
(linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
allied; akin
noun
(linguistics) A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Any paternal male relative.
agneta
angsts
angsts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angst
angust
angust
adj
(obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
anight
anight
adv
(obsolete) In the night-time, at night.
antigo
anting
anting
noun
(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
antung
argent
argent
adj
(heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
Of silver or silver-coloured.
noun
(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
atglen
athing
atinga
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
bagnut
bating
bating
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
prep
(now rare) Apart from; except.
verb
present participle of bate
biting
biting
adj
Causing a stinging sensation.
Cutting or incisive.
Tending to bite.
noun
(Kenya) A bite-sized snack.
An instance of something being bitten.
verb
present participle of bite
botong
butung
cating
citing
citing
noun
Citation.
verb
present participle of cite
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
coting
coting
verb
present participle of cote
cygnet
cygnet
noun
The young of a swan.
dating
dating
noun
A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.
verb
present participle of date
diting
diting
verb
present participle of dite
doting
doting
adj
Characterized by giving love and affection.
Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.
noun
Excessive fondness; reverence.
verb
present participle of dote
eating
eating
adj
Bred to be eaten.
Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
noun
(informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
The act of ingesting food.
verb
present participle of eat
egmont
engirt
engirt
adj
(rare) Encircled, surrounded.
verb
(obsolete) To girt; to surround or encircle.
past participle of engird
englut
englut
verb
To glut, satiate.
To swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
estang
ethnog
fangot
fangot
noun
A quantity of wares, such as raw silk, of approximately one to three hundredweights.
fating
fating
verb
(rare) present participle of fate
feting
feting
verb
present participle of fete
figent
figent
adj
(obsolete) fidgety; restless.
gainst
gainst
prep
(poetic) against
galant
galant
name
(music) Alternative form of Galant
galton
gamont
gamont
noun
A particular life cycle stage in the Apicomplexa.
gannet
gannet
noun
(chiefly Britain, South Africa) A voracious eater; a glutton.
Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
verb
(chiefly transitive, informal, Britain) To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously.
ganton
gantry
gantry
noun
(medical imaging) A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
A supporting framework for a barrel.
gantsl
garnet
garnet
adj
Of a dark red colour.
noun
(mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
(nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
verb
(transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.
garten
gaston
gaston
noun
(climbing) A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.
verb
(climbing) To hold using such a grip
gatian
gating
gating
noun
An arrangement of gates.
verb
present participle of gate
gatten
gaunty
gelant
gelant
noun
Alternative form of gellant
geneat
geneat
noun
(historical) A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
genets
genets
noun
plural of genet
gentes
gentes
noun
plural of gens
gentil
gentle
gentle
adj
(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
Docile and easily managed.
Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
noun
(archaic) A person of high birth.
(fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
verb
(intransitive) To become gentle.
(transitive) To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
(transitive, animal husbandry) To break; to tame; to domesticate.
(transitive, obsolete) To ennoble.
gently
gently
adv
(historical) From a gentle or high-class family.
(obsolete) In the manner of one of gentle birth; in a manner that reflects the traditional virtues of the gentry: courteously, nobly.
In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.
Quietly: without much noise or motion.
Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
gentoo
gentoo
Noun
A Hindu (as opposed to a Muslim) in Mughal-era India.
The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), a species of penguin.
Proper noun
The Telugu language.
gentry
gentry
noun
(Britain) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.
Birth; condition; rank by birth.
Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
People of education and good breeding.
gerent
gerent
noun
(rare) A manager.
geront
gerton
gesten
giants
giants
noun
plural of giant
gigant
gilten
ginete
ginete
noun
(historical) A trooper; a mounted soldier.
ginnet
ginnet
noun
Alternative form of jennet
girtin
gisant
gitana
gitano
giunta
glanti
glantz
glints
glints
noun
plural of glint
gluten
gluten
noun
(cooking, biochemistry) The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
(geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
(obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
(rare) Any gluey, sticky substance.
glutin
glutin
noun
Synonym of gliadin
gnatho
gnatoo
gnatty
gnatty
adj
Containing gnats.
gnetum
gorton
gorton
noun
Synonym of creton
gotten
gotten
adj
(mostly in combination) obtained, acquired
verb
(chiefly Canada, US, Ireland, Scotland, Northern English, or archaic) past participle of get
granat
granet
granta
granth
grants
grants
noun
plural of grant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grant
gratin
gratin
noun
The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.
graton
graunt
graunt
noun
Archaic spelling of grant.
grenat
gretna
gretna
Proper noun
a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, to the south of the more famous village of Gretna Green.
an unincorporated urban community in Manitoba, Canada, on the border with North Dakota, USA.
a small township in Tasmania, Australia.
a small city in Florida, USA.
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a city in Louisiana, USA, and parish seat of
a city in Nebraska, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
a town in Virginia, USA.
groten
groton
grunth
grunts
grunts
noun
plural of grunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grunt
gunate
gunate
verb
(Sanskrit linguistics, transitive) To lengthen the simple vowel a, i, u, or ṛ by prefixing an a element.
gunite
gunite
noun
A form of shotcrete in which a dry cementitious mixture is blown through a hose to the nozzle, with water injected only at the point of application.
guntar
gunter
gunter
noun
A set of hoops or parrel beads which secure the gaff loosely to the mast in a vertical position.
A wire that leads from a point near the end of a gaff to a point near the other end. A block travels along this wire, and a halyard is attached to the block. This allows the gaff to be raised to the vertical by a single halyard.
guntub
guntur
gurnet
gurnet
noun
Alternative form of gurnard (“fish”)
gustin
guston
gutnic
guyton
gyrant
gyrant
adj
(poetic) gyrating
hating
hating
verb
present participle of hate
hognut
hognut
noun
(UK) Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae.
(US) The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).
Certain rushpeas, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (syn. Hoffmannseggia densiflora) Indian rushpea, of the Fabaceae.
Hyptis suaveolens of the Lamiaceae.
hogton
hutung
hutung
noun
Dated spelling of hutong.
ignatz
ignite
ignite
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
(intransitive) to commence burning.
(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
(transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
ignote
ignote
adj
(obsolete) unknown
noun
(obsolete) One who is unknown.
ingate
ingate
noun
(obsolete) The aperture in a mould for pouring in the metal; the gate.
(obsolete) entrance; ingress
ingent
ingest
ingest
noun
The process of importing data or other material into a system.
verb
(aviation, transitive, by extension, of a jet engine) To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake.
(transitive) To bring or import into a system.
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
ingirt
ingirt
adj
(obsolete) surrounded, encircled
verb
(obsolete) To encircle.
inglut
inglut
verb
(obsolete) To glut.
ingots
ingots
noun
plural of ingot
kiting
kiting
noun
(banking) The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
(slang) The act of tampering with a medical prescription, increasing the number of pills or other item.
verb
present participle of kite
knight
knight
noun
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
(historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
(law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
(literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
(modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.
(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
verb
(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
length
length
noun
(bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
(figuratively) Total extent.
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
(theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
duration.
verb
(obsolete) To lengthen.
linget
linget
noun
An ingot; a lingot.
lingot
lingot
noun
A linget or ingot.
A mould for casting metals.
lotong
lotong
noun
Alternative form of lutung
luting
luting
noun
lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement)
verb
present participle of lute
magnet
magnet
noun
(Internet) Short for magnet link.
(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
mating
mating
adj
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
noun
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
(zoology) Sexual union; copulation.
verb
present participle of mate
meting
meting
noun
The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
verb
present participle of mete
miting
miting
noun
(obsolete, term of endearment) A little one; a mite.
mongst
muting
muting
noun
The dung of birds.
The process by which something is muted or silenced.
verb
present participle of mute
naught
naught
noun
(archaic) Nothingness.
(chiefly US, old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought
pron
Nothing.
negate
negate
verb
(computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
nidget
nidget
noun
(obsolete) A coward.
nigget
nigget
noun
A small insect, especially one used by a witch as her familiar.
niggot
nights
nights
adv
at night (during night-time, especially on a regular basis)
noun
plural of night
nighty
nighty
noun
Alternative spelling of nightie
phrase
(childish) Good night. Abbreviation of nighty night.
noting
noting
noun
A note; a written remark.
verb
present participle of note
nougat
nougat
noun
(countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
nought
nought
adj
(obsolete) Good for nothing; worthless.
Wicked, immoral.
adv
Not.
To no extent; in no way; not at all.
noun
(UK) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
(UK) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.
A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
Nothing; something which does not exist.
verb
To abase, to set at nought.
nugent
nugget
nugget
noun
(computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
(countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
(countable) A chicken nugget.
(countable) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
(countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
(countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
(countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
(uncountable) A type of boot polish.
nutmeg
nutmeg
noun
(countable) A whole nutmeg seed.
(soccer, field hockey or ice hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
(uncountable) The powdered seed, ready for use.
A grey-brown colour.
A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
verb
(soccer, transitive) To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).