An altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.
algidity
algidity
noun
(medicine) The state of being algid.
alginate
alginate
noun
(biochemistry) Any salt or ester of alginic acid.
algorist
algorist
noun
One who develops algorithms.
One who uses arabic numerals to represent numbers and to perform calculations, as opposed to one who uses Roman numerals to represent numbers and an abacus to perform calculations.
The aspect of a biological organism that follows a systematic process to interpret perceptual data.
algovite
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
alighten
alighten
verb
To alight, to dismount or get down from.
To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
allagite
alligate
alligate
verb
(transitive) To tie; to unite by some tie.
allthing
allthing
pron
(obsolete) everything
almighty
almighty
adj
(by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
(slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
adv
(slang, colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
alrighty
alrighty
intj
(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
altering
altering
noun
alteration
verb
present participle of alter
alurgite
angelita
angelito
antalgic
antalgic
adj
(medicine) alleviating pain
noun
Any medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
antilogs
antilogs
noun
plural of antilog
antilogy
antilogy
noun
(rhetoric) A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals.
arightly
arightly
adv
Aright; correctly.
atheling
atheling
noun
A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
attagirl
attagirl
intj
(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a girl, woman or female animal.
noun
A cry of "attagirl"; an accolade.
augelite
augelite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃.
bangtail
bangtail
noun
(US) A racehorse.
(marketing) An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
verb
To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.
bantling
bantling
noun
(archaic) A bastard-child.
(archaic, UK dialectal) An infant or young child.
(archaic, derogatory) A brat.
battling
battling
adj
Fertile.
Nourishing; fattening.
noun
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
verb
present participle of battle
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
beetling
beetling
adj
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
noun
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
verb
present participle of beetle
belating
belating
verb
present participle of belate
belitong
belitung
beltings
beltings
noun
plural of belting
belugite
bilgiest
bilgiest
adj
superlative form of bilgy: most bilgy
billtong
biltongs
biltongs
noun
plural of biltong
bitingly
bitingly
adv
In a biting manner.
blasting
blasting
noun
A planned explosion, as in mining.
The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
verb
present participle of blast
blatting
blatting
verb
present participle of blat
bleating
bleating
noun
A noise that bleats.
Inane or plaintive chatter.
verb
present participle of bleat
bletting
bletting
noun
A fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
verb
present participle of blet
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
blighter
blighter
noun
(Britain, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
A man or child, especially an annoying one.
One who blights.
blitzing
blitzing
verb
present participle of blitz
bloating
bloating
noun
A bloated condition; distention.
verb
present participle of bloat
blotting
blotting
noun
A blot; a stain.
The process by which something is blotted.
verb
present participle of blot
blunting
blunting
noun
The process by which something is made blunt.
verb
present participle of blunt
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
boltings
boltings
noun
plural of bolting
bottling
bottling
noun
A batch of bottled liquids, as from a single vat, barrel, or seasonal growth.
The act of pelting (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
verb
present participle of bottle
bratling
bratling
noun
A little brat.
brightly
brightly
adv
In a bright manner.
bulgiest
bulgiest
adj
superlative form of bulgy: most bulgy
bustling
bustling
adj
Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
noun
A bustle; a busy stir.
verb
present participle of bustle
buttling
buttling
verb
present participle of buttle
caligate
caligate
adj
(obsolete) Wearing caligae or military boots.
cantling
cantling
noun
The lower course of bricks enclosing a brick-clamp.
verb
present participle of cantle
castling
castling
noun
(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.
(obsolete) An abortion, or a premature birth.
(obsolete) The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
(shogi) The act of constructing a defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車).
A miniature cast or mould.
One that is cast.
verb
present participle of castle
catlings
catlings
noun
plural of catling
chitling
chitling
noun
Alternative form of chitterling (intestine used as food)
Alternative form of chitterling (shirt frill)
cleating
cleating
verb
present participle of cleat
clefting
clefting
noun
(linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.
(medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
verb
present participle of cleft
clinting
clothing
clothing
noun
(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
verb
present participle of clothe
clotting
clotting
noun
Clotted material.
verb
present participle of clot
clouting
clouting
noun
A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.
The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
verb
present participle of clout
critling
cuitling
cultigen
cultigen
noun
(botany, horticulture) A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
cutlings
cuttling
dartling
dartling
verb
present participle of dartle
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
delating
delating
verb
present participle of delate
delegati
deleting
deleting
verb
present participle of delete
delights
delights
noun
plural of delight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delight
dewlight
digitals
digitals
noun
plural of digital
digitule
digitule
noun
(zoology) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.
dilating
dilating
verb
present participle of dilate
diligent
diligent
adj
Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
diluting
diluting
verb
present participle of dilute
dogstail
dogstail
noun
A perennial grass, of the genus Cynosurus, that is grown for fodder
dotingly
dotingly
adv
In a doting manner
dottling
eastling
eclating
eclogite
eclogite
noun
(petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
ectoglia
egalites
eighthly
eighthly
adv
In the eighth place; eighth in a row.
electing
electing
verb
present participle of elect
elegiast
elegiast
noun
One who composes elegies.
elegists
elegists
noun
plural of elegist
eluating
erthling
etheling
etiology
etiology
noun
US standard spelling of aetiology.
eulogist
eulogist
noun
A person who praises another person or thing.
A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
evelight
exalting
exalting
adj
Of something that uplifts, that exalts.
verb
present participle of exalt
extoling
exulting
exulting
adj
Showing exultation.
noun
exultation
verb
present participle of exult
eyelight
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
fatlings
fatlings
noun
plural of fatling
faulting
faulting
noun
Formation of a geological fault.
verb
present participle of fault
feltings
feltings
noun
plural of felting
fettling
fettling
noun
(gerund, UK) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
(gerund, UK) Repairing; mending; sorting.
(gerund, UK) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
verb
present participle of fettle
figulate
figulate
adj
made of potter's clay
fileting
fileting
verb
present participle of filet
flatling
flatling
adv
Flatly, plainly.
In a flat position.
With the flat side (e.g. of a weapon).
flatting
flatting
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
(countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
(countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
The process of becoming flat.
The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
verb
present participle of flat
fleeting
fleeting
adj
Passing quickly; of short duration.
verb
present participle of fleet
flighted
flighted
adj
(of birds) Capable of flight.
Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flight
flighter
flighter
noun
(brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor..
flinting
flinting
noun
The act of making a flint tool.
verb
present participle of flint
flirting
flirting
noun
A flirtation.
verb
present participle of flirt
flitting
flitting
adj
Brief, likely to be of short duration.
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
verb
present participle of flit
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
flutings
flutings
noun
plural of fluting
flytings
flytings
noun
plural of flyting
footling
footling
adj
trivial, silly and irritating.
noun
A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
verb
present participle of footle
galactia
galactia
noun
(pathology) A morbid flow or deficiency of milk from the breast.
galactic
galactic
adj
(astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.
(figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).
(medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.
Relating to a galaxy.
galactin
galactin
noun
(chemistry) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.
A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
galatian
galatian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Galatia.
Noun
A person from Galatia.
galatine
galatine
noun
Alternative form of galantine
galenist
galenist
Noun
An advocate of Galenism.
galenite
galenite
noun
(uncommon) Synonym of galena
galerite
galerite
noun
(paleontology) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus †Galerites.
galictis
galipots
galipots
noun
plural of galipot
galivant
gallatin
gallatin
Proper noun
Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries, including:
A city in Tennessee, USA, and county seat of Sumner County.
galliett
galliots
galliots
noun
plural of galliot
gallipot
gallipot
noun
(now rare) Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary.
A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
gallivat
gallivat
noun
(nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
galtonia
galtonia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Galtonia of plants in the family Asparagaceae, native to southern Africa.
gantline
gantline
noun
(nautical) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
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.