Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gild
giles
gilet
gilet
noun
(by extension) A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.
A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately.
A waistcoat worn by a man.
gilia
gilia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Gilia of polemoniaceous flowering plants.
gilim
gilli
gills
gills
noun
plural of gill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gill
gilly
gilly
noun
(slang) The drink torpedo juice.
Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”)
gilpy
gilpy
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) A boisterous child of either sex.
(obsolete, Scotland) A boy.
gilse
gilse
noun
Alternative form of grilse (young salmon).
gilts
gilts
noun
plural of gilt
gilty
gilud
gilus
gimel
gimel
noun
The third letter of the several Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac).
girls
girls
noun
(slang) A woman's breasts.
plural of girl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of girl
girly
girly
adj
(slang) Weak; wussy.
(slang, idiomatic) Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.
Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.
noun
(childish) Girl.
gisel
gisla
gitel
giule
glaab
glace
glack
glade
glade
noun
(colloquial) An everglade.
(obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
(obsolete) A gleam of light.
A bright surface of ice or snow.
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
gladi
glads
glads
noun
plural of glad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glad
glady
glady
adj
Having glades.
glaga
glaik
glaik
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A fool or eccentric person.
glair
glair
noun
A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Any viscous, slimy substance.
Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
verb
To smear with egg-white.
glaky
glaky
adj
(Tyneside) Alternative spelling of glaiky
glali
gland
gland
noun
(anatomy) A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.
(botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
(zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.
glans
glans
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of clitoral glans.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of glans penis.
(gynaecology) Synonym of pessary.
(medicine) Synonym of goiter.
The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
glare
glare
adj
(US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary
noun
(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
An angry or fierce stare.
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
verb
(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
(intransitive) To shine brightly.
(intransitive) To stare angrily.
(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
glary
glary
adj
Of a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.
Resembling or characteristic of a glare, or angry look.
glass
glass
noun
(attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
(basketball, colloquial) The backboard.
(countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
(countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
(ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
(now rare) A pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle).
(obsolete) An hourglass.
(uncountable) Glassware.
(uncountable, photography, informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
(usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
A barometer.
A magnifying glass or telescope.
A mirror.
verb
(archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
(intransitive) To become glassy.
(transitive) Clipping of fibreglass. To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fibreglass).
(transitive) To enclose in glass.
(transitive) To fit with glass; to glaze.
(transitive) To make glassy.
(transitive) To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
(transitive) To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
(transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
(transitive, science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
glaum
glaum
verb
(Northern England, Scotland) To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown; look, stare (at)
(Scotland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually.
(Scotland) To grope with the hands, as in the dark.
glaur
glaur
noun
mud, slime
glaux
glave
glave
noun
Alternative form of glaive
glaze
glaze
noun
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
A glazing oven; glost oven.
A smooth edible coating applied to food.
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
verb
(intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
(intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
(transitive) To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
glazy
glazy
adj
Having the appearance of a glaze; glazed.
glead
glead
Noun
A live coal.
gleam
gleam
noun
(countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
(countable) Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain.
(uncountable) Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour.
A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
verb
(figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
(intransitive, falconry, obsolete) Of a hawk or other bird of prey: to disgorge filth from its crop or gorge.
(transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
glean
glean
noun
(obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth
A collection made by gleaning.
verb
(figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.
To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.
To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
gleba
gleba
noun
(mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
glebe
glebe
noun
(historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
(mining) A piece of earth containing ore.
(poetic) A field or meadow.
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
gleby
gleby
adj
Relating to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
gleda
glede
glede
noun
A live coal, an ember or molten metallic bead such that skids or slides across a cooler surface.
Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
gleds
gledy
gleed
gleed
noun
Alternative form of glede (“live coal”)
gleek
gleek
noun
(countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
(informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
(slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
(uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
An enticing glance or look.
verb
(informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.
(obsolete, intransitive) To jest.
(obsolete, intransitive) To pass time frivolously.
(obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
The man said he “gleeked” on the woman, but did not intentionally spit on her.
gleen
gleen
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To glisten; to gleam.
glees
glees
noun
plural of glee
gleet
gleet
noun
(obsolete, except Scots) Any slimy, viscous substance.
(obsolete, except Scots) Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.
(vulgar, slang) A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhoea.
verb
To flow in a thin, limpid humour; to ooze, as gleet.
To flow slowly, as water.
gleir
gleit
glene
glene
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) A socket.
(anatomy, obsolete) The pupil or eyeball.
glenn
glens
glens
noun
plural of glen
glent
glent
noun
Archaic form of glint.
gleys
gleys
noun
plural of gley
glial
glial
adj
Of or pertaining to glia.
glias
glias
noun
(nonstandard) Synonym of glia
glick
glide
glide
noun
(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
(phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
A bird, the glede or kite.
A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
The act of gliding.
The joining of two sounds without a break.
verb
(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
(phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
(transitive) To cause to glide.
gliff
gliff
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A short moment.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A sudden fright.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A transient glance.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) An unexpected view of something that startles one.
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect, transitive) To glimpse.
glike
glike
noun
(obsolete) A sneer; a flout.
glime
glimp
glims
glims
noun
plural of glim
glink
glint
glint
adj
(archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.
noun
A short flash of light.
verb
(archaic, Shropshire, transitive) To dry; to wither.
(intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.
(intransitive) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
(transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
glisk
gliss
gliss
noun
(music) Abbreviation of glissando.
glist
glist
noun
glimmer; mica
glitz
glitz
noun
Garish, brilliant showiness.
gloam
gloam
noun
(obsolete) Twilight; clipping of gloaming.
verb
(intransitive) To be sullen or morose.
(intransitive) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
gloat
gloat
noun
An act or instance of gloating.
verb
To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
globe
globe
noun
(dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
(obsolete) A group.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
The planet Earth.
verb
(intransitive) To become spherical.
(transitive) To make spherical.
globs
globs
noun
plural of glob
globy
globy
adj
(archaic) Resembling a globe; round.
gloea
glogg
glogg
noun
A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel.
glome
glome
noun
(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
(botany) A globular head of flowers.
(geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.
(obsolete) gloom
verb
(obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
glomi
glomr
gloms
gloms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glom
glood
gloom
gloom
noun
A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
verb
(intransitive) To be dark or gloomy.
(intransitive) To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
(transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
(transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
glops
glops
noun
plural of glop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glop
glore
glore
verb
(archaic) to glare
(archaic) to glower
glori
glory
glory
noun
(meteorology, optics) An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
(obsolete) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
(theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
Great beauty and splendor.
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
Victory; success.
Worship or praise.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To shine radiantly.
To boast; to be proud.
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
gloss
gloss
noun
(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
(countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
(countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
(countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.
(countable, obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.
(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
A surface shine or luster.
verb
(intransitive) To become shiny.
(transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
(transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
(transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
glost
glost
noun
(often attributive) Lead glazing used for pottery.
glout
glout
noun
(obsolete) A stare.
(obsolete) A sulky look.
verb
(obsolete) To stare; to stare gloatingly.
(obsolete) To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.
glove
glove
noun
(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
A baseball mitt.
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
verb
(baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
(cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.
(transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
glows
glows
noun
plural of glow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glow
gloze
gloze
noun
(False) appearance.
A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
A specious show, a deceit.
Flattery.
verb
(literary) To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.
To give a shine to (something or someone).
To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.
To use flattering language.
gluck
gluck
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is emptied through the narrow neck of a bottle.
glued
glued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of glue
gluer
gluer
noun
One who glues.
glues
glues
noun
plural of glue
gluey
gluey
adj
Viscous and adhesive, as glue.
glugs
glugs
noun
plural of glug
gluma
glume
glume
noun
(botany) A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
glump
glump
verb
(transitive, colloquial) To be sullen; to sulk.
gluon
gluon
noun
(physics) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
gluts
gluts
noun
plural of glut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glut
glynn
glyph
glyph
noun
(architecture) A vertical groove.
(typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.
gnarl
gnarl
adj
Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
noun
A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
verb
(intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar.
(transitive) To knot or twist something.
goala
goals
goals
noun
plural of goal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goal
godel
godly
godly
adj
Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.
Gloriously good.
Of or pertaining to a god
adv
In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
gogol
golda
goldi
golds
golds
noun
plural of gold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gold
goldy
goldy
adj
(informal) Synonym of goldish
golee
golem
golem
noun
(by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.
(mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
goles
goles
noun
plural of gole
golet
golfs
golfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of golf
golgi
golgi
Noun
Golgi apparatus
golly
golly
intj
(euphemistic) God!
noun
(Australian slang, juvenile) Chewing gum.
(Australian slang, juvenile) Saliva or phlegm.
(UK) A galosh.
(offensive, ethnic slur) Any dark skinned person.
A type of black rag doll.
verb
(Australia, juvenile) To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat.
goloe
golpe
golpe
noun
(heraldry) A roundel purpure (purple circular spot).
golts
goltz
golub
golva
gomel
gomel
Proper noun
Second-largest city of Belarus.
gonal
goole
goole
Proper noun
a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
gools
goral
goral
noun
A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.