(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkekengi
alkekengi
noun
A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
The flavoursome berry of this plant.
alkylogen
amagasaki
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
anglehook
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
antikings
antikings
noun
plural of antiking
arguslike
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
aufklrung
awakening
awakening
adj
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
noun
(figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
The act of becoming aware of something.
verb
present participle of awaken
backening
backlings
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backspang
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
bagmaking
bagmaking
noun
The manufacture of bags.
bagritski
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkening
barkening
verb
present participle of barken
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bengkalis
bergamask
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
boghazkoy
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
brakeages
breakages
breakages
noun
plural of breakage
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
brokerage
brokerage
noun
A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker (e.g., stockbroker).
The commission paid to a broker.
The occupation of being a broker.
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
buzzgloak
bywalking
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
canmaking
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chinkiang
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
dackering
daikering
daikering
verb
present participle of daiker
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darkening
darkening
noun
The act of something becoming darker.
verb
present participle of darken
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
diemaking
dikegrave
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drygalski
dyemaking
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
eaglelike
eaglelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an eagle.
edgemaker
edgemaker
noun
One who manufactures the edges of shoes.
embanking
embanking
verb
present participle of embank
embarking
embarking
noun
An embarkation.
verb
present participle of embark
fanmaking
fanmaking
noun
The manufacture of fans.
flagmaker
flagmaker
noun
One who manufactures flags.
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
folkvangr
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
funmaking
gablelike
gablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gable.
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
galziekte
galziekte
noun
(South Africa) A disease of cattle caused by Trypanosoma theileri.
gamecocks
gamecocks
noun
plural of gamecock
gangplank
gangplank
noun
(nautical) A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.
garfinkel
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gatemaker
gateworks
gauzelike
gauzelike
adj
Like or resembling gauze.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gavelocks
gavelocks
noun
plural of gavelock
gawkihood
gawkiness
gawkiness
noun
The quality of being gawky.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gazankulu
gazankulu
Proper noun
A bantustan in South West Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Shangaan Tsonga people.
geckotian
geckotian
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A gecko.
giantkind
giantkind
noun
All giants, considered as a group.
giantlike
giantlike
adj
Like a giant; enormous.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gitanemuk
gladbrook
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
glasslike
glasslike
adj
Resembling glass.
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
gluemaker
gluemaker
noun
A manufacturer of glue.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
godmaking
goosebeak
gorakhpur
gorchakov
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grademark
grainsick
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
grasshook
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
grasswork
grasswork
noun
The making of handicrafts, such as woven baskets, from grass.
gratelike
graustark
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
gravelike
gravelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
grayslake
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greenback
greenback
noun
(US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
(historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
(surfing) A wave that has not yet begun to break.
The United States dollar.
greenbank
greenbank
Proper noun
An urban district of Bristol, England between Easton, Eastville and Whitehall
A large civil cemetery in this district
greenbark
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
grimalkin
grimalkin
noun
(archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.
A cat, especially an elderly female.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
grosbeaks
grosbeaks
noun
plural of grosbeak
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.