(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
airbrush
airbrush
noun
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
anchusin
anchusin
noun
(organic chemistry) A resinoid colouring matter obtained from alkanet root.
antiphus
aphesius
aphidius
aphodius
ashippun
auntship
auntship
noun
The status of being an aunt.
azimuths
azimuths
noun
plural of azimuth
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
behistun
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluntish
bluntish
adj
Somewhat blunt.
They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
boethius
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
brushier
brushier
adj
comparative form of brushy: more brushy
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
brushite
brushite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.
bubblish
bubblish
adj
(economics) Resembling or characteristic of an economic bubble.
Filled with bubbles.
Resembling or characteristic of bubbles.
buddhism
buddhist
bullshit
bullshit
adj
(vulgar, slang) absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (Most often said of speech, information, or content.)
intj
(vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
noun
(card games, possibly vulgar) A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
(philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
(rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
(vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.
(vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
(vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
(vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
verb
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
(transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
burhinus
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
busching
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushidos
bushiest
bushiest
adj
superlative form of bush: most bush
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushkill
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
bushtits
bushtits
noun
plural of bushtit
bushwife
charquis
charquis
noun
plural of charqui
cherusci
cherusci
Noun
A Germanic tribe.
chiasmus
chiasmus
noun
(rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.
chiauses
chiauses
noun
plural of chiaus
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chillums
chillums
noun
plural of chillum
chiquest
chirrups
chirrups
noun
plural of chirrup
chnuphis
choiseul
choiseul
Proper noun
A commune in France
A town and quarter in Saint Lucia
An island and a province in Solomon Islands
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chuckies
chuckies
noun
(Scotland) The game of jacks or jackstones; chucks.
plural of chuckie
plural of chucky
chukchis
chummies
chummies
noun
plural of chummy
chumpish
chumpish
adj
Like a chump; foolish and incompetent.
chumship
chumship
noun
(social sciences) preadolescent friendship between two people of the same sex
(uncountable) The condition of being chums; friendship.
churlish
churlish
adj
(of soil) Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
Rude, surly, ungracious.
Stingy or grudging.
chutists
chutists
noun
plural of chutist
chuvashi
cirrhous
cirrhous
adj
Alternative form of cirrhose
cliquish
cliquish
adj
Of or pertaining to a clique.
Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.
clubbish
clubbish
adj
(obsolete) Disposed to club together.
(obsolete) rude; clownish
Somewhat resembling a club.
clumpish
clumpish
adj
Heavy and awkward; clumpy.
Tending to form clumps.
copihues
copihues
noun
plural of copihue
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
cushiest
cushiest
adj
superlative form of cushy: most cushy
cushions
cushions
noun
plural of cushion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cushion
cushiony
cushiony
adj
Like a cushion; soft and yielding.
cushitic
cushitic
Adjective
Pertaining to the Cushites.
Proper noun
A sub-family of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.
cynthius
dauphins
dauphins
noun
plural of dauphin
dhurries
dhurries
noun
plural of dhurrie
dianthus
dianthus
noun
Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
dishaunt
dishaunt
verb
(transitive) To leave or depart from; to cease to haunt.
dishfuls
dishfuls
noun
plural of dishful
dishouse
dishouse
verb
(transitive) To deprive of house or home.
dishumor
dishumor
noun
Alternative form of dishumour
disvouch
disvouch
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To discredit or contradict.
dochmius
dochmius
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
drumfish
drumfish
noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
dudishly
dudishly
adv
In a dudish manner.
dukeship
dukeship
noun
The quality or condition of being a duke.
dumbfish
dunseith
durtschi
echiurus
eohippus
eohippus
noun
An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.
eucharis
eucharis
noun
A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
euphuism
euphuism
noun
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
An instance of euphuism.
euphuist
euphuist
noun
One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
eusuchia
fashious
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
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
frubbish
frumpish
frumpish
adj
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.
fuchsian
fuchsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1833–1902), German mathematician
fuchsias
fuchsias
noun
plural of fuchsia
fuchsine
fuchsine
noun
A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
fuchsins
fuchsins
noun
plural of fuchsin
fuchsite
fuchsite
noun
(mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite
fumishly
garshuni
ghoulish
ghoulish
adj
Fascinated by corpses.
Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
Of or pertaining to ghouls.
ginhouse
ginhouse
noun
A building where cotton is ginned.
glumpish
glumpish
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
gruffish
gruffish
adj
Somewhat gruff.
grumpish
grumpish
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
gunships
gunships
noun
plural of gunship
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gurdfish
guruship
guruship
noun
The status of a guru.
gushiest
gushiest
adj
superlative form of gushy: most gushy
gustoish
habitues
habitues
noun
plural of habitue
hafniums
hagecius
hahniums
haircuts
haircuts
noun
plural of haircut
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
halimous
halinous
hauliers
hauliers
noun
plural of haulier
hautbois
hautbois
noun
Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.
haviours
heiltsuk
heligmus
helvtius
hemionus
hemionus
noun
Obsolete form of hemione.
hepialus
herceius
herculis
hesiodus
hevelius
hiatuses
hiatuses
noun
plural of hiatus
hibiscus
hibiscus
noun
A cocktail made with champagne and cranberry juice.
A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
hideouts
hideouts
noun
plural of hideout
highbush
highbush
adj
Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
hilarius
hindguts
hindguts
noun
plural of hindgut
hinduism
hippalus
hippuris
hirasuna
hirudins
hirudins
noun
plural of hirudin
hocusing
hocusing
verb
present participle of hocus
holibuts
holibuts
noun
plural of holibut
holmiums
holmiums
noun
plural of holmium
honorius
honorius
Proper noun
name, notably borne by a Roman emperor and several popes
horatius
houndish
houndish
adj
Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.