Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
verb
present participle of abash
afghanis
afghanis
noun
plural of afghani
agathism
agathism
noun
The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
agathist
agathist
noun
A person who believes in agathism.
aguishly
aguishly
adv
(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
anhingas
anhingas
noun
plural of anhinga
aphagias
aphagias
noun
plural of aphagia
archings
archings
noun
plural of arching
asgardhr
ashangos
ashbaugh
ashikaga
ashleigh
ashleigh
Proper noun
name; variant of Ashley.
ataghans
ataghans
noun
plural of ataghan
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
barghest
barghest
noun
(mythology, Britain) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(mythology, Britain) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
bigotish
bigotish
adj
Characteristic or typical of a bigot.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
bogglish
bogglish
adj
Uncertain, doubtful; skittish
borghese
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
braggish
braggish
adj
bragging; boastful.
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
buphagus
burghers
burghers
noun
plural of burgher
busching
bushgoat
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushongo
cashgirl
chagrins
chagrins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin
changers
changers
noun
plural of changer
changsha
chargers
chargers
noun
plural of charger
chasings
chasings
noun
(Australia) A children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser.
plural of chasing
cheesing
cheesing
verb
present participle of cheese
chiggers
chiggers
noun
plural of chigger
chignons
chignons
noun
plural of chignon
chinsing
chinsing
verb
present participle of chinse
choosing
choosing
noun
The act of making a choice.
verb
present participle of choose
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
chuggers
chuggers
noun
plural of chugger
clashing
clashing
adj
Producing a clash or series of clashes.
adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing
conflicting, contrasting, or contrary; inconsonant, incompatible, or irreconcilable
mismatched, inharmonious, discordant or dissonant, not fitting well together (especially in regards to aesthetics, colors, clothing, or sounds)
noun
A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision.
verb
present participle of clash
claughts
coughers
coughers
noun
plural of cougher
cowhages
crashing
crashing
noun
The sound or action of something that crashes.
verb
present participle of crash
crushing
crushing
adj
Devastatingly disheartening.
That crushes; overwhelming.
noun
(in the plural) Crushed material.
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.
The action of the verb to crush.
verb
present participle of crush
curraghs
curraghs
noun
plural of curragh
deashing
deashing
verb
present participle of deash
delights
delights
noun
plural of delight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delight
digraphs
digraphs
noun
plural of digraph
dinghies
dinghies
noun
plural of dinghy
dishling
dishrags
dishrags
noun
plural of dishrag
dissight
dissight
noun
(obsolete) Something unsightly; an eyesore.
dogeship
dogeship
Noun
The role or status of doge (chief magistrate).
doghouse
doghouse
noun
(informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
(nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
dogshore
dogshore
noun
(nautical) One of several shores used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
dragshoe
draughts
draughts
noun
(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
dreggish
dreggish
adj
Foul with lees; feculent.
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
edgeshot
eggheads
eggheads
noun
plural of egghead
eggshell
eggshell
adj
(color) Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.
Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.
noun
(color) A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.
The shell around an egg.
eggwhisk
eggwhisk
noun
Alternative spelling of egg whisk.
eighthes
eighties
eighties
adj
From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).
noun
(temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 80 and 89.
The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
plural of eighty
eightvos
escoheag
esophagi
esophagi
noun
plural of esophagus
esophago
etchings
etchings
noun
plural of etching
eyesight
eyesight
noun
View or the range of vision.
Vision or the faculty of sight.
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
fighters
fighters
noun
plural of fighter
figshell
fishgigs
fishgigs
noun
plural of fishgig
fishings
fishings
noun
plural of fishing
fishling
fishling
noun
A small or young fish; fry.
flagfish
flagfish
noun
(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
flaggish
flaggish
adj
Synonym of flagging (“becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength”)
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flaughts
fleishig
fleishig
adj
Alternative form of fleischig
fleshing
fleshing
verb
present participle of flesh
flushing
flushing
noun
(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
A surface formed of floating threads.
Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
The act by which something is flushed.
verb
present participle of flush
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
freights
freights
noun
plural of freight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight
freshing
freshing
verb
present participle of fresh
frogfish
frogfish
noun
(archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.
Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
froggish
froggish
adj
Aggressive.
Inclined to fight.
Resembling or characteristic of a frog.
gahnites
gahnites
noun
plural of gahnite
gairfish
galahads
gallbush
galoshed
galoshed
adj
Wearing galoshes.
galoshes
galoshes
noun
plural of galosh
plural of galoshe
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.
gandhism
gandhism
Noun
The philosophy and principles of
gandhist
gandhist
Noun
A proponent of Gandhism.
gangshag
gangshag
noun
(slang) Synonym of gangbang (group sex)
garishly
garishly
adv
In a garish manner.
garshuni
gascheck
gascromh
gashouse
gashouse
noun
gasworks
gaslight
gaslight
noun
A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).
The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
verb
(chiefly transitive) To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.
gasohols
gasohols
noun
plural of gasohol
gasthaus
gastight
gastight
adj
impermeable to gases
gathings
gauchest
gauchest
adj
superlative form of gauche: most gauche
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.
gershwin
gharries
gharries
noun
plural of gharrie
plural of gharry
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
ghastily
gheraoes
gherkins
gherkins
noun
plural of gherkin
ghettoes
ghettoes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghetto
ghillies
ghillies
noun
plural of ghillie
ghiordes
ghiselin
ghostdom
ghostdom
noun
The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
ghostess
ghostess
noun
A female ghost.
ghostier
ghostier
adj
comparative form of ghosty: more ghosty
ghostily
ghostily
adv
In a ghostlike manner.
ghosting
ghosting
noun
(colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
(computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
(computing) Ghost imaging.
(electronics, television) The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.