That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
agaces
agadic
agamic
agamic
adj
Occurring without the union of male and female gametes; asexual.
agaric
agaric
noun
A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis).
Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
agency
agency
noun
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
agogic
agogic
noun
(music) an accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value
agonic
agonic
adj
(cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.
(geometry) Lacking an angle.
(medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.
(psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.
Characterized by agony.
Synonym of agonal
noun
Synonym of agonic line.
agrace
agrace
verb
Alternative form of aggrace
agynic
angico
angico
noun
A leguminous tree, Anadenanthera colubrina, native to South America, with traditional medicinal properties and tannin-rich wood used in tanning.
anglic
anglic
Adjective
Anglian
arcing
arcing
noun
The shape or motion of something that arcs.
verb
present participle of arc
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
begeck
begeck
noun
(transitive, UK dialectal) A disappointment; trick.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
beglic
begluc
belgic
belgic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
bocage
bocage
noun
Alternative spelling of boscage
bogach
bogoch
cadged
cadged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cadge
cadger
cadger
noun
(archaic) A hawker or peddler.
(sometimes Tyneside) A beggar.
cadges
cadges
noun
plural of cadge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cadge
cageot
cagers
cagers
noun
plural of cager
cagier
cagier
adj
comparative form of cagey: more cagey
cagily
cagily
adv
In a cagy manner.
caging
caging
noun
The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.
verb
present participle of cage
cagmag
cagmag
noun
(UK, dialect) A tough old goose.
(UK, dialect, by extension, uncountable) Coarse, bad food of any kind.
cagney
caguas
cajang
caking
caking
noun
A layer or deposit of caked material.
verb
present participle of cake
calgon
caliga
caligo
caligo
noun
(medicine, obsolete) dimness or obscurity of sight, caused by a speck on the cornea
A butterfly of the genus Caligo.
cangan
cangia
cangle
cangue
cangue
noun
A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.
caning
caning
noun
A beating with a cane.
verb
present participle of cane
canoga
caping
caping
verb
present participle of cape
cargos
cargos
noun
cargo pants
caring
caring
adj
(of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
noun
The act of one who cares.
verb
present participle of care
casing
casing
noun
(architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window.
(oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
(uncountable, computing) The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters.
That which encloses or encases.
verb
present participle of case
catgut
catgut
noun
(countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
(uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
(uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.
cating
caught
caught
adj
(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catch
caving
caving
noun
An act of collapsing or caving in.
The recreational sport of exploring caves.
verb
present participle of cave
cawing
cawing
noun
The act of producing a caw sound.
verb
present participle of caw
cayuga
cayuga
Noun
One of an indigenous people of North America, part of the
Proper noun
The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
an unincorporated community and county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
an unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, USA.
a town in Vermillion County, Indiana, USA.
a village in Cayuga County, New York, USA.
a tiny city in Sargent County, North Dakota, USA.
an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA.
ceding
ceding
verb
present participle of cede
cerago
cerago
noun
beebread
cerigo
cering
cering
verb
present participle of cere
chagal
chagan
chagga
chagul
chaing
changa
change
change
noun
(Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
(baseball) A change-up pitch.
(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
(countable) A replacement.
(countable) A transfer between vehicles.
(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
verb
(archaic) To exchange.
(intransitive) To become something different.
(intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
(transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
(transitive) To replace.
(transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
changs
changs
noun
plural of chang
charge
charge
noun
(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
(by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
(ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
(electromagnetism, chemistry) An electric charge.
(farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
(firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
(historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
(military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
(obsolete) Weight; import; value.
(weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
A forceful forward movement.
A load or burden; cargo.
An accusation by a person or organization.
An instruction.
An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The amount of money levied for a service.
The scope of someone's responsibility.
verb
(basketball) To commit a charging foul.
(cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
(dated) To sell at a given price.
(heraldry) To add to or represent on.
(heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
(intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
(law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
(military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
(transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
(transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
(transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
(transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
(transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
To assign a duty or responsibility to.
To call to account; to challenge.
To impute or ascribe.
To ornament with or cause to bear.
chebog
chegoe
chegoe
noun
Dated form of chigoe.
chegre
cheung
chiang
chigga
chigga
noun
(slang) A man of Asian ethnicity who is heavily influenced by hip-hop culture.
chigoe
chigoe
noun
A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.
chogak
choong
choong
adj
(MLE, slang) exciting, attractive
chorgi
chough
chough
noun
Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
chunga
cierge
cierge
noun
A wax candle used in religious rites.
cigala
cigale
cigars
cigars
noun
plural of cigar
cingle
cingle
noun
A kind of belt or other girdle.
cising
citing
citing
noun
Citation.
verb
present participle of cite
claggy
claggy
adj
(of mud, tar, glue or the like) Sticky or tacky.
(specifically, of a roof in a mine) Adhesive, having coal clinging to it.
clangs
clangs
noun
plural of clang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clang
cledge
cledge
noun
(mining) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.
cledgy
cledgy
adj
stiff, stubborn, clayey, tenacious
clergy
clergy
noun
Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.
Today we brought together clergy from the Wiccan, Christian, New Age and Islamic traditions for an interfaith dialogue.
clings
clings
noun
plural of cling
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cling
clingy
clingy
adj
(informal, usually derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
Having a tendency to cling.
cloggy
cloggy
adj
Somewhat clogged or impeded.
Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky.
clough
clough
noun
(Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
(dialectal) A wood; weald.
(dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
(historical) Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”)
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
cluing
cluing
verb
present participle of clue
coaged
coagel
coagel
noun
a gel formed by coagulation of a sol (colloid)
cobang
cobego
cobego
noun
The colugo, or flying lemur.
coburg
coburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Bavaria, Germany.
Noun
A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
A kind of bread roll.
codger
codger
noun
(informal) An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
coding
coding
noun
(emergency medicine) A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
(mathematics) A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter
An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.
An encoding.
The process of encoding or decoding.
The process of writing computer software code.
verb
present participle of code
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
coggan
cogged
cogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cog
cogger
cogger
noun
A flatterer or deceiver.
Someone who cheats at dice.
coggie
coggle
coggle
noun
cobble (all senses)
verb
To move or walk unsteadily
coggly
coggly
Adjective
shaky; unsteady
coggon
coghle
cogida
cogito
cogito
noun
(philosophy, often preceded by the, sometimes capitalized) The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act.
cogman
cogman
noun
(obsolete) A dealer in cogware, or coarse cloth.
cogmen
cogmen
noun
plural of cogman
cognac
cognac
noun
A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.
cogons
cogons
noun
plural of cogon
cogway
cohogs
cohogs
noun
plural of cohog
coigne
coigne
noun
Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
coigns
coigns
noun
plural of coign
coigny
coigue
coigue
noun
Dombey's beech
coking
coking
noun
The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal
verb
present participle of coke
colage
coling
cologs
cologs
noun
plural of colog
colugo
colugo
noun
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae native to South-east Asia.
coming
coming
adj
(obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
noun
The act of arriving; an arrival.
verb
present participle of come
condog
congas
congas
noun
plural of conga
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conga
conged
conged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conge
simple past tense and past participle of congé
congee
congee
noun
(Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
(obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
verb
(archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
(archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
(obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
(obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
conger
conger
noun
(historical) A chain of booksellers.
Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
conges
conges
noun
plural of conge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conge
congii
congii
noun
plural of congius
congos
congou
congou
noun
(dated) A kind of Chinese black tea.
coning
coning
verb
present participle of cone
cooing
cooing
noun
A coo; a cooing sound.
verb
present participle of coo
coping
coping
noun
(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
(falconry) Clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
(psychology) The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
verb
present participle of cope
corage
corgis
corgis
noun
plural of corgi
coring
coring
noun
(mathematics) The dual of a ring.
The production of a core by means of drilling
verb
present participle of core
cosign
cosign
noun
The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another.
verb
(slang) To agree with or endorse
To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.
cosing
cosing
verb
present participle of cose
coting
coting
verb
present participle of cote
cougar
cougar
noun
(Canada, US, slang) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.
Puma concolor, a wild feline native to the Americas.
coughs
coughs
noun
plural of cough
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cough
courge
coving
coving
noun
(urban studies) A method of urban planning used in subdivision and redevelopment of cities characterized by non-uniform lot shapes.
A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
The vertical sides connecting the jambs with the breast of a fireplace.
cowage
cowage
noun
A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.