a major mountain ridge in the northern part of the
a major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains.
The
Appalachia(n).
Any of several towns or counties in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky.
angelfish
angelfish
noun
A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angelship
anglehook
apophlegm
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”)
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
athelings
athelings
noun
plural of atheling
atheology
atheology
noun
Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
ausgleich
barkleigh
bergalith
bleaching
bleaching
noun
The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme.
The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents.
verb
present participle of bleach
bradleigh
brighella
bushelage
bushelage
noun
(UK, archaic) A duty payable on goods by the bushel.
chalcogen
chalcogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.
challenge
challenge
noun
(US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
(law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
A bid to overcome something.
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
verb
(Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
(US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
(law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
(military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
(obsolete, transitive) To censure; to blame.
(obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
(transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
(transitive) To dare (someone).
(transitive) To dispute (something).
(transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
To call something into question or dispute.
chaneling
changable
changable
adj
Misspelling of changeable.
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
chapeling
chargable
chargeful
chargeful
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chelingas
chirogale
chloragen
claughted
coalheugh
coliphage
coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
dahlonega
deadlight
deadlight
noun
(figurative) An eyelid.
(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
(nautical) A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
diaghilev
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
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
earthgall
earthling
earthling
noun
(obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
Alternative letter-case form of Earthling
eastleigh
eastleigh
Proper noun
A town and borough in Hampshire, England
eightball
engelhard
engelhart
enhaloing
enhaloing
verb
present participle of enhalo
esophagal
fagerholm
fairleigh
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
flaughter
flaughter
noun
A flat spade used in peat cutting.
flushgate
gaeltacht
galbreath
gallagher
galumphed
galumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galumph
gasholder
gasholder
noun
A large, telescopic cylindrical tank, with a water seal, used for storing domestic gas
gearwheel
gearwheel
noun
Alternative spelling of gear wheel
ghastlier
ghastlier
adj
comparative form of ghastly: more ghastly
gilgamesh
gilgamesh
Proper noun
A legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem "Epic of Gilgamesh".
giltheads
giltheads
noun
plural of gilthead
gladsheim
glenhayes
goulashes
goulashes
noun
plural of goulash
gravelish
greenhall
halogeton
halogeton
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Halogeton in the family Amaranthaceae.
haltering
haltering
verb
present participle of halter
hanseling
harlingen
headledge
headlight
headlight
noun
(Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A jewel; especially a diamond.
(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
(US, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
headlongs
headlongs
adv
(archaic) Headlong
healingly
healingly
adv
So as to heal or cure.
heartling
heartling
noun
A term of endearment, similar to darling.
heatingly
heatingly
adv
(archaic) So as to make or become hot.
helgoland
heliogram
heliogram
noun
A message transmitted by a heliograph.
helotages
hemialgia
hemialgia
noun
A state of pain affecting only one side of the body.
hemigalus
heptaglot
heptaglot
noun
(rare) A book in seven languages.
heralding
heralding
noun
The act by which something is heralded.
verb
present participle of herald
hexagonal
hexagonal
adj
(crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
(geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
highbelia
highbelia
noun
(US, regional) Lobelia spicata, the pale spiked lobelia.
hildegard
hildegard
Proper noun
name borrowed from German in the 19th century, in occasional use.
hillegass
hochelaga
holagogue
hyalogens
hyalogens
noun
plural of hyalogen
hypallage
hypallage
noun
(rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.
iphlgenia
langeloth
langhorne
larghetto
larghetto
adj
(music) Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino.
noun
A composition or movement to be played larghetto.
The larghetto tempo.
lathering
lathering
noun
The act of lathering; a covering with lather.
verb
present participle of lather
laughable
laughable
adj
(now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
laughsome
laughsome
adj
(rare) Marked by or arousing laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry
laughters
laughters
noun
plural of laughter
leighland
lengthman
lengthman
noun
(historical) A man responsible for the care and maintenance of a length of road or railway.
lethargic
lethargic
adj
indifferent, apathetic
sluggish, slow
lethargus
lethargus
noun
(biology) A quiescent sleeplike state in some arthropods and nematodes.
lightable
lightable
adj
Capable of being illuminated or made light or bright; able to affix with a light.
Capable of catching fire or being ignited.
lightface
lightface
noun
The opposite of boldface, a font that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space).
lighthead
lighthead
noun
A light source that is mounted at the head of an extension.
litharges
litharges
noun
plural of litharge
logheaded
logorrhea
logorrhea
noun
(often humorous) Excessive talkativeness.
(often humorous) Excessive use of words in writing; prolixity.
(psychology) Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder.
longheads
magelhanz
megachile
megaliths
megaliths
noun
plural of megalith
meghalaya
meghalaya
Proper noun
State in north-eastern India which has Shillong as its capital.
megillahs
megillahs
noun
plural of megillah
melograph
melograph
noun
A device designed for analysing and plotting the frequency characteristics of ethnic music.
narghiles
narghiles
noun
plural of narghile
nargilehs
nargilehs
noun
plural of nargileh
nightgale
oleograph
oleograph
noun
(art) A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting
overlaugh
phalanger
phalanger
noun
An arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
phalanges
phalanges
noun
plural of phalange
plural of phalanx
phenalgin
phenalgin
noun
An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as an analgesic and antipyretic, and resembling phenacetin in its therapeutic action.
philabegs
philabegs
noun
plural of philabeg
pleaching
pleaching
noun
(horticulture) A technique of interweaving living and dead branches through a hedge for stock control; plashing.
gerund of pleach: an act of entwining or interweaving.
verb
present participle of pleach
polyphage
polyphage
noun
A person who eats to excess
Any animal which can eat a variety of food; an omnivore
rightable
rightable
adj
That can be righted
safelight
safelight
noun
The lamp in a photographic darkroom.
saghalien
schoolage
segholate
segholate
adj
Alternative form of segolate
shanleigh
shapleigh
shaveling
shaveling
noun
(often derogatory) Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; a priest or monk.
A shaver, stripling, young man physically mature enough to shave.
shealings
shealings
noun
plural of shealing
shearlegs
shearlegs
noun
plural of shearleg
shearling
shearling
noun
(chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth
A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
shigellae
shigellas
shigellas
noun
plural of shigella
sightable
sightable
adj
Capable of being sighted; visible from a vantage point
slaughter
slaughter
noun
(rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
A group of iguanas.
A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
A rout or decisive defeat.
verb
(transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
(transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
(transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
spleughan
spleughan
noun
Alternative form of spleuchan
stanleigh
telegraph
telegraph
noun
(chiefly historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.
(uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
(video games) A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
verb
(figurative) To clearly communicate to another nonverbally, whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign, especially unintentionally.
To use a telegraph.
thallogen
thallogen
noun
(botany) Any of a large number of plants that consist of a thallus only, with no flower, leaves etc.