(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
agamont
agamont
noun
a cell that divides by schizogony
agathin
agathon
agatine
agatine
adj
Resembling or pertaining to agate.
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
agitant
agitant
adj
That agitates.
noun
A person who agitates.
A thing that agitates.
Obsolete spelling of adjutant
agnates
agnates
noun
plural of agnate
agnatha
agnatha
noun
An agnathan.
agnatic
agnatic
adj
of the male bloodline; patrilineal
agnoete
agnoite
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agustin
airting
airting
verb
present participle of airt
alength
alength
Adverb
At full length; lengthwise.
alongst
alongst
adv
(archaic) along
althing
althing
Proper noun
the national parliament of Iceland
amating
amating
verb
present participle of amate
amongst
amongst
prep
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
angakut
angekut
angelet
angelet
noun
(historical) A small gold coin once used in England; a half angel.
(rare) A little angel.
angelot
angelot
noun
(music) An old musical instrument of the lute kind.
A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.
A sort of small, rich cheese made in Normandy.
anglist
angrist
angrite
angrite
noun
An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite
angster
anights
anights
adv
(archaic) In the night time; at night.
anteing
anteing
verb
present participle of ante
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
antigay
antigay
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-gay.
antigen
antigen
noun
(immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign.
antigod
antigod
noun
(mythology) A preternatural being opposed to the gods.
antigua
antigun
antigun
adj
(politics) Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights.
Opposed to guns, especially widespread individual use of guns.
antilog
antilog
noun
(mathematics) An antilogarithm.
antings
antisag
antisag
adj
Preventing sagging.
antling
antling
noun
A small, immature, or miniature ant.
apitong
apitong
noun
The medium hardwood tree Dipterocarpus grandiflorus.
argante
argenta
argents
argents
noun
plural of argent
ataghan
atangle
atangle
adj
In a tangled condition; mixed confusedly together.
athogen
athrong
athrong
adj
Thronged; crowded.
atingle
atingle
adj
Tingling.
atoning
atoning
verb
present participle of atone
attagen
attagen
noun
(obsolete) A Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) of Central Asia and occurring as a vagrant in Europe.
(obsolete) A grey partridge (Perdix perdix) of Eurasia.
attinge
attinge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To touch lightly.
augment
augment
noun
(grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
An increase.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
autoing
autoing
verb
present participle of auto
bagonet
baignet
baiting
baiting
noun
A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
The act of luring, as into a trap.
verb
present participle of bait
banteng
banteng
noun
A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina peninsula.
banting
banting
noun
(Britain, informal, archaic) A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
basting
basting
noun
(archaic) A (physical) beating.
The act by which a food item is basted.
verb
present participle of baste
bathing
bathing
noun
The act of swimming.
The act of taking a bath.
verb
present participle of bath
present participle of bathe
batling
batling
noun
A young, small, or baby bat.
batonga
batting
batting
noun
(cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.
(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
Special cotton for surgery.
The act of someone who bats.
verb
present participle of bat
batwing
batwing
noun
(often attributive) An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed.
A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.
An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.
One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
The wing of a bat, or its shape.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, Internet slang) To kill or murder; to cause the untimely demise of someone.
beating
beating
noun
A heavy defeat or setback.
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
The pulsation of the heart.
verb
present participle and gerund of beat
bentang
boating
boating
noun
(historical) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
verb
present participle of boat
bonaght
cantdog
cantdog
noun
Alternative form of cant-dog
cantiga
cantiga
noun
A medieval monophonic song, sometimes religious, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric.
canting
canting
adj
That cants or preaches in a false manner.
noun
Alternative form of tjanting
verb
present participle of cant
carting
carting
noun
The transporting of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.
verb
present participle of cart
casting
casting
noun
(countable) An object made in a mold.
(hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
(programming) The act of converting between data types.
A manufacturing process using a mold.
The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^([W])
verb
present participle of cast
catjang
catjang
noun
A cowpea native to Africa, Vigna unguiculata, sometimes Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica, a densely-branched shrubby perennial grown for animal fodder or food.
catling
catling
noun
(archaic) A little cat; a kitten.
(surgery) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.
catgut; a catgut string
catting
catting
verb
present participle of cat
centage
centage
noun
Rate by the hundred; percentage.
coagent
coagent
noun
An associate in an act; a coworker.
coating
coating
noun
(archaic) Cloth for making coats.
(law enforcement slang) A telling-off; a reprimand.
A thin outer layer.
verb
present participle of coat
cognate
cognate
adj
(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
noun
(law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
(law, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
cognati
cognati
noun
(law) relatives by the mother's side
cotinga
cotinga
noun
Any of the neotropical passerine birds of the family Cotingidae
crating
crating
verb
present participle of crate
darting
darting
noun
A motion or gesture that darts.
verb
present participle of dart
dauting
dawting
dawting
verb
present participle of dawt
dingbat
dingbat
noun
(architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
(informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.
(slang) Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.
(typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.
doating
doating
noun
Obsolete form of doting.
verb
(obsolete) present participle of doat; doting
dragnet
dragnet
noun
(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
(law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
verb
(fishing) To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
(law enforcement) To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
easting
easting
noun
(cartography) The distance east of a standard reference meridian.
(nautical) A distance traveled eastward.
A turning towards the east.
eatings
eatings
noun
plural of eating
egarton
elating
elating
verb
present participle of elate
elegant
elegant
adj
(Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well.
Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
endgate
endgate
noun
(US) tailboard
engraft
engraft
adj
(rare) Engrafted.
verb
To fix firmly into place
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant
estaing
fanglet
fanglet
noun
A little fang.
fanteeg
fanteeg
noun
Eye dialect spelling of fantigue.
farting
farting
noun
The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
verb
present participle of fart
fasting
fasting
noun
abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting
abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food
verb
present participle and gerund of fast
fatling
fatling
noun
A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.
fatting
fatting
verb
present participle of fat
fungate
fungate
verb
(intransitive) To become like a fungus, as in appearance or in growth rate or pattern.
gaditan
gaetano
gahnite
gahnite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group.
gainset
gainset
verb
(transitive, rare, dialectal or archaic) To set over against; oppose.