(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
claughted
codelight
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
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
draughted
draughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of draught
draughter
draughter
noun
Alternative spelling of drafter
droplight
droplight
noun
Alternative spelling of drop light
drumright
dusttight
edgeworth
eightfold
eightfold
adj
Containing eight parts.
Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
adv
By a factor of eight.
endognath
endognath
noun
(zoology) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of crustaceans.
enghosted
fraughted
fraughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fraught
freighted
freighted
adj
(also figuratively) Loaded with cargo; charged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of freight
gandhiist
gateshead
gateshead
Proper noun
A town in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. Found upon the southern bank of the Tyne.
ghosthood
ghosthood
noun
The state or period of being a ghost.
ghostland
ghostland
noun
A land inhabited by ghosts.
A land that has become deserted, like a ghost town.
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
gianthood
gianthood
noun
The state of being a giant.
giltheads
giltheads
noun
plural of gilthead
gnathopod
gnathopod
noun
(zoology) A maxilliped.
goatherds
goatherds
noun
plural of goatherd
godfather
godfather
noun
A mafia leader.
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
verb
(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to.
godmother
godmother
noun
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
verb
(transitive) To act as godmother to.
goldsmith
goldsmith
noun
(obsolete) A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).
A person who makes, repairs or sells things out of gold, especially jewelry.
goodnight
goodnight
noun
Alternative spelling of good night
phrase
Alternative form of good night
verb
Alternative form of good-night
greathead
grouthead
hagadists
haggadist
haggadoth
headgates
headgates
noun
plural of headgate
headlight
headlight
noun
(Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A jewel; especially a diamond.
(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
(US, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
headright
headright
noun
(Canada, US, now historical) A legal grant to own unsettled land in colonial America, or the land so claimed.
hedgebote
hedgebote
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A haybote.
heptagrid
heptagrid
noun
(mathematics) A tiling of the hyperbolic plane with regular heptagons
hindsight
hindsight
noun
(rare) The rear sight of a firearm.
Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
hotdogged
hotdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hotdog
hotdogger
hotdogger
noun
One who hotdogs; a sporting show-off.
hydrating
hydrating
verb
present participle of hydrate
indraught
indraught
noun
(obsolete) An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.
An inward flow of air or water
inrighted
insighted
landright
lightened
lightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lighten
lightered
lightered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lighter
lighthead
lighthead
noun
A light source that is mounted at the head of an extension.
lightwood
lightwood
noun
(Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
megadeath
megadeath
noun
One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure in reference to nuclear warfare.
midnights
midnights
noun
plural of midnight
mindsight
mindsight
noun
Focused awareness of one's own mental processes in order to correct undesirable behaviours.
nightside
nightside
noun
(astronomy) The side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits.
nighttide
nighttide
noun
nighttime
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
radknight
radknight
noun
Synonym of radman
relighted
relighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relight
righthand
righthand
adj
Alternative form of right-hand
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
rodknight
sidelight
sidelight
noun
A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
A piece of incidental information that helps one understand a subject.
A window found at one or both sides of a door.
sleuthdog
sprighted
sprighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spright
stagehand
stagehand
noun
A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.
staghound
staghound
noun
Any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags.
thegidder
thegnhood
thegnhood
noun
Obsolete form of thanehood.
thegnland
thinghood
thinghood
noun
The quality, condition, or character of being a thing.
thirdings
thirdings
noun
(UK, law) One third of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, paid to the lord as a heriot.
plural of thirding
thirdling
thoughted
thoughted
adj
(in combination) Having thoughts of a specified kind.
threading
threading
noun
An ancient Eastern method for removing hair by means of a thread, which is rolled over the hair in order to pluck it out at the follicle level.
The act or process by which something is threaded (in various senses).
verb
present participle of thread
tigerhood
tigerhood
noun
The state or essence of being a tiger.
tightened
tightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tighten
tightwads
tightwads
noun
plural of tightwad
toughened
toughened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of toughen
toughhead
undelight
undelight
noun
(countable) Something unpleasant or displeasing.
(uncountable) The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
undighted
undighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undight
undoughty
undoughty
adj
Not doughty.
ungirthed
ungirthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ungirth
unlighted
unlighted
adj
Not lit.
unrighted
unrighted
adj
Not righted.
unsighted
unsighted
adj
(firearms) Not furnished with a sight.
Not sighted; unseen.
Without the sense of sight; blind.
updraught
updraught
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of updraft
uplighted
uplighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uplight
uprighted
uprighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of upright
upsighted
upsighted
adj
(obsolete, rare) Having a defect in vision, produced by a contraction of the lower portion of the iris, that makes it difficult to see things below the level of one's eyes.
wandought
watchdogs
watchdogs
noun
plural of watchdog
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of watchdog