(informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
A daughter language.
A female descendant.
One’s female offspring.
daughtry
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
deashing
deashing
verb
present participle of deash
dedagach
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
dishrags
dishrags
noun
plural of dishrag
dogpatch
dogpatch
Proper noun
Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
donaghue
doughman
dragshoe
draughts
draughts
noun
(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
draughty
draughty
adj
(British spelling) Standard spelling of drafty.
drogheda
dubhgall
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
earthing
earthing
noun
(holism) The process of connecting with the earth's energy, usually through bodily contact (e.g. walking barefoot), supposed to achieve health and vitality.
The act or process of placing (something) in the earth; planting; burying
verb
present participle of earth
echogram
echogram
noun
sonogram
eggheads
eggheads
noun
plural of egghead
encharge
encharge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
engraphy
epigraph
epigraph
noun
(mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
An inscription, especially on a building.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
escoheag
esophagi
esophagi
noun
plural of esophagus
esophago
exchange
exchange
noun
(biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
(finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
(telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
(usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
A conversation.
A place for conducting trading.
A telephone exchange.
An act of exchanging or trading.
verb
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
(transitive) To trade or barter.
exhaling
exhaling
noun
exhalation
verb
present participle of exhale
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
faithing
faithing
noun
worship, practising faith
fanlight
fanlight
noun
a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
an electric fan, usually a ceiling fan, that is also a light fixture
farleigh
farsight
farsight
noun
The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
farthing
farthing
noun
(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.
(historical) Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a coin representing this.
(obsolete) A division of land.
fellagha
fellagha
noun
(historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
flagfish
flagfish
noun
(US) A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.
flaggish
flaggish
adj
Synonym of flagging (“becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength”)
flagship
flagship
noun
(by extension, often attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
(nautical) The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
verb
To act as a flagship for.
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flashing
flashing
noun
(jewelry) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
verb
present participle of flash
flaughts
fraughan
fraughan
noun
(Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
fughetta
fughetta
noun
(music) A short, condensed version of a fugue.
gachupin
gadhelic
gadhelic
Adjective
Concerning the division of languages that includes Irish, Gaelic, and Manx
gagtooth
gagtooth
noun
(obsolete) A projecting tooth.
gahnites
gahnites
noun
plural of gahnite
gahrwali
gairfish
galabeah
galabieh
galahads
galateah
gallbush
galoshed
galoshed
adj
Wearing galoshes.
galoshes
galoshes
noun
plural of galosh
plural of galoshe
galuchat
galuchat
noun
fine sharkskin leather
galumphs
galumphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph
gamashes
gamashes
noun
(Scotland) Short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
High boots or buskins.
gaminish
gaminish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gamine.
gamphrel
ganching
ganching
verb
present participle of ganch
gandhara
gandhara
Proper noun
An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan
gandhian
gandhian
Adjective
Of or relating to (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869–1948), leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India, who led India to independence and inspired movements for nonviolence, civil rights, and freedom.
gandhism
gandhism
Noun
The philosophy and principles of
gandhist
gandhist
Noun
A proponent of Gandhism.
gandurah
gandurah
noun
Alternative form of gandoura
gangshag
gangshag
noun
(slang) Synonym of gangbang (group sex)
garhwali
garhwali
Proper noun
A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
garishly
garishly
adv
In a garish manner.
garookuh
garookuh
noun
(archaic) A small fishing vessel of the Persian Gulf.
garshuni
garthman
garthrod
gascheck
gascromh
gashouse
gashouse
noun
gasworks
gaslight
gaslight
noun
A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).
The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
verb
(chiefly transitive) To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.
gasohols
gasohols
noun
plural of gasohol
gasthaus
gastight
gastight
adj
impermeable to gases
gathered
gathered
adj
(Quakerism) focused, centered, achieving a state of shared mysticism.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gather
gatherer
gatherer
noun
(textiles) An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
A person who collects rent or taxes.
A person who gathers things.
A workman who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.
gatherum
gathings
gauchely
gauchely
adv
In a gauche manner.
gauchest
gauchest
adj
superlative form of gauche: most gauche
gauthier
gazpacho
gazpacho
noun
A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
gearhart
gebhardt
gedaliah
gehlbach
gelechia
genarcha
genearch
genearch
noun
The chief of a family or tribe.
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
geophila
gephyrea
gerhardt
gernhard
ghanaian
ghanaian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people.
Noun
A person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent.
ghardaia
gharries
gharries
noun
plural of gharrie
plural of gharry
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
ghastily
ghatwazi
ghawazee
ghawazee
noun
A type of female dancer popular in Egypt in the 19th century, who danced in a style similar to the belly dance.
ghazzali
gheraoed
gheraoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gherao
gheraoes
gherardi
gherardo
ghorkhar
giantish
giantish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a giant.
noun
(fantasy) A fictional language spoken by giants.
gigaherz
gildhall
gildhall
noun
Dated form of guildhall.
gilthead
gilthead
noun
A marine fish, Sparus aurata (gilt-head bream), with a golden-coloured head; the giltpoll.
Symphodus melops, a coastal fish; the golden maid, conner, or sea partridge.
ginghams
ginghams
noun
plural of gingham
gishzida
gladship
gladship
Noun
gladness
glaisher
glenhead
glenshaw
gnashing
gnashing
noun
The action of something that is gnashed.
verb
present participle of gnash
gnathion
gnathion
noun
A craniometric point, being the lowest part of the middle line of the mandible.
gnathism
gnathism
noun
The classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw.
gnathite
gnathite
noun
(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.
goatbush
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
goatherd
goatherd
noun
A person who herds, tends goats.
godheads
godheads
noun
plural of godhead
godthaab
goethals
goethean
goethean
Adjective
Of or relating to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, a German writer and thinker.
goethian
goldhead
goldhead
noun
A kind of fishing lure, usually bright yellow.
golgotha
golgotha
Proper noun
The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
The rooms of the heads of the colleges
goliaths
goliaths
noun
plural of goliath
gomashta
gomashta
noun
(India, now historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
gomorrah
gomorrah
Proper noun
A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.
gomorrha
goombahs
goombahs
noun
plural of goombah
gorkhali
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
goshdarn
gotthard
gouaches
gouaches
noun
plural of gouache
grabhook
gracchus
gracchus
Proper noun
definition
gradeigh
grafship
grafship
noun
The rank or position of a graf (German or Austrian count).