The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
almighty
almighty
adj
(by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
(slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
adv
(slang, colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
amphigam
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
baughman
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
borgholm
brougham
brougham
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, designed in 1839. It had an open seat for the driver in front of the closed cabin for two or four passengers.
An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
caneghem
champing
champing
noun
The practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.
The sound or action of one who champs (bites or chews).
verb
Present participle of champ.
charming
charming
adj
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
Pleasant, charismatic.
noun
The casting of a magical charm.
verb
present participle of charm
chemurgy
chemurgy
noun
(chemistry) a branch of applied chemistry that is concerned with preparing industrial products from agricultural raw materials.
chimango
chimango
noun
Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
chirming
chirming
verb
present participle of chirm
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chummage
chummage
noun
(obsolete, UK, slang) A fee paid by a prisoner to be able to lodge in shared rooms within a prison.
(obsolete, UK, slang) The lodging of several people in a single apartment.
chumming
chumming
noun
(military, aviation, historical) The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off.
verb
present participle of chum
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
dagenham
dagenham
Proper noun
A large suburb of east London, England.
demihigh
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
dogmouth
doughman
doughmen
echogram
echogram
noun
sonogram
embright
ethrogim
exhuming
exhuming
verb
present participle of exhume
galumphs
galumphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph
gamashes
gamashes
noun
(Scotland) Short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
High boots or buskins.
gaminish
gaminish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gamine.
gamphrel
gandhism
gandhism
Noun
The philosophy and principles of
garthman
gascromh
gatherum
gemshorn
gemshorn
noun
An instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
geotherm
geotherm
noun
A geoisotherm.
ghostdom
ghostdom
noun
The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
ghostism
ghostism
noun
Belief in ghosts.
ginghams
ginghams
noun
plural of gingham
glumpish
glumpish
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
gnathism
gnathism
noun
The classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw.
gomashta
gomashta
noun
(India, now historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
gomorrah
gomorrah
Proper noun
A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.
gomorrha
goombahs
goombahs
noun
plural of goombah
grantham
grantham
Proper noun
a market town in Lincolnshire, England.
granthem
grapheme
grapheme
noun
A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.
graphium
graphium
noun
A butterfly of the genus Graphium.
A stylus (for writing).
grimhild
grimmish
grimmish
adj
Somewhat grim.
grithman
groomish
grumphie
grumphie
noun
(Scotland) A sow (female pig).
grumpish
grumpish
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
gulmohar
gumpheon
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
gumshoed
gumshoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe
gumshoes
gumshoes
noun
plural of gumshoe
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gurmukhi
gurmukhi
Proper noun
An abugida script, or writing system, designed for writing the Punjabi language, and subsequently also adapted to write other lects, such as Braj Bhasha, Hindi, Sanskrit and Sindhi.
gymkhana
gymkhana
noun
(India, dated) A meeting for such sports.
(India, dated) A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
hagerman
hagmenay
hagstrom
hamburgs
hametugs
hamingja
hamingja
noun
(mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.
hangment
hangment
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) The devil; the dickens; mischief.
hangworm
hegemone
hegemone
Proper noun
One of the Charites and a goddess of flowers and fruit, worshipped at Athens along with Auxo and Damia.
One of the moons of Jupiter.
hegemony
hegemony
noun
(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
hegumene
hegumens
hegumens
noun
plural of hegumen
hegumeny
heligmus
hemagogs
hemigale
hemogram
hemogram
noun
A detailed record of various blood tests
hemology
henigman
hexagram
hexagram
noun
A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles.
A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.
Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching.
higganum
highmoor
highmore
highmost
highmost
adj
(obsolete) highest
hogframe
hogframe
noun
(nautical) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.
hogmanay
hogmanay
Noun
New Year's Eve.
A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
hogmanes
hogmanes
noun
plural of hogmane
hogmenay
hogmolly
hogmolly
noun
Synonym of hogsucker (“a kind of fish”)
holmgang
holmgang
noun
In Norse and Icelandic culture, a duel to the death.
hologamy
hologamy
noun
(biology) A form of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are approximately the same shape and size as the somatic cells
hologram
hologram
noun
A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
homagers
homagers
noun
plural of homager
homaging
homaging
verb
present participle of homage
homagium
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
homegoer
homeling
homeling
noun
(obsolete) A native; a person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; an inhabitant.
homering
homering
verb
present participle of homer
homogamy
homogamy
noun
(biology) Breeding between similar individuals.
(botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant.
(sociology) Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
homogene
homogene
adj
(obsolete) homogeneous
homogeny
homogeny
noun
(biology) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships
homoglot
homogone
homogony
homogony
noun
(botany) The condition of having homogonous flowers.
homologs
homologs
noun
plural of homolog
homology
homology
noun
(algebra) Given a chain complex {Gₙ} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hₙ}, the rule which explains how each Hₙ maps Gₙ into the kernel of Gₙ₊₁.
(anthropology) The relationship, between temporally separated human beliefs, practices or artefacts, of possessing shared characteristics attributed to genetic or historical links to a common ancestor.
(biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;
(chemistry) The relationship, between elements, of being in the same group of the periodic table.
(evolutionary theory) specifically, a correspondence between structures in separate life forms having a common evolutionary origin, such as that between flippers and hands.
(genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in different but related genes.
(geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves.
(geometry, projective geometry) specifically, such relationship in the context of the geometry of perspective.
(organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series.
(topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below.
The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship;
hormogon
hugmatee
humbling
humbling
adj
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
noun
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
verb
present participle of humble
humoring
humoring
verb
present participle of humor
humphing
humphing
verb
present participle of humph
hwangmei
hypogamy
hypogamy
noun
The seeking of a spouse of lower socioeconomic status or caste than oneself.
hypogeum
hypogeum
noun
An underground room or cavern (also used figuratively).
ingraham
inhuming
inhuming
verb
present participle of inhume
lagomrph
lightman
lightman
noun
A man who carries or takes care of a light.
lightmen
lightmen
noun
plural of lightman
logomach
logomach
noun
Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
loughman
maghribi
maghutte
mahjongg
mahjongg
noun
Alternative spelling of mahjong
mahjongs
mahogany
mahogany
adj
Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.
Made of mahogany.
noun
(countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes.
(obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table.
(regional) A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle.
(uncountable) The wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.
mahogany:
mahogony
mahuangs
malagash
malpighi
manchaug
marching
marching
adj
Placed or situated in a line or lines, reminiscent or evocative of marching soldiers.
That marches.
noun
An action described by the verb "to march".
verb
present participle of march
marleigh
mashgiah
mashgiah
noun
(Judaism) Alternative spelling of mashgiach
matching
matching
adj
The same as another; sharing the same design.
noun
(graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.
The process by which things are matched together or paired up.