(chemistry) A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
alighten
alighten
verb
To alight, to dismount or get down from.
To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
atheling
atheling
noun
A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
beaching
beaching
noun
An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
verb
present participle of beach
behaving
behaving
noun
Behaviour.
verb
present participle of behave
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
belching
belching
noun
The act of producing a belch.
verb
present participle of belch
benching
benching
noun
An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
verb
present participle of bench
benghazi
benghazi
Proper noun
A Mediterranean sea port in Libya.
berghaan
berghaan
noun
(South Africa) Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
berthing
berthing
noun
(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility.
(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
verb
present participle of berth
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
brighten
brighten
verb
(intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
(intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
(transitive) To make bright or brighter in color.
(transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
(transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
bringeth
bringeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of bring
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
caneghem
chainage
chainage
noun
(surveying) A distance measured along such a line.
(surveying) An imaginary line used to measure distance, often corresponding to the centre of a straight road.
changers
changers
noun
plural of changer
changteh
chantage
chantage
noun
blackmail; the extortion of money by threats of scandalous revelations
cheaping
cheaping
noun
(obsolete) A market.
(obsolete) Bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of cheap
cheating
cheating
adj
Unfaithful or adulterous.
Unsporting or underhand.
noun
(cinematography) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
verb
present participle of cheat
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(obsolete, often capitalized) The Lord; Lord God; Christ.
earthing
earthing
noun
(holism) The process of connecting with the earth's energy, usually through bodily contact (e.g. walking barefoot), supposed to achieve health and vitality.
The act or process of placing (something) in the earth; planting; burying
verb
present participle of earth
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
eighteen
eighteen
num
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
encharge
encharge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
engraphy
enhunger
enhunger
verb
(transitive) To make hungry.
enlength
enthrong
entrough
erthling
etchings
etchings
noun
plural of etching
etheling
euchring
euchring
verb
present participle of euchre
exchange
exchange
noun
(biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
(finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
(telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
(usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
A conversation.
A place for conducting trading.
A telephone exchange.
An act of exchanging or trading.
verb
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
(transitive) To trade or barter.
exhaling
exhaling
noun
exhalation
verb
present participle of exhale
exhuming
exhuming
verb
present participle of exhume
fengkieh
fetching
fetching
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
verb
present participle of fetch
fleshing
fleshing
verb
present participle of flesh
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
freshing
freshing
verb
present participle of fresh
frighten
frighten
verb
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
gahnites
gahnites
noun
plural of gahnite
geithner
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.
genarcha
genearch
genearch
noun
The chief of a family or tribe.
genthite
geophone
geophone
noun
(geology) A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.
gernhard
gershwin
ghenting
gherkins
gherkins
noun
plural of gherkin
gherlein
ghiselin
ginhouse
ginhouse
noun
A building where cotton is ginned.
glenecho
glenhead
glenshaw
gluhwein
gluhwein
noun
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
glunched
glunches
gnathite
gnathite
noun
(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.
goethean
goethean
Adjective
Of or relating to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, a German writer and thinker.
goethian
goschens
granthem
greenhew
greenish
greenish
adj
Somewhat green.
greenths
grenache
grenache
noun
A specific widely-planted variety of red wine grape, or a wine made from such grapes
grenloch
gretchen
gretchen
Proper noun
name of German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.
greyhens
gronseth
groschen
groschen
noun
(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.
grothine
guenther
gumpheon
gunhouse
gunhouse
noun
(naval) The rotating part of a gun turret seen above deck.
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunreach
gunwhale
gwenneth
gytheion
hagarene
hagerman
hagmenay
hagstone
hagstone
noun
(Wicca) A ceremonial stone with a hole drilled into used to ward off evil or see into other worlds
hagueton
halogens
halogens
noun
plural of halogen
hangable
hangable
adj
Able to be hung or suspended.
Punishable with execution by hanging.
hangared
hangared
adj
Having a specified number or kind of hangars.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hangar
hangfire
hangfire
noun
Alternative form of hang fire
hangment
hangment
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) The devil; the dickens; mischief.
hangnest
hangnest
noun
A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
hangover
hangover
noun
(figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
(historical) A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
hanleigh
harangue
harangue
noun
A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.
harbinge
harbinge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To lodge, stay.
(rare, neologism) To be a harbinger; to presage.
haringey
haringey
Proper noun
a London Borough in northern Greater London. A suburban area within this borough has a different spelling - Harringay.
harynges
havenage
havenage
noun
Dues paid for using a harbour or port.
havening
havening
verb
present participle of haven
havering
havering
adj
Hesitant; indecisive.
Long-winded
noun
Indecision, indecisive behaviour.
verb
present participle of haver
headings
headings
noun
plural of heading
headling
headling
adv
Headlong; precipitately.
noun
(obsolete, rare) A chieftain.
(obsolete, rare) An equal; a fellow; mate.
headlong
headlong
adj
(figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Precipitous.
Rushing forward without restraint.
adv
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.
With an unrestrained forward motion.
With the head first or down.
verb
(transitive) To precipitate.
headring
headring
noun
A band of hair and grass worn on the head by married Zulu men.
hearings
hearings
noun
plural of hearing
hearsing
hearsing
verb
present participle of hearse
hearting
hearting
noun
Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.
verb
present participle of heart
heckling
heckling
noun
The act of one who heckles.
The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
verb
present participle of heckle
heelings
heelings
noun
plural of heeling
hegelian
hegelian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the philosophical system of
Noun
A follower of Hegel's philosophy.
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
heighten
heighten
verb
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.