(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
borghese
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
braggish
braggish
adj
bragging; boastful.
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
burghers
burghers
noun
plural of burgher
cashgirl
chagrins
chagrins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin
changers
changers
noun
plural of changer
chargers
chargers
noun
plural of charger
chiggers
chiggers
noun
plural of chigger
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
chuggers
chuggers
noun
plural of chugger
coughers
coughers
noun
plural of cougher
crashing
crashing
noun
The sound or action of something that crashes.
verb
present participle of crash
crushing
crushing
adj
Devastatingly disheartening.
That crushes; overwhelming.
noun
(in the plural) Crushed material.
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.
The action of the verb to crush.
verb
present participle of crush
curraghs
curraghs
noun
plural of curragh
digraphs
digraphs
noun
plural of digraph
dishrags
dishrags
noun
plural of dishrag
dogshore
dogshore
noun
(nautical) One of several shores used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
dragshoe
draughts
draughts
noun
(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
dreggish
dreggish
adj
Foul with lees; feculent.
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
fighters
fighters
noun
plural of fighter
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
freights
freights
noun
plural of freight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight
freshing
freshing
verb
present participle of fresh
frogfish
frogfish
noun
(archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.
Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
froggish
froggish
adj
Aggressive.
Inclined to fight.
Resembling or characteristic of a frog.
gairfish
garishly
garishly
adv
In a garish manner.
garshuni
gascromh
gemshorn
gemshorn
noun
An instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
gershwin
gharries
gharries
noun
plural of gharrie
plural of gharry
gheraoes
gherkins
gherkins
noun
plural of gherkin
ghiordes
ghostier
ghostier
adj
comparative form of ghosty: more ghosty
glaisher
gorefish
goshdarn
gracchus
gracchus
Proper noun
definition
grafship
grafship
noun
The rank or position of a graf (German or Austrian count).
graphics
graphics
noun
(computing) The art or visual representations displayed by a computer.
(computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.
The graphic arts.
The making of architectural or design drawings.
grasshop
grasshop
noun
(now rare, dialectal) grasshopper
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper
grayfish
greatish
greatish
adj
Somewhat great.
greekish
greekish
Adjective
Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greeks
greenish
greenish
adj
Somewhat green.
greenths
greesagh
greyfish
greyhens
grimmish
grimmish
adj
Somewhat grim.
grogshop
grogshop
noun
A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk.
gronseth
groomish
groschen
groschen
noun
(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.
grouches
grouches
noun
plural of grouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grouch
gruffish
gruffish
adj
Somewhat gruff.
grumpish
grumpish
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
grutches
grutches
noun
plural of grutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch
gryphons
gryphons
noun
plural of gryphon
gtersloh
gurdfish
guruship
guruship
noun
The status of a guru.
guytrash
guytrash
noun
Alternative form of gytrash
habsburg
haggards
haggards
noun
plural of haggard
hagglers
hagglers
noun
plural of haggler
hagrides
hagrides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride
hagstrom
hamburgs
hapsburg
hargeisa
hargeisa
Proper noun
A large city of Somalia, capital of the unrecognised state of Somaliland.
hargesia
harpings
harpings
noun
(nautical) The front part of the wales of a vessel, around the bow and fastened to the stem; used to provide protection from the seas.
harynges
hearings
hearings
noun
plural of hearing
hearsing
hearsing
verb
present participle of hearse
herbages
herbages
noun
plural of herbage
herrings
herrings
noun
plural of herring
higglers
higglers
noun
plural of higgler
hirsling
hogsteer
homagers
homagers
noun
plural of homager
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
hoogaars
hostager
hostager
noun
(obsolete) A hostage; a person held hostage.
hurlings
hurlings
noun
plural of hurling
isograph
isograph
noun
(sociolinguistics) A line indicating the geographical boundaries within which a particular feature of a written script is used.
laughers
laughers
noun
plural of laugher
leghorns
leghorns
noun
plural of leghorn
lighters
lighters
noun
plural of lighter
lushburg
negroish
negroish
adj
(dated, now offensive) Resembling or characteristic of black people.
nighters
nighters
noun
plural of nighter
nuraghes
ogrishly
ogrishly
adv
In an ogrish manner.
orangish
orangish
adj
Relatively orange in colour.
Similar to an orange.
pershing
phrasing
phrasing
noun
The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
verb
present participle of phrase
priggish
priggish
adj
Like a prig.
ragabash
ragabash
noun
(obsolete) An idle, ragged person.
raghouse
raghouse
noun
(historical) Part of a paper mill in which the rags are prepared.
refights
refights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refight
rehinges
rehinges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rehinge
relights
relights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relight
resights
resights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resight
resought
resought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reseek
respighi
reweighs
reweighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reweigh
rhagades
rhagades
noun
plural of rhagade
rhigosis
righters
righters
noun
plural of righter
rightest
rightest
adj
superlative form of right: most right
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of right
righties
righties
noun
plural of rightie
plural of righty
rightish
rightish
adj
(politics) Towards the political right wing.
In a direction roughly to the right.
Somewhat correct.
rightism
rightism
noun
(countable) An act or statement supporting the political right.
(uncountable) Belief in, or support of, the principles of the political right.
rightist
rightist
adj
Of or pertaining to the political right.
noun
(in combination) One who supports the rights of a specified group.
One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right.
ringhals
ringhals
noun
Alternative form of rinkhals
roughens
roughens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roughen
roughers
roughers
noun
plural of rougher
roughest
roughest
adj
superlative form of rough: most rough
roughish
roughish
adj
Somewhat rough.
ruchings
ruchings
noun
plural of ruching
rushings
rushings
noun
plural of rushing
sargodha
scharaga
schargel
scraighs
sebright
seringhi
seringhi
noun
Archaic form of sarangi (“string instrument”).
shagbark
shagbark
noun
A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.
shaggier
shaggier
adj
comparative form of shaggy: more shaggy
shagreen
shagreen
noun
(entomology) A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
verb
(transitive) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.
shagroon
shagroon
noun
(historical) A settler of the New Zealand province of Canterbury who came from somewhere other than Britain, most commonly Australia.
shakerag
shakerag
noun
A pauper; a bum.
sharding
sharding
noun
(databases) A decomposition of a database into multiple smaller units that can handle requests individually.
A breaking into shards.
verb
present participle of shard
shargoss
sharking
sharking
noun
The act of one who sharks (in any sense)
verb
present participle of shark
sharnbug
sharping
sharping
noun
(music) The raising of the pitch of a note by half a step.