(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
agitprop
agitprop
noun
(countable) An instance of such propaganda.
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
(uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
ampongue
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
anglepod
apagoges
apagoges
noun
plural of apagoge
apagogic
apagogic
adj
(rhetoric) Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
apagogue
aphthong
aphthong
noun
(phonology) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced.
apiology
apiology
noun
The scientific study of bees and honey-making.
apogaeic
apogaeic
adj
Alternative form of apogeic
apogamic
apogamic
adj
(botany) Of or relating to apogamy.
apogonid
apogonid
noun
Any of the family Apogonidae of large-headed, marine, percoid fishes with oblong and compressed bodies.
apograph
apograph
noun
(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).
apologal
apologal
adj
(literature) Relating to an apologue.
apologer
apologer
noun
(obsolete) A teller of apologues.
apologia
apologia
noun
A written defense of a position or belief.
apologue
apologue
noun
(rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience.
A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
apophyge
apophyge
noun
(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
apposing
apposing
verb
present participle of appose
aproning
aproning
noun
Material for making aprons.
verb
present participle of apron
araponga
araponga
noun
Synonym of bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
areopagy
areopagy
noun
(obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
arpeggio
arpeggio
noun
(music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
verb
(intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
(transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
asperugo
biograph
biograph
noun
(rare) A biographical essay.
An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
verb
(rare, transitive) To write a biography of.
biophagy
biophagy
noun
The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms.
blooping
blooping
verb
present participle of bloop
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
bugproof
bugproof
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to insects.
campongs
campongs
noun
plural of campong
carpogam
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
chopping
chopping
adj
(obsolete) stout; large; plump
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
noun
The action by which something is chopped.
verb
present participle of chop
clomping
clomping
adj
That clomps.
verb
present participle of clomp
clopping
clopping
noun
(My Little Pony fandom slang) The act of masturbating to erotic fanart of My Little Pony characters.
The sound or action of something that clops.
verb
present participle of clop
coapting
coapting
verb
present participle of coapt
compages
compages
noun
plural of compage
compinge
compinge
verb
(obsolete) To compress; to shut up.
compoing
compting
compting
verb
present participle of compt
consperg
coopting
coopting
verb
present participle of coopt
copiague
coppling
coupling
coupling
noun
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.
(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
A device that couples two things together.
Act of joining together to form a couple.
verb
present participle of couple
cropping
cropping
noun
(agriculture) The growing of crops.
(mining) An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
verb
present participle of crop
cytopyge
cytopyge
noun
cytoproct; anal pore
deponing
deponing
verb
present participle of depone
deposing
deposing
verb
present participle of depose
disponge
disponge
verb
(poetic, rare) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.
dogeship
dogeship
Noun
The role or status of doge (chief magistrate).
dognaped
dognaper
dognaper
noun
Alternative spelling of dognapper
dogpatch
dogpatch
Proper noun
Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
dogplate
dogproof
dogproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by dogs.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to damage caused by dogs.
dogsleep
dogsleep
noun
(nautical) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
Feigned sleep.
dragrope
dragrope
noun
A rope used to drag something.
Alternative form of drag rope (“rope carried in a hot air balloon”)
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
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.
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
epagogic
epagogic
adj
inductive
epigeous
epigeous
adj
Growing on, or close to, the ground.
epigonal
epigonal
adj
Alternative spelling of epigonic
Near or surrounding the gonads (in the embryos of some fish)
Relating to, or characteristic of, a prehistoric culture of coastal Peru and Chile
epigones
epigones
noun
plural of epigone
epigonic
epigonic
adj
Being or relating to an epigone or disciple; imitative.
epigonos
epigonus
epilogic
epilogic
adj
Of or relating to an epilogue.
epilogue
epilogue
noun
(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
The performer who gives this speech
verb
(transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.
epoxying
epoxying
verb
present participle of epoxy
esophagi
esophagi
noun
plural of esophagus
esophago
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
exposing
exposing
verb
present participle of expose
flagpole
flagpole
noun
A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
(Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
fogproof
fogproof
adj
Resistant to fogging up.
footgrip
gaincope
galapago
galipots
galipots
noun
plural of galipot
gallipot
gallipot
noun
(now rare) Someone who uses such pots; an apothecary.
A small, glazed earthenware jar once used by apothecaries for holding medicine and ointment.
galloped
galloped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gallop
galloper
galloper
noun
(Australia) The Chinamanfish, a type of snapper
(military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)
An aide-de-camp.
One who gallops.
galopade
galoping
galoping
verb
present participle of galop
gangplow
gantlope
gantlope
noun
The military punishment known as running the gauntlet
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
garapato
gasproof
gasproof
adj
Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow gas in.
gatepost
gatepost
noun
a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.
gazpacho
gazpacho
noun
A cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
geepound
geepound
noun
Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”)
genotype
genotype
noun
(genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism.
(taxonomy, obsolete) The type species of a genus; generitype.
A group of organisms having the same genetic constitution.
verb
(transitive) To determine the genotype of.
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
geophila
geophone
geophone
noun
(geology) A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.
geophyte
geophyte
noun
(botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
geoplana
geopolar
geoponic
geoponic
adj
Relating to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.
geoprobe
geoprobe
noun
A probe used for studying the earth.
geoscopy
geoscopy
noun
Knowledge of the earth or soil, obtained by inspection.
geospiza
geotropy
geotropy
noun
geotropism
geropiga
geropiga
noun
Alternative form of jeropiga
gestapos
gipsydom
gipsydom
noun
Alternative form of gypsydom
glenpool
glooscap
glopping
glopping
verb
present participle of glop
gluepots
gluepots
noun
plural of gluepot
goalpost
goalpost
noun
(sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
(sports, American football) The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)
A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
godships
godships
noun
plural of godship
godspeed
godspeed
intj
Alternative letter-case form of Godspeed
gonopore
gonopore
noun
A small genital opening in the female of some insects etc.
gonotype
goodhope
goodship
goodship
noun
(obsolete) Favour; grace; kindness.
goopiest
goopiest
adj
superlative form of goopy: most goopy
goosecap
goosecap
noun
A fool; a dolt.
gospeler
gospeler
noun
(music) A singer of gospel music
(obsolete, Early Modern) A Protestant or evangelical Christian.
A person who preaches from the Gospels
gospelly
gospelly
adj
Resembling gospel music
adv
(archaic, Christianity) In the manner of the Gospel
gospodar
gospodar
noun
Alternative form of hospodar
gospodin
gosports
gossiped
gossiped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gossip
gossipee
gossipee
noun
One who is gossiped about.
gossiper
gossiper
noun
A person who gossips.
gossipry
gossipry
noun
Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
gossypin
gossypol
gossypol
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.
grapsoid
grapsoid
adj
(zoology) Relating to the genus Grapsus or family Grapsidae.
noun
(zoology) Any of the crabs in the genus Grapsus or family Grapsidae
grasshop
grasshop
noun
(now rare, dialectal) grasshopper
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper
grogshop
grogshop
noun
A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk.
groupage
groupage
noun
The consolidation of several small shipments into a single container
groupers
groupers
noun
plural of grouper
groupies
groupies
noun
plural of groupie
plural of groupy
grouping
grouping
noun
A collection of things or people united as a group.
Shot grouping.
The action of the verb to group.
verb
present participle of group
groupist
groupist
noun
A proponent of groupism.
grouplet
grouplet
Noun
A small group.
groupoid
groupoid
noun
(algebra and category theory) A set with a partial binary operation that is associative and has identities and inverses.
(algebra) A magma: a set with a total binary operation.