(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aegyptus
aganippe
agapetae
agapetae
noun
plural of agapet; Alternative form of Agapetae
agapetid
agaphite
agitprop
agitprop
noun
(countable) An instance of such propaganda.
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
(uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
aglaspis
agpaitic
agpaitic
adj
Of or pertaining to agpaite.
agraphia
agraphia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).
The inability to write.
agraphic
agraphic
adj
(medicine) Affected with or pertaining to agraphia.
agripina
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
agrypnia
agrypnia
noun
(psychiatry, pathology) Persistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
airgraph
airgraph
noun
(UK, historical) A form of airmail used to send messages to servicemen during the Second World War.
algraphy
algraphy
noun
(photography) An early photographic technique, similar to zincography or lithography, using paper impregnated with an aluminium salt.
alpigene
amperage
amperage
noun
(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amphigam
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
ampongue
anaglyph
anaglyph
noun
A decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry.
A matched pair of images designed to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles that have usually one red and one bluish-green lens, corresponding to the colors of the pairs of images.
anagraph
anagraph
noun
(obsolete) A physician's prescription or recipe.
(obsolete) An inventory; a record.
A kind of anagram.
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
anglepod
anguiped
anguiped
adj
Having serpents (or similar) in place of legs
noun
A mythological creature that had serpents in place of legs
apagoges
apagoges
noun
plural of apagoge
apagogic
apagogic
adj
(rhetoric) Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
apagogue
apanaged
apanaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apanage
apanages
apanages
noun
plural of apanage
aphagias
aphagias
noun
plural of aphagia
aphthong
aphthong
noun
(phonology) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced.
apigenin
apigenin
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavone, found as a glycoside in many plants, that reverses the adverse effects of cyclosporine
apiology
apiology
noun
The scientific study of bees and honey-making.
apogaeic
apogaeic
adj
Alternative form of apogeic
apogamic
apogamic
adj
(botany) Of or relating to apogamy.
apogonid
apogonid
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of large-headed, marine, percoid fishes with oblong and compressed bodies.
apograph
apograph
noun
(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).
apologal
apologal
adj
(literature) Relating to an apologue.
apologer
apologer
noun
(obsolete) A teller of apologues.
apologia
apologia
noun
A written defense of a position or belief.
apologue
apologue
noun
(rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience.
A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
apophyge
apophyge
noun
(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
appanage
appanage
noun
Alternative form of apanage
appenage
appenage
noun
Alternative form of appanage
applying
applying
noun
The act of applying; an application.
verb
present participle of apply
apposing
apposing
verb
present participle of appose
aproning
aproning
noun
Material for making aprons.
verb
present participle of apron
araponga
araponga
noun
Synonym of bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
arapunga
arapunga
noun
Alternative form of araponga
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
arpeggio
arpeggio
noun
(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
verb
(intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
(transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
asperger
asperger
noun
A ceremonial herb bundle or perforated object used to sprinkle witch's water at the commencement of a ritual
asperges
asperges
noun
A Christian rite in which the congregation is sprinkled with water.
The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asperge
aspergil
asperugo
aspiring
aspiring
adj
Hoping to become.
noun
(archaic) Aspiration.
verb
present participle of aspire
bagpiped
bagpiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bagpipe
bagpiper
bagpiper
noun
One who plays the bagpipes.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bagplant
bagpuize
baseplug
beplague
bespreng
bespring
bethpage
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
bleeping
bleeping
adj
(UK, euphemistic, slang) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
verb
present participle of bleep
blipping
blipping
verb
present participle of blip
blooping
blooping
verb
present participle of bloop
blurping
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
bugproof
bugproof
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to insects.
buphagus
campagna
campagna
noun
(dated) A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain.
campagne
campagne
noun
plural of campagna
campagus
campaign
campaign
noun
(obsolete) An excursion into the countryside.
(obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
(transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.
campings
campings
noun
plural of camping
campongs
campongs
noun
plural of campong
capering
capering
noun
The motion of one who capers.
verb
present participle of caper
cappings
cappings
noun
plural of capping
caprifig
caprifig
noun
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
carpings
carpings
noun
plural of carping
carpogam
champing
champing
noun
The practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.
The sound or action of one who champs (bites or chews).
verb
Present participle of champ.
chapping
chapping
verb
present participle of chap
cheaping
cheaping
noun
(obsolete) A market.
(obsolete) Bargaining, haggling.
verb
present participle of cheap
cheeping
cheeping
noun
The sound of a cheep.
verb
present participle of cheep
chingpaw
chipling
chippage
chipping
chipping
noun
(countable) A fragment broken off a larger material.
(uncountable) The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.
verb
present participle of chip
chirping
chirping
noun
(gerund of chirp) The act, or an instance of, chirping.
verb
present participle of chirp
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
chopping
chopping
adj
(obsolete) stout; large; plump
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
noun
The action by which something is chopped.
verb
present participle of chop
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
clamping
clamping
noun
The act by which something is clamped.
verb
present participle of clamp
clapping
clapping
noun
The action by which someone or something claps.
verb
present participle of clap
clasping
clasping
noun
The act by which something is clasped.
verb
present participle of clasp
clipping
clipping
adj
(UK, slang, obsolete) Excellent; very good.
noun
(countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
(countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.
(uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
(uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
verb
present participle of clip
clomping
clomping
adj
That clomps.
verb
present participle of clomp
clopping
clopping
noun
(My Little Pony fandom slang) The act of masturbating to erotic fanart of My Little Pony characters.
The sound or action of something that clops.
verb
present participle of clop
clumping
clumping
noun
A clump or cluster.
The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
verb
present participle of clump
coapting
coapting
verb
present participle of coapt
compages
compages
noun
plural of compage
compinge
compinge
verb
(obsolete) To compress; to shut up.
compoing
compting
compting
verb
present participle of compt
consperg
coopting
coopting
verb
present participle of coopt
copiague
coppling
coupling
coupling
noun
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.
(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
A device that couples two things together.
Act of joining together to form a couple.
verb
present participle of couple
cramping
cramping
noun
The action of something that cramps.
verb
present participle of cramp
crapping
crapping
verb
present participle of crap
creepage
creepage
noun
A gradual, creeping movement.
The leakage of an electrical current across the surface of an insulator (dielectric)
creeping
creeping
noun
The act of something that creeps.
verb
present participle of creep
crimpage
crimpage
noun
Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service.
crimping
crimping
noun
The act by which something is crimped.
verb
present participle of crimp
crisping
crisping
noun
(archaic) A process of curling or forming into ringlets.
(topology) A crisp, clearly-defined object that exists within a more vaguely defined object.
verb
present participle of crisp
cropping
cropping
noun
(agriculture) The growing of crops.
(mining) An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
verb
present participle of crop
crumping
crumping
verb
present participle of crump
cupeling
cuppings
cuppings
noun
plural of cupping
cytopyge
cytopyge
noun
cytoproct; anal pore
dampings
dampings
noun
plural of damping
dappling
dappling
noun
A dappled pattern.
verb
present participle of dapple
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
deponing
deponing
verb
present participle of depone
deposing
deposing
verb
present participle of depose
depthing
depurged
deputing
deputing
verb
present participle of depute
diaglyph
diaglyph
noun
Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem.
diagraph
diagraph
noun
(dated) A drawing instrument that combines a protractor and scale.
digraphs
digraphs
noun
plural of digraph
dimpling
dimpling
noun
The formation of a dimple.
verb
present participle of dimple
diplegia
diplegia
noun
(medicine) Paralysis that affects symmetrically opposed parts of the body.
diplegic
diplegic
noun
One who suffers from diplegia.
dippings
dippings
noun
plural of dipping
disperge
disperge
verb
(obsolete) To sprinkle.
disponge
disponge
verb
(poetic, rare) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.