(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
airgraphics
airgraphics
noun
(dated) aerography; meteorology
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
altogethers
altogethers
adv
(obsolete) Alternative form of all together
(obsolete) Alternative form of altogether
noun
(obsolete) The way things are; circumstances.
plural of altogether (“nakedness”)
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
aragonspath
archigaster
argiphontes
argusfishes
argyllshire
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
arsenophagy
arsenophagy
noun
The practice of eating arsenic.
arthralgias
arthralgias
noun
plural of arthralgia
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
astrography
astrography
noun
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
athenagoras
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bergamasche
biographees
biographees
noun
plural of biographee
biographers
biographers
noun
plural of biographer
biographies
biographies
noun
plural of biography
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
A brattice.
verb
present participle of brattish
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
cardophagus
carragheens
carragheens
noun
plural of carragheen
castlereagh
challengers
challengers
noun
plural of challenger
changeovers
changeovers
noun
plural of changeover
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chargehouse
chargehouse
noun
(nonce word, obsolete) A schoolhouse.
chargfaires
charmingest
charmingest
adj
superlative form of charming: most charming
christogram
christogram
Noun
A monogram that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a Christian symbol, such as the chi-rho (
chronograms
chronograms
noun
plural of chronogram
chrysograph
chrysograph
noun
A document written or printed in gold ink.
coathangers
coathangers
noun
plural of coathanger
cosmography
cosmography
noun
The creation of maps of the universe.
The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
creophagism
creophagist
creophagist
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagist
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
crescograph
crescograph
noun
A device for measuring growth in plants.
crystograph
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
diagraphics
diagraphics
noun
(dated) The art or science of descriptive drawing, especially by means of mechanical appliances and mathematical rules.
dischargees
dischargees
noun
plural of dischargee
dischargers
dischargers
noun
plural of discharger
discharging
discharging
noun
The act or process by which something is discharged.
verb
present participle of discharge
discography
discography
noun
(medicine) radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
dragomanish
dragomanish
adj
(archaic) Resembling or relating to a dragoman.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
earthlights
earthlights
noun
plural of earthlight
enravishing
enravishing
adj
That enravishes
verb
present participle of enravish
epigraphers
epigraphers
noun
plural of epigrapher
epigraphies
epigraphies
noun
plural of epigraphy
epigraphist
epigraphist
noun
A person who studies epigraphy (inscriptions).
euryphagous
euryphagous
adj
(ecology) Feeding on a large variety of food.
featherings
featherings
noun
plural of feathering
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
foregathers
foregathers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foregather
forstraught
forstraught
adj
(obsolete, rare) Distracted.
franchising
franchising
noun
The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
verb
present participle of franchise
freightages
freightages
noun
plural of freightage
frogmarches
frogmarches
noun
plural of frogmarch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frogmarch
galeorhinus
gangsterish
gangsterish
adj
(informal) Gangsterlike.
garnishable
garnishable
adj
Able to be garnished.
garnisheing
garnishment
garnishment
noun
(law) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
gastrograph
gastrograph
noun
An instrument once used to display and record movements of the stomach
gastroliths
gastroliths
noun
plural of gastrolith
gastropathy
gastropathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
gastrophile
gastrorrhea
gastrorrhea
noun
Excessive production of gastric juice
gastrosophy
gastrosophy
noun
The science or art of good eating.
gastrotheca
gastrotrich
gastrotrich
noun
A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
gatecrashed
gatecrashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash
gatecrasher
gatecrasher
noun
(Asian English) The groom or one of his groomsmen when partaking in the gatecrashing ritual of a traditional Chinese wedding.
(slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
gatecrashes
gatecrashes
noun
plural of gatecrash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gatecrash
gaultherase
gearchanges
gearchanges
noun
plural of gearchange
geissorhiza
genarchship
generalship
generalship
noun
By extension, leadership, good management.
The position or office of a general.
The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy.
The term of office of a military general.
geographers
geographers
noun
plural of geographer
geographics
geographics
noun
The graphical elements of geography
geographies
geographies
noun
plural of geography
geographism
geographism
noun
The theory that events are influenced by geographical conditions, rather than by people.
gigahertzes
gigahertzes
noun
plural of gigahertz
glathsheimr
glossograph
glossograph
noun
An instrument for recording the movements of the tongue during speech.
glossophora
goatherdess
goatherdess
noun
A female goatherd.
gorillaship
gramophones
gramophones
noun
plural of gramophone
grandeeship
grandeeship
noun
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
granophyres
granophyres
noun
plural of granophyre
graphicness
graphicness
noun
The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness
graphitizes
graphitizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graphitize
grapholects
grapholects
noun
plural of grapholect
graphoscope
graphoscope
noun
An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones.
graphospasm
graphospasm
noun
(medicine) Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing.
grasshopper
grasshopper
noun
(figuratively) A young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
(music) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.
In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
gravisphere
grayishness
grayishness
noun
The quality of being grayish.
greenhearts
greenhearts
noun
plural of greenheart
greenshanks
greenshanks
noun
plural of greenshank
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
grihyasutra
gristhorbia
groatsworth
groatsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel.
guardhouses
guardhouses
noun
plural of guardhouse
gymnasiarch
gymnasiarch
noun
(historical) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia and paid for the oil and other necessities.
gypsography
gypsography
noun
The art or process of engraving on gypsum.
gyracanthus
gyrostachys
haggardness
haggardness
noun
The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness.
hagiarchies
hagiarchies
noun
plural of hagiarchy
hairsprings
hairsprings
noun
plural of hairspring
hairstyling
hairstyling
noun
The act or process of styling hair.
hamletsburg
hamstringed
handsprings
handsprings
noun
plural of handspring
harassingly
harassingly
adv
In a harassing manner.
hardinsburg
harmonising
harmonising
verb
present participle of harmonise
harmonsburg
harpagornis
harrodsburg
hartstongue
hartstongue
noun
Alternative spelling of hart's tongue.
harveysburg
hattiesburg
headsprings
headsprings
noun
plural of headspring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headspring