(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
agathis
alights
alights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight
amishgo
anglish
anglish
Proper noun
A register or form of English that gives preference to words of Germanic origin over words of other (especially Latin, French, or Greek) origin.
Adjective
Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
anguish
anguish
noun
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
anights
anights
adv
(archaic) In the night time; at night.
ashling
ashling
noun
A small ash tree.
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
biggish
biggish
adj
Somewhat big.
blights
blights
noun
plural of blight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blight
boggish
boggish
adj
boggy
brights
brights
noun
(US, road transport) The high-beam intensity setting of motor vehicle headlamps.
(colloquial, dated) Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
plural of bright
bugfish
bugfish
noun
(US, dated) The menhaden.
bushing
bushing
noun
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
(mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
An adapter for joining pipes of different size.
verb
present participle of bush
bushpig
bushpig
noun
Alternative form of bush pig
cashing
cashing
verb
present participle of cash
chasing
chasing
noun
Engraved or embossed decoration.
verb
present participle of chase
chigoes
chigoes
noun
plural of chigoe
chosing
coshing
coshing
verb
present participle of cosh
cushing
dashing
dashing
adj
Chic, fashionable.
Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
noun
The action of the verb to dash.
verb
present participle of dash
desight
desight
noun
(obsolete) An unsightly object.
dghaisa
dghaisa
noun
A small boat resembling a gondola, common in Malta.
dishing
dishing
adj
Shaped like a dish; concave.
noun
(sometimes figurative) The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served.
A dish shape or deformation; a concavity.
verb
present participle of dish
dishrag
dishrag
noun
(slang) An unclean person; used in similes.
A piece of cloth used for washing dishes.
dogfish
dogfish
noun
(Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula
(Barbados) Bodianus rufus
(Bermuda) Mustelus canis
(Canada) Squalus suckleyi
(Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
(Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
(Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum
(UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
(US) The bowfin, Amia calva.
a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
especially those from the family Squalidae
doggish
doggish
adj
Resembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities.
Resembling or characteristic of a dog.
Stylish in a showy way.
dogship
dogship
noun
(aviation, informal) An experimental model of an aircraft.
The character or individuality of a dog.
eggfish
eighths
eighths
noun
plural of eighth
engiish
english
english
noun
(by extension, figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
fashing
fashing
verb
present participle of fash
fishgig
fishgig
noun
(fishing) Alternative spelling of fizgig
fishing
fishing
noun
(countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
(uncountable) The act of catching fish.
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
verb
present participle of fish
flights
flights
noun
plural of flight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flight
foggish
foggish
adj
Synonym of foggy (“obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy”)
fogyish
fogyish
adj
Characteristic of a fogy
frights
frights
noun
plural of fright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fright
gaddish
gaddish
adj
Inclined to gad, or move from place to place frivolously.
gallish
garfish
garfish
noun
(especially UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
(especially US, Canada) Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
garnish
garnish
noun
(US, slang) Cash.
(cooking) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
(slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
(slang, obsolete) Fetters.
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
Pewter vessels in general.
Something added for embellishment.
verb
(archaic) To furnish; to supply.
(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
(law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
(law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
(slang, archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter.
To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
gashing
gashing
noun
(engineering) The roughing operation for worm gears.
The act of making a gash, or cut.
verb
present participle of gash
gaudish
gaudish
adj
(obsolete) gaudy
gaulish
gaulish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Gaul.
Of or pertaining to the Celtic tribes speaking Gaulish languages.
Proper noun
The Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul, long extinct.
gaumish
gaumish
adj
(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
geishas
geishas
noun
plural of geisha
genghis
gharris
gharris
noun
plural of gharri
ghazies
ghazism
ghazism
noun
War waged against non-Muslims by Muslims.
ghegish
ghiblis
ghiblis
noun
plural of ghibli
giggish
girlish
girlish
adj
(archaic) Of or relating to girlhood.
Like (that of) a girl; feminine.
girshes
girshes
noun
plural of girsh
githens
glochis
gnomish
gnomish
adj
(fantasy) Belonging to a race of gnomes.
Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
aphoristic; gnomic
goatish
goatish
adj
Goaty, goatlike.
godship
godship
noun
(humorous, with 'his', 'her', 'your', etc.) A term of address to a deity.
goldish
goldish
adj
Somewhat gold in colour.
goodish
goodish
adj
Considerable; goodly.
Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
goosish
goosish
adj
(by extension) Foolish.
Like a goose; somewhat gooselike.
gothics
gothish
gothism
goutish
goutish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gout.
graphis
grayish
grayish
adj
somewhat gray
greyish
greyish
adj
Alternative spelling of grayish
griphus
grishun
grushie
grushie
noun
(Scotland, historical) A Scottish wedding tradition where coins were thrown to the guests.
guarish
guarish
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To heal or cure.
gullish
gullish
adj
(archaic) Foolish, credulous, simple-minded.
gunship
gunship
noun
(US, air force, military) A transport airplane equipped with large calibre guns typical of armoured fighting vehicles
(aviation) An armed helicopter tasked to attack the enemy.
(nautical) A ship equipped with heavy artillery.
gushier
gushier
adj
comparative form of gushy: more gushy
gushily
gushily
adv
In a gushy manner.
gushing
gushing
adj
Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
Inclined to gush; effusive.
noun
The act or motion of something that gushes.
verb
present participle of gush
gutnish
gutnish
Proper noun
The old language of the island of Gotland in present day Sweden, used both as a spoken and written language until late medieval times. Modern Gutnish is considered to have become a dialect of Swedish.
hagfish
hagfish
noun
Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
haggeis
haggish
haggish
adj
Like a hag.
hagship
hagship
noun
(obsolete) The state or condition of a hag, an ugly woman.
hashing
hashing
noun
A social, non-competitive sport in which participants of a hash run use clues to follow a hash trail.
verb
present participle of hash
hasping
hasping
verb
present participle of hasp
hassing
hasting
hasting
verb
present participle of haste
havings
havings
noun
plural of having
hawsing
hawsing
verb
present participle of hawse
hayings
hayings
noun
plural of haying
hazings
hazings
noun
plural of hazing
hegaris
hegaris
noun
plural of hegari
hegiras
hegiras
noun
plural of hegira
heights
heights
noun
A neighborhood or other development built on a hill or mountain.
plural of height
hengist
hidings
hidings
noun
plural of hiding
higgins
higgins
Proper noun
from County Sligo.
higgles
higgles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of higgle
highams
highest
highest
adj
superlative form of high: most high
highish
highish
adj
Somewhat high.
highths
highths
noun
plural of highth
hingers
hingers
noun
plural of hinger
hirings
hirings
noun
plural of hiring
hissing
hissing
noun
The sound of a hiss.
verb
present participle of hiss
histing
histing
verb
present participle of hist
hoagies
hoagies
noun
plural of hoagie
hogfish
hogfish
noun
A grunt, Haemulon parra.
A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
A pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
Percina caprodes, an American freshwater fish, the log perch, rockfish, a kind of darter.
Several of the species of Bodianus.
The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis.
hoggins
hoggins
noun
plural of hoggin
hoggish
hoggish
adj
Having a gluttonous appetite
Having the characteristics of a pig
hoggism
hogship
hogskin
hogskin
noun
Leather tanned from a hog's skin.
hogties
hogties
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hogtie
hoising
hoising
verb
present participle of hoise
horsing
horsing
noun
The military punishment of placing somebody on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged.
verb
present participle of horse
hosting
hosting
noun
(computing) Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf.
(obsolete) A battle.
verb
present participle of host
housing
housing
noun
(architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
(countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
(nautical) A houseline.
(nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
(uncountable) Residences, collectively.
(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
A niche for a statue.
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
verb
present participle of house
hsingan
hsining
hudgins
huggins
hugonis
hushing
hushing
noun
The act of one who hushes, or calls for silence.
The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.
verb
present participle of hush
husking
husking
noun
A meeting of neighbours or friends to assist in husking maize.
verb
present participle of husk
husting
husting
noun
(historical) An assembly, especially one of the retainers of a ruler.
A platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
hygeist
hygeist
noun
One skilled in hygiene; a hygienist.
hyginus
insight
insight
noun
(artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
(marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
(psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
Power of acute observation and deduction
jiggish
jiggish
adj
Playful; frisky.
Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.
joshing
joshing
verb
present participle of josh
kiaughs
knights
knights
noun
plural of knight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knight
largish
largish
adj
Somewhat large.
lashing
lashing
noun
As lashings: lots.
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
verb
present participle of lash
loggish
loggish
adj
heavy or ponderous; dull; lumpish
logship
longish
longish
adj
It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.
Somewhat long.
lushing
lushing
verb
present participle of lush
mashing
mashing
noun
The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.
The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp.
The process of preparing tea in a teapot.
verb
present participle of mash
meshing
meshing
noun
The act by which something meshes or interlocks.
verb
present participle of mesh
muggish
muggish
adj
muggy
mushing
mushing
noun
A race with a dog team.
Action of the verb to mush (travel with a dog sled).
verb
present participle of mush
naggish
naggish
adj
Synonym of naggy (“prone to nag”)
nighest
nighest
adj
(archaic) superlative form of nigh: most nigh
nighish
noshing
noshing
noun
(slang) A session of eating; a feast.
verb
present participle of nosh
ogreish
ogreish
adj
Resembling an ogre; cruel and wicked.
onsight
onsight
adj
(climbing) Without having previously seen the terrain.
verb
(climbing, transitive) To perform a climb without having previously seen the terrain.
outsigh
outsigh
verb
(transitive) To surpass in sighing; to sigh more or better than.