(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
darogah
darogha
darooge
deerdog
deglory
degorge
deragon
dodgers
dodgers
noun
plural of dodger
dodgery
dodgery
noun
(rare) trickery
dodgier
dodgier
adj
comparative form of dodgy: more dodgy
dogcart
dogcart
noun
Alternative form of dog cart
dogears
dogears
noun
plural of dogear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogear
doggers
doggers
noun
plural of dogger
doggery
doggery
noun
(countable, obsolete) A squalid tavern.
(uncountable, dated) Bestial behaviour.
doggier
doggier
adj
comparative form of doggy: more doggy
doggrel
doggrel
adj
Alternative form of doggerel
dogtrot
dogtrot
adj
(architecture, Southern US) The design or form of house with an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house
noun
(architecture, Southern US) A breezeway, open passageway, or open hallway between two sections of a house.
(architecture, Southern US) A type of house with an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house.
A steady trotting motion similar to that of a dog.
verb
To move at the pace of a dogtrot
dooring
dooring
noun
(obsolete) The frame of a door.
The event of a cyclist crashing into a newly opened car door.
verb
present participle of door
dorbugs
dorbugs
noun
plural of dorbug
dorking
dorking
Proper noun
a market town in Surrey, England.
dowager
dowager
noun
a widow holding property or title derived from her late husband
any lady of dignified bearing
dragone
dragons
dragons
noun
plural of dragon
dragoon
dragoon
noun
(military) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
A carrier of a dragon musket.
verb
(transitive) To force (someone) into doing something; to coerce.
(transitive) To surrender (a person) to the fury of soldiers.
drogher
drogher
noun
A West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.
Any small, slow craft, especially for transporting goods to or from shore.
drogues
drogues
noun
plural of drogue
droguet
droguet
noun
A ribbed woollen dress fabric, a variety of rep.
dronage
drongos
droning
droning
noun
A dull humming.
verb
present participle of drone
drought
drought
noun
(archaic) dryness, aridness, dry heat
(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
droving
droving
verb
present participle of drove
durango
durango
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
A city in Colorado, USA
edgardo
egarton
egerton
egerton
Proper noun
Either of two villages in England.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
eggroll
eggroll
noun
Alternative spelling of egg roll
egoizer
embargo
embargo
noun
A ban on trade with another country.
A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
A temporary ban on making certain information public.
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
verb
(transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.
(transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
englory
engorge
engorge
verb
(intransitive) To feed ravenously.
(pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.
(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
engross
engross
verb
(obsolete) To amass.
(transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
(transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
(transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense.
enrough
envigor
erelong
erelong
adv
(archaic) Before long, soon.
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.
ergoism
ergoted
ergoted
adj
Infected with the ergot fungus.
ergotic
ergotic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot.
ergotin
ergotin
noun
(medicine) An extract made from ergot.
erigone
eringos
eroding
eroding
verb
present participle of erode
erogate
erogate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) to lay out (money etc.); to deal out; to expend
erogeny
eryngos
esrogim
ethrogs
ethrogs
noun
plural of ethrog
etrogim
exogyra
fagoter
fagoter
noun
(historical) A worker who gathers fuelwood.
fargood
farrago
farrago
noun
A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
ferrugo
ferrugo
noun
(phytopathology) A disease of plants caused by fungus; rust.
Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
firbolg
firedog
firedog
noun
Alternative form of fire dog
fjorgyn
flogger
flogger
noun
(BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.
(theater) A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.
A whip.
One who flogs.
fogarty
foggara
foggara
noun
(North Africa) An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat.
foggers
foggers
noun
plural of fogger
foggier
foggier
adj
comparative form of foggy: more foggy
foghorn
foghorn
noun
A strong gossiper.
A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
verb
To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
To sound a foghorn
foraged
foraged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forage
forager
forager
noun
An animal or person who forages
forages
forages
noun
plural of forage
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
fording
fording
noun
Fording place
The act by which something is forded.
verb
present participle of ford
foregut
foregut
noun
(biology, anatomy, embryology) The anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, from the mouth to the duodenum, in humans and some other animals.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the proximal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans runs from the mouth to the first half of the duodenum, up to the ampulla of Vater.
foreign
foreign
adj
(US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
(obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
(obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
Relating to a different nation.
noun
(now dialect) An area of a community that lies outside the legal town or parish limits.
(now informal) A foreigner: a person from another country.
(obsolete) A foreign ship.
(obsolete) A non-guildmember.
(obsolete) An outsider: a person from another place or group.
(obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
(obsolete, usually in the plural) An area of a monastery outside its legal limits or serving as an outer court.
(slang) A foreign whip, a car produced abroad.
Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
foreleg
foreleg
noun
Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc.
forgave
forgave
verb
simple past tense of forgive
forgers
forgers
noun
plural of forger
forgery
forgery
noun
(archaic) An invention, creation.
That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
The act of forging metal into shape.
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.
forgets
forgets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forget
forgett
forgift
forging
forging
noun
(countable) A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).
The process of shaping by heating and hammering.
verb
present participle of forge
forgive
forgive
verb
(intransitive) To accord forgiveness.
(transitive) To pardon; to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment, retribution, or compensation.
forgoer
forgoer
noun
A person who forgoes
forgoes
forgoes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forgo
forgone
forgone
verb
past participle of forgo
forgrow
forgrow
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
forking
forking
noun
division into forks
verb
present participle of fork
forming
forming
noun
The act by which something is formed; formation.
verb
present participle of form
forsung
forthgo
forthgo
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go forth; proceed.
fougere
fourgon
fourgon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
(rail transport) A French baggage wagon.
An ammunition wagon.
fourrag
foxburg
frangos
friborg
friborg
noun
(historical, law, UK) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge
frogbit
frogbit
noun
A South American plant, Limnobium laevigatum.
An American plant, Limnobium spongia, with similar propagation.
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, with roundish leaves and small white flowers, that floats on still water and propagates itself by runners.
frogeye
frogged
frogged
adj
Having ornamental stripes or workings of braid or lace, usually on the breast of a uniform coat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frog
frogger
frogger
noun
(biology) The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
(colloquial) A person interested in frogs; a herpetologist who specialises in frogs; a frog enthusiast.
verb
(slang) To dodge traffic while navigating across a busy road.
frogleg
froglet
froglet
noun
(ethnic slur) A little or insignificant French person.
A frog that skips the tadpole stage and emerges as a fully-developed frog.
frogman
frogman
noun
A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).
A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.
frogmen
frogmen
noun
plural of frogman
fromage
fromage
noun
(uncommon) Synonym of cheese
froughy
froughy
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken.
fulgora
fulgora
Proper noun
The Roman goddess/personification of lightning. She is the Roman counterpart of Astrape.
fulgour
fulgour
noun
Obsolete form of fulgor.
furlong
furlong
noun
(Britain, dialectal) An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.
(historical) Synonym of stadion (“a Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres”)
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
A unit of land area one furlong (sense 1) square (ten acres, or about four hectares).
Synonym of headland (“unploughed boundary of a field”)
Synonym of land (“the ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing”)
gabbros
gabbros
noun
plural of gabbro
gadroon
gadroon
noun
(architecture) A godroon.
Any of a series of raised decorative curves used as adornments on the necks of vases, silverware, etc.
gagroot
gagroot
noun
The flowering plant Lobelia inflata.
galores
galores
noun
plural of galore
gaolers
gaolers
noun
plural of gaoler
gaperon
garboil
garboil
noun
(archaic) Disorder; uproar.
garcons
garcons
noun
plural of garcon
garlion
garlion
noun
(obsolete, very rare) A hybrid vegetable resulting from a cross between garlic and onion.
garlopa
garonne
garonne
Proper noun
A river that flows from the Spanish Pyrenees into the Atlantic Ocean.