The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aetheling
aetheogam
aetheogam
noun
(botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
afghanets
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agathosma
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aghlabite
aglethead
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
agonothet
aleknight
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
alighting
alighting
noun
The act of one who alights.
verb
present participle of alight
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
angiolith
angiolith
noun
A calcareous deposit in the wall of a blood vessel
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
anthology
anthology
noun
(attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
(by extension) An assortment of things.
A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
The study of flowers.
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
anythings
anythings
noun
plural of anything
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
arthogram
arthragra
athelings
athelings
noun
plural of atheling
atheology
atheology
noun
Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
atmograph
attaching
attaching
verb
present participle of attach
aughtlins
authigene
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autosight
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
balaghaut
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bednights
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benighten
benighten
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To benight.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
bergalith
bethought
bethought
adj
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bhagavata
bigmouths
bigmouths
noun
plural of bigmouth
bigothero
bigthatch
blatchang
blighters
blighters
noun
plural of blighter
blighties
blighties
noun
plural of blighty
blighting
blighting
noun
The act by which something is blighted.
verb
present participle of blight
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
bombsight
bombsight
noun
A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.
boresight
boresight
noun
The optical axis of a directional antenna.
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
boughpots
boughpots
noun
plural of boughpot
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightest
brightest
adj
superlative form of bright: most bright
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bright
brightish
brightish
adj
Somewhat bright
brightman
broughtas
broughton
bullfight
bullfight
noun
A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
burghbote
burghbote
noun
(obsolete) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
burghemot
burghmoot
burghmote
burghmote
noun
(historical) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough, held three times a year.
bushgoats
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
campfight
campfight
noun
(historical) A form of trial by combat between two people, the winner being deemed innocent.
chantages
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chaunting
chaunting
noun
Obsolete form of chanting.
verb
present participle of chaunt
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chigetais
chigetais
noun
plural of chigetai
chitlings
chorotega
chortling
chortling
noun
The act of giving a chortle.
verb
present participle of chortle
chugwater
chugwater
Proper noun
A town in the state of Wyoming, United States.
claughted
clothings
clothings
noun
plural of clothing
clutching
clutching
noun
The act of one who clutches.
verb
present participle of clutch
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
codelight
cofighter
cohosting
cohosting
verb
present participle of cohost
connaught
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
coughroot
coughwort
creighton
creighton
Proper noun
A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in Saskatchewan
crotching
crotching
verb
present participle of crotch
crutching
crutching
verb
present participle of crutch
cutchogue
cytophaga
cytophagy
cytophagy
noun
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
daghestan
daugherty
daughters
daughters
noun
plural of daughter
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
daylights
daylights
noun
(slang, chiefly fighting) Eyes.
mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
plural of daylight
deadlight
deadlight
noun
(figurative) An eyelid.
(nautical) A deck prism, a device to allow light into the cabin of boat through the deck.
(nautical) A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
deathling
deathling
noun
(rare) A dead child.
A mortal; one who will die.
A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
delighted
delighted
adj
Filled with wonder and delight.
Greatly pleased.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of delight
delighter
delighter
noun
One who takes delight in something.
detaching
detaching
verb
present participle of detach
diphthong
diphthong
noun
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
dithering
dithering
noun
The act of one who dithers.
verb
present participle of dither
dogfights
dogfights
noun
plural of dogfight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogfight