(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.
again
again
adv
(obsolete) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
(obsolete) In any other place.
(obsolete) In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
(obsolete) On the other hand.
Another time; once more.
Back (to a former place or state).
Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
Moreover; besides; further.
Over and above a factor of one.
Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
prep
(obsolete or dialectal) Against.
agami
agami
noun
(zoology) A South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated.
aggie
aggie
noun
(US, informal) A student or alumnus of such a school.
(US, informal) An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
(informal) Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.
aggri
aggri
adj
Alternative form of aggry
agiel
agile
agile
adj
(chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
Characterised by quick motion.
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.
(gerontology) The accumulation of damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; the progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
The process of becoming older or more mature.
Wear; wear and tear.
verb
present participle of age
agios
agios
noun
plural of agio
agism
agism
noun
Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated)
agist
agist
verb
(transitive) To charge lands etc. with any public burden.
(transitive) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
agria
agric
agrin
agrin
adj
grinning; having happiness or satisfaction apparent on one's face
noun
(neuroscience) a protein involved in the formation of neuromuscular junctions during embryonic development
aguie
aiger
aiger
adj
(archaic) Pronunciation spelling of eager.
noun
Alternative form of ague
Alternative form of eagre; a tidal bore.
aigre
aigre
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of eager (“sour”)
aking
aking
verb
present participle of ake
algic
algic
Proper noun
An indigenous language family of North America, comprising Wiyot, Yurok, and many Algonquian languages.
algid
algid
adj
(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
algie
algin
algin
noun
Any of various gelatinous gums, derivatives of alginic acid, derived from marine brown algae and used especially as emulsifiers or thickeners.
align
align
verb
(bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
(intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.
(intransitive) To identify with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
(transitive) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
(transitive, computing) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
alogi
alogi
Noun
A group of Christian heretics in Asia Minor that flourished around 170 CE.
amiga
amiga
noun
(Latin American) A female friend.
amigo
amigo
noun
(historical) A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish.
(informal) A friend.
(informal, chiefly California) Mexican.
angia
angie
angil
anigh
anigh
adv
(archaic) Nigh; near; close by (to).
prep
(archaic) Nigh; near.
aping
aping
noun
Foolish imitation or mimicry.
verb
present participle of ape
argia
argid
argid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argidae.
argil
argil
noun
potter's clay.
argin
ating
augie
awing
awing
adv
On the wing; flying; fluttering.
verb
present participle of awe
axing
axing
noun
An assault carried out with an axe.
verb
present participle of axe
bagdi
bagie
bagio
baign
banig
biagi
bigae
bigam
bigam
noun
(obsolete) A bigamist.
bigas
bigas
noun
plural of biga
bigha
bigha
noun
(India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
bragi
cagit
cagui
cgiar
cigar
cigar
noun
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
cigua
craig
craig
noun
A rocky crag.
egadi
eliga
faggi
fagin
fagin
noun
Alternative form of Fagin
gabbi
gabie
gaddi
gaddi
noun
Alternative form of gadi
gadid
gadid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Gadidae of fish such as cod and pollack.
gadis
gadis
noun
plural of gadi
gaige
gaile
gaily
gaily
adv
(dated) Merrily.
(dated) Showily.
gaine
gains
gains
noun
(bodybuilding) Increase in muscle mass.
plural of gain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gain
gaist
gaits
gaits
noun
plural of gait
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gait
gaitt
gaius
gaivn
gaize
galei
galik
galli
gambi
gamic
gamic
adj
Formed as a result of syngamy (union of gametes), sexually produced, sexual.
gamin
gamin
noun
(dated, also attributively) A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.
gapin
garik
garin
garni
gauri
gavia
gavin
gbari
geira
geisa
genia
genia
noun
(biology) inclusive category of living species.
specific area of expertise so advanced as to inherently restrict itself to persons of unusually high intelligence.
sphere of society sharing a very high degree of intelligence.
ghain
ghazi
ghazi
noun
A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
giamo
giana
giant
giant
noun
(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
(computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
(gymnastics) A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
A jotun.
A mythical human of very great size.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
A very large organisation.
A very tall and large person.
Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
gigas
gilba
gilda
gilia
gilia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Gilia of polemoniaceous flowering plants.
ginza
girba
girja
gisla
giuba
gladi
glaik
glaik
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A fool or eccentric person.
glair
glair
noun
A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Any viscous, slimy substance.
Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
verb
To smear with egg-white.
glali
glial
glial
adj
Of or pertaining to glia.
glias
glias
noun
(nonstandard) Synonym of glia
gobia
goias
gonia
gonia
noun
plural of gonion
graig
grail
grail
noun
(poetic) Small particles of earth; gravel.
A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
One of the small feathers of a hawk.
Something eagerly sought or quested for.
The Holy Grail.
grain
grain
noun
(astronautics) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
(botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
(countable) A single particle of a substance.
(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
(countable, chiefly historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
(countable, historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
(countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
(founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
(historical) The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
(in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
(photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
(uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
One of the branches of a valley or river.
Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
verb
(intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
(tanning) To soften leather.
(transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
To feed grain to.
To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
To yield fruit.
graip
grani
grati
guiac
guiac
noun
Alternative form of guaiac
guiba
guria
gwari
gyani
gyani
adj
Knowledgable, wise, intelligent.
noun
(Sikhism) Alternative spelling of giani.
A knowledgable or wise person; sage, saint.
gyasi
hagai
haggi
haggi
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of hajji (one who has participated in a hajj)
hagia
higra
ibagu
idgah
idgah
noun
Alternative form of eidgah
igara
iglau
ignaw
ignaz
iguac
image
image
noun
(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
(mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
(mathematics) What a function maps to.
(obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
(radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
A statue or idol.
An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
verb
(transitive) To create an image of.
(transitive) To reflect, mirror.
(transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
(transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
imago
imago
noun
(entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
(psychology) An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.
ingan
ingar
ingra
iyang
jagir
jagir
noun
(East India) A district.
(East India) An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity
jirga
jirga
noun
A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially within a tribe.
kiang
kiang
noun
A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.