(biology) any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns
archgod
argolic
argolic
Adjective
Relating to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.
argotic
argotic
adj
(rare, linguistics) Of or belonging to argot.
brocage
brocage
noun
Obsolete form of brokerage.
camargo
cargoes
cargoes
noun
plural of cargo
plural of cargoe
cartago
choragi
choragi
noun
plural of choragus
choragy
choregi
choregi
noun
plural of choregus
choregy
choring
choring
verb
present participle of chore
chorogi
chorogi
noun
The Chinese artichoke or crosne, Stachys affinis or S. sieboldii, an herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae.
The edible rhizome of the plant.
clangor
clangor
noun
Canada, US standard spelling of clangour.
clogger
clogger
noun
(soccer, slang) A physically aggressive player.
A maker of the shoes called clogs.
One who, or that which, clogs.
cobourg
cobourg
noun
(archaic) A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.
codgers
codgers
noun
plural of codger
cogener
cogener
noun
A congener.
coggers
coggers
noun
plural of cogger
cograil
cograil
noun
One of the rails of a cog railway, which engages the cog; the rack of a rack railway.
cogroad
cogware
cogware
noun
A coarse cloth of the 14th century.
A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the 16th century.
cohberg
compreg
compreg
noun
A compressed and impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms from panel to solid profiles.
congers
congers
noun
plural of conger
congery
congree
congree
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree.
congrid
congrid
noun
(zoology) Any eel of the family Congridae.
congrio
congrue
congrue
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to be suitable.
conyger
conyger
noun
(historical) A rabbit warren; an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding and raising rabbits.
coragio
cordage
cordage
noun
(nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.
(obsolete) An amount of wood measured in cords.
cording
cording
noun
Decorative cord, often wrapped in colored fabric or foil
The resultant decoration, or the act of decorating with cording
verb
present participle of cord
coreign
coreign
verb
To reign jointly.
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
corking
corking
adj
(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
noun
The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
verb
present participle of cork
cornage
cornage
noun
(law) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
A feudal tax levied on horned cattle.
corning
corning
verb
present participle of corn
corrige
corsage
corsage
noun
(now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
(obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
cortege
cortege
noun
A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a monarch.
cougars
cougars
noun
plural of cougar
cougher
cougher
noun
A person who coughs.
cougnar
courage
courage
noun
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
verb
(obsolete) To encourage.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowgram
crannog
crannog
noun
An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling.
croghan
crowing
crowing
noun
A cry of joy or pleasure.
verb
present participle of crow
crozing
cryogen
cryogen
noun
(physics) a cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant
cyborgs
cyborgs
noun
plural of cyborg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyborg
dogcart
dogcart
noun
Alternative form of dog cart
ergodic
ergodic
adj
(literature, information science) Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
(mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state.
(statistics, engineering) Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
ergotic
ergotic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot.
forcing
forcing
adj
(bridge) Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.
noun
(climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
(photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
(set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
verb
present participle of force
garcons
garcons
noun
plural of garcon
garvock
garvock
noun
(Scotland) A fish, the garvie or sprat.
genecor
georgic
georgic
adj
Relating to rural affairs.
noun
A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
gercrow
girrock
girrock
noun
|(archaic) A garfish.
godrich
gomerec
goracco
goracco
noun
A paste prepared from tobacco and smoked in hookahs in western India.
gorcock
gorcock
noun
(chiefly Britain) The red grouse.
gorcrow
gorcrow
noun
(UK, dialect) The carrion crow.
gotcher
goucher
grecoue
grocers
grocers
noun
plural of grocer
grocery
grocery
noun
(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
verb
(intransitive) To go grocery shopping.
(transitive) To furnish with groceries.
grochow
grockle
grockle
noun
(slang, Britain, various parts of the West Country) A tourist from elsewhere in the country
gronchi
groucho
grouchy
grouchy
adj
(originally university slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
gruchot
guarico
gyrocar
gyrocar
noun
(historical) A two-wheeled automobile in which balance is provided by one or more gyroscopes.
mcgrody
ochring
ochring
verb
present participle of ochre
organic
organic
adj
(Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
(chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
(physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
(sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.
Harmonious; coherent; structured.
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
noun
(chemistry) An organic compound.
(science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.
An organic food.
orgiacs
roching
rocking
rocking
adj
(informal) Excellent; great.
Shaking, swaying or moving back and forth.
noun
The abrading of a copper plate with a rocker, preparatory to mezzotinting.
The motion by which the design on a steel mill is transferred to a copper cylinder.
The motion of something that rocks.
verb
present participle of rock
scogger
scoring
scoring
adj
Of something or someone that scores.
noun
A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.
The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
verb
present participle of score
scourge
scourge
noun
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed.
verb
To strike with a scourge; to flog.
scrogan
scroggy
scroggy
adj
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Abounding in scrog.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) twisted; stunted
scrogie
scrooge
scrooge
noun
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
verb
(UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
scrouge
scrouge
verb
(UK, dialect and US, colloquial, transitive) To crowd; to squeeze.