(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
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.
allograph
allograph
noun
A signature made by one person for another.
A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).
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
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archigony
archimago
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.
arcograph
arcograph
noun
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point.
arthogram
atmograph
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
barograph
barograph
noun
A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bigothero
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
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
borroughs
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
brighouse
broaching
broaching
verb
present participle of broach
bromleigh
brooching
brooching
verb
present participle of brooch
broughams
broughams
noun
plural of brougham
broughtas
broughton
burghbote
burghbote
noun
(obsolete) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
burghemot
burghmoot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
burroughs
burroughs
Proper noun
for someone who lived near a hill or a fort.
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
charangos
charangos
noun
plural of charango
cherbourg
cherbourg
Proper noun
A coastal town in Normandy, France
cherogril
cherogril
noun
(obsolete) A cony; a rabbit.
cherrylog
chirogale
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chloragen
choirgirl
choirgirl
noun
A girl who sings in a choir.
choragion
choragium
chorology
chorology
noun
(biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.
The spatial equivalent of chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
chorotega
chortling
chortling
noun
The act of giving a chortle.
verb
present participle of chortle
chorusing
chorusing
verb
present participle of chorus
chromogen
chromogen
noun
(biology) A strongly pigmented organelle or organism.
(chemistry) Any substance that lacks colour, but can be converted into a pigment or dye.
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
coburgher
cofighter
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.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
coshering
coshering
noun
The levying of a cosher, or tribute.
verb
present participle of cosher
coughroot
coughwort
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
crotching
crotching
verb
present participle of crotch
crouching
crouching
adj
That crouches or crouch.
noun
The action of the verb crouch.
verb
present participle and gerund of crouch
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
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.
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
edgeworth
eidograph
eidograph
noun
An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph.
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
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.
ergophile
ergophile
noun
A person who enjoys working.
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
fagerholm
fathogram
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
foregirth
foregirth
noun
(equestrianism) A martingale.
forenight
forenight
noun
(Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
foreright
foreright
adj
(obsolete) Characterising a wind blowing on the line of one's travel; favourable.
adv
(obsolete) Directly forwards, straight ahead.
foresight
foresight
noun
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
foreweigh
foreweigh
verb
(transitive) To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forgather
forgather
verb
(intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
forthgaze
fortnight
fortnight
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, dated in North America) A period of 2 weeks.
fothering
fothering
verb
present participle of fother
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.
frogmouth
frogmouth
noun
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia
furloughs
furloughs
noun
plural of furlough
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furlough
gasholder
gasholder
noun
A large, telescopic cylindrical tank, with a water seal, used for storing domestic gas
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
geochrony
geochrony
noun
(obsolete) Geochronology.
geography
geography
noun
(archaic) an atlas or gazetteer.
(astronomy) Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
(chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.
(chiefly upper-class UK, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
(figuratively) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
geomorphy
geomorphy
noun
geodesy
geomorphology
geosphere
geosphere
noun
the solid body of the Earth
gheraoing
gheraoing
verb
present participle of gherao
ghostlier
ghostlier
adj
comparative form of ghostly: more ghostly
girlhoods
girlhoods
noun
plural of girlhood
goatbrush
goatherds
goatherds
noun
plural of goatherd
godfather
godfather
noun
A mafia leader.
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
verb
(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to.
godmother
godmother
noun
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
verb
(transitive) To act as godmother to.
gomphrena
gomphrena
noun
Any plant of the genus Gomphrena, the globe amaranths.
goncharov
gonophore
gonophore
noun
(botany) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels.
(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
gonorrhea
gonorrhea
noun
(American spelling) A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.
gooseherd
gooseherd
noun
A person who tends to geese.
gopherman
gorakhpur
gorchakov
gorsechat
gourdhead
grabouche
gramoches
granolith
granolith
noun
A paving stone made from granite chippings in a cement aggregate
grapeshot
grapeshot
noun
(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
graphiola
grasshook
grayhound
grayhound
noun
(American spelling, uncommon) Alternative form of greyhound
grecophil
greenhood
greenhood
noun
Any of a number of orchids in the Pterostylis genus.
greenhorn
greenhorn
noun
(chiefly US) an inexperienced person; a novice, beginner or newcomer
greenough
greeshoch
grewhound
grewhound
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.
greyhound
greyhound
noun
(dated) A swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer.
A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.
A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
verb
(of fish) To leap rapidly across the surface of the water.
grieshoch
grogshops
grogshops
noun
plural of grogshop
grosshead
grotewohl
grouchier
grouchier
adj
comparative form of grouchy: more grouchy
grouchily
grouchily
adv
In a grouchy manner
grouching
grouching
verb
present participle of grouch
groundhog
groundhog
noun
(rare) The aardvark.
A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.
grouthead
growthful
growthful
adj
Causing growth.
Having the capacity to grow.
guacharos
guaharibo
gynophore
gynophore
noun
(botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.
gyrograph
gyrograph
noun
A recording of gyratory stability, used to determine optimal bitumen mixtures for paving etc.