The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
afghanets
agallochs
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agathosma
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
agraphias
agraphias
noun
plural of agraphia
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
anaglyphs
anaglyphs
noun
plural of anaglyph
angelfish
angelfish
noun
A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
angelship
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anguishes
anguishes
noun
plural of anguish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anguish
anythings
anythings
noun
plural of anything
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
argusfish
asahigawa
ashlaring
ashlaring
noun
(carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
athelings
athelings
noun
plural of atheling
aughtlins
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
ausgleich
autosight
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
banishing
banishing
noun
A magical ritual intended to remove negative spiritual influences.
verb
present participle of banish
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
bednights
begarnish
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
bishoping
bishoping
verb
present participle of bishop
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
blighties
blighties
noun
plural of blighty
bobsleigh
bobsleigh
noun
(UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
(obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
(uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
verb
To ride a bobsleigh.
bombsight
bombsight
noun
A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
borroughs
boughless
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
brighouse
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightest
brightest
adj
superlative form of bright: most bright
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bright
brightish
brightish
adj
Somewhat bright
broughams
broughams
noun
plural of brougham
broughtas
bsarcheng
bughouses
bughouses
noun
plural of bughouse
bungholes
bungholes
noun
plural of bunghole
burroughs
burroughs
Proper noun
for someone who lived near a hill or a fort.
bushelage
bushelage
noun
(UK, archaic) A duty payable on goods by the bushel.
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
bushgoats
bushgrass
changaris
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chantages
charangos
charangos
noun
plural of charango
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chaseburg
chasseing
chasseing
verb
present participle of chasse
chelingas
chelingos
cheongsam
cheongsam
noun
(Hong Kong) A plain coloured, tight-fitting dress with a short split at the thigh, worn as a school uniform by schoolgirls.
A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men.
A tight-fitting Chinese formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh.
chesaning
chigetais
chigetais
noun
plural of chigetai
chilidogs
chilidogs
noun
plural of chilidog
chiogenes
chippings
chippings
noun
plural of chipping
chiseling
chiseling
noun
Alternative form of chiselling
verb
(US) present participle of chisel
chitlings
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chugalugs
chugalugs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chugalug
churingas
churingas
noun
plural of churinga
churnings
churnings
noun
plural of churning
cigarfish
cigarfish
noun
Any of several scad, but especially Decapterus macarellus
clingfish
clingfish
noun
A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
clothings
clothings
noun
plural of clothing
cogwheels
cogwheels
noun
plural of cogwheel
cohosting
cohosting
verb
present participle of cohost
congonhas
coshering
coshering
noun
The levying of a cosher, or tribute.
verb
present participle of cosher
couchings
couchings
noun
plural of couching
creeshing
creeshing
verb
present participle of creesh
daghestan
daschagga
dashingly
dashingly
adv
In a bold, spirited manner.
In a boldly chic, fashionable manner.
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
daylights
daylights
noun
(slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.
mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
plural of daylight
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
diagraphs
diagraphs
noun
plural of diagraph
discharge
discharge
noun
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
(medicine, uncountable) Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
The process of flowing out.
The process of unloading something.
verb
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
(obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
(transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To expel or let go.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
dogeships
dogeships
noun
plural of dogeship
dogfights
dogfights
noun
plural of dogfight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogfight
dogfishes
dogfishes
noun
plural of dogfish
doggishly
doggishly
adv
In a doggish manner.
doghouses
doghouses
noun
plural of doghouse
doughboys
doughboys
noun
plural of doughboy
doughiest
doughiest
adj
superlative form of doughy: most doughy
doughnuts
doughnuts
noun
plural of doughnut
dragonish
dragonish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
dunghills
dunghills
noun
plural of dunghill
dusttight
dysphagia
dysphagia
noun
(pathology) Difficulty in swallowing.
dysphagic
dysphagic
adj
Having or relating to dysphagia.
noun
A person who has dysphagia.
eastleigh
eastleigh
Proper noun
A town and borough in Hampshire, England
eggshells
eggshells
noun
plural of eggshell
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.
eighteens
eighteens
noun
plural of eighteen
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.
enanguish
encashing
encashing
verb
present participle of encash
enchasing
enchasing
verb
present participle of enchase
enghosted
englished
englished
Adjective
Anglicised
englisher
englisher
Noun
An English person.
A non-Amish person.
A translator into English.
englishes
englishes
Noun
of (used of dialects etc)
englishly
englishly
Adverb
In an English way.
englishry
englishry
Noun
the state or privilege of being an Englishman.
a body of English people, especially in Ireland.
enmeshing
enmeshing
noun
The process by which something is enmeshed or entangled.
verb
present participle of enmesh
enthusing
enthusing
verb
present participle of enthuse
epigraphs
epigraphs
noun
plural of epigraph
epiphegus
eschaunge
eschaunge
noun
Obsolete form of exchange.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
esophagal
esophagus
esophagus
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of oesophagus
exchanges
exchanges
noun
plural of exchange
eyesights
eyesights
noun
plural of eyesight
famishing
famishing
verb
present participle of famish
fanlights
fanlights
noun
plural of fanlight
farthings
farthings
noun
plural of farthing
fightings
fightings
noun
plural of fighting
finishing
finishing
noun
(soccer) Shooting ability.
The act of completing something.
The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.
verb
present participle of finish
fishgarth
fishgarth
noun
A fishweir.
fishgrass
fishingly
fishingly
adv
In a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.
fistfight
fistfight
noun
A fight using bare fists.
verb
To fight using bare fists.
flagships
flagships
noun
plural of flagship
flashguns
flashguns
noun
plural of flashgun
flashings
flashings
noun
plural of flashing
fleshings
fleshings
noun
Flesh-coloured tights (worn by actors or dancers)
fleshling
fleshling
noun
(fantasy, derogatory) A creature made of flesh; a human being.
(obsolete) A person devoted to sensual pursuits.
flushgate
foresight
foresight
noun
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.