(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aegyptus
aganippe
agapetae
agapetae
noun
plural of agapet; Alternative form of Agapetae
agapetid
agaphite
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
alpigene
amperage
amperage
noun
(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
ampongue
anglepod
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
apagoges
apagoges
noun
plural of apagoge
apagogue
apanaged
apanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apanage
apanages
apanages
noun
plural of apanage
apigenin
apigenin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavone, found as a glycoside in many plants, that reverses the adverse effects of cyclosporine
apogaeic
apogaeic
adj
Alternative form of apogeic
apologer
apologer
noun
(obsolete) A teller of apologues.
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.
apophyge
apophyge
noun
(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
appanage
appanage
noun
Alternative form of apanage
appenage
appenage
noun
Alternative form of appanage
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
arpeggio
arpeggio
noun
(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
verb
(intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
(transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
asperger
asperger
noun
A ceremonial herb bundle or perforated object used to sprinkle witch's water at the commencement of a ritual
asperges
asperges
noun
A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asperge
aspergil
asperugo
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpiper
bagpiper
noun
One who plays the bagpipes.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bagpuize
baseplug
beplague
bethpage
campagne
campagne
noun
plural of campagna
capering
capering
noun
The motion of one who capers.
verb
present participle of caper
cheaping
cheaping
noun
(obsolete) A market.
(obsolete) Bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of cheap
chippage
compages
compages
noun
plural of compage
copiague
creepage
creepage
noun
A gradual, creeping movement.
The leakage of an electrical current across the surface of an insulator (dielectric)
crimpage
crimpage
noun
Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service.
diplegia
diplegia
noun
(medicine) Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
dognaped
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
dogplate
dragrope
dragrope
noun
A rope used to drag something.
Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”)
drippage
drippage
noun
A dripping; something that drips.
droppage
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
egyptiac
egyptiac
Adjective
of or relating to Ancient Egypt, Egyptian
Noun
a mixture of vinegar, honey, verdigris and sometimes burnt alum formerly used as a detergent, Egyptian ointment
egyptian
egyptian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Noun
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
A gypsy.
Proper noun
The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
elapsing
elapsing
verb
present participle of elapse
empaling
empaling
verb
present participle of empale
engraphy
epagogic
epagogic
adj
inductive
epigamic
epigamic
adj
(zoology) Attractive to the opposite sex
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
epigrams
epigrams
noun
plural of epigram
epigraph
epigraph
noun
(mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
An inscription, especially on a building.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
equipaga
equipage
equipage
noun
(obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
(uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
A type of horse-drawn carriage.
The carriage together with attendants; a retinue.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To furnish with an equipage.
escapage
escaping
escaping
noun
That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.
The act of one who escapes; an escape.
verb
present participle and gerund of escape
esophagi
esophagi
noun
plural of esophagus
esophago
eurypyga
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
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.
gaincope
galipine
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
gamphrel
gantlope
gantlope
noun
The military punishment known as running the gauntlet
gapeseed
gapeseed
noun
Alternative form of gape seed
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gappiest
gappiest
adj
superlative form of gappy: most gappy
gapville
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gatekeep
gatekeep
noun
A gatekeeper.
verb
(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatepost
gatepost
noun
a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
gazumped
gazumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gazump
gazumper
gazumper
noun
One who gazumps.
genapped
genapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of genappe
genapper
genipaps
genipaps
noun
plural of genipap
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
geophila
geoplana
geopolar
geospiza
gephyrea
geropiga
geropiga
noun
Alternative form of jeropiga
gestapos
getspace
gipseian
glaspell
gnapweed
goosecap
goosecap
noun
A fool; a dolt.
grapeful
grapeful
adj
(poetic) Full of grapes.
grapelet
grapelet
noun
A little grape.
grapheme
grapheme
noun
A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.
graphite
graphite
noun
A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.
Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
verb
(transitive) To apply graphite to.
grapiest
grapiest
adj
superlative form of grapey: most grapey
grapline
grapline
noun
A grapnel (small anchor).
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
graspers
graspers
noun
plural of grasper
graupels
graupels
noun
plural of graupel
graypate
greypate
groupage
groupage
noun
The consolidation of several small shipments into a single container
gryphaea
gryphaea
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.
gueparde
gueparde
noun
(dated) A cheetah.
gunpaper
gypaetus
gypseian
gypseian
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of or relating to gypsies.
hagtaper
heptagon
heptagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
hypogeal
hypogeal
adj
(botany, of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated
Existing or growing underground
hypogean
hypogean
adj
Existing or growing underground.
jeropiga
jeropiga
noun
A liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine, found mainly in Portugal.
ketapang
ketapang
noun
The tropical tree Terminalia catappa.
lagnappe
lagnappe
noun
Alternative spelling of lagniappe.
lagopode
lagopode
noun
A ptarmigan.
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.
megalopa
megalopa
noun
The final larval stage found in decapod crustaceans
megalops
megalops
noun
(zoology) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.
A large fish; the tarpum.
megapode
megapode
adj
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
noun
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.
megapods
megapods
noun
plural of megapod
megatype
megatype
noun
(dated, photography) An enlarged print
megatypy
megatypy
noun
(dated, photography) enlargement
mispaged
mispaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispage
mispages
mispages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispage
neopagan
neopagan
adj
Alternative spelling of neo-pagan
orphange
packaged
packaged
adj
Having been placed in a package.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of package
packager
packager
noun
A comic book studio that produces content for comic book publishers on demand.
A person who packages.
A tool or machine used to package objects.
packages
packages
noun
plural of package
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of package