The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aetheling
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.
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
afghanets
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aghlabite
aglethead
agonothet
aleknight
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
athelings
athelings
noun
plural of atheling
atheology
atheology
noun
Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
authigene
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bednights
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benighten
benighten
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To benight.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
bergalith
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
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
blighties
blighties
noun
plural of blighty
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
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
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
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.
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
chantages
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chigetais
chigetais
noun
plural of chigetai
chorotega
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
claughted
codelight
cofighter
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
cutchogue
daghestan
daugherty
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
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.
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
delighted
delighted
adj
Filled with wonder and delight.
Greatly pleased.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delight
delighter
delighter
noun
One who takes delight in something.
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
dougherty
dougherty
Proper noun
of origin.
doughfeet
doughiest
doughiest
adj
superlative form of doughy: most doughy
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
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
edgeworth
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.
eightball
eighteens
eighteens
noun
plural of eighteen
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.
eightieth
eightieth
adj
The ordinal form of the number eighty.
noun
One of eighty equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the eightieth position.
eightling
eightling
noun
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals, such as are common with rutile.
eightsman
eightsman
noun
(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.
eightsmen
eightsmen
noun
plural of eightsman
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.
engelhart
enghosted
enlighten
enlighten
verb
(transitive) To supply with light.
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
enthusing
enthusing
verb
present participle of enthuse
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
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.
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
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.
eyesights
eyesights
noun
plural of eyesight
fathering
fathering
verb
present participle of father
fathomage
fathomage
noun
(mining) The amount of money paid to a miner based on fathoms of material worked.
fightable
fightable
adj
(military) Capable in combat.
Able to be fought.
fightwite
fightwite
noun
(historical, law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for disturbing the peace with a fight or quarrel.
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.
fletching
fletching
noun
The fins or feathers so attached.
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.
verb
present participle of fletch
flightier
flightier
adj
comparative form of flighty: more flighty
flushgate
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
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
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.
frightens
frightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten
fughettas
fughettas
noun
plural of fughetta
gaeltacht
galbreath
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.
gateshead
gateshead
Proper noun
A town in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. Found upon the southern bank of the Tyne.
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
gearshift
gearshift
noun
Alternative spelling of gear shift
verb
(rare) To shift gears.
geheimrat
gehlenite
gehlenite
noun
(mineralogy) A particular kind of sorosilicate.
geistlich
gemutlich
gemutlich
adj
Alternative spelling of gemütlich
genethlic
gentilish
gentilish
adj
heathenish; pagan
geoethnic
geoethnic
adj
(geography) Relating to the geographic distribution of ethnic groups
geophytes
geophytes
noun
plural of geophyte
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
ghastlier
ghastlier
adj
comparative form of ghastly: more ghastly
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.
gigahertz
gigahertz
noun
One billion hertz, 10⁹ Hz.
giltheads
giltheads
noun
plural of gilthead
girthline
girthline
noun
A real or imaginary line around the girth of something.
A rope or cable that attaches around the girth of something.
The circumference of an animal, measured under the belly and over the back; the part of the animal over which the girth fits.
glenwhite
gletscher
gnathites
gnathites
noun
plural of gnathite
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.