(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
acreage
acreage
noun
An area of land measured in acres.
Size, as measured in acres.
acrogen
acrogen
noun
(biology) any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns
agacles
aganice
agapeic
agapeic
adj
Characteristic of agape.
ageusic
ageusic
adj
Lacking a sense of taste.
aggrace
aggrace
noun
(obsolete) grace; favour
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To favour; to grace.
aglance
alcogel
alcogel
noun
(chemistry) A colloid where the dispersive media is alcohol.
A hand sanitizer in the form of an alcohol gel
algesic
algesic
adj
Pain-causing; painful in nature.
Relating to the level of hypersensitivity to pain.
algetic
algetic
adj
Producing or having relation to pain.
anergic
anergic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of anergy.
angelic
angelic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
(topology) A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.
anglice
apogeic
apogeic
adj
(figuratively) Climactic.
Pertaining to the apogee.
backage
becking
becking
verb
present participle of beck
beclang
beclogs
beclogs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclog
begrace
begrace
verb
(transitive) To address (one) as "Grace".
(transitive) To grace or endue with grace; begift; endow.
blocage
blocage
noun
(architecture) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
boscage
boscage
noun
(art) Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.
(law) Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.
A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
A tax on wood.
brocage
brocage
noun
Obsolete form of brokerage.
cabbage
cabbage
noun
(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
(uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
(uncountable, slang) Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
Leftover scraps of fabric.
The cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
Used as a term of endearment.
verb
(intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.
(intransitive, slang) To do nothing; to idle; veg out.
(transitive) To purloin or embezzle; to pilfer, to steal.
cadgers
cadgers
noun
plural of cadger
cageful
cageful
noun
That which can fit into a cage.
cageman
cageman
noun
(Hong Kong) One who lives in a cage home.
cagiest
cagiest
adj
superlative form of cagy: most cagy
cagoule
cagoule
noun
(Britain) A lightweight waterproof parka.
calkage
camboge
camboge
noun
Alternative form of gamboge.
camogie
camogie
noun
A women's stick-and-ball sport from Ireland, almost identical to hurling.
cangler
cangues
cangues
noun
plural of cangue
carceag
carceag
noun
The disease icterohematuria in sheep.
careaga
cargoes
cargoes
noun
plural of cargo
plural of cargoe
cargued
carlage
carnage
carnage
noun
(figurative, slang) Any chaotic situation.
(figurative, sports) Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.
Death and destruction.
The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
cartage
cartage
noun
A charge made for such transport.
Any vehicular transportation of goods.
The transport of goods by cart; carting
caruage
carvage
cauboge
caughey
ceasing
ceasing
noun
A cessation.
verb
present participle of cease
ceiling
ceiling
noun
(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
(aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
(finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
(mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
(meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
(nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
The overhead closure of a room.
The upper limit of an object or action.
verb
present participle of ceil
celling
celling
noun
(in combination) confinement in a cell
verb
present participle of cell
censing
censing
verb
present participle of cense
centage
centage
noun
Rate by the hundred; percentage.
cerning
cessing
cessing
verb
present participle of cess
chagres
changed
changed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of change
changer
changer
noun
A person employed in changing or discounting money.
Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
Someone or something who changes things.
changes
changes
noun
(music) Short for chord changes.
plural of change
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of change
charged
charged
adj
Arousing strong emotion.
Having electricity.
Showing or having strong emotion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of charge
chargee
chargee
noun
(law) The holder or beneficiary of a charge or right in security (such as a debenture).
(law, Africa) One who is given charge of caring for another's animal or herd.
One who is charged; the person on whom a charge is levied, who is charged with a crime, who is charged to do something, etc.
chargen
charger
charger
noun
(firearms) A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.
(historical, military) A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier).
(prison) A rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools.
A device that charges or recharges.
A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal; also service plate or underplate.
A large platter.
One who charges.
Synonym of hard charger (“person with a good work ethic”)
charges
charges
noun
plural of charge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charge
chefang
chegoes
chegoes
noun
plural of chegoe
chemung
chemung
Proper noun
an unincorporated CDP in McHenry County, Illinois, USA.
a town in Chemung County, New York, USA, named after the Chemung River.
an unincorporated community in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA.
a river in New York State.
chengal
chengtu
chergui
chergui
noun
Alternative form of sharqi
chevage
chevage
noun
A capitation tax; an equal tax or tribute per person.
chewing
chewing
noun
(drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
(drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
verb
present participle of chew
chigger
chigger
noun
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
A harvest mite, a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
chigoes
chigoes
noun
plural of chigoe
chivage
chogset
chogset
noun
The cunner (fish).
chokage
chomage
chomage
noun
(obsolete) A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.
choregi
choregi
noun
plural of choregus
choregy
chugged
chugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chug
chugger
chugger
noun
(fishing) A type of fish lure or fly that makes a popping or chugging sound when twitched.
(informal, derogatory) A street fundraiser, especially a private contractor, working on behalf of a charity, who is aggressive or invasive.
A vehicle, train or boat with an engine that makes a chugging noise when running.
One who chugs a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
cienaga
cienaga
noun
Alternative form of cienega
cienega
cienega
noun
(US) A marshy spring where groundwater bubbles to the surface.
cigaret
cigaret
noun
Dated form of cigarette.
clagged
clagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clag
clanged
clanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clang
clanger
clanger
noun
(Australia, Australian rules football) A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
(Australia, entomology) A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.
(chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
Short for Bedfordshire clanger.
Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
cleping
cleping
verb
present participle of clepe
clewing
clewing
verb
present participle of clew
clinged
clinged
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cling (“to adhere”)
simple past tense and past participle of cling (“to ring”)
clinger
clinger
noun
(informal) An emotionally clingy person.
One who clings.
clogged
clogged
adj
Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clog
clogger
clogger
noun
(soccer, slang) A physically aggressive player.
A maker of the shoes called clogs.
One who, or that which, clogs.
clueing
coagent
coagent
noun
An associate in an act; a coworker.
coagule
codgers
codgers
noun
plural of codger
coffeng
cogence
cogence
noun
cogency
cogency
cogency
noun
The state of being cogent; the characteristic or quality of being reasonable and persuasive.
cogener
cogener
noun
A congener.
coggers
coggers
noun
plural of cogger
cognate
cognate
adj
(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
noun
(law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
(law, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
cognise
cognise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of cognize.
cognize
cognize
verb
To know, perceive, or become aware of.
To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.
cogware
cogware
noun
A coarse cloth of the 14th century.
A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the 16th century.
cogweel
cohagen
cohberg
coigned
coignes
coignes
noun
plural of coigne
coinage
coinage
noun
(countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
(uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
(uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
The process of coining money.
The process of creating something new.
cojudge
colgate
colgate
Proper noun
A particular brand of toothpaste.
collage
collage
noun
(uncountable) The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.
A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
verb
(transitive) To make into a collage.
college
college
noun
(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
(Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
(Ireland, Philippines) A university.
(Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.
(chiefly UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
(chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
(in Chile) A bilingual school.
(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
(politics) An electoral college.
A specialized division of a university.
cologne
cologne
noun
(cosmetics) A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water.
colpheg
compage
compage
noun
(obsolete) A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.
(obsolete) Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole.
compreg
compreg
noun
A compressed and impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms from panel to solid profiles.
congaed
congaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conga
congeal
congeal
verb
(intransitive) To become congealed, solidify.
(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
(transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
(transitive) To make rigid or immobile.
congeed
congeed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congee
congees
congees
noun
plural of congee
congeon
congers
congers
noun
plural of conger
congery
congest
congest
noun
(Ireland, Scotland, agriculture, history) A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
verb
To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
congoes
congoes
noun
plural of congo
congree
congree
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree.
congrue
congrue
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to be suitable.
conyger
conyger
noun
(historical) A rabbit warren; an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding and raising rabbits.
conynge
cordage
cordage
noun
(nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.
(obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords.
coreign
coreign
verb
To reign jointly.
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
cornage
cornage
noun
(law) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
A feudal tax levied on horned cattle.
corrige
corsage
corsage
noun
(now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
(obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
cortege
cortege
noun
A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
costage
costage
noun
(obsolete) price
cottage
cottage
noun
(Polari) A meeting place for homosexual men.
(UK, slang, archaic) A public lavatory.
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
A small house.
verb
(intransitive, Polari, of men) To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
coughed
coughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cough
cougher
cougher
noun
A person who coughs.
couhage
couhage
noun
Obsolete form of cowage.
coulage
coupage
coupage
noun
The blending (or cutting) of wine.
courage
courage
noun
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.