(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkekengi
alkekengi
noun
A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
The flavoursome berry of this plant.
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
arguslike
backlings
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
bengkalis
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
bywalking
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
disliking
disliking
noun
gerund of dislike: a dislike.
verb
present participle of dislike
dogwinkle
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
drygalski
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
eaglelike
eaglelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an eagle.
enlinking
enlinking
verb
present participle of enlink
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
gablelike
gablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gable.
gaitskell
gaitskell
Proper noun
A surname, a variant of Gaskell.
galziekte
galziekte
noun
(South Africa) A disease of cattle caused by Trypanosoma theileri.
garfinkel
gauzelike
gauzelike
adj
Like or resembling gauze.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
giantlike
giantlike
adj
Like a giant; enormous.
gipsylike
gipsylike
adj
Alternative form of gypsylike
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
glasslike
glasslike
adj
Resembling glass.
globelike
globelike
adj
Resembling a globe.
glovelike
glovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glove.
glumelike
glumelike
adj
Resembling a glume.
gnomelike
gnomelike
adj
Resembling a gnome.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gooselike
gooselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
gratelike
gravelike
gravelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
greekling
greekling
Noun
A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.
grilikhes
grillwork
grillwork
noun
The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
grimalkin
grimalkin
noun
(archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.
A cat, especially an elderly female.
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
guiltsick
gumbolike
gypsylike
gypsylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gypsy.
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hingelike
hingelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hinge.
hulkingly
hulkingly
adv
In a hulking manner.
inglenook
inglenook
noun
A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.
inleakage
inlooking
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jerkingly
jerkingly
adv
With jerking motions; unsteadily.
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
kaoliangs
kaoliangs
noun
plural of kaoliang
kaolikung
kenneling
kenneling
verb
present participle of kennel
kerneling
kerneling
verb
present participle of kernel
kiangling
kiddingly
kiddingly
adv
In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.
kieselgur
kieselgur
noun
Alternative spelling of kieselguhr
killigrew
killigrew
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect, archaic) A bird, the red-billed chough.
killingly
killingly
adv
(figuratively) So as to incapacitate with laughter.
So as to kill; fatally.
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilograin
kilograms
kilograms
noun
plural of kilogram
kindlings
kindlings
noun
plural of kindling
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kingliest
kingliest
adj
superlative form of kingly: most kingly
kingsland
kissingly
kissingly
adv
So as to kiss, or make contact as if kissing.
knobbling
knobbling
verb
present participle of knobble
knowingly
knowingly
adv
In the manner of one who knows.
With knowledge of all relevant facts.
knuckling
knuckling
verb
present participle of knuckle
koniology
koniology
noun
the study of dust, pollen and other airborne particles.
kremmling
kyoodling
kyoodling
verb
present participle of kyoodle
lackering
lackering
verb
present participle of lacker
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
larkingly
larkingly
adv
While sporting or frolicking; playfully.
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
linkoping
lurkingly
lurkingly
adv
So as to lurk; in sinister concealment.
lyricking
markingly
mawkingly
milkgrass
milkwagon
misliking
misliking
noun
dislike; disapproval
verb
present participle of mislike
mockingly
mockingly
adv
Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
negrolike
negrolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a negro.
nickelage
nickeling
nickeling
noun
Alternative form of nickelling
verb
present participle of nickel
nightlike
nightlike
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
nightwalk
onlooking
onlooking
adj
That is looking on; watching, observing.
perkingly
plankings
plankings
noun
plural of planking
prickling
prickling
noun
A sensation that prickles.
verb
present participle of prickle
pronglike
pronglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prong.
quakingly
quakingly
adv
In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
rackingly
rackingly
adv
So as to cause suffering.
reekingly
reekingly
adv
So as to reek or stink; pungently.
ridgelike
ridgelike
adj
Resembling a ridge.
rockingly
rockingly
adv
With a rocking sound or motion.
rocklings
rocklings
noun
plural of rockling
rougelike
rougelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of rouge.
sedgelike
sedgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sedge.
shackling
shackling
verb
present participle of shackle
shakingly
shakingly
adv
In a shaking manner; shakily
sicklying
sicklying
verb
present participle of sickly
sinkingly
skiffling
skiffling
noun
In quarrying, rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
skillings
skillings
noun
plural of skilling
skintling
skittling
skittling
verb
present participle of skittle
sklenting
skraeling
skraeling
Noun
A member of a race of native people encountered by early Norse settlers to Greenland, often equated with Inuit or American Indians.
Proper noun
A little-known language once spoken by the now extinct Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland (also called Beothuk or Red Indian).