(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aetheogam
aetheogam
noun
(botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
agonothet
amphogeny
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
anglehook
apophlegm
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
atheology
atheology
noun
Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behooving
behooving
verb
present participle of behoove
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bethought
bethought
adj
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigothero
bobsleigh
bobsleigh
noun
(UK) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
(obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
(uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
verb
To ride a bobsleigh.
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
boughless
brighouse
bromleigh
bughouses
bughouses
noun
plural of bughouse
bungholes
bungholes
noun
plural of bunghole
burghbote
burghbote
noun
(obsolete) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
burghemot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
chalcogen
chalcogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
cheboygan
cheboygan
Proper noun
A city in Michigan.
chelingos
chengchow
cheongsam
cheongsam
noun
(Hong Kong) A plain coloured, tight-fitting dress with a short split at the thigh, worn as a school uniform by schoolgirls.
A long formal dress-like garment or robe worn by Asian men.
A tight-fitting Chinese formal woman's dress, usually brightly coloured, patterned and/or embroidered, with a split at the thigh.
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
cherogril
cherogril
noun
(obsolete) A cony; a rabbit.
cherrylog
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
chiogenes
chirogale
chloragen
chorotega
chromogen
chromogen
noun
(biology) A strongly pigmented organelle or organism.
(chemistry) Any substance that lacks colour, but can be converted into a pigment or dye.
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
clogwheel
clogwheel
noun
(obsolete, Yorkshire) A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
coalheugh
coburgher
codelight
cofighter
cogwheels
cogwheels
noun
plural of cogwheel
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
coliphage
coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
conemaugh
coshering
coshering
noun
The levying of a cosher, or tribute.
verb
present participle of cosher
coughweed
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cutchogue
dahlonega
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen
dogeships
dogeships
noun
plural of dogeship
dogfishes
dogfishes
noun
plural of dogfish
doghouses
doghouses
noun
plural of doghouse
dougherty
dougherty
Proper noun
of origin.
doughface
doughface
noun
(derogatory) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough.
doughfeet
doughhead
doughiest
doughiest
adj
superlative form of doughy: most doughy
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughtier
doughtier
adj
comparative form of doughty: more doughty
downweigh
downweigh
verb
(transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
echoizing
echoizing
verb
present participle of echoize
edgeworth
egophonic
egophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to egophony.
egotheism
egotheism
noun
The deification of one's own self.
The view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self.
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
eightfoil
eightfoil
noun
(heraldry) An octofoil.
eightfold
eightfold
adj
Containing eight parts.
Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
adv
By a factor of eight.
eightsome
eightsome
noun
A group of eight persons or things.
endognath
endognath
noun
(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
enghosted
enhaloing
enhaloing
verb
present participle of enhalo
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
ergograph
ergograph
noun
A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
ergophile
ergophile
noun
A person who enjoys working.
esophagal
esophagus
esophagus
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of oesophagus
ethnogeny
ethnogeny
noun
a branch of ethnology concerned with ethnic origins
ethnogenesis
ethnology
ethnology
noun
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures.
ethologic
ethologic
adj
Ethological.
euchology
euchology
noun
euchologion; prayer book
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
fagerholm
fathomage
fathomage
noun
(mining) The amount of money paid to a miner based on fathoms of material worked.
foregirth
foregirth
noun
(equestrianism) A martingale.
forenight
forenight
noun
(Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
foreright
foreright
adj
(obsolete) Characterising a wind blowing on the line of one's travel; favourable.
adv
(obsolete) Directly forwards, straight ahead.
foresight
foresight
noun
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forgather
forgather
verb
(intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
forthgaze
fothering
fothering
verb
present participle of fother
gasholder
gasholder
noun
A large, telescopic cylindrical tank, with a water seal, used for storing domestic gas
gashouses
gashouses
noun
plural of gashouse
gatehouse
gatehouse
noun
(archaic) A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
A shelter for a gatekeeper.
gazehound
gazehound
noun
Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”)
geochrony
geochrony
noun
(obsolete) Geochronology.
geoethnic
geoethnic
adj
(geography) Relating to the geographic distribution of ethnic groups
geography
geography
noun
(archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
geomorphy
geomorphy
noun
geodesy
geomorphology
geophagia
geophagia
noun
Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
geophilid
geophilus
geophones
geophones
noun
plural of geophone
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
geosphere
geosphere
noun
the solid body of the Earth
gheraoing
gheraoing
verb
present participle of gherao
ghettoing
ghettoing
verb
present participle of ghetto
ghettoize
ghettoize
verb
(transitive) To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto.
(transitive) To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.
ghostiest
ghostiest
adj
superlative form of ghosty: most ghosty
ghostless
ghostless
adj
Without a ghost.
Without spirit, soul, or life; dead.
ghostlier
ghostlier
adj
comparative form of ghostly: more ghostly
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
globefish
globefish
noun
Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
glochines
goatherds
goatherds
noun
plural of goatherd
godfather
godfather
noun
A mafia leader.
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
verb
(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to.
godmother
godmother
noun
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
verb
(transitive) To act as godmother to.
goethites
goethites
noun
plural of goethite
goldshell
gomphoses
gomphoses
noun
plural of gomphosis
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
gonocheme
gonophore
gonophore
noun
(botany) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels.
(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
gonorrhea
gonorrhea
noun
(American spelling) A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.