Any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
argentum
argument
argument
noun
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
armgaunt
armgaunt
adj
(nonce word, archaic) Of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.
armitage
autogram
autogram
noun
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
bregmata
bregmata
noun
plural of bregma
bregmate
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
datagram
datagram
noun
(networking) A packet of data passed across a network
embright
emergent
emergent
adj
(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
(botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
(especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
(philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
(video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
noun
(botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
emigrant
emigrant
noun
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called a migrant.
Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
emigrate
emigrate
verb
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
ergmeter
ergmeter
noun
An instrument for measuring energy in ergs.
ergotism
ergotism
noun
A logical deduction.
The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
The plant disease caused by ergot.
The usage of ergot infested grain to poison animals.
ethrogim
fragment
fragment
noun
(Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
(computing) An incomplete portion of code.
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
verb
(intransitive) To break apart.
(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
(transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
gamester
gamester
noun
(obsolete) A prostitute; one who is on the game.
(video games, nonstandard) One who plays video games.
A person who plays games.
garments
garments
noun
plural of garment
garthman
gatherum
gayomart
gemarist
gemarist
Noun
One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings.
gematria
gematria
noun
A cabalistic method of interpreting Hebrew words, based on numerical values of letters.
geoemtry
geometer
geometer
noun
(zoology) Any species of geometrid moth (family Geometridae).
A mathematician who specializes in geometry.
geometry
geometry
noun
(algebraic geometry, countable) A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.
(countable) The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.
(mathematics, often qualified in combination, countable) A mathematical system that deals with spatial relationships and that is built on a particular set of axioms; a subbranch of geometry which deals with such a system or systems.
(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
geotherm
geotherm
noun
A geoisotherm.
germiest
germiest
adj
superlative form of germy: most germy
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
gomarist
gomarist
Noun
A follower of a 17th-century Dutch Calvinist who strongly opposed the Arminians.
gomarite
gomarite
Noun
A Gomarist.
gourmets
gourmets
noun
plural of gourmet
gourmont
gradatim
gradatim
adv
(obsolete) step by step; gradually and methodically.
graftdom
granatum
grantham
grantham
Proper noun
a market town in Lincolnshire, England.
granthem
grateman
graymont
gregatim
grimiest
grimiest
adj
superlative form of grimy: most grimy
grimmest
grimmest
adj
superlative form of grim: most grim
gripment
grithman
gromatic
gromatic
adj
Relating to surveying, especially in Ancient Rome.
grommets
grommets
noun
plural of grommet
groomlet
grummest
grummest
adj
superlative form of grum: most grum
grummets
grummets
noun
plural of grummet
gumtrees
gumtrees
noun
plural of gumtree
hagstrom
maggotry
maggotry
noun
An utter absurdity; folly.
magirist
magirist
noun
(obsolete, rare) Synonym of chef: A skilful or learned cook.
magister
magister
noun
Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
The possessor of a master's degree.
magritte
mangrate
mantegar
mantegar
noun
(obsolete) mandrill (formerly thought to be a type of baboon)
maragato
margalit
margaret
margaret
Proper noun
A river of southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton.
A river of the Kimberley region of Western Australia, named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law.
A moon of Uranus, named for a character in Much Ado About Nothing.
margents
margents
noun
plural of margent
margette
margetts
margreta
maritage
maritage
noun
The fine paid by the vassal to the feudal lord for failing to follow his maritage decision.
The property bought by the couple upon their marriage under the feudal customs.
The right of the lord of the fee to dispose of the heiress, later also of the male heir, in marriage.
martagon
martagon
noun
The Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon). [from 15th c.]
matagory
matgrass
matgrass
noun
(Australia) Hemarthria uncinata
(Australia) Spinifex hirsutus (rolling grass)
Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass) and other closely related plants
The grass Nardus stricta.
matweed
matrigan
maturing
maturing
verb
present participle of mature
mcgruter
megatron
megatron
noun
A disc-seal tube, used in lighthouses or submersibles.
mentagra
mentagra
noun
(medicine) sycosis
meriting
meriting
verb
present participle of merit
metagram
metagram
noun
A word game in which one word has to be transformed into another by substituting one letter at a time.
metargon
metargon
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A supposed noble gas, once thought to exist in minute amounts in the atmosphere as a result of a flawed study of density spectra.
meterage
meterage
noun
The cost of measuring.
metering
metering
noun
(chiefly US) The marking itself; franking.
(chiefly US) The process of marking a stamp with a meter.
The act of using a meter for measurement.
verb
present participle of meter
midgarth
mightier
mightier
adj
comparative form of mighty: more mighty
migrants
migrants
noun
plural of migrant
migrated
migrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of migrate
migrates
migrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate
migrator
migrator
noun
(computing) A computer program that helps move objects between locations, e.g. from a legacy system to a new technology.
Any creature that migrates.
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misgraft
misgraft
verb
To graft wrongly.
mistigri
mistigri
noun
A card game, resembling poker, in which the joker is used.
mitering
mitering
verb
present participle of miter
mitinger
montegre
mortgage
mortgage
noun
(law) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.
(obsolete) State of being pledged.
verb
(transitive, figurative) To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
(transitive, law) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
mortling
mortling
noun
(UK) Wool taken from a dead sheep.
(UK, dialect) An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
motoring
motoring
noun
The act of driving a car.
verb
present participle of motor
mugworts
mugworts
noun
plural of mugwort
murtaugh
ngultrum
ngultrum
noun
The official currency of Bhutan, equal to 100 chetrums.
optogram
optogram
noun
(physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
orgament
ragtimer
ragtimer
noun
A musician who plays or composes ragtime music.
ragtimes
ragtimes
noun
plural of ragtime
ragtimey
ragtimey
adj
(informal, music) Resembling ragtime music.
ramsgate
ramsgate
Proper noun
A coastal town in the Thanet borough of Kent.
regiment
regiment
noun
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions.
(now rare, archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
(obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
(obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
(obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
(obsolete, medicine) A regimen.
verb
(transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
(transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.
remating
remating
noun
A second or subsequent mating
verb
present participle of remate
remigate
retiming
retiming
verb
present participle of retime
rglement
rightism
rightism
noun
(countable) An act or statement supporting the political right.
(uncountable) Belief in, or support of, the principles of the political right.
ringtime
smarting
smarting
adj
(figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
Painful, sore.
noun
A sensation that smarts or stings.
verb
present participle of smart
stagworm
stagworm
noun
The larva of Cephenemyia auribarbis, which infests the stag.
sterigma
sterigma
noun
(botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
(entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths.
(mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
storming
storming
noun
The act by which something is stormed.
The act of one who storms or rages.
verb
present participle of storm
stroming
taghairm
taghairm
noun
A method of divination in which cats were roasted alive to call up the spirit of the demon cat who would grant the wishes of the torturers.
A method of divination involving wrapping a person in the hide of a freshly-killed ox which was then placed beside a waterfall or other desolate place, to enable the person to foresee the outcome of an impending battle; the oracle of the hide.
tangrams
tangrams
noun
plural of tangram
targeman
targumic
tegurium
telegram
telegram
noun
A message transmitted by telegraph.
verb
(intransitive) To send a telegram.
(transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.
(transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).
tigerism
tigerism
noun
tigerish disposition
tomogram
tomogram
noun
A two-dimensional image produced by tomography, representing a slice or section through a three-dimensional object.
tonogram
tonogram
noun
The output of a tonometer
tramming
tramming
verb
present participle of tram
trampage
tramping
tramping
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport; hiking
The act or sound of one who tramps, or walks heavily.
verb
present participle of tramp
trangams
trangams
noun
plural of trangam
trigonum
trigonum
noun
(anatomy) Synonym of os trigonum (“an accessory bone of the foot”)
trigrams
trigrams
noun
plural of trigram
trimming
trimming
noun
(colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.
(countable) An instance of that act or process.
(countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
(historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
(uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.
An accessory or accompaniment.
verb
present participle of trim
tromping
tromping
verb
present participle of tromp
trumping
trumping
noun
(poetic, archaic) The sound of a trumpet.
The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.