(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambiguous
ambiguous
adj
(obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
Open to multiple interpretations.
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
amounting
amounting
verb
present participle of amount
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
amygdalus
amygdules
amygdules
noun
plural of amygdule
angouleme
angoumian
angoumois
angoumois
Proper noun
A former county and province of France, nearly corresponding to the modern-day Charente département, with Angoulême as its capital.
angraecum
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
apogamous
apogamous
adj
Relating to apogamy
argenteum
argentums
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
armouring
armouring
noun
Armour or shielding.
verb
present participle of armour
audiogram
audiogram
noun
A graphical representation of the hearing ability of a person
augmented
augmented
adj
(music) increased by a semitone.
increased in number, amount or strength.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of augment
augmenter
augmenter
noun
One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
autogamic
autogamic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to autogamy.
baumbaugh
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
beglamour
beglamour
verb
To bedazzle; to deceive as if by magic.
To make glamorous.
begumming
begumming
verb
present participle of begum
benumbing
benumbing
verb
present participle of benumb
besmudged
besmudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmudge
besmudges
besmudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmudge
bigeminum
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
bloomburg
broughams
broughams
noun
plural of brougham
brummagem
brummagem
adj
Cheap and showy; meretricious.
noun
Alternative form of Brummagem
brummagen
bullimong
bullimong
noun
(UK, obsolete) A mixture of oats, barley, etc. sown to provide cattle feed.
bumblings
bumblings
noun
plural of bumbling
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpingly
bumpingly
adv
In a bumping way; with bumps or jolts.
bumpology
bumpology
noun
(archaic, derogatory) phrenology
bungmaker
burghemot
burghmoot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
canangium
chemurgic
chemurgic
adj
Relating to chemurgy.
choragium
coagulums
coaugment
collegium
collegium
noun
(in Ancient Rome) Any of several legal associations
(in Russia) A committee or council
columning
communing
communing
noun
The act of one who communes; a communion.
verb
present participle of commune
commuting
commuting
adj
Causing, or involved in commutation
noun
(Philippines) travel by public transportation such as by jeepney
travel between home and workplace
verb
present participle of commute
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
conemaugh
congoleum
congruism
congruism
noun
(theology) congruity
conjugium
consuming
consuming
adj
Holding one's attention or interest.
noun
consumption; the process by which something is consumed
verb
present participle of consume
contagium
contagium
noun
(archaic) contagion; contagious matter
costuming
costuming
noun
Material for making costumes.
The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
verb
present participle of costume
crumbling
crumbling
noun
Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
verb
present participle and gerund of crumble
crumpling
crumpling
noun
A crumpled shape or structure.
A small crump
The act by which something crumples.
verb
present participle of crumple
cumbering
cumbering
verb
present participle of cumber
cumengite
cumengite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal indigo blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
curiegram
customing
customing
verb
present participle of custom
damageous
damageous
adj
(obsolete) damaging, hurtful, injurious
degumming
degumming
noun
The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
demagogue
demagogue
noun
(derogatory) A political orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.
(historical) A leader of the people.
verb
(intransitive and transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.
demihague
demiurges
demiurges
noun
plural of demiurge.
demiurgic
demiurgic
adj
Relating to a demiurge.
demiurgos
demiurgos
noun
(more common in earlier works) Alternative form of demiurge.
demiurgus
demiurgus
noun
(chiefly dated) Alternative form of demiurge.
demurrage
demurrage
noun
(shipping) the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion
compensation paid for such detention
demurring
demurring
noun
demurral
verb
present participle of demur
depluming
depluming
verb
present participle of deplume
doumergue
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drumbling
drumbling
verb
present participle of drumble
drumright
dumaguete
dumplings
dumplings
noun
plural of dumpling
embruting
embruting
verb
present participle of embrute
embussing
embussing
verb
present participle of embus
emulating
emulating
verb
present participle of emulate
emulgence
emulgence
noun
The act of emulging; a milking or draining.
endangium
endangium
noun
(anatomy) The tunica intima of a blood vessel
energumen
energumen
noun
A frantic and hysterical person.
A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
engoument
engoument
noun
Alternative form of engouement
epigonium
eriogonum
eulogiums
eulogiums
noun
plural of eulogium
exogamous
exogamous
adj
(biology, marriage) Of or relating to exogamy.
exogonium
fagopyrum
famagusta
farfugium
fastigium
fastigium
noun
(architecture) A pediment or gable end.
(pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.
An apex or summit; culmination.
flagellum
flagellum
noun
(biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
(biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
A whip
flugelman
flugelman
noun
Alternative form of fugleman
flugelmen
flugelmen
noun
plural of flugelman
frogmouth
frogmouth
noun
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia
frugalism
frugalism
noun
The practice of being frugal.
frumpling
frumpling
verb
present participle of frumple
fulmining
fulmining
verb
present participle of fulmine
fumigants
fumigants
noun
plural of fumigant
fumigated
fumigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fumigate
fumigates
fumigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fumigate
fumigator
fumigator
noun
An apparatus for fumigating.
One who fumigates.
fumishing
fungiform
fungiform
adj
Having the shape of a mushroom.
fungurume
funmaking
galbanums
galbanums
noun
plural of galbanum
galempung
galumphed
galumphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of galumph
gambrinus
gambusias
gambusias
noun
plural of gambusia
gastraeum
gastraeum
noun
(zoology) The whole undersurface of an animal.
gaudeamus
gaudeamus
noun
(archaic) A students' merrymaking.
gaugamela
gaugamela
Proper noun
a village in Assyria, where in 331 BC Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
gelasimus
gelsemium
gelsemium
noun
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gelsemium, many of which are poisonous.
geminorum
gemsbucks
gemsbucks
noun
plural of gemsbuck
gemutlich
gemutlich
adj
Alternative spelling of gemütlich
geniculum
geniculum
noun
A small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.
geraniums
geraniums
noun
plural of geranium
germanium
germanium
noun
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
germanous
germanous
adj
Containing germanium with a valence of 2
germarium
germarium
noun
(biology) The parts of an ovary and testis (in Rotifera etc) that produce eggs and sperm respectively
germifuge
ginglymus
ginglymus
noun
(anatomy) A hinge joint.
gitanemuk
glabellum
glabellum
noun
(zoology) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite.
glamorous
glamorous
adj
(archaic) Being associated with one or more glamours.
Having glamour; stylish.
glamoured
glamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glamour
glamourie
glamourie
noun
Alternative spelling of glamoury
glaucomas
glaucomas
noun
plural of glaucoma
glaucomys
glomerule
glomerule
noun
(anatomy) A glomerulus.
(botany) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.