(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
aiguelle
aiguille
aiguille
noun
A needle-shaped peak.
An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
alalunga
alangium
alguacil
alguazil
alguazil
noun
An officer of the law in Spain or Latin America.
alguifou
alingual
alingual
adj
(linguistics) Using no language.
alluding
alluding
verb
present participle of allude
alluring
alluring
adj
Having the power to allure.
noun
The action of the verb allure.
verb
present participle of allure
although
although
conj
But, except.
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
alunogen
alunogen
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium sulfate mineral often found on the walls of mines and quarries.
alurgite
ambuling
amygdule
amygdule
noun
(geology) A rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
analogue
analogue
adj
(mostly Commonwealth) Alternative form of analog
anguilla
anguille
angulare
angulate
angulate
adj
Shaped with corners or angles.
verb
To make, or to become, angular.
angulose
angulose
adj
Alternative form of angulous
angulous
angulous
adj
(archaic) angular; having corners
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.
aqualung
aqualung
noun
(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
verb
To scuba dive.
aquilege
arguable
arguable
adj
(colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate.
That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.
arguably
arguably
adv
As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent.
argutely
argutely
adv
In an argute manner.
arugolas
arugulas
arugulas
noun
plural of arugula
attargul
attargul
noun
(obsolete) attar of roses
augelite
augelite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃.
augurial
augurial
adj
Relating to augurs or to augury.
augustal
augustly
augustly
adv
In a royal or regal manner.
In an august or awe-inspiring manner.
autology
autology
noun
(grammar) The property of a word or phrase which describes itself.
(more generally) The ability of a concept to apply to itself; self-reference.
The study of oneself.
auxology
auxology
noun
(biology) The study of growth
avulsing
avulsing
verb
present participle of avulse
axifugal
axifugal
adj
(archaic) Centrifugal. [from 18th c.]
axofugal
baseplug
baubling
baubling
adj
Obsolete form of bawbling.
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
becudgel
becudgel
verb
(transitive) To cudgel thoroughly or soundly.
beguiled
beguiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beguile
beguiler
beguiler
noun
A person who beguiles
beguiles
beguiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beguile
begulfed
bejuggle
bejuggle
verb
To confuse; to confound.
belgique
belitung
belugite
benguela
beplague
berglund
billbugs
billbugs
noun
plural of billbug
birdglue
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blagueur
blagueur
noun
A joker (person who makes jokes).
blousing
blousing
verb
present participle of blouse
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blubbing
blubbing
noun
Crying; whining; blubbering.
verb
present participle of blub
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludging
bludging
verb
present participle of bludge
bluegill
bluegill
noun
A North American sunfish; Lepomis macrochirus.
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
bluegums
bluegums
noun
plural of bluegum
blueings
blueings
noun
plural of blueing
bluelegs
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
bluffing
bluffing
noun
A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
blungers
blungers
noun
plural of blunger
blunging
blunging
verb
present participle of blunge
blunting
blunting
noun
The process by which something is made blunt.
verb
present participle of blunt
blurbing
blurbing
verb
present participle of blurb
blurping
blurring
blurring
noun
A blurry patch.
verb
present participle of blur
blurting
blurting
noun
Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.
verb
present participle of blurt
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
bogalusa
boulogne
boulogne
Proper noun
A commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-Billancourt
breughel
brueghel
bubbling
bubbling
noun
The action or motion of something that bubbles.
verb
present participle of bubble
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
buddling
buddling
verb
present participle of buddle
bugology
bugology
noun
(informal) The study of insects.
building
building
noun
(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.
(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
verb
present participle of build
bulganin
bulgaria
bulgaric
bulgiest
bulgiest
adj
superlative form of bulgy: most bulgy
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
bulldogs
bulldogs
noun
plural of bulldog
bullfrog
bullfrog
noun
Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
bullgine
bullgine
noun
(US, slang, obsolete) A steam locomotive.
bullough
bullring
bullring
noun
Alternative form of bull ring (“area where a bullfight takes place”)
bullying
bullying
noun
An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
verb
present participle of bully
bullyrag
bullyrag
verb
(transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
bumbling
bumbling
adj
Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.
noun
The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
verb
present participle of bumble
bundling
bundling
noun
(countable, uncountable) Arrangement in a bundle or collection.
(uncountable, historical) An old custom in Wales, New England, and elsewhere for sweethearts to sleep on the same bed without undressing.
verb
present participle of bundle
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungerly
bungfull
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
bunglers
bunglers
noun
plural of bungler
bungling
bungling
adj
Incompetent or inept.
noun
An act of incompetence or ineptitude.
verb
present participle of bungle
bungwall
bungwall
noun
A species of fern, Telmatoblechnum indicum, native to Australia and Southeast Asia.
burbling
burbling
noun
A burble, the sounds of a burble.
verb
present participle of burble
burelage
burghley
burglars
burglars
noun
plural of burglar
burglary
burglary
noun
(law) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
(law, US) Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1.
The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
burgling
burgling
verb
present participle of burgle
burgwell
burleigh
burleigh
Proper noun
Any of various towns in the English-speaking world.
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
cagefuls
cagefuls
noun
plural of cageful
caligula
calquing
calquing
noun
loan translation
verb
present participle of calque
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
chugalug
chugalug
adv
In continuous gulps
noun
(informal) A glugging sound, especially one made by a person drinking in large gulps
verb
(transitive, intransitive, US) To swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing.
chughole
chughole
noun
(US) pothole
cingular
cingular
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cingulum
cingulum
cingulum
noun
(anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth.
(neuroanatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.
(zoology) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
(zoology) The clitellus of earthworms.
The girdle of an alb.
clangful
clangour
clangour
noun
(Britain, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
verb
(Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
clangula
claughts
cliquing
cliquing
verb
present participle of clique
cloghaun
cloudage
cloudage
noun
Mass of clouds; cloudiness.
clouding
clouding
noun
A cloudy appearance.
A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
verb
present participle of cloud
clougher
clouring
clouring
verb
present participle of clour
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
clubbing
clubbing
noun
(countable) An instance of using a club.
(countable, medicine) A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes.
(uncountable) The practice of frequenting nightclubs.
The development of clubroot in a plant.
verb
present participle of club
clucking
clucking
adj
(slang, euphemistic) fucking (as intensifier)
noun
The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.
verb
present participle of cluck
clumping
clumping
noun
A clump or cluster.
The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
verb
present participle of clump
clunking
clunking
adj
clunky; awkward
noun
A sound that clunks.
verb
present participle of clunk
coagulin
coagulin
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance having the ability to coagulate foreign proteins
coagulum
coagulum
noun
A mass of coagulated material; a clot or curd
collogue
collogue
verb
(intransitive) To simulate belief.
(rare) To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.
(transitive) To coax; to flatter.
conjugal
conjugal
adj
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
coughlin
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.