(transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
(transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
bridge
bridge
noun
(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
(bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
(chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
(computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
(cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
(dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
(diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
(electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
(electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
(graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
(gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
(medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
(music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
(poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
(programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
(roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
(wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
A connection, real or abstract.
A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
verb
(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
(music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
(roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
(wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
To be or make a bridge over something.
To span as if with a bridge.
brigid
brigid
Proper noun
The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Brigid of Kildare (c.451-521), an Irish saint partly confused with the goddess.
name sometimes borrowed from Irish. English form: Bridget.
daring
daring
adj
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
Racy; sexually provocative.
noun
Boldness.
verb
present participle of dare
digger
digger
noun
(Australia, dated) A friend; used as a term of endearment.
(Australia, informal) An Australian soldier.
(Australia, obsolete) A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
A spade (playing card).
A tool for digging.
One who digs.
digram
digram
noun
A digraph.
dingar
dinger
dinger
noun
(Australian slang) A catapult, a shanghai.
(Australian slang) A condom.
(Australian slang) The buttocks, the anus.
(Canada, US, slang) The penis.
(MLE, slang) An unregistered car.
(US, slang) Something outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger.
A bell or chime.
One who rings a bell.
The suspended clapper of a bell.
dirged
dirged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dirge
dirges
dirges
noun
plural of dirge
dirgie
dirige
dirige
noun
A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
dirigo
dogrib
dogrib
Noun
A member of a people native to the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Proper noun
The Athabaskan language of this people.
dreigh
driegh
driegh
adj
(Scotland) Drear, dreary; dree.
driggs
drogin
drying
drying
noun
A method of food preservation by removing water.
The act of drying.
verb
present participle of dry
during
during
prep
At any time or period within a given time interval.
For all of a given time interval.
verb
present participle of dure
edgier
edgier
adj
comparative form of edgy: more edgy
engird
engird
verb
(transitive) To gird around; to ingirt.
engrid
fridge
fridge
noun
(informal) A refrigerator.
verb
(transitive, archaic, chiefly Britain, dialectal) To chafe or rub (something).
(transitive, fandom slang) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance.
(transitive, informal) To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.
Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”)
To chafe or rub.
frigid
frigid
adj
(colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
gardia
gardie
gardie
noun
(Australia) A garfish (of the family Hemiramphidae).
gerdie
gilder
gilder
noun
(archaic, rare) Alternative spelling of guilder
One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.
ginder
girand
girard
girard
Proper noun
Various places in the United States of America, including:
a city in Kansas
giraud
girded
girder
girder
noun
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
One who girds; a satirist.
girdle
girdle
noun
(Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle
(mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
The clitellum of an earthworm.
The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
verb
(transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
(transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
girned
girned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of girn
girted
girted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of girt
glider
glider
noun
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
(mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
A kind of garden swing.
A pilot of glider aircraft.
A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.
Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
One who glides.
Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
godric
gordie
gradin
gradin
noun
(architecture) Any of a series of terraced steps or seats, as in an arena or an altar.
gravid
gravid
adj
(of egglaying animals, now chiefly figuratively) Pregnant.
grided
grided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gride
grider
grides
grides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gride
grimed
grimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grime
grinds
grinds
noun
(Hawaii, slang) Food, eats.
(Ireland, colloquial) Tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.
(coffee, proscribed) Used ground coffee, coffee grounds.
plural of grind
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grind
griped
griped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gripe
grodin
guardi
gudrin
guider
guider
noun
One who guides.
hagrid
hagrid
verb
past participle of hagride
ingrid
reding
reding
verb
present participle of rede
regild
regild
verb
(transitive) To gild again.
regird
ridged
ridged
adj
Having ridges.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ridge
ridgel
ridgel
noun
(zoology) A ridgeling.
ridger
ridges
ridges
noun
plural of ridge
ridgil
ridgil
noun
Alternative form of ridgel
riding
riding
noun
(Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
(historical) Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
(obsolete) A festival procession.
A path cut through woodland.
The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
The behaviour in the motion of a vehicle, such as oscillation.
verb
present participle of ride
rigdon
rigged
rigged
adj
(figurative) Pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
(nautical, typically not comparable) Having the rigging up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rig
rindge
ringed
ringed
adj
(literary, archaic) Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
Marked with rings, circles, or loops.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ring (circled, enclosed)
roding
roding
noun
(ornithology) The mating display of the male woodcock, consisting of a patrolling flight around its territory.
verb
present participle of rode
sigrid
sigurd
turgid
turgid
adj
(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.