(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
ashbaugh
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
blushing
blushing
adj
Showing blushes; rosy red.
noun
The act of one who blushes; a blush.
verb
present participle of blush
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
brushing
brushing
adj
(dated) brisk; light
noun
(uncountable, Internet) A fraudulent technique in which an online seller sends out fake orders (such as empty boxes) and adds positive reviews about those orders, ostensibly from the recipient.
An instance of brushing.
verb
present participle of brush
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
buphagus
burghers
burghers
noun
plural of burgher
busching
bushgoat
bushings
bushings
noun
plural of bushing
bushongo
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chuggers
chuggers
noun
plural of chugger
claughts
coughers
coughers
noun
plural of cougher
crushing
crushing
adj
Devastatingly disheartening.
That crushes; overwhelming.
noun
(in the plural) Crushed material.
A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing.
The action of the verb to crush.
verb
present participle of crush
curraghs
curraghs
noun
plural of curragh
doghouse
doghouse
noun
(informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
(nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
draughts
draughts
noun
(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
flashgun
flashgun
noun
(photography) An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb.
(photography) Any similar unit used to generate repeatable flashes of light for photography.
flaughts
flushing
flushing
noun
(UK) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
A surface formed of floating threads.
Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
The act by which something is flushed.
verb
present participle of flush
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
gallbush
galumphs
galumphs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph
garshuni
gashouse
gashouse
noun
gasworks
gasthaus
gauchest
gauchest
adj
superlative form of gauche: most gauche
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
ghoulish
ghoulish
adj
Fascinated by corpses.
Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
Of or pertaining to ghouls.
ginhouse
ginhouse
noun
A building where cotton is ginned.
glumpish
glumpish
adj
(dialect, dated) grumpy; sullen; gloomy
glunches
goatbush
gouaches
gouaches
noun
plural of gouache
gracchus
gracchus
Proper noun
definition
grouches
grouches
noun
plural of grouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grouch
gruffish
gruffish
adj
Somewhat gruff.
grumpish
grumpish
adj
surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy
grutches
grutches
noun
plural of grutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch
gumshoed
gumshoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe
gumshoes
gumshoes
noun
plural of gumshoe
gunhouse
gunhouse
noun
(naval) The rotating part of a gun turret seen above deck.
gunships
gunships
noun
plural of gunship
gunshots
gunshots
noun
plural of gunshot
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gurdfish
guruship
guruship
noun
The status of a guru.
gushiest
gushiest
adj
superlative form of gushy: most gushy
gustoish
guytrash
guytrash
noun
Alternative form of gytrash
habsburg
hagecius
halfungs
hamburgs
hametugs
handguns
handguns
noun
plural of handgun
hangouts
hangouts
noun
plural of hangout
hapsburg
haulages
haulages
noun
plural of haulage
hegumens
hegumens
noun
plural of hegumen
heligmus
highbush
highbush
adj
Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
hindguts
hindguts
noun
plural of hindgut
hocusing
hocusing
verb
present participle of hocus
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
housebug
housings
housings
noun
plural of housing
housling
housling
adj
sacramental
hugeness
hugeness
noun
the quality of being huge; immensity
huntings
huntings
noun
plural of hunting
hurlings
hurlings
noun
plural of hurling
huskings
huskings
noun
plural of husking
hustings
hustings
noun
(by extension) An election campaign.
A platform where candidates in an election give speeches; a husting.
plural of husting
hustling
hustling
noun
Act of one who hustles.
verb
present participle of hustle
huyghens
ispaghul
judgship
jugheads
jugheads
noun
plural of jughead
languish
languish
verb
(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
(intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
(transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
laughers
laughers
noun
plural of laugher
lochagus
lungfish
lungfish
noun
air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
lushburg
mahuangs
meshugah
meshugga
meshugge
meshugge
adj
crazy, mad, senseless, insane
mughouse
mughouse
noun
(obsolete) An alehouse; a pothouse.
nilghaus
nilghaus
noun
plural of nilghau
nuraghes
nylghaus
nylghaus
noun
plural of nylghau
outsight
outsight
noun
(Scotland) Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.
Expectation; prospect.
Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.
pishogue
pishogue
noun
Magic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk.
quahaugs
quahaugs
noun
plural of quahaug
quashing
quashing
noun
The action of quashing something.
verb
present participle of quash
raghouse
raghouse
noun
(historical) Part of a paper mill in which the rags are prepared.
resought
resought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reseek
roughens
roughens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roughen
roughers
roughers
noun
plural of rougher
roughest
roughest
adj
superlative form of rough: most rough
roughish
roughish
adj
Somewhat rough.
ruchings
ruchings
noun
plural of ruching
rushings
rushings
noun
plural of rushing
sagebush
saguache
saguache
Proper noun
a statutory town in Colorado, USA
shagbush
shantung
shantung
noun
A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.
A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
sharnbug
shauling
shogunal
shogunal
adj
Of or pertaining to a shogun.
Resembling a shogun.
shotguns
shotguns
noun
plural of shotgun
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shotgun
shouting
shouting
noun
The action of the verb to shout.
verb
present participle of shout
shrugged
shrugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shrug
shucking
shucking
noun
An event at which something is shucked.
verb
present participle of shuck
shunning
shunning
noun
The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
verb
present participle of shun
shunting
shunting
noun
(UK, finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks.
verb
present participle of shunt
shushing
shushing
noun
The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.
verb
present participle of shush
shutting
shutting
noun
The act by which something is shut.
verb
present participle of shut
sightful
sightful
adj
(obsolete) Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous
Having full sight; clear-sighted; perspicacious and discerning; observant
sloughed
sloughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of slough
sluggish
sluggish
adj
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
Slow; having little motion.
slughorn
slughorn
noun
(nonstandard, rare) A wind instrument.
Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”)
slushing
slushing
verb
present participle of slush
smuggish
smuggish
adj
Somewhat smug.
snagbush
snuggish
snuggish
adj
Somewhat snug
sorghums
sorghums
noun
plural of sorghum
souchong
souchong
noun
Any of several varieties of aromatic black tea from China.
soughing
soughing
noun
A rushing, rustling sound.
verb
present participle of sough
souhegan
southing
southing
noun
(astronomy) The time when the moon souths.
(nautical) A distance traveled southward.
verb
present participle of south
sphagnum
sphagnum
noun
Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
sphygmus
stagbush
staghunt
straughn
straught
straught
adj
(Scotland) straight
(obsolete) Insane, mad, distraught.
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To stretch; make straight.
(obsolete) Alternative form of stretched
subgraph
subgraph
noun
(graph theory) A graph or network that makes up part of a larger graph or network.
sugihara
suiogoth
sunlight
sunlight
noun
(figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
Synonym of sunrise.
verb
To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.
thoughts
thoughts
noun
plural of thought
thuggees
thuggees
noun
plural of thuggee
thuggess
thuggish
thuggish
adj
(derogatory) Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).