(dated, Britain school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
(dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence
noun
(dated, Britain school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
(dated, Britain school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
(dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent
aegir
agers
agers
noun
plural of ager
agger
agger
noun
(historical) In ancient Roman construction, an earthwork; a mound or raised work.
A high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again.
A low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again.
agler
agree
agree
verb
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
(intransitive, followed by "to") To give assent; to accede
(intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.
(intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
(intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
(transitive, UK, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
aiger
aiger
adj
(archaic) Pronunciation spelling of eager.
noun
Alternative form of ague
Alternative form of eagre; a tidal bore.
aigre
aigre
adj
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of eager (“sour”)
alger
anger
anger
noun
(obsolete) Pain or stinging.
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.
verb
(intransitive) To become angry.
(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
arage
arage
adj
In a rage; furious.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To enrage.
areng
areng
noun
A palm tree (Arenga pinnata, syn. Saguerus saccharifer) which yields sago, wine, and fibres for ropes.
argel
arges
argle
argue
argue
verb
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
(obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
(obsolete, transitive) To prove.
(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
auger
auger
noun
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
verb
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
bagre
barge
barge
noun
(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
(US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
verb
(transitive) To push someone.
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
begar
begar
noun
A system of forced labour in parts of India.
berga
brage
cager
cager
noun
(cycling, derogatory) A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.
(dated) A basketball player.
(mining) A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
eagar
eager
eager
adj
(computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
(uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.
(uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
verb
(transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
(transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
(transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
(transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
grade
grade
noun
(Canada, US, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
(Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
(chiefly Canada, US) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
(geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
(linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
(mathematics) A gradian.
(medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
(ophthalmology, Philippines) An eyeglass prescription.
(systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
A rating.
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
The level of the ground.
verb
(Canada, no longer current, intransitive) To pass from one school grade into the next.
(chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
(intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
(linguistics) To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
(sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to be sorry; to fret; to be vexed or displeased.
(transitive, obsolete) To vex; grill; make angry or sorry.
grane
grane
verb
Obsolete form of groan.
grape
grape
adj
Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
Of a dark purplish red colour.
noun
(US, naval slang) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
(US, slang, colloquial, African-American Vernacular) A person's head.
(countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
(countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
(countable, uncountable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
(countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
(uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.
A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
verb
(dialect, Hong Kong) To envy (derived from "sour grapes" idiom).
(dialect, north, UK) To grope.
(of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
To pick grapes.
grate
grate
adj
(obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Obsolete spelling of great
noun
(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
verb
(by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
(by extension, transitive) To annoy.
(intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
(transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
grave
grave
adj
(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
(phonology, dated, of a sound) Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
Low in pitch, tone etc.
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
noun
(by extension) Death, destruction.
(by extension) Deceased people; the dead.
(historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.
A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
(intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
(transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
(transitive, obsolete) To dig.
(transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
graze
graze
noun
A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
The act of animals feeding from pasture.
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
verb
(intransitive) To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
(intransitive) To yield grass for grazing.
(transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
(transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
(transitive) To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
(transitive, intransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
great
great
adj
(applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
(applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
(informal, Britain) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
(obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
(obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.
(often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.
(qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
Extreme or more than usual.
Impressive or striking.
Much in use; favoured.
Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
Of significant importance or consequence; important.
Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
Title referring to an important leader.
adv
(informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
intj
Expression of gladness and content about something.
sarcastic inversion thereof.
noun
(in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
(music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
grega
greta
hager
jager
jegar
lager
lager
noun
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Alternative spelling of laager
verb
To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
large
large
adj
(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
(especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
(obsolete) Abundant; ample.
(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
adv
(nautical) Before the wind.
noun
(music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
(slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
legra
marge
marge
noun
(archaic) margin; edge; brink or verge.
(colloquial, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) margarine.
orage
pager
pager
noun
(computing) A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
(in combination) Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.
(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
parge
parge
noun
(construction) A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.
verb
(construction) To apply a parge on to a surface.
raged
raged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rage
ragee
ragen
rager
rager
noun
(slang) A party, particularly a large, wild party (social event).
(slang) A raging erection; a massive erection of the penis.
(uncommon) One who rages.
rages
rages
noun
plural of rage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rage
range
range
noun
(US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
(ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
(mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
(music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
(obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
(programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
(sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
An area for military training or equipment testing.
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
Selection, array.
The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
verb
(baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
(biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
(intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
(intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
(intransitive) To form a line or a row.
(intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
(military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
(obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.
(transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
(transitive) To classify.
(transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
(transitive) To rove over or through.
(transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
rebag
rebag
verb
(transitive) To place in another bag.
regal
regal
adj
Befitting a king, or emperor.
Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
Of or relating to royalty.
noun
(music) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; today it has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called Vox Humana.
regan
regga
regia
regma
regma
noun
(botany) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each of which eventually breaks open at the inner angle.
regna
regna
noun
plural of regnum
renga
renga
noun
A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together. Encompasses haikai, the origination point for haiku.
retag
retag
verb
(transitive) To tag again or anew.
rugae
rugae
noun
plural of ruga
sager
sager
adj
comparative form of sage: more sage
sarge
sarge
noun
(colloquial) sergeant
verb
(seduction community) to go out and engage women in order to pick them up
segar
segar
noun
Obsolete form of cigar.
tager
targe
targe
noun
(archaic) A pendant or tassel.
(archaic) A small shield.
terga
terga
noun
plural of tergum
wager
wager
noun
(law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
(law) An offer to make oath.
Agent noun of wage; one who wages.
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
(transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
yager
yager
noun
(US, obsolete) A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle