(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
algy
angl
clag
clag
noun
(motor racing slang) Bits of rubber which are shed from tires during a race and collect off the racing line, especially on the outside of corners (cf. marbles).
(railway slang) Unburned carbon (smoke) from a steam or diesel locomotive, or multiple unit.
A glue or paste made from starch.
Low cloud, fog or smog.
verb
(obsolete) To encumber
To stick, like boots in mud
egal
egal
adj
(obsolete) Equal; impartial.
elga
flag
flag
noun
(Britain, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
(Internet slang, ACG) A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.
(UK, archaic, slang) An apron.
(aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
(geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
(geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
(mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
(music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
(obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
(television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
verb
(chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
(chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
(computing) To set a program variable to true.
(computing) To signal (an event).
(firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
(intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
(sports) To penalize for an infraction.
(transitive) To pave with flagstones.
To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
To fail, such as a class or an exam.
To furnish or deck out with flags.
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
gaal
gael
gahl
gail
gala
gala
adj
Celebratory; festive.
noun
(countable) A showy and festive party.
(historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
(uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
A competition
gale
gale
noun
(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
(literary, archaic) A light breeze.
(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
An outburst, especially of laughter.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
(intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
(intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
gali
gall
gall
noun
(anatomy) The gall bladder.
(anatomy, obsolete, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
(countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
(countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
(countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
(countable, phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
(medicine, obsolete, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
(uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
(uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
verb
(transitive) To bother or trouble.
To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
To exasperate.
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
To scoff; to jeer.
galp
galp
verb
(archaic) to gape; yawn.
gals
gals
noun
plural of gal
galt
galt
noun
Alternative form of gault
galv
gaol
gaol
noun
(Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.
gaul
gaul
Proper noun
A Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium
Noun
A person from Gaul.
gayl
geal
geal
verb
(obsolete or Scotland) to congeal
gela
gila
gila
adj
(Singapore) mad; crazy; insane
glad
glad
adj
(obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
Pleased, happy, gratified.
noun
(informal) A gladiolus (plant).
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make glad.
glam
glam
adj
Glamorous.
noun
(music, fashion) Ellipsis of glam rock.; the fashion and culture associated with this genre.
Glamour.
verb
To make glamorous or more glamorous.
glar
glia
glia
noun
The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.
goal
goal
noun
(sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
(sports) The act of placing the object into the goal.
A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
verb
(Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.
gola
gola
noun
Alternative form of golah
gula
gula
noun
(architecture) A capping moulding; a cymatium.
(zoology) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
gyal
gyal
noun
(British slang) Pronunciation spelling of girl.
Alternative form of gayal (“Indian cattle”)
igal
lags
lags
noun
plural of lag
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lag
lang
lang
adj
(obsolete outside Northumbria) long
noun
Abbreviation of language
mgal
olag
olga
slag
slag
noun
(UK, chiefly Cockney, derogatory) A contemptible person, a scumbag.
(UK, derogatory, dated) A coward.
(slang, derogatory) A prostitute, or a woman who acts like one; a slut.
Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
Scoria associated with a volcano.
Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
Waste material from a mine.
verb
(intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
(intransitive, Australia, slang) To spit.
(slang, transitive, sometimes with "off") To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).