metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris
aurigo
bougar
bougar
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
bourgs
bourgs
noun
plural of bourg
brogue
brogue
noun
(dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
verb
(dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
(intransitive) To walk.
(transitive) To kick.
(transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.
(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
brough
burgoo
burgoo
noun
(nautical) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
A spicy stew, typically made with a combination of meats and vegetables, and often served with cornbread or corn muffins.
burgos
coburg
coburg
Proper noun
An independent city in Bavaria, Germany.
Noun
A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
A kind of bread roll.
cougar
cougar
noun
(Canada, US, slang) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.
Puma concolor, a wild feline native to the Americas.
courge
dorbug
dorbug
noun
(Canada, US) The dor.
drogue
drogue
noun
(aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
(aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
(nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
(whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
A wind cone.
verb
To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object.
To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached.
To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.
To use a drogue with.
erugos
fogrum
fogrum
noun
Alternative form of fogram
frough
fulgor
fulgor
noun
Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
garoua
garous
garous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, garum.
giaour
giaour
noun
(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.
gilour
gilour
Noun
A deceiver.
gopura
gopura
noun
Alternative form of gopuram
goraud
gorkun
gouger
gouger
noun
Someone who gouges.
gourde
gourde
noun
The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.
gourds
gourds
noun
plural of gourd
gourdy
gourdy
adj
(farriery, of a horse, obsolete) swollen in the legs
gouter
grouch
grouch
noun
A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
One who is grumpy or irritable.
verb
(intransitive) To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
grough
ground
ground
adj
Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
Processed by grinding.
noun
(architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
(chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
(countable) A soccer stadium.
(countable) The bottom of a body of water.
(countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
(electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
(etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
(figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
(historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
(point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
(sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
(uncountable) Terrain.
Background, context, framework, surroundings.
Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
Soil, earth.
The pit of a theatre.
The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
verb
(US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
(baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
(intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
(transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
To place something on the ground.
simple past tense and past participle of grind
groups
groups
noun
plural of group
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of group
grouse
grouse
Noun
Any of various game birds of the family Tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.
Verb
To seek or shoot grouse.
Noun
A cause for complaint.
Verb
To complain or grumble.
Adjective
Excellent.
grousy
grouts
grouts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grout
grouty
grouty
adj
(chiefly northern US) Angry or surly, sulky.
(chiefly northern US) Lowering; threatening to rain or storm.
Full of grout(s), that is, sediment.
Turbid as with liquor.
grouze
gruppo
guapor
guardo
gurabo
gurdon
gyrous
morgue
morgue
noun
(archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
(archaic) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
morgun
ogburn
orguil
ourang
ourang
noun
(obsolete) An orangutan.
outrig
outrig
verb
(transitive) To stabilize by fitting with an outrigger.
pruigo
ragout
ragout
noun
(by extension) any stew, soup, or sauce
a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
verb
(transitive) To prepare (food) as a ragout.
rigour
rigour
noun
(Britain) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
A trembling or shivering response.
Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
Harshness, as of climate.
Higher level of difficulty.
Severity or strictness.
Shrewd questioning.
rogued
rogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rogue
rogues
rogues
noun
plural of rogue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rogue
rotgut
rotgut
noun
Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.
rouged
rouged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rouge
rouges
rouges
noun
plural of rouge
roughs
roughs
noun
plural of rough
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rough
rought
roughy
roughy
noun
(Australia) Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.
The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
rougon
rounge
rubigo
rubigo
noun
(phytopathology, obsolete) rust (fungal disease of plants)
rugola
rugosa
rugosa
noun
A plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa, or of any hybrid developed from it.
rugose
rugose
adj
(botany) Having a rough, wrinkled, or wavy surface; commonly in parasynthetic usage e.g. rugose-veined or rugose-leaved.
(entomology) Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.
(figurative, rare) Rugged, rough, unrefined.
(paleontology) Describing a fossil coral of the extinct order †Rugosa (also called Tetracoralla), this order has horn-shaped corals with surfaces covered with ridges.
Having rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
rugous
rugous
adj
wrinkled; rugose
trogue
trogue
noun
(mining) A wooden trough forming a drain.
trough
trough
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
(Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
(agriculture, Australia, New Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
(economy) low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle
(meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
Any similarly shaped container.
verb
To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.
truong
turgor
turgor
noun
(physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
Turgidity.
turgot
ugroid
ungaro
ungrow
ungrow
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To reverse the process of growth; to shrink or decrease.
upgrow
upgrow
verb
(archaic) To grow up
vigour
vigour
noun
(biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
Strength; efficacy; potency.
yogurt
yogurt
noun
(especially in compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).
A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.