(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.
agars
agars
noun
plural of agar
agasp
agasp
adj
(archaic) In a state of gasping.
agast
agast
adj
(archaic) Alternative spelling of aghast
agers
agers
noun
plural of ager
aghas
aghas
noun
plural of agha
agios
agios
noun
plural of agio
agism
agism
noun
Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated)
agist
agist
verb
(transitive) To charge lands etc. with any public burden.
(transitive) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
agmas
agmas
noun
plural of agma
agnes
agnus
agons
agons
noun
plural of agon
agsam
agsam
noun
(Philippines) The plant Lygodium circinnatum, a large fern.
agues
agues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague
agush
agush
adj
In a gushing state.
agust
agust
noun
The tree Sesbania grandiflora.
algas
angas
angst
angst
noun
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
Emotional turmoil; painful sadness.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To suffer angst; to fret.
angus
angus
Proper noun
name of mostly Scottish usage.
A former county in Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Region (abolished 1996), and is now one of Scotland's 32 council areas.
A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
argas
arges
argos
argos
Proper noun
A city in Greece, in the Peloponnese.
The dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
A town in Indiana.
argus
argus
noun
A watchful guardian.
An alert, observant person.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia, also called pansies.
Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails.
asgmt
avgas
avgas
noun
(aviation) gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
baggs
baggs
verb
Alternative spelling of bags (“lay dibs”)
bagsc
bangs
bangs
noun
(chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
(chiefly US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.
Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
plural of bang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bang
bigas
bigas
noun
plural of biga
brags
brags
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brag
bsage
bsagr
bugas
cages
cages
noun
plural of cage
clags
clags
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clag
crags
crags
noun
plural of crag.
dagos
dangs
dangs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dang
degas
degas
verb
(transitive) To remove the gas from.
drags
drags
noun
plural of drag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drag
dugas
egads
egads
intj
Alternative form of egad.
fagus
fangs
fangs
noun
plural of fang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fang
flags
flags
noun
plural of flag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flag
fogas
fogas
noun
A Hungarian food fish, similar to pike or zander.
frags
frags
noun
plural of frag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frag
gabbs
gabes
gades
gades
noun
plural of gade
gadis
gadis
noun
plural of gadi
gadso
gadso
intj
(dated) by God!
gadus
gaels
gaffs
gaffs
noun
plural of gaff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaff
gafsa
gages
gages
noun
plural of gage
gains
gains
noun
(bodybuilding) Increase in muscle mass.
plural of gain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gain
gaist
gaits
gaits
noun
plural of gait
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gait
gaius
galas
galas
noun
plural of gala
gales
gales
noun
plural of gale
galls
galls
noun
plural of gall
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gall
gamas
gambs
gambs
noun
plural of gamb
games
games
noun
plural of game
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of game
gamps
gamps
noun
plural of gamp
gangs
gangs
noun
plural of gang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gang
gansa
gansa
noun
Alternative form of ganza (“kind of wild goose”)
gansy
gaols
gaols
noun
plural of gaol
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaol
gaons
gaons
noun
plural of gaon
gapes
gapes
noun
A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
A fit of yawning.
plural of gape
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gape
garbs
garbs
noun
plural of garb
garse
gasan
gases
gases
noun
plural of gas
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gas
gashy
gaspe
gasps
gasps
noun
plural of gasp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gasp
gaspy
gaspy
adj
Resembling or characterised by gasps.
gassy
gassy
adj
(figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
(of food or drink) Tending to cause flatulence.
(specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
(specifically, of a person) Tending to burp; burpy.
(specifically, of a person) Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
gasts
gasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gast
gates
gates
noun
plural of gate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gate
gauds
gauds
noun
plural of gaud
gauls
gaums
gaums
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaum
gaurs
gaurs
noun
plural of gaur
gause
gause
noun
Obsolete spelling of gauze
gauss
gauss
noun
The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
gawks
gawks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawk
gawps
gawps
noun
plural of gawp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gawp
gawsy
gazes
gazes
noun
plural of gaze
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaze
gears
gears
noun
plural of gear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gear
gease
gease
noun
Alternative form of geas
geast
geisa
gesan
getas
getas
noun
plural of geta
ghast
ghast
adj
Having a ghastly appearance; weird.
noun
(fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.
verb
Alternative form of gast
ghats
ghats
noun
plural of ghat
gigas
gisla
glads
glads
noun
plural of glad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glad
glans
glans
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of clitoral glans.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of glans penis.
(gynaecology) Synonym of pessary.
(medicine) Synonym of goiter.
The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
glass
glass
noun
(attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
(basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
(countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
(ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
(now rare) A pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle).
(obsolete) An hourglass.
(uncountable) Glassware.
(uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
(usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
A barometer.
A magnifying glass or telescope.
A mirror.
verb
(archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
(intransitive) To become glassy.
(transitive) Clipping of fibreglass. To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fibreglass).
(transitive) To enclose in glass.
(transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
(transitive) To make glassy.
(transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
(transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
(transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
(transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
glias
glias
noun
(nonstandard) Synonym of glia
gnars
gnars
noun
plural of gnar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnar
gnash
gnash
noun
A sudden snapping of the teeth.
verb
(Tyneside) To run away.
(figurative) To clash together violently.
(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
(transitive) To grind between the teeth.
gnast
gnast
noun
(obsolete) A spark; a dying or dead spark, as of a snuffed candle.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To gnash.
gnats
gnats
noun
plural of gnat
gnaws
gnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnaw
goads
goads
noun
plural of goad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goad
goals
goals
noun
plural of goal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goal
goats
goats
noun
plural of goat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goat
goias
grabs
grabs
noun
plural of grab
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grab
grads
grads
noun
plural of grad
grams
grams
noun
plural of gram
grans
grans
noun
plural of gran
grasp
grasp
noun
(sometimes figurative) Grip.
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
Understanding.
verb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
To understand.
grass
grass
noun
(countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
(countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
(countable, folk etymology) Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
(mining) The surface of a mine.
(obsolete, figurative) That which is transitory.
(uncountable) A lawn.
(uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
(uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
(uncountable, slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
verb
(transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
(transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
(transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.
(transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
(transitive) To feed with grass.
(transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
grays
grays
noun
plural of gray
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gray
gsbca
guans
guans
noun
plural of guan
guars
guars
noun
plural of guar
guasa
guasa
noun
The jewfish, Epinephelus itajara.
gulas
gunas
gunas
noun
plural of guna
gusba
gusla
gusla
noun
Alternative spelling of gusle
gusta
gyasi
hangs
hangs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hang
jaggs
jaggs
noun
plural of jagg
kagos
kagos
noun
plural of kago
kagus
kagus
noun
plural of kagu
lagas
lagos
ligas
magas
mages
maggs
magus
magus
noun
(Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.
A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
nogas
ogams
ogams
noun
plural of ogam
orgas
osage
osage
Noun
A member of a certain Native American people related to the Sioux.
Proper noun
The language of this people.
A city in Iowa, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A in Minnesota.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A in Wyoming.
A river in (the which is a tributary of the River.
pagas
pages
pages
noun
plural of page
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of page
pagus
pagus
noun
(historical) A country district with scattered hamlets.
(historical) Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.
(historical) The fortified centre of such a district.
pangs
pangs
noun
plural of pang
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pang