(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
adrogate
adrogate
verb
(transitive, Ancient Rome, law, historical) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
aegrotat
aegrotat
noun
(Britain) An unclassified degree awarded to such a student.
(Britain, dated) A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work.
agitator
agitator
noun
(historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.
An implement for shaking or mixing.
One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
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.
agriotes
agrostis
agrostis
noun
Any grass of the genus Agrostis, bentgrass.
agrotera
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
alagarto
algaroth
algaroth
noun
Alternative form of algarot
algorist
algorist
noun
One who develops algorithms.
One who uses arabic numerals to represent numbers and to perform calculations, as opposed to one who uses Roman numerals to represent numbers and an abacus to perform calculations.
The aspect of a biological organism that follows a systematic process to interpret perceptual data.
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
araguato
araguato
noun
A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).
arctogea
argentol
argenton
argonaut
argonaut
noun
An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
arrogant
arrogant
adj
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
arrogate
arrogate
verb
(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
astrolog
athrough
autogiro
autogiro
noun
(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
autogram
autogram
noun
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.
autogyro
autogyro
noun
Alternative spelling of autogiro
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
betrough
borating
borating
noun
treatment or reaction with a borate
botargos
bragwort
bridgton
brigbote
brighton
broughta
burgamot
burgamot
noun
Archaic form of bergamot.
burgonet
burgonet
noun
(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
burgouts
category
category
noun
(mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
cigarito
congrats
congrats
intj
(informal) Clipping of congratulations.
congreet
coregent
coregent
noun
joint ruler or regent
corteges
corteges
noun
plural of cortege
cottager
cottager
noun
(Britain, slang) One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.
A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
courtage
courting
courting
noun
courtship; amorous advances
verb
present participle of court
crofting
crofting
noun
A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
verb
present participle of croft
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.
digestor
digestor
noun
Alternative form of digester
digitron
digitron
noun
(by extension) Any electronic device for displaying digits.
Synonym of Nixie tube
dogcarts
dogcarts
noun
plural of dogcart
dogtrick
dogtrots
dogtrots
noun
plural of dogtrot
dragboat
dragbolt
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.
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
droughty
droughty
adj
(archaic) Dry; thirsty.
Lacking rain.
edgarton
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
egoistry
enthrong
entrough
ergatoid
ergatoid
adj
(of ants) wingless, adult and reproductive
noun
Such an ant
ergostat
ergotine
ergotine
noun
(organic chemistry) A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
ergotism
ergotism
noun
A logical deduction.
The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
The plant disease caused by ergot.
The usage of ergot infested grain to poison animals.
ergotist
ergotize
ergotize
verb
(transitive) To affect with ergot.
escargot
escargot
noun
(countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.
(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
estragol
estragon
estragon
noun
tarragon
estrogen
estrogen
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
ethrogim
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fagoters
fagoters
noun
plural of fagoter
figurato
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
flagroot
flagroot
noun
sweet flag
flogster
flogster
noun
(slang, archaic) One who flogs or beats.
fogeater
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
footgear
footgear
noun
sturdy footwear
footgrip
foregate
foregate
noun
A main entrance or front gate.
foregift
foregift
noun
(law, chiefly Britain) A payment in advance; an advance payment or premium paid by a lessee on taking or renewing a lease, distinct from the rent.
foreguts
foreguts
noun
plural of foregut
forgette
frogfoot
froglets
froglets
noun
plural of froglet
frogwort
frontage
frontage
noun
Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
The front part generally.
The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
The land between a property and the street.
The length of a property along a street.
fronting
fronting
noun
(linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
(phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
(slang) An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.
(syntax) The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).
verb
present participle of front
frosting
frosting
noun
(US) Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
A layer of frost.
The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.
verb
present participle of frost
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
frottage
frottage
noun
(countable, art) An image so made.
(uncountable, art) A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing over it, usually with a pencil or charcoal.
(uncountable, sexology) The practice of rubbing parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
verb
(sexology) To rub parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
frotting
frotting
verb
present participle of frot
galewort
gallwort
garabato
garabato
noun
Uncaria guianensis, a plant found in Guyana.
garapato
garoting
garoting
verb
present participle of garote
garotted
garotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garotte
garotter
garotter
noun
Alternative spelling of garrotter
garottes
garottes
noun
plural of garotte
garroted
garroted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of garrote
garroter
garroter
noun
A person who strangles someone from behind.
A person who uses a garrote.
garrotes
garrotes
noun
plural of garrote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of garrote
garrotte
garrotte
noun
(historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.
verb
(transitive) To execute by strangulation.
(transitive) To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
garthrod
gastroid
gastroid
adj
Having the form of a stomach
noun
Such an enteroid
gayomart
gconvert
genitors
genitors
noun
plural of genitor
genitory
genitory
noun
(obsolete) The sex organs, genitals.
geoemtry
geolatry
geolatry
noun
The worship of the Earth.
geometer
geometer
noun
(zoology) Any species of geometrid moth (family Geometridae).
A mathematician who specializes in geometry.
geometry
geometry
noun
(algebraic geometry, countable) A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.
(countable) The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.
(mathematics, often qualified in combination, countable) A mathematical system that deals with spatial relationships and that is built on a particular set of axioms; a subbranch of geometry which deals with such a system or systems.
(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
georgeta
geotherm
geotherm
noun
A geoisotherm.
geotropy
geotropy
noun
geotropism
gerontal
gerontes
gerontes
Noun
magistrates in Sparta who, with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority
gerontic
gerontic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to senescent animals or plants.
Of or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
ghostier
ghostier
adj
comparative form of ghosty: more ghosty
gilberto
ginorite
ginorite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
giornata
gloaters
gloaters
noun
plural of gloater
glorieta
glouster
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
goadster
goadster
noun
(obsolete) One who drives an animal by means of a goad.
goatherd
goatherd
noun
A person who herds, tends goats.
goatroot
goerlitz
goitered
goitered
adj
Alternative form of goitred
goitrous
goitrous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goitre
gomarist
gomarist
Noun
A follower of a 17th-century Dutch Calvinist who strongly opposed the Arminians.
gomarite
gomarite
Noun
A Gomarist.
goncourt
gooranut
gooranut
noun
The kola nut, Cola acuminata
gorgelet
gorgelet
noun
(zoology) A small gorget, as of a hummingbird.
gorgeret
gorgeret
noun
(possibly obsolete) Synonym of gorget (“surgical instrument”)
gorgeted
gorgeted
adj
(zoology) Having a gorget, or crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck.