metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris
agenor
agones
agones
Noun
agons
agorae
agrope
agrope
adv
In the act of groping.
agrote
akonge
algedo
angelo
apogee
apogee
noun
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
(astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.
(figuratively) The highest point.
(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
befogs
befogs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befog
begobs
begohm
begohm
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billion ohms.
begone
begone
intj
(archaic) Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
verb
past participle of bego
begoud
begowk
begowk
verb
(archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
belong
belong
prep
(Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.
verb
(followed by to) To be a part of a group.
(intransitive) To have its proper place.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
(intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
(obsolete, transitive) To be deserved by.
(of a person) To be accepted in a group.
bergoo
besugo
biogen
biogen
noun
(biology, dated) biophor
(biology, dated) bioplasm
bocage
bocage
noun
Alternative spelling of boscage
bodega
bodega
noun
(Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom
(slang, New York City) Any convenience store.
(slang, Southwestern United States) Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.
A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
bodger
bodger
noun
A woodworker in the traditional style characterised by the use of hand tools, a pole lathe and use of green timber.
One who works in a rough and ready, slipshod manner.
bodgie
bodgie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy.
boeing
boeing
Proper noun
An American aerospace company that has created many commercial airplanes.
bogeys
bogeys
noun
plural of bogey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bogey
bogged
bogged
adj
Stuck; unable to progress; having been bogged down.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bog
boggle
boggle
noun
(dated) A bungle; a botched situation.
(dated) A scruple or objection.
Alternative form of bogle
verb
(US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch.
(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
(intransitive, obsolete) To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
(intransitive, of a rat) To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
(transitive or intransitive) Either literally or figuratively to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
(transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
bogier
bogies
bogies
noun
plural of bogie
bogled
bogles
bogles
noun
plural of bogle
boglet
boglet
noun
A kind of supernatural being.
A small patch of boggy ground.
bogued
bogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bogue
boigie
bolger
bonged
bonged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bong
booger
booger
noun
(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
(US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
(US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
(surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.
boogie
boogie
noun
(informal) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
(informal) A style of swing dance.
(skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.
verb
(intransitive) To dance a boogie.
(intransitive, informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.
borage
borage
noun
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
borger
borges
bougee
bouget
bouget
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling the water bags that were used to supply the army in battle.
Obsolete form of budget.
bougie
bougie
adj
(Britain, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
noun
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) A person who exhibits bougie behavior.
(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
bowleg
bowleg
noun
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.
brogle
brogue
brogue
noun
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
verb
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
(intransitive) To walk.
(transitive) To kick.
(transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
bygone
bygone
adj
Having been or happened in the distant past.
noun
(usually in the plural) An event that happened in the past.
cageot
cerago
cerago
noun
beebread
cerigo
chebog
chegoe
chegoe
noun
Dated form of chigoe.
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.
coaged
coagel
coagel
noun
a gel formed by coagulation of a sol (colloid)
cobego
cobego
noun
The colugo, or flying lemur.
codger
codger
noun
(informal) An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
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
coghle
cogmen
cogmen
noun
plural of cogman
coigne
coigne
noun
Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
coigue
coigue
noun
Dombey's beech
colage
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
corage
courge
cowage
cowage
noun
A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.
dagoes
dagoes
noun
plural of dago
defogs
defogs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defog
degold
delogu
delong
dodged
dodged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dodge
dodgem
dodgem
noun
(Britain) A bumper car in an amusement park.
dodger
dodger
noun
(countable) A person full of tricks or street smarts.
(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
(countable, Australia, slang) An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
(countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
(uncountable, Australia, US, slang, dated) Bread.
dodges
dodges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dodge
dogate
dogate
noun
The office or dignity of a doge.
dogear
dogear
noun
Alternative form of dog-ear
dogeys
dogeys
noun
plural of dogey
dogged
dogged
adj
stubbornly persevering, steadfast
adv
(dated, slang) very
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dog
dogger
dogger
noun
(Australia) A wild dog trapper employed in the pastoral industry.
(Australia, New Zealand) A dogman.
(Britain) A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.
A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.
dogget
dogget
noun
Obsolete form of docket.
doggie
doggie
noun
(childish or endearing) Alternative spelling of doggy
doggle
dogies
dogies
noun
plural of dogie
plural of dogy
dogleg
dogleg
noun
(US, also attributively) A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
(architecture) A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
(golf, disc golf) A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole.
verb
(intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back sharply to the original direction.
dogmen
dogmen
noun
plural of dogman
dogtie
doigte
domage
domage
noun
(obsolete) damage; hurt
(obsolete) subjugation
dosage
dosage
noun
The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something, e.g. sugar to wine.
The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
The measured amount so administered or added; the dose.
dotage
dotage
noun
Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
Foolish utterance(s); drivel.
dougie
dougie
noun
A hip-hop dance generally performed by moving one's body in a shimmy style and passing a hand through or near the hair on one's own head.
dowage
droger
droger
noun
Alternative form of drogher
drogue
drogue
noun
(aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
(aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
(nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
(whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
A wind cone.
verb
To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object.
To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached.
To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.
To use a drogue with.
edgrow
edgrow
noun
(obsolete) Aftergrass; eddish.
egghot
egghot
noun
(archaic) A posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale.
eggnog
eggnog
noun
A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.
egidio
egipto
egmont
egoism
egoism
noun
(ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest only.
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotism (tendency to talk excessively about oneself).
The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.
egoist
egoist
noun
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) An egotist (person who talks excessively about themself).
An advocate of egoism.
An egocentric or self-centered person.
egoity
egoity
noun
existence as an individual; selfness
personality
egoize
egriot
egriot
noun
A kind of sour cherry.
eloign
eloign
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To remove (something) to a distance.
(reflexive, now rare) To remove (oneself); to retire, move away (from).
enclog
engaol
engaol
verb
(transitive, Britain, archaic) To imprison in a gaol.
engobe
engobe
noun
A clay slip which is colored with metal oxides or stains, used for coating the surface of a pot either before or after bisque firing.
A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.
engold
engore
engore
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
(obsolete, transitive) To make bloody.
engoue
enough
enough
adv
Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
Sufficiently.
Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.
det
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
intj
Stop! Don't do that any more!
noun
(rare, chiefly in the plural) An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
pron
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
eogaea
eogene
epigon
epilog
epilog
noun
Alternative spelling of epilogue
eponge
ergots
ergots
noun
plural of ergot
eringo
eringo
noun
Alternative form of eryngo
erugos
eryngo
eryngo
noun
(obsolete) The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
Any other plant of the same genus, Eryngium.
esopgi
esrogs
esrogs
noun
plural of esrog
ethnog
ethrog
ethrog
noun
Alternative form of etrog
etrogs
etrogs
noun
plural of etrog
eulogy
eulogy
noun
An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
exogen
exogen
noun
(botany) A plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
(medicine, dermatology) The last phase of the hair growth cycle that follows telogen, during which the hairshaft is released from the hair follicle and is shed from the body.
eysoge
figone
flodge
fodgel
fogeys
fogeys
noun
plural of fogey
fogged
fogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fog
fogger
fogger
noun
(obsolete) One who fogs; a pettifogger.
A device that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances.
A person employed to feed cattle.
The outlet at the end of a hose which is designed to atomize, spray, or mist the contents flowing through the hose. Typical use includes gaseous materials such as nitrous oxide in automotive applications, as well as fuels for turbine engines.
fogies
fogmen
fogmen
noun
plural of fogman
folger
forage
forage
noun
(obsolete) The demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population
An act or instance of foraging.
Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
verb
Of an animal: to seek out and eat food.
To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
To rummage.
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
forego
forego
verb
Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish
To precede, to go before.
forged
forged
adj
Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
Fake (as documents); falsified.
Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.
verb
past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.
forger
forger
noun
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.