(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
agaphite
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.
agnathia
agnathia
noun
(pathology) A birth defect in which the mandible is missing.
agnathic
agnathic
Adjective
Jawless.
Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
airlight
airthing
airtight
airtight
adj
(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
(figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
Impermeable to air or other gases.
albright
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
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.
allthing
allthing
pron
(obsolete) everything
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.
alrighty
alrighty
intj
(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
anything
anything
adv
In any way, any extent or any degree.
noun
Someone or something of importance.
pron
(with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
arightly
arightly
adv
Aright; correctly.
atheling
atheling
noun
A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
batching
batching
verb
present participle of batch
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
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
bighting
bighting
verb
present participle of bight
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.
bigotish
bigotish
adj
Characteristic or typical of a bigot.
birthing
birthing
noun
(nautical) Alternative spelling of berthing
(sometimes attributive) The act of giving birth.
verb
present participle of birth
bitching
bitching
adj
(slang) Excellent; outstanding.
(slang, less common) Awful, terrible.
noun
(vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
verb
present participle of bitch
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
blighter
blighter
noun
(Britain, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
A man or child, especially an annoying one.
One who blights.
botching
botching
verb
present participle of botch
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
brighter
brighter
adj
comparative form of bright: more bright
brightly
brightly
adv
In a bright manner.
brighton
bringeth
bringeth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of bring
burnight
catching
catching
adj
(informal) Infectious, contagious.
Captivating; alluring; catchy.
noun
The action of the verb catch.
verb
present participle of catch
catfight
catfight
noun
(slang) A fight or bickering between women.
A fight between cats.
chagatai
chanting
chanting
noun
Singing, especially as a chant is sung.
verb
present participle of chant
charting
charting
noun
The act by which something is charted.
verb
present participle of chart
chatting
chatting
noun
Talk; chatter.
verb
present participle of chat
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
chigetai
chigetai
noun
Alternative form of dziggetai
chingtao
chitling
chitling
noun
Alternative form of chitterling (intestine used as food)
Alternative form of chitterling (shirt frill)
chitting
chitting
verb
present participle of chit
clothing
clothing
noun
(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
verb
present participle of clothe
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
deknight
delights
delights
noun
plural of delight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delight
depthing
dewlight
dighting
dighting
verb
present participle of dight
dissight
dissight
noun
(obsolete) Something unsightly; an eyesore.
ditching
ditching
noun
(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
verb
present participle of ditch
dogfight
dogfight
noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.
(obsolete, often capitalized) The Lord; Lord God; Christ.
drightin
drightin
noun
Alternative form of drighten
dutching
dutching
verb
present participle of dutch
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
eighteen
eighteen
num
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
eighthes
eighthly
eighthly
adv
In the eighth place; eighth in a row.
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
embright
erthling
etchings
etchings
noun
plural of etching
etheling
ethrogim
evelight
eyelight
eyesight
eyesight
noun
View or the range of vision.
Vision or the faculty of sight.
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fetching
fetching
adj
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
The act by which something is fetched.
verb
present participle of fetch
fighters
fighters
noun
plural of fighter
fighting
fighting
adj
Apt to provoke a fight.
Engaged in war or other conflict.
noun
A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
verb
present participle of fight
fitzhugh
flighted
flighted
adj
(of birds) Capable of flight.
Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flight
flighter
flighter
noun
(brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor..
freights
freights
noun
plural of freight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight
frighted
frighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fright
frighten
frighten
verb
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
frighter
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
gahnites
gahnites
noun
plural of gahnite
gandhist
gandhist
Noun
A proponent of Gandhism.
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.
gastight
gastight
adj
impermeable to gases
gathings
gauthier
geithner
genthite
ghastily
ghatwazi
ghenting
ghiberti
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.
verb
present participle of ghost
ghostish
ghostish
adj
ghostly; spectral
ghostism
ghostism
noun
Belief in ghosts.
giantish
giantish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a giant.
noun
(fantasy) A fictional language spoken by giants.
gilthead
gilthead
noun
A marine fish, Sparus aurata (gilt-head bream), with a golden-coloured head; the giltpoll.
Symphodus melops, a coastal fish; the golden maid, conner, or sea partridge.
girthing
girthing
verb
present participle of girth
glitches
glitches
noun
plural of glitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glitch
gnathion
gnathion
noun
A craniometric point, being the lowest part of the middle line of the mandible.
gnathism
gnathism
noun
The classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw.
gnathite
gnathite
noun
(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
goethian
goethite
goethite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust.
goliaths
goliaths
noun
plural of goliath
gothites
gothites
noun
plural of gothite
gothonic
graithly
graphite
graphite
noun
A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.
Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
verb
(transitive) To apply graphite to.
greatish
greatish
adj
Somewhat great.
griffith
griffith
Proper noun
name used in Wales, Anglicized from
griphite
griphite
noun
A vitreous, resinous, yellow or dark-brown, molecular compound that is both diploidal and isometric.
grithman
grothine
grothite
gryphite
gryphite
noun
(paleontology) A shell of the genus Gryphea.
gunfight
gunfight
noun
A battle (or a duel) using small arms.
verb
To engage in battle using small arms.
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gushiest
gushiest
adj
superlative form of gushy: most gushy
gustoish
gyrolith
gytheion
habiting
habiting
noun
(poetic, obsolete) clothing; garb
(poetic, obsolete) habitation; living place
verb
present participle of habit
hagadist
hagarite
hartogia
hastings
hastings
noun
Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.
hatching
hatching
noun
A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
The act of an egg hatching, eclosion
verb
present participle of hatch
haunting
haunting
adj
Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
noun
A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
verb
present participle of haunt
hearting
hearting
noun
Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.
verb
present participle of heart
hedgiest
hedgiest
adj
superlative form of hedgy: most hedgy
heighted
heighten
heighten
verb
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
heighths
heighths
noun
plural of heighth
heisting
heisting
verb
present participle of heist
herigaut
heritage
heritage
noun
(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
highmost
highmost
adj
(obsolete) highest
hightail
hightail
verb
(informal, chiefly Canada, US, usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.