(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
afghans
afghans
noun
plural of afghan
agathis
agulhas
alights
alights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight
amishgo
anglish
anglish
Proper noun
A register or form of English that gives preference to words of Germanic origin over words of other (especially Latin, French, or Greek) origin.
Adjective
Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
anguish
anguish
noun
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
anights
anights
adv
(archaic) In the night time; at night.
asgarth
ashling
ashling
noun
A small ash tree.
aswough
bagwash
bagwash
noun
(historical) A type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
bangash
bashing
bashing
noun
An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
verb
present participle of bash
bugshas
bugshas
noun
plural of bugsha
cashing
cashing
verb
present participle of cash
chagres
changes
changes
noun
(music) Short for chord changes.
plural of change
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of change
changos
charges
charges
noun
plural of charge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charge
chasing
chasing
noun
Engraved or embossed decoration.
verb
present participle of chase
curaghs
curaghs
noun
plural of curagh
daghesh
dashing
dashing
adj
Chic, fashionable.
Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
noun
The action of the verb to dash.
verb
present participle of dash
dghaisa
dghaisa
noun
A small boat resembling a gondola, common in Malta.
dishrag
dishrag
noun
(slang) An unclean person; used in similes.
A piece of cloth used for washing dishes.
euhages
fashing
fashing
verb
present participle of fash
gadbush
gaddish
gaddish
adj
Inclined to gad, or move from place to place frivolously.
galchas
gallish
galoshe
galoshe
noun
Alternative spelling of galosh
galusha
ganesha
ganesha
Proper noun
A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.
name used in India.
Noun
The psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylamphetamine.
ganjahs
garfish
garfish
noun
(especially UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
(especially US, Canada) Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
garnish
garnish
noun
(US, slang) Cash.
(cooking) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
(slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
(slang, obsolete) Fetters.
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
Pewter vessels in general.
Something added for embellishment.
verb
(archaic) To furnish; to supply.
(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
(law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
(law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
(slang, archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter.
To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
gashest
gashful
gashful
adj
(obsolete) ghastly; hideous; frightful.
gashing
gashing
noun
(engineering) The roughing operation for worm gears.
The act of making a gash, or cut.
verb
present participle of gash
gasohol
gasohol
noun
gasoline mixed with ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
gathers
gathers
noun
plural of gather
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gather
gauchos
gauchos
noun
Calf-length trousers with flared legs.
plural of gaucho
gaudish
gaudish
adj
(obsolete) gaudy
gaulish
gaulish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Gaul.
Of or pertaining to the Celtic tribes speaking Gaulish languages.
Proper noun
The Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul, long extinct.
gaumish
gaumish
adj
(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
geishas
geishas
noun
plural of geisha
gersham
gharris
gharris
noun
plural of gharri
ghassan
ghastly
ghastly
adj
Extremely bad.
Horrifyingly shocking.
Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
adv
In a ghastly manner.
ghazies
ghazism
ghazism
noun
War waged against non-Muslims by Muslims.
glashan
gnashed
gnashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gnash
gnashes
gnashes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnash
goatish
goatish
adj
Goaty, goatlike.
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
goulash
goulash
noun
(bridge) A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.
A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.
grahams
grahams
noun
plural of graham
gramash
graphis
grayish
grayish
adj
somewhat gray
gresham
gresham
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from a place in Norfolk whose name means grassy homestead.
guarish
guarish
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To heal or cure.
gulsach
gurkhas
gytrash
gytrash
noun
(mythology) A legendary black dog (or sometimes a horse or mule) said to haunt lonely roads in northern England and lead people astray.
gzhatsk
hagbush
hagbuts
hagbuts
noun
plural of hagbut
hagdons
hagdons
noun
plural of hagdon
hagfish
hagfish
noun
Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
haggeis
haggish
haggish
adj
Like a hag.
haggles
haggles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haggle
hagseed
hagseed
noun
(obsolete) The offspring of a hag.
hagship
hagship
noun
(obsolete) The state or condition of a hag, an ugly woman.
hangars
hangars
noun
plural of hangar
hangers
hangers
noun
plural of hanger
hangups
hangups
noun
plural of hangup
hashing
hashing
noun
A social, non-competitive sport in which participants of a hash run use clues to follow a hash trail.
verb
present participle of hash
hasping
hasping
verb
present participle of hasp
hassing
hasting
hasting
verb
present participle of haste
havings
havings
noun
plural of having
hawsing
hawsing
verb
present participle of hawse
hayings
hayings
noun
plural of haying
hazings
hazings
noun
plural of hazing
hegaris
hegaris
noun
plural of hegari
hegiras
hegiras
noun
plural of hegira
highams
hoagies
hoagies
noun
plural of hoagie
hogwash
hogwash
noun
(informal, figurative) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
(literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
homages
homages
noun
plural of homage
hopsage
hopsage
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Grayia.
hostage
hostage
noun
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
verb
(possibly nonstandard) To give (someone or something) as a hostage to (someone or something else).
(possibly nonstandard) To hold (someone or something) hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else.
housage
housage
noun
A fee for keeping goods in a house.
hsingan
kashgar
kashgar
Proper noun
A city in Xinjiang, China.
Kashgar Prefecture.
kiaughs
largish
largish
adj
Somewhat large.
lashing
lashing
noun
As lashings: lots.
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
verb
present participle of lash
mashing
mashing
noun
The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.
The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp.
The process of preparing tea in a teapot.
verb
present participle of mash
meshuga
meshuga
adj
Alternative form of meshugge
mustagh
naggish
naggish
adj
Synonym of naggy (“prone to nag”)
nashgab
nashgob
naughts
naughts
noun
plural of naught
ohmages
ohmages
noun
plural of ohmage
pashing
pashing
verb
present participle of pash
phasing
phasing
noun
Movement through phases; arrangement of a sequence or cycle.
verb
present participle of phase
pigwash
pigwash
noun
pigswill
pishaug
quahogs
quahogs
noun
plural of quahog
quaighs
quaighs
noun
plural of quaigh
ragfish
ragfish
noun
Icosteus aenigmaticus, a ray-finned fish of the northern Pacific Ocean.
ragshag
rashing
rashing
verb
present participle of rash
rehangs
rehangs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rehang
rhagose
sagathy
sagathy
noun
a fine twilled worsted fabric which was used formerly for clothes and curtains and is similar to serge
sandhog
sandhog
noun
(US, slang, also figuratively) A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
verb
(intransitive, US, slang) To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.
sashing
sashing
noun
The plain strips used to separate the squares of a quilt.
verb
present participle of sash
saughen
scraigh
seaghan
segathy
shading
shading
noun
The act or result of something being shaded.
verb
present participle of shade
shagbag
shagged
shagged
adj
(obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
(obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
(rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.
(slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.
Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shag
shaglet
shaglet
noun
A young shag (type of seabird).
shagrag
shaigia
shaking
shaking
noun
A movement that shakes.
verb
present participle of shake
shaming
shaming
noun
The activity by which somebody is shamed.
verb
present participle of shame
shangan
shaping
shaping
noun
(psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.
The action of the verb to shape.
verb
present participle of shape
shargar
shargel
sharger
sharing
sharing
noun
Something shared; a point in common.
verb
present participle of share
sharrag
shaughn
shaughs
shaving
shaving
noun
(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
(uncountable) The action of having a shave.
verb
present participle of shave
shawing
shebang
shebang
noun
(computing) The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.
(informal) Any matter of present concern; thing; or business; most commonly in the phrase "the whole shebang".
(informal, US, archaic) A lean-to or temporary shelter.
(informal, US, archaic) A place or building; a store, saloon, or brothel.
(informal, obsolete) A vehicle.
shelagh
shigram
shigram
noun
In India, a carriage drawn by animals.
shogaol
shogaol
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent constituent of ginger, similar in chemical structure to gingerol.