(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
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.
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archimage
archimage
noun
(now rare) A powerful wizard.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archurger
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
barkleigh
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
begarnish
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
bergalith
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigothero
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
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
bradleigh
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
brighella
brighouse
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightest
brightest
adj
superlative form of bright: most bright
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bright
bromleigh
bsarcheng
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.
caragheen
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chargable
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chargeful
chargeful
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
chargeman
chargeman
noun
A worker who is in charge; the leader.
chaseburg
cheiragra
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
cherogril
cherogril
noun
(obsolete) A cony; a rabbit.
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
cherrylog
chiengrai
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.
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
coburgher
cofighter
coshering
coshering
noun
The levying of a cosher, or tribute.
verb
present participle of cosher
creeshing
creeshing
verb
present participle of creesh
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
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
daugherty
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
delighter
delighter
noun
One who takes delight in something.
discharge
discharge
noun
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
(medicine, uncountable) Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
The process of flowing out.
The process of unloading something.
verb
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
(obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
(transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To expel or let go.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
dougherty
dougherty
Proper noun
of origin.
doughtier
doughtier
adj
comparative form of doughty: more doughty
draughted
draughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draught
draughter
draughter
noun
Alternative spelling of drafter
drenching
drenching
noun
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
verb
present participle of drench
earthgall
earthling
earthling
noun
(obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
Alternative letter-case form of Earthling
echegaray
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
edgeworth
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
ehrenberg
ehrenburg
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
encharged
encharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encharge
engelhard
engelhart
englisher
englisher
Noun
An English person.
A non-Amish person.
A translator into English.
englishry
englishry
Noun
the state or privilege of being an Englishman.
a body of English people, especially in Ireland.
engraphia
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
enriching
enriching
adj
That adds value, either monetary, intellectual, or emotional.
noun
Enrichment.
verb
present participle of enrich
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
epigraphs
epigraphs
noun
plural of epigraph
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epiphragm
epiphragm
noun
(botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses.
(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
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.
euryphage
euryphage
noun
(ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.
exchanger
exchanger
noun
(biochemistry) An antiporter.
A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
extraught
extraught
verb
(obsolete) past participle of extract
eyebright
eyebright
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.
fagerholm
fairleigh
fathering
fathering
verb
present participle of father
feringhee
fermanagh
fermanagh
Proper noun
one of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, often known as County Fermanagh.
firebaugh
firefight
firefight
noun
A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
firelight
firelight
noun
The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
flaughter
flaughter
noun
A flat spade used in peat cutting.
flightier
flightier
adj
comparative form of flighty: more flighty
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
fraughted
fraughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraught
freighted
freighted
adj
(also figuratively) Loaded with cargo; charged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freight
freighter
freighter
noun
(aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
(nautical) A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
One for whom freight is transported.
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
frenching
frenching
verb
present participle of french
frightens
frightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten
gagership
galbreath
gallagher
garfishes
garfishes
noun
plural of garfish
garnished
garnished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garnish
garnishee
garnishee
noun
(law) the person whose money is garnished
verb
(transitive, law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
garnisher
garnisher
noun
One who, or that which, garnishes.
garnishes
garnishes
noun
plural of garnish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of garnish
gasholder
gasholder
noun
A large, telescopic cylindrical tank, with a water seal, used for storing domestic gas
gatherers
gatherers
noun
plural of gatherer
gathering
gathering
adj
That gathers together.
noun
(bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
(medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
(uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
A charitable contribution; a collection.
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
verb
present participle of gather
gaucherie
gaucherie
noun
(countable) A socially tactless or awkward act.
(uncountable) Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness.
gearshift
gearshift
noun
Alternative spelling of gear shift
verb
(rare) To shift gears.
gearwheel
gearwheel
noun
Alternative spelling of gear wheel
geheimrat
geochrony
geochrony
noun
(obsolete) Geochronology.
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
geosphere
geosphere
noun
the solid body of the Earth
gephyrean
gephyrean
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the class Gephyrea of worms.