(transitive, Ancient Rome, law, historical) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
agrionid
androgen
androgen
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
androgyn
arguendo
arguendo
adv
(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
(law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.
avogadro
avogadro
Proper noun
Italian physicist
berouged
berouged
adj
Wearing rouge.
birdsong
birdsong
noun
(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
Vocalisations made by birds, considered collectively.
boarding
boarding
noun
(ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.
(uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
A structure made of boards.
The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
verb
present participle of board
bondager
bondager
noun
(Scotland, historical) A field worker, especially a woman.
bordrage
borghild
bourgade
bridegod
bridgton
brodyaga
brodyagi
brooding
brooding
adj
(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
noun
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
verb
present participle of brood
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
cargador
cargador
noun
(chiefly historical) A porter in Mexico or another Spanish-speaking country.
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
congroid
congroid
noun
Any eel of the suborder Congroidei.
cordages
cordages
noun
plural of cordage
cordings
cordings
noun
plural of cording
cragford
crowding
crowding
noun
The act by which somebody is crowded.
verb
present participle of crowd
dagsboro
danebrog
defogger
defogger
noun
Something or someone that defogs.
degorder
demorage
demorage
noun
Obsolete form of demurrage.
derogate
derogate
adj
(archaic) debased
verb
(intransitive) To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
(intransitive) To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To partially repeal (a law etc.).
(transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
(transitive, intransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
dialoger
dialoger
noun
Alternative form of dialoguer
digestor
digestor
noun
Alternative form of digester
digitron
digitron
noun
(by extension) Any electronic device for displaying digits.
Synonym of Nixie tube
disglory
disglory
noun
(obsolete) Dishonour.
disgorge
disgorge
verb
(oenology) To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
To vomit or spew, to discharge.
disgross
dobrogea
dogberry
dogberry
noun
Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)
The berry of the dogwood.
dogcarts
dogcarts
noun
plural of dogcart
dogeared
dogeared
adj
Alternative form of dog-eared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dogear
doggerel
doggerel
adj
(poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction.
noun
(poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.
doggoner
doggrels
doggrels
noun
plural of doggrel
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
dogproof
dogproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by dogs.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to damage caused by dogs.
dogshore
dogshore
noun
(nautical) One of several shores used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
dogtrick
dogtrots
dogtrots
noun
plural of dogtrot
dojigger
dojigger
noun
(informal) A thing whose name is not known; a whatsit or doohickey.
dordogne
dordogne
Proper noun
A department in southwest France, in the region of Aquitaine
A river that flows from south-central France into the Garonne
doughier
doughier
adj
comparative form of doughy: more doughy
dowagers
dowagers
noun
plural of dowager
dowering
dowering
verb
present participle of dower
dragboat
dragbolt
drageoir
drageoir
noun
A box for sweets.
dragoman
dragoman
noun
(historical) An interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages.
dragomen
dragomen
noun
(hypercorrect) plural of dragoman
dragonet
dragonet
noun
A small dragon.
Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.
dragonne
dragonne
noun
A sword knot.
dragoons
dragoons
noun
plural of dragoon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dragoon
dragrope
dragrope
noun
A rope used to drag something.
Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”)
dragshoe
drogheda
droghlin
drogoman
drolling
drolling
noun
(archaic) A joke or jest; drollery.
verb
present participle of droll
drooling
drooling
noun
The act of one who drools.
verb
present participle of drool
drooping
drooping
adj
That droops or droop.
noun
An instance of something drooping.
verb
present participle of droop
dropling
droppage
dropping
dropping
noun
(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.
Something dropped; a droplet.
The act of something that drops or falls.
verb
present participle of drop
drossing
drossing
verb
present participle of dross
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
droughty
droughty
adj
(archaic) Dry; thirsty.
Lacking rain.
drouking
drowning
drowning
noun
An instance of a person or animal being drowned.
An instance of a person or animal drowning.
verb
present participle of drown
drowsing
drowsing
noun
The act of one who drowses.
verb
present participle of drowse
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
dryprong
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
dygogram
dygogram
noun
(nautical) A chart showing the horizontal variation in the magnetic force acting on a ship's compass needle by the iron within the ship, as a function of course steered
edgarton
edgemoor
edgerton
edgerton
Proper noun
A village in Alberta, Canada
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Allen County, Indiana, USA
A city in Kansas
A city in Minnesota
A city in Missouri
A village in Ohio
A city in Wisconsin
A town in Wyoming
engorged
engorged
adj
Overly filled with fluid; used especially of blood vessels.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of engorge
ergatoid
ergatoid
adj
(of ants) wingless, adult and reproductive
noun
Such an ant
esdragol
evergood
firedogs
firedogs
noun
plural of firedog
fordoing
fordoing
verb
present participle of fordo
forgedly
forjudge
forjudge
verb
(transitive, dialectal in Britain) To condemn judicially (to a penalty).
(transitive, obsolete except as a legal term) To exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).
frogeyed
frogeyed
adj
Alternative spelling of frog-eyed
froghood
froghood
noun
The state or period of being a frog.
frogland
frondage
frondage
noun
The fronds of plants generally.
fulgorid
fulgorid
noun
(zoology) Any hemipteran of the family Fulgoridae
gabbroid
gabbroid
adj
(geology) Resembling gabbro.
gadroons
gadroons
noun
plural of gadroon
gandoura
gandoura
noun
A type of long robe or gown worn in North Africa.
gaolbird
gaolbird
noun
Alternative spelling of jailbird
garamond
garamond
Proper noun
A family of serif fonts derived from the work of
garboard
garboard
noun
(nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.
gardinol
gardyloo
gardyloo
intj
(Scotland, obsolete) Used by people in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late as the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
noun
(Scotland, historical) A cry of "gardyloo".
(figurative) Caution, warning.
An act of discarding waste or some other substance from a height. Also attributive and figurative.
garibold
garotted
garotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garotte
garroted
garroted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garrote
garthrod
gastroid
gastroid
adj
Having the form of a stomach
noun
Such an enteroid
gayelord
geryonid
geryonid
noun
(zoology) Any crab in the family Geryonidae.
gheraoed
gheraoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gherao
gherardo
ghiordes
gildford
gildford
Proper noun
A in Montana.
giordano
girdwood
girlhood
girlhood
noun
(countable) The childhood of a girl.
(uncountable) The state of being a girl.
girondin
girovard
glandorf
glasford
glendora
glenford
glowbard
glowbird
glowered
glowered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glower
goadster
goadster
noun
(obsolete) One who drives an animal by means of a goad.
goatherd
goatherd
noun
A person who herds, tends goats.
godavari
godavari
Proper noun
A major river in South India, which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
A district in Madras Presidency during British rule between 1768 and 1947.
godbeare
goderich
godmaker
godroons
godroons
noun
plural of godroon
godwards
godwards
adv
towards God
goffered
goffered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goffer
goitered
goitered
adj
Alternative form of goitred
goldarns
goldberg
goldberg
Proper noun
fairly common in the U.S.A.
goldbird
goldener
goldener
adj
(rare, poetic) comparative form of golden: more golden
goldfarb
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
goldurns
goldwork
goldwork
noun
Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
goliards
goliards
noun
plural of goliard
gondomar
goodacre
goodlier
goodlier
adj
(obsolete) comparative form of goodly: more goodly