Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
verb
present participle of adjoin
adonizing
adonizing
verb
present participle of adonize
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
agaonidae
agoniadin
agoniadin
noun
A glucoside found in agonia bark (Plumeria lancifolia), used as an antiperiodic or a febrifuge in malaria.
agrypnode
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aldington
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
anangioid
andragogy
andragogy
noun
The methods or techniques used to teach adults; adult education.
androgens
androgens
noun
plural of androgen
androgeus
androgone
androgyne
androgyne
noun
A person who is androgynous.
An androgynous plant.
androgyny
androgyny
noun
Hermaphroditism.
The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
The state of having traits of both male and female genders.
The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angerboda
anglepods
angrbodha
angurboda
anodizing
anodizing
verb
present participle of anodize
bandarlog
banderlog
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bangboard
begroaned
begroaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begroan
bignoniad
boardings
boardings
noun
plural of boarding
boglander
boglander
noun
One who lives in the bogland.
broadling
brocading
brocading
noun
The pattern or decoration made by brocading.
verb
present participle of brocade
bungaloid
bungaloid
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow.
carangoid
carangoid
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Carangidae.
clangored
clangored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangor
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
congealed
congealed
adj
(obsolete) Frozen.
Viscid, coagulated; jelly-like, unusually thick (of a liquid).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congeal
congridae
corrading
corrading
verb
present participle of corrade
dacoiting
dacoiting
verb
present participle of dacoit
dahlonega
dangerous
dangerous
adj
(colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Full of danger.
dannebrog
dantology
deaconing
deaconing
verb
present participle of deacon
decagonal
decagonal
adj
Shaped like a decagon.
defoaming
defoaming
verb
present participle of defoam
designado
diagnosed
diagnosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diagnose
diagnoses
diagnoses
noun
plural of diagnosis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diagnose
diagnosis
diagnosis
noun
(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.
The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
verb
(nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Synonym of diagnose
diagonals
diagonals
noun
plural of diagonal
diagonial
diagonial
adj
(obsolete) diametrically opposed
Obsolete form of diagonal.
dignation
dignation
noun
(obsolete) The act of thinking worthy; honour.
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen
diogenean
diogenean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Diogenes.
dodecagon
dodecagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.
dognapers
dognapers
noun
plural of dognaper
dognaping
dognaping
verb
present participle of dognap
dognapped
dognapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dognap
dognapper
dognapper
noun
agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
downgrade
downgrade
noun
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
(computing) To revert software back to an older version.
(meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
(transitive) To disparage.
To place lower in position.
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
downingia
downrange
downrange
adj
In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
draghound
draghound
noun
A hunting dog especially trained to be effective in drag hunts, having the highly developed sense of smell and the stamina to follow an artificially scented trail at high speed over considerable distance.
dragomans
dragomans
noun
plural of dragoman
dragonade
dragoness
dragoness
noun
(rare, archaic, chiefly figurative) A female dragon.
dragonets
dragonets
noun
plural of dragonet
dragonfly
dragonfly
noun
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
dragonish
dragonish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
dragonism
dragonism
noun
(archaic) watchful guardianship
dragonize
dragonize
verb
(transitive) To turn into a dragon.
(transitive, rare) To guard attentively; to watch over.
dragooned
dragooned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dragoon
dragooner
dragooner
noun
(obsolete) A dragoon.
drawtongs
drogerman
dungannon
dysgnosia
dysgnosia
noun
mental illness
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
elongated
elongated
adj
(of a polyhedron) Having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.
extensive in length
stretched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elongate
endogamic
endogamic
adj
endogamous
endogenae
endognath
endognath
noun
(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.
endophagy
endophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, within a group.
fadmonger
fadmonger
noun
(derogatory) One who peddles fads or trends.
fandangos
fragonard
fungoidal
fungoidal
adj
fungoid
gabionade
gabionade
noun
A construction of gabions
gadolinia
gadolinia
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The rare earth gadolinium oxide
gadolinic
gadolinic
adj
Relating to or containing gadolinium.
gadrooned
gadrooned
adj
Adorned with gadroons.
gadswoons
gadswoons
intj
(archaic) Synonym of zounds
gallooned
gallooned
adj
Furnished or adorned with galloon.
gammadion
gammadion
noun
A fylfot.
gangboard
gangboard
noun
(nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
(nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
ganglioid
ganodonta
ganoidean
ganoidean
adj
Alternative form of ganoidian
ganoidian
ganoidian
adj
(zoology) ganoid
gasconade
gasconade
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.
noun
Boastful talk.
verb
(obsolete, derogatory) To talk boastfully.
gazehound
gazehound
noun
Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”)
genocidal
genocidal
adj
Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
geraldton
ghostland
ghostland
noun
A land inhabited by ghosts.
A land that has become deserted, like a ghost town.
gianthood
gianthood
noun
The state of being a giant.
girandola
girandola
noun
Alternative form of girandole
girandole
girandole
noun
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.
An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
gladstone
gladstone
Proper noun
from the place in Lanarkshire.
Any of several other places of the same name.
British Prime Minister
A village in Illinois
A town in Manitoba
A city in Michigan
A city in Missouri
A locality in New Zealand
A city in North Dakota
A city in Oregon
A city in Queensland
A town in South Australia
Noun
A Gladstone bag.
glenoidal
glenoidal
adj
glenoid
glissando
glissando
noun
(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.
verb
(music) To play with a glissando or sliding effect.
gnathopod
gnathopod
noun
(zoology) A maxilliped.
gobonated
gobonated
adj
(heraldry) Gobony; compony; divided into a line of squares of alternating tincture.
goddamned
goddamned
adj
(often offensive) Used as an intensifier expressing anger.
goddamnit
goddamnit
intj
Alternative spelling of goddammit
godmaking
godparent
godparent
noun
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
godwinian
godwinian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1756–1836), English writer and political philosopher, an early advocate of utilitarianism and anarchism.
golandaas
golcondas
goldanged
goldarina
goldarned
goldarned
adj
(euphemistic) goddamned
goldonian
goldonian
Adjective
Relating to, or characteristic of
goninidia
gonopodia
gonopodia
noun
plural of gonopodium
goochland
goosander
goosander
noun
A merganser, Mergus merganser, of the northern hemisphere. They eat fish and are common on lakes and rivers.
gordyaean
gotlander
gotlander
Noun
Somebody from Gotland
gourmands
gourmands
noun
plural of gourmand
gradation
gradation
noun
(countable) A calibration marking.
(music) A diatonic succession of chords.
(music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
(phonetics) Apophony.
A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
verb
(transitive) To form with gradations.
grandgore
grandiose
grandiose
adj
Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
Pompous or pretentious.
grandioso
grandioso
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
grandsons
grandsons
noun
plural of grandson
granitoid
granitoid
adj
(geology) Resembling granite.
noun
(geology) Any mineral that resembles granite.
grayhound
grayhound
noun
(American spelling, uncommon) Alternative form of greyhound
groundage
groundage
noun
(nautical) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
groundman
groundman
noun
Alternative form of ground man
Alternative form of groundsman
groundway
groundway
noun
(shipbuilding) In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.