(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkekengi
alkekengi
noun
A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
The flavoursome berry of this plant.
alkylogen
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
anglehook
arguslike
aufklrung
backlings
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
bengkalis
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
buzzgloak
bywalking
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
drygalski
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
eaglelike
eaglelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an eagle.
flagmaker
flagmaker
noun
One who manufactures flags.
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
folkvangr
gablelike
gablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gable.
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
galziekte
galziekte
noun
(South Africa) A disease of cattle caused by Trypanosoma theileri.
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
garfinkel
gauzelike
gauzelike
adj
Like or resembling gauze.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gavelocks
gavelocks
noun
plural of gavelock
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gazankulu
gazankulu
Proper noun
A bantustan in South West Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Shangaan Tsonga people.
giantlike
giantlike
adj
Like a giant; enormous.
gladbrook
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
glasslike
glasslike
adj
Resembling glass.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
gluemaker
gluemaker
noun
A manufacturer of glue.
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
gratelike
gravelike
gravelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
grayslake
grimalkin
grimalkin
noun
(archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.
A cat, especially an elderly female.
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
inleakage
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
kalogeros
kalumpang
kaoliangs
kaoliangs
noun
plural of kaoliang
kaolikung
karyology
karyology
noun
(biology, medicine) The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.
(biology, medicine) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
kiangling
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilograin
kilograms
kilograms
noun
plural of kilogram
kingsland
klagshamn
lackering
lackering
verb
present participle of lacker
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
larkingly
larkingly
adv
While sporting or frolicking; playfully.
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
lockatong
markingly
mawkingly
milkgrass
milkwagon
nickelage
nightwalk
plankings
plankings
noun
plural of planking
pokelogan
pokelogan
Noun
A marsh.
quakingly
quakingly
adv
In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
rackingly
rackingly
adv
So as to cause suffering.
shackling
shackling
verb
present participle of shackle
shakingly
shakingly
adv
In a shaking manner; shakily
skatology
skraeling
skraeling
Noun
A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
Proper noun
A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).
slingback
slingback
noun
A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
snakeling
snakeling
noun
Diminutive of snake
a small snake
a snake hatchling
a young snake
soakingly
soakingly
adv
To the point of soaking; imparting extreme wetness.
spackling
spackling
noun
Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
verb
present participle of spackle
sparkling
sparkling
adj
(figurative) Brilliant and vivacious.
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
noun
A sparkling wine.
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
verb
present participle and gerund of sparkle
sparkplug
sparkplug
noun
Alternative form of spark plug
verb
(transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
stagelike
stagelike
adj
(sciences) proceeding through discrete stages; often used of developmental processes.
Resembling or characteristic of a stage (setting where a dramatic work is performed).