(dated, Britain school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
(dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence
noun
(dated, Britain school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
(dated, Britain school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
(dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent
aegir
agers
agers
noun
plural of ager
agger
agger
noun
(historical) In ancient Roman construction, an earthwork; a mound or raised work.
A high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again.
A low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again.
agler
agree
agree
verb
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
(intransitive, followed by "to") To give assent; to accede
(intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
(intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
(intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
(transitive, UK, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
aiger
aiger
adj
(archaic) Pronunciation spelling of eager.
noun
Alternative form of ague
Alternative form of eagre; a tidal bore.
aigre
aigre
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of eager (“sour”)
alger
anger
anger
noun
(obsolete) Pain or stinging.
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.
verb
(intransitive) To become angry.
(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
arage
arage
adj
In a rage; furious.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To enrage.
areng
areng
noun
A palm tree (Arenga pinnata, syn. Saguerus saccharifer) which yields sago, wine, and fibres for ropes.
argel
arges
argle
argue
argue
verb
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
(obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
(obsolete, transitive) To prove.
(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
auger
auger
noun
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
verb
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
bagre
barge
barge
noun
(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
(US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
verb
(transitive) To push someone.
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
begar
begar
noun
A system of forced labour in parts of India.
berga
bergh
bergh
noun
(UK dialectal) A hill.
bergs
bergs
noun
plural of berg
bergy
bergy
adj
containing icebergs
of or related to icebergs
brage
bugre
burge
cager
cager
noun
(cycling, derogatory) A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.
(dated) A basketball player.
(mining) A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
corge
derog
dirge
dirge
noun
(informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
verb
To sing dirges
dregs
dregs
noun
(collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
dreng
dreng
noun
(historical, UK) A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
eagar
eager
eager
adj
(computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
An eggar moth; any of various species of family Lasiocampidae, especially the oak eggar-moth, Lasiocampa quercus.
One who eggs or incites.
One who gathers eggs.
egnar
egrep
egret
egret
noun
(botany) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
(obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
egrid
eiger
elgar
elger
emigr
ergal
ergal
noun
(physics, dated) potential energy; negative value of the force function
ergon
ergon
noun
(Classical philosophy) A task or function of a creature.
(physics) Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.
ergot
ergot
noun
Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.
erugo
esrog
etrog
etrog
noun
(Judaism) The yellow citron (Citrus medica) used in Sukkot ritual.
fager
fgrep
forge
forge
noun
(computing) A Web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software.
A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
The act of beating or working iron or steel.
verb
(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
(often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
(sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
To form or create with concerted effort.
To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
frege
gader
gager
gager
noun
A measurer.
galer
gamer
gamer
adj
comparative form of game: more game
noun
(obsolete) A gambler.
A person who games the system.
A person who plays any kind of game.
A person whose hobby is video games.
gaper
gaper
noun
(US, slang) An inexperienced skier.
Any of several species of burrowing clams.
One who gapes; a starer.
The comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
The fish Champsodon capensis
garbe
garce
garde
garde
noun
Obsolete form of guard.
gareh
garek
garey
garle
garse
gater
gater
noun
A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use.
gaure
gayer
gayer
adj
comparative form of gay: more gay
noun
(chiefly UK, colloquial, derogatory) Somebody who is gay (in the sense of either homosexual or uncool).
gazer
gazer
noun
One who gazes.
gears
gears
noun
plural of gear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gear
geary
geber
gebur
gebur
noun
(historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.
geier
geira
genre
genre
noun
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
genro
genro
noun
(historical) A body of elder statesmen of Japan, formerly used as informal advisors to the Emperor.
georg
gerah
gerah
noun
(historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
gerar
gerbe
gerbe
noun
(mathematics) An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
(now obsolete) A (wheat) sheaf.
(pyrotechnics) A kind of ornamental firework.
Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
gerbo
gerda
gerda
Proper noun
name occasionally used in English, mostly around 1900.
gerdi
gerdy
gerek
gerge
gerik
gerim
gerip
germs
germs
noun
plural of germ
germy
germy
adj
(informal) That carries germs.
gerri
gerri
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine, also used as a formal given name.
gerry
gerry
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given names Gerald and Gerard.
A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.
gerta
gerti
gerty
gezer
giber
giber
noun
One who utters gibes.
giher
girse
giver
giver
noun
One who gives; a donor or contributor.
glare
glare
adj
(US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
noun
(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
An angry or fierce stare.
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
verb
(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
(intransitive) To shine brightly.
(intransitive) To stare angrily.
(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
gleir
glore
glore
verb
(archaic) to glare
(archaic) to glower
gluer
gluer
noun
One who glues.
gober
goers
goers
noun
plural of goer
gofer
gofer
noun
(informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
gomer
gomer
noun
(US, military slang) An opponent in combat or in training.
(US, military slang, derogatory) An inept trainee or serviceperson.
(historical units of measure, archaic) Alternative form of omer: a former Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
(medical slang, derogatory) An undesirable hospital patient, or a patient who does not need medical care.
(slang, derogatory) A dirty, senile, or otherwise unpleasant patient.
(slang, derogatory) A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.
(slang, informal) A patient who does not respond to medical treatment.
A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.
goner
goner
noun
(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.
gorce
gorce
noun
(obsolete) A pool of water to keep fish in; a weir.
gored
gored
adj
(textiles) Having a gore or gores.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gore
goree
goren
gorer
gorer
noun
Someone or something that gores (typically an animal that gores other creatures).
gores
gores
noun
plural of gore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gore
gorey
gorge
gorge
adj
(slang) Gorgeous.
noun
(US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
(archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
(archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
(architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
(architecture, military, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification.
(fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
(mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
An act of gorging.
Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
verb
(intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [+ on (object)]
(transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
(transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
(transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
gorse
gorse
noun
Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.
goter
gower
gower
Proper noun
A peninsula in southern Wales.
grace
grace
noun
(countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
(countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
(uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.
(uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
verb
(transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
(transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
(transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
(transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
grade
grade
noun
(Canada, US, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
(Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
(chiefly Canada, US) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
(geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
(linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
(mathematics) A gradian.
(medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
(ophthalmology, Philippines) An eyeglass prescription.
(systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
A rating.
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
The level of the ground.
verb
(Canada, no longer current, intransitive) To pass from one school grade into the next.
(chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
(intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
(linguistics) To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
(sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to be sorry; to fret; to be vexed or displeased.
(transitive, obsolete) To vex; grill; make angry or sorry.
grane
grane
verb
Obsolete form of groan.
grape
grape
adj
Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
Of a dark purplish red colour.
noun
(US, naval slang) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
(US, slang, colloquial, African-American Vernacular) A person's head.
(countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
(countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
(countable, uncountable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
(countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
(uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.
A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
verb
(dialect, Hong Kong) To envy (derived from "sour grapes" idiom).
(dialect, north, UK) To grope.
(of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
To pick grapes.
grate
grate
adj
(obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Obsolete spelling of great
noun
(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
verb
(by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
(by extension, transitive) To annoy.
(intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
(transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
grave
grave
adj
(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
(phonology, dated, of a sound) Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
Low in pitch, tone etc.
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
noun
(by extension) Death, destruction.
(by extension) Deceased people; the dead.
(historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.
A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
(intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
(transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
(transitive, obsolete) To dig.
(transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
graze
graze
noun
A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
The act of animals feeding from pasture.
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
verb
(intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
(intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
(transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
(transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
(transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
(transitive, intransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
great
great
adj
(applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
(applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
(informal, Britain) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
(obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
(obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.
(often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.
(qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
Extreme or more than usual.
Impressive or striking.
Much in use; favoured.
Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
Of significant importance or consequence; important.
Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
Title referring to an important leader.
adv
(informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
intj
Expression of gladness and content about something.
sarcastic inversion thereof.
noun
(in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
(music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
grebe
grebe
noun
Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.
grebo
grebo
noun
(slang, UK, countable) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.
(slang, UK, countable, chiefly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
(uncountable) A short-lived subgenre of alternative rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip-hop, and psychedelia.
grece
grece
noun
(obsolete) A flight of stairs.
(obsolete, in the plural) Steps, stairs.
greco
greed
greed
noun
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
verb
To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.
greek
greek
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).
Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
verb
(transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
(transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
green
green
adj
(Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
(cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
(dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
(dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
(figurative) Environmentally friendly.
(figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
(figurative) Inexperienced.
(figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
(figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
(figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
(film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
(particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
(wine) High or too high in acidity.
Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
Having green as its color.
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
noun
(Britain) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
(US, slang, uncountable) Money.
(bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
(chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
(golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
(politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
(theater, informal) Short for green room.
A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
A green light used as a signal.
Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
verb
(intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
(transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
(transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
(transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
To become or grow green in colour.
greer
grees
grees
noun
plural of gree
greet
greet
adj
(obsolete outside Scotland) Great.
noun
(obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
(intransitive, archaic) To meet and give salutations.
(transitive) To accost; to address.
(transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
(transitive) To be perceived by (somebody).
(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
grefe
greff
grega
grege
gregg
gregg
Proper noun
derived from Gregory and Gregor.
name, a pet form of Gregory, or transferred from the surname.