(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
agraphias
agraphias
noun
plural of agraphia
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
allograph
allograph
noun
A signature made by one person for another.
A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
anchoring
anchoring
noun
(psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
verb
present participle of anchor
angrbodha
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archigony
archimage
archimage
noun
(now rare) A powerful wizard.
archimago
archiving
archiving
verb
present participle of archive
archology
archology
noun
The science of government.
The study of the origins of things.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archurger
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arcograph
arcograph
noun
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point.
argusfish
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
arthogram
arthragra
ashlaring
ashlaring
noun
(carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
atmograph
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
auxograph
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
barkleigh
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
begarnish
bergalith
bhagalpur
bhaunagar
bhavnagar
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bolograph
bradleigh
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
branching
branching
noun
A process of forming a branch.
verb
present participle of branch
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
brighella
brightman
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
broughams
broughams
noun
plural of brougham
broughtas
bsarcheng
bushgrass
caragheen
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
changaris
charangos
charangos
noun
plural of charango
chargable
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chargeful
chargeful
adj
(obsolete) costly; expensive
chargeman
chargeman
noun
A worker who is in charge; the leader.
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chaseburg
cheiragra
chiengrai
chiralgia
chiralgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the hand
chirogale
chivaring
chloragen
choragion
choragium
chorotega
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
churingas
churingas
noun
plural of churinga
cigarfish
cigarfish
noun
Any of several scad, but especially Decapterus macarellus
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
cranching
cranching
verb
present participle of cranch
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
cymagraph
cymagraph
noun
An instrument for tracing the outlines of moldings.
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
daugherty
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
degarnish
degarnish
verb
To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
To strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
diagraphs
diagraphs
noun
plural of diagraph
diaphragm
diaphragm
noun
(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
verb
(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
digraphic
digraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to a digraph.
discharge
discharge
noun
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
(medicine, uncountable) Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
The process of flowing out.
The process of unloading something.
verb
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
(medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
(obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
(transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To expel or let go.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
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.
dragonish
dragonish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dragon.
draughted
draughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draught
draughter
draughter
noun
Alternative spelling of drafter
dynagraph
earthgall
earthling
earthling
noun
(obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
Alternative letter-case form of Earthling
echegaray
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
encharged
encharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encharge
engelhard
engelhart
engraphia
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
epigraphs
epigraphs
noun
plural of epigraph
epigraphy
epigraphy
noun
Inscriptions collectively.
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
epiphragm
epiphragm
noun
(botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses.
(zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
ergograph
ergograph
noun
A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
euryphage
euryphage
noun
(ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.
exchanger
exchanger
noun
(biochemistry) An antiporter.
A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
extraught
extraught
verb
(obsolete) past participle of extract
fagerholm
fairleigh
fanwright
fanwright
noun
(historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
farthings
farthings
noun
plural of farthing
fathering
fathering
verb
present participle of father
fathogram
fermanagh
fermanagh
Proper noun
one of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, often known as County Fermanagh.
firebaugh
fishgarth
fishgarth
noun
A fishweir.
fishgrass
flaughter
flaughter
noun
A flat spade used in peat cutting.
fluxgraph
forgather
forgather
verb
(intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
forthgaze
fratching
fratching
verb
present participle of fratch
fraughted
fraughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraught
frogmarch
frogmarch
noun
The process of frogmarching a person.
verb
(figurative) To force a person forward against their will.
(formerly) To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.
To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.
To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
gagership
gainbirth
gainbirth
noun
(rare, nonstandard) Regeneration; rebirth.
galbraith
galbreath
gallagher
gandharan
gandharan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Gandhara.
Noun
A native of Gandhara.
gandharva
gandharva
noun
(Buddhism) A being in the intermediate state between death and rebirth.
(Indian mythology) A spirit, usually depicted as a singer or musician.
garfishes
garfishes
noun
plural of garfish
gargaphia
garnished
garnished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garnish
garnishee
garnishee
noun
(law) the person whose money is garnished
verb
(transitive, law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
garnisher
garnisher
noun
One who, or that which, garnishes.
garnishes
garnishes
noun
plural of garnish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of garnish
garnishry
garnishry
noun
(archaic, rare) adornment
gasholder
gasholder
noun
A large, telescopic cylindrical tank, with a water seal, used for storing domestic gas