Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aetheling
afghanets
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agonothet
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
aleknight
alleghany
allegheny
allegheny
Proper noun
The in Pennsylvania.
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.
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
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.
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
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anguishes
anguishes
noun
plural of anguish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anguish
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
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
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
athelings
athelings
noun
plural of atheling
authigene
bednights
begarnish
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
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
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.
berhyming
berhyming
verb
present participle of berhyme
beshaming
beshaming
verb
present participle of beshame
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
blenching
blenching
noun
The act of one who blenches.
verb
present participle of blench
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
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.
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
bsarcheng
bungholes
bungholes
noun
plural of bunghole
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
caragheen
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
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.
champagne
champagne
adj
Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
champagne:
noun
(countable) A glass of champagne.
(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.
(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.
verb
(intransitive) To drink champagne.
(transitive) To ply or treat with champagne.
chaneling
changable
changable
adj
Misspelling of changeable.
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
chantages
chapeling
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chargeman
chargeman
noun
A worker who is in charge; the leader.
chasseing
chasseing
verb
present participle of chasse
cheboygan
cheboygan
Proper noun
A city in Michigan.
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chelingas
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.
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
chesaning
chiefling
chiefling
noun
A little or petty chief.
chiengmai
chiengrai
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
chiminage
chiminage
noun
(obsolete, law) A toll paid for passage through a forest.
chiogenes
chiseling
chiseling
noun
Alternative form of chiselling
verb
(US) present participle of chisel
chloragen
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.
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
clenching
clenching
noun
The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.
verb
present participle of clench
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
conemaugh
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
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
daghestan
dahlonega
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
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.
dehiscing
dehiscing
verb
present participle of dehisce
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
dephasing
dephasing
noun
(quantum mechanics, medical imaging) A loss of the synchronization or coherence caused by a perturbation, upon which the system returns to its state before perturbation.
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
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
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
downweigh
downweigh
verb
(transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
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
earthling
earthling
noun
(obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
Alternative letter-case form of Earthling
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
echoizing
echoizing
verb
present participle of echoize
edinburgh
edinburgh
Proper noun
The capital and second largest city of Scotland.
effingham
effingham
Proper noun
A village in Surrey, England
A city in Illinois, USA, and the county seat of Effingham County.
egophonic
egophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to egophony.
ehrenberg
ehrenburg
eighteens
eighteens
noun
plural of eighteen
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
enanguish
encashing
encashing
verb
present participle of encash
encharged
encharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encharge
enchasing
enchasing
verb
present participle of enchase
endognath
endognath
noun
(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
engelhard
engelhart
enghosted
englished
englished
Adjective
Anglicised
englisher
englisher
Noun
An English person.
A non-Amish person.
A translator into English.
englishes
englishes
Noun
of (used of dialects etc)
englishly
englishly
Adverb
In an English way.
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
enhaloing
enhaloing
verb
present participle of enhalo
enhancing
enhancing
verb
present participle of enhance
enlighten
enlighten
verb
(transitive) To supply with light.
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
enmeshing
enmeshing
noun
The process by which something is enmeshed or entangled.
verb
present participle of enmesh
enriching
enriching
adj
That adds value, either monetary, intellectual, or emotional.
noun
Enrichment.
verb
present participle of enrich
enthusing
enthusing
verb
present participle of enthuse
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
eschaunge
eschaunge
noun
Obsolete form of exchange.
eschewing
eschewing
verb
present participle of eschew
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.
evenlight
evenlight
noun
The light of evening; twilight.
exchanged
exchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exchange
exchangee
exchanger
exchanger
noun
(biochemistry) An antiporter.
A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
exchanges
exchanges
noun
plural of exchange
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
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.