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| gad | To wander idly | An expression of surprise | A pointed tool | |
| gage | Something laid down as security | A greengage | ||
| gale | A strong wind | The bog myrtle | A periodic payment of rent | |
| gall | Self-assurance, cheek, impudence | An abnormal growth on plants | A sore, swelling or blister | |
| gallant | Brave, high-spirited, courageous, chivalrous | A man of fashion, a beau | ||
| galley | Cook-house of a ship, boat or aircraft | An oblong tray for setting out printing type | ||
| game | An exercise for diversion | Lame, crippled | ||
| gammon | A cured ham | Nonsense, humbug | A defeat at backgammon | To make fast to the stem of a ship |
| gang | A set of associates | A plank used for boarding a vessel | ||
| garb | Dress, costume | A sheaf of grain | ||
| gate | A movable barrier | A street ( usually in combination, as Boargate, Kirkgate, etc.) | ||
| gaudy | Vulgarly ornate | A grand festival | ||
| gavel | A small mallet | A system of land tenure | ||
| geld | To castrate | An early form of tax | ||
| Georgian | Relating to the period of George I-IV | Of or relating to Georgia | ||
| get | To procure, obtain | The act of begetting | ||
| gig | A light two-wheeled vehicle | A booking for a musician | A type of fishing spear | |
| gilt | Gilded | A young sow | ||
| gimp | Silk, wool or cotton twist interlaced with wire | An awkward or clumsy person | ||
| gin | An alcoholic drink | A trap, snare | Australian Aboriginal woman | |
| gird | To bind round with band | To sneer, mock | ||
| girdle | A female undergarment | A round flat plate for baking cakes | ||
| glance | To give a quick or cursory look | Any mineral with a metallic lustre | ||
| gloss | The brightness from a polished surface | A comment, interpretation or explanation | ||
| gnome | A kind of misshapen sprite, dwarf, goblin | A pithy saying, a maxim | ||
| go | To move from one place to another | A Japanese board game | ||
| gopher | American burrowing animal | The wood from which Noah's ark was made | ||
| gore | Thick, clotted blood | To pierce, to stab | A triangular piece in a dress, sail, balloon, etc. | |
| graft | Piece of transplanted living tissue | Acquisition of gains by taking advantage of position | ||
| gram | Metric unit of mass | The chick-pea | ||
| graph | A symbolic diagram | In linguistics, a visual symbol | ||
| grate | A frame of iron bars | To rub, grind | ||
| grating | Harsh, discordant, irritating | An open framework or lattice | ||
| grave | A place of burial, a sepulchre | Important, serious, momentous | To clean (a ship's bottom) by scraping | |
| graze | To eat growing grass | To brush slightly in passing | ||
| grease | Oily or fatty matter of any kind | To smear, lubricate, or soil with grease | ||
| grieve | To lament, sorrow over | An overseer, steward or bailiff | ||
| griffon | A variety of dog like a terrier | A vulture | ||
| grip | To seize hold of | A small ditch or furrow | ||
| grist | Corn to be ground | A size of rope | ||
| grizzle | To cry, complain | A grey colour | ||
| grouse | A game bird | To grumble | ||
| grout | Thin fluid mortar | (Of a pig) to turn (up) with the snout | ||
| gudgeon | A small freshwater fish | A type of wheel pivot | ||
| gum | Fleshy tissue around roots of the teeth | A stcky substance | ||
| hack | To cut irregularly | A hackney, horse for hire | A rack or grated frame, a hatch | |
| hackle | A cock's neck feather | To hack, to mangle | ||
| hail | Frozen rain | To call or signal to | ||
| hake | A fish of the genus Merlucius | A wooden frame for drying | ||
| hale | Sound and vigorous | To drag, to draw violently | ||
| halt | A stop or interruption in activity | Limping, lame, crippled | ||
| ham | The hind part of the thigh | A village, a town | ||
| hamper | A large wickerwork basket | To impede the movement of | ||
| harrier | A variety of dog | A person who harries or plunders | ||
| harrow | A large rake | To plunder, spoil, harry | ||
| hatch | A small door | To mark with fine lines | To produce young from eggs | |
| haw | The fruit of the hawthorn | An expression of hesitation | The third eyelid of a horse, etc. | |
| hawk | A bird of prey | Clear the throat in a noisy manner | To carry about for sale | A plasterer's board |
| hawker | A person who practices the sport of hawking | A person who travels around selling goods | ||
| hay | Grass cut and dried for fodder | A country dance | ||
| haze | A very fine mist or vapour | To harass or punish with overwork | ||
| head | The foremost part of the body | To lead, to be the leader to | ||
| heel | Rounded hinder part of the foot | Of a ship, to cant over | To plant in the ground | |
| helm | A vessel's steering apparatus | A helmet | ||
| hem | The edge of a garment or cloth | A voluntary short cough | ||
| hide | To obscure from view | An animal skin | A small portion of land | |
| hind | Relating to the back | A female deer | An agricultural labourer | |
| hinder | To obstruct, impede | At the rear | ||
| hinny | Offspring of male horse & female donkey | To neigh, whinny | ||
| hip | Upper part of the leg | Fruit of a rose plant | Interjection used to introduce cheers | |
| hob | Part of a cooking stove | A hobgoblin or elf | ||
| hobby | Any recreation or pursuit | A small species of falcon | ||
| hock | Joint between knee & fetlock in hind leg | A kind of light wine | ||
| hockey | A team ball game | Harvest home | ||
| hold | To grasp & retain | The act of seizing | A cavity in a ship or aircraft | |
| holm | Flat ground, liable to flooding | An evergreen oak | ||
| holt | A wood, grove, copse | The burrow of an animal | ||
| home | The place where one lives | To reach home accurately from a distance | ||
| hone | A whetstone | To moan, to whine | ||
| hooker | A person or thing that hooks | A two-masted fishing vessel | ||
| hop | To spring, leap or skip on one foot | A perennial climbing plant | ||
| hope | An expectant desire | A small enclosed valley | ||
| host | A person who entertains another | A great number | Consecrated bread used in the Eucharist | |
| housing | Lodging, shelter, accomodation | A cloth covering for a horse | ||
| hoy | Interjection used to draw attention | A one-masted coasting vessel | ||
| hull | The body of a ship | The outer covering of a nut | ||
| hum | To make a murmuring sound like a bee | Interjection used to express hesitation | ||
| hush | To make silent, to repress the noise of | A smooth, swift rush of water | ||
| illuminate | To light up | A person who claims to possess special enlightenment | ||
| impost | Something which is imposed as a tax, tribute, etc. | The upper member of a pillar | ||
| impregnable | Able to resist all attacks | Able to be impregnated | ||
| inch | The 12th part of a linear foot | An island | ||
| incontinent | Unable to restrain one's desires | Straightaway, immediately | ||
| inform | To communicate knowledge to | Without regular form | ||
| infuriate | To provoke fury | Infuriated, enraged | ||
| interest | Concern, attention | To arouse the attention of | ||
| interline | To insert (words) between lines | To insert an extra lining in a garment | ||
| jack | A device for lifting weights | A type of leather jacket | A tropical Asian tree | |
| jade | A broken-down horse | To become weary | A green crystalline mineral | |
| jam | To wedge or squeeze (in or into) | A fruit conserve | ||
| jar | To vibrate harshly | A glass or earthenware vessel | A state of partial closure | |
| jargon | A specialized language | A variety of zircon | ||
| jay | A chattering bird | The letter J | ||
| jerk | To pull, push or thrust sharply | To cure (beef) by drying in the sun | ||
| jet | A variety of lignite | To spurt or shoot out | ||
| jetty | A landing pier | Of the nature of jet | ||
| jib | A large triangular sail | To swing round (of a sail etc.) | To move restively (of a horse etc.) | |
| jigger | Tackle used for holding a ship's cable | The flea Tunga penetrans | ||
| job | A piece of work | To stab, poke or prod with a sharp instrument | ||
| juba | A man, as of a horse | A type of dance | ||
| jug | A vessel for holding liquids | (Of the nightingale etc.) to make a sound like 'jug' | ||
| jumper | A woolen upper garment | Something that jumps | ||
| junk | Rubbish, garbage | A Chinese flat-bottomed boat | A lump or chunk of anything | |
| jurat | A person under oath | A type of official statement | ||
| keel | Lengthwise member of the base of a ship | A lighter or flat-bottomed barge | ||
| keen | Enthusiastic, eager | A wailing lamentation | ||
| keep | To hold, retain | Subsistence, maintenance | ||
| kennel | A shelter for a dog | A gutter, watercourse at side of a street | ||
| kern | Part of a letter that overhangs main body of type | A light-armed Irish foot soldier | ||
| key | Instrument for moving bolt of a lock | A low island | ||
| khan | A Central Asian official or ruler | A caravanserai | ||
| kibble | A strong iron bucket | Top grind coarsely | ||
| kick | To strike with the foot | The pushed-in base of a glass bottle | ||
| kid | The young of the goat | To pretend, hoax (coll.) | A small wooden tub | |
| kip | A sleep (slang) | The hide of a calf | Monetary unit of Laos | A wooden bat (Austral.) |
| kit | Pieces of equipment | A type of small violin | A kitten | |
| knap | A hill crest, rising ground | To break into pieces | ||
| knoll | A rounded hill, mound, hillock | To ring or toll (a bell) | ||
| knot | The interlacement of a rope, cord, etc. | A small sandpiper | ||
| lag | To fall behind | A convict | The non-heat-conducting jacket of a boiler | |
| lake | A large sheet of water | A crimson pigment | ||
| lame | Disabled in one or more limb | A thin plate, overlapping with others | ||
| lampas | A swelling of the roof of a horse's mouth | A flowered silk or woolen cloth | ||
| lap | The part of the body from waist to knees when sitting | One circuit of a track etc. | To drink by lifting with the tongue | |
| lark | Any bird of the family Alaudidae | A prank, frolic, spree | ||
| last | At the end, closing, final | To continue in existence | A varying weight | A shoemaker's model |
| lathe | A cutting & shaping machine | A former division of Kent | ||
| launch | To start or set going | A large open pleasure-boat | ||
| lawn | A mowed grassy space | A cotton linen fabric | ||
| lay | To cause to lie | Non-professional | A lyric song or ballad | |
| lea | A meadow | A certain length of yarn | ||
| league | A union for mutual interests | An old measure of distance | ||
| lean | To incline | Thin, without surplus fat | ||
| leave | To go or depart from | Permission | To produce leaves | |
| leech | An aquatic annelid worm | The perpendicular edge of a square sail | ||
| left | Opposite to right | Discarded or laid aside | Past tense of LEAVE | |
| lek | The chief currency of Albania | Area where birds assemble for sexual display | ||
| lepton | A modern Greek coin | Any element that participates only in weak interaction | ||
| let | To permit, allow | A hindrance, obstacle | ||
| levee | A general reception or assembly of visitors | An artificial bank | ||
| lie | An untruth | Rest in a horizontal position | ||
| light | Opposite to dark | Of small weight | To descend as from flight | |
| lighten | To become light, brighten | To reduce in weight | ||
| lighter | Person or thing which ignites | A large, open boat | ||
| like | Similar to | To be pleased with | ||
| limb | An arm, leg, wing, etc. | The outermost edge of the sun, moon, etc. | ||
| limber | Lithe, agile | Part of a gun carriage | A gutter on each side of keelson of a ship | |
| lime | A white caustic alkaline substance | Tree of genus Tilia | Tree of genus Citrus aurantifolia | |
| line | A threadlike mark | To put a covering on the inside of | ||
| liner | A removable lining | A passenger ship or aircraft | ||
| ling | A long slender fish | Heather or heath | ||
| link | A ring or loop of a chain | A torch made of tow & pitch | ||
| list | A record or catalogue | The border or edge of cloth | To lean over | |
| liver | A person who lives | A glandular organ | ||
| loaf | A shaped mass of bread | To lounge or idle about | ||
| lock | A device for fastening doors etc. | A tress of hair | ||
| long | Of great length | Have an earnest desire (for) | ||
| loom | A weaving machine | To appear larger than actual size | ||
| lop | To trim by cutting | To hang down limply | ||
| lore | Learning | A straplike part | ||
| lout | An ill-mannered person | To bend, bow, stoop | ||
| low | Not high or tall | To utter the moo of a cow | ||
| lox | A kind of smoked salmon | Liquid oxygen | ||
| lug | To drag, pull | A projecting part | ||
| lumber | To move heavily | Discarded articles of furniture etc. | ||
| lunge | A sudden thrust | Long rein used to train horses | ||
| lurch | To stagger | A losing position in cribbage etc. | ||
| lustre | Gloss, sheen | A period of 5 years | ||
| lute | A stringed musical instrument | A composition of clay or cement | ||
| mace | An ornamented staff of office | A spice made from nutmeg | ||
| madder | More mad | A shrubby climbing-plant, Rubia tinctorum | ||
| Letters conveyed by post | Defensive body armour | |||
| main | Principal, chief | A chief sewer, conduit | A throw at dice | |
| mamma | Mother (used by or to children) | The milk secreting organ of females | ||
| manifest | Not concealed, obvious | List of a ship's cargo | ||
| march | To move with regular steps | Boundry of a territory | ||
| mark | A visible sign or impression | German unit of currency | ||
| marl | Soil containing clay & lime | Yarn with multicoloured threads | ||
| maroon | Of a brownish-crimson colour | To leave isolated | ||
| marque | A brand | Reprisals | ||
| mast | Upright to which ship's sails are attached | The fruit of the oak, beech etc. | ||
| match | A counterpart, facsimile | Taper for producing fire | ||
| mate | A companion | To checkmate | ||
| matte | An impure metallic product | A mask used to obscure part of an image | ||
| me | Personal pronoun | 3rd note of tonic sol-fa scale | ||
| meal | A repast | The edible portion of grain | ||
| mean | To intend | Occupying a middle position | Low in quality | |
| media | Means of communication | The middle coat or tunic of a vessel | ||
| megrim | A migraine | A deep water flatfish | ||
| meld | A declaration in certain card games | To mix, blend, combine | ||
| mensal | Of, relating to or used at the table | Monthly | ||
| mental | Of or relating to the mind | Of or relating to the chin | ||
| mere | A lake, a pool | Such and no more | A boundry | |
| mete | To allot, apportion | A limit, a boundry | ||
| metre | Standard metric unit of length | Rhythmical arrangement of syllables in a verse | ||
| mew | The cry of a cat or seagull | A cage for hawks | ||
| might | Expressing possibility | Strength, force | ||
| mine | Belonging to me | To dig into or burrow in | ||
| mint | A place where money is coined | Aromatic plant of genus Mentha | ||
| misprision | A wrong act | Undervaluing | ||
| miss | To fail to reach, hit, meet etc. | A title for an unmarried woman | ||
| mite | Arachnid of the order Acarida | A very small coin | ||
| mogul | A powerful entrepreneur | A mound on a ski slope | ||
| molar | A grinding tooth | Of or relating to mass | ||
| mole | A dark spot on the skin | A small burrowing mammal | An artificial harbour | SI unit of substance |
| molly | An effeminate man | Freshwater fish of genus Poecilia | ||
| monopole | An isolated electrical charge | Exclusively supplied champagne | ||
| mood | A state of mind, disposition | A type of verb form | ||
| moor | To secure a ship, boat etc. | A tract of wild open land | ||
| morel | An edible fungus | The black nightshade | ||
| mother | A female parent | A substance formed during fermentation | ||
| mould | Hollow vessel for shaping | Fungoid growth | Fine soft earth | |
| moulder | One who moulds | Turn to dust by natural decay | ||
| mound | An artificial elevation of earth | An orb | ||
| mount | To ascend, to climb | A high hill, mountain | ||
| mouse | A small quadruped rodent | To hint for or catch mice | ||
| mow | To cut down grass, corn etc. | A heap or pile of hay | ||
| muff | A hand warmer | To bungle or fail in | ||
| muffle | To wrap closely & warmly | Thick upper lip & nose of rodents | ||
| mug | A drinking vessel | To violently rob | To study hard | |
| mugger | One who violently robs | An Indian crocodile | ||
| mule | Offspring of a male donkey & female horse | A backless shoe or slipper | ||
| mull | To ponder, consider | To warm & flavour wine, beer etc. | A layer of humus | A promontory |
| mullet | A fish of genus Mullus | A five-pointed star | ||
| muse | The inspiring power of poetry | To ponder (upon) | ||
| mush | A mash, soft, pulpy mass | A command to a team of sled dogs | ||
| must | To be obliged to | Mustiness, mould | New wine | A state of frenzy in male elephants |
| myrrh | A resin used for incense, perfume etc. | An umbelliferous plant, Myrrhis odorata | ||
| nap | To sleep lightly or briefly | The smooth surface of cloth | A card game | |
| nappy | A towelling wrap for a baby | (Of beer) foaming, strong, heady | ||
| natal | Relating to birth | Relating to the buttocks | ||
| nave | The body of a church | The central block of a wheel | ||
| net | A mesh fabric | Free from deductions | ||
| nightingale | A small migratory bird | A bedjacket for invalids | ||
| nip | To pinch | A small drink of spirits | ||
| nit | The egg of a louse | Unit of luminance | Unit of information in computing | |
| no | Not any | A word of denial | ||
| noisette | A small round piece of mutton, veal etc. | A variety of rose | ||
| oblate | Flattened at the poles | One not under vows but dedicated to religious work | ||
| oratory | The art of public speaking | A small chapel | ||
| orderly | In order | A soldier who attends on an officer | ||
| ornament | A thing or part that adorns | To adorn, to decorate | ||
| orris | Plant of the genus Iris | A kind of gold or silver lace | ||
| ounce | A unit of weight | A wild cat, Panthera uncia | ||
| own | Belonging or proper to | To possess | ||
| pad | A soft cushion | To trudge | ||
| paddle | A broad short oar | To wade in shallow water | ||
| page | A leaf of a book etc. | A young male attendant | ||
| painter | One who paints | A bow-rope for fastening a boat | ||
| pale | Whitish, ashen, lacking in colour | A pointed stake | ||
| pall | A large cloth thrown over a coffin | To become vapid or insipid | ||
| palladium | A greyish-white metallic element | A defence, a safeguard | ||
| pallet | A straw mattress | A flat wooden structure used in transportation | ||
| palm | A tree of family Palmae | The inner part of the hand | ||
| pan | A broad shallow dish | A betel leaf | ||
| panic | Sudden, overpowering fear | A type of cereal grass | ||
| pannier | A large basket | A robed waiter at the Inns of Court | ||
| pants | Breathes quickly | Underpants | ||
| pap | Soft or semi-liquid food | A teat, a nipple | ||
| papa | The pope | A blue clay found in New Zealand | ||
| parity | Equality of rank, value etc | The condition of having given birth | ||
| partisan | An adherent of a faction, cause etc. | A pike or long-handled spear | ||
| party | A social gathering | Divided into coloured compartments | ||
| passage | The act of passing | A move in dressage | ||
| patter | (Of rain) to fall with a quick succession of sharp sounds | Glib talk | ||
| pawn | A chess piece | Deposit as a pledge | ||
| pay | To discharge (a bill etc.) | To coat with hot pitch | ||
| peach | Fruit of the tree Prunus persica | To inform (against or upon) | ||
| peak | A sharp point or top | To pine away | To raise (a gaff or yard) until nearly vertical | |
| pearl | A lustrous whitesolid found in oyster shells | A picot | ||
| peck | To strike with a beak or pointed instrument | A measure of capacity | ||
| pedal | A lever acted on by the foot | Relating to a foot | ||
| peel | To strip the skin bark or rind off | A wooden shovel | A square fortified tower | |
| peep | To look slyly or furtively | A chirp, squeak etc. | ||
| peer | To look very closely at | A member of the nobility | ||
| pelt | To throw | The hide of a sheep or goat | ||
| pen | An instrument for writing | A small enclosure for cattle etc. | ||
| perch | A rest roost for birds | A spiny-finned freshwater fish | ||
| periwinkle | Plant of the genus Vinca | A winkle | ||
| pet | An animal kept as a companion | A fit of peevishness | ||
| pica | A unit of type size | An appetite affected by illness etc. | ||
| pick | To choose | An implement for picking | ||
| pie | A pastry case filled with meat etc. | An Indian copper coin | ||
| pike | A large freshwater fish | A toll gate | ||
| piker | A timid gambler | A tramp | ||
| pile | A heap | A sharp stake or post | The nap of cloth | |
| pine | A coniferous tree | To languish, waste away | ||
| pinion | A joint of a bird's wing | A cogged spindle | ||
| pink | A pale red colour | To pierce, stab | A yellow vegetable pigment | A young salmon |
| pip | A fruit seed | A short, high-pitched sound | A spot on a playing card, dice etc. | A disease in poultry etc. |
| pique | To irritate | A score in the game of piquet | ||
| pitch | To fix or plant in the ground | A type of bituminous substance | ||
| pitcher | A large earthenware vessel | A person who or something which pitches | ||
| pitta | A flat, round, slightly leavened bread | A bird of the family Pittidae | ||
| placer | A table setting | A deposit containing valuable minerals | ||
| plane | A flat surface | A smoothing tool | Tree of the genus Platanus | |
| plantain | A plant of the genus Plantago | A tropical tree, Musa paradisiaca | ||
| plash | A large puddle | To cause (water) to splash | To bend & intertwine (branches) to form a hedge | |
| plumb | A weighted line used to test perpendicularity | To provide with plumbing | ||
| plump | Well-rounded, chubby | To plunge or fall suddenly & heavily | ||
| ply | A thickness, a layer | To wield, work at | ||
| poach | To cook in simmering liquid | To catch (game, fish etc.) illicitly | ||
| pod | A seed vessel | A gathering of whales, seals etc | ||
| poise | Composure, equilibrium | The cgs unit of viscosity | ||
| poke | To jab, prod | A bag, sack | A projecting front on a woman's hat | |
| poker | An iron rod used to stir a fire | A card game | ||
| pole | A long slender piece of wood or metal | Each end of the axis of the earth | ||
| policy | A course of action | An insurance contract | The pleasure grounds around a country house | |
| poll | The voting at an election | (Of cattle) having had the horns cut off | ||
| pone | A kind of bread made by North American Indians | The player on dealer's right who cuts the cards | ||
| pontoon | A card game | A floating bridge | ||
| pool | A small body of water | A common supply of people, vehicles, etc. | ||
| pope | The head of the Roman Catholic church | A priest in the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church | ||
| pore | A minute opening | Be absorbed in studying | ||
| port | A harbour | A porthole | A fortified wine | The left-hand side of a ship etc. |
| portal | A door, gate, entrance | Relating to the porta | ||
| porter | A person employed to carry luggage etc. | A gatekeeper | ||
| pose | Assume an attitude | To puzzle | ||
| post | An upright post | A fixed place | System of letter conveyance | |
| potter | A maker of pottery | Proceed in a leisurely fashion | ||
| pounce | An abrupt swoop, spring | A fine powder for drying ink | ||
| pound | A unit of weight | UK monetary unit | An enclosure for stray cattle etc. | To crush, pulverize |
| press | Apply steady force to | To force into naval or military service | ||
| prime | Most important | Prepare for use | ||
| prion | An infectious protein particle | A type of seabird | ||
| prior | Former, preceding | A superior of a monastic house | ||
| prize | A reward in a competition, etc. | Something taken from an enemy in war | ||
| prune | A dried plum | Trim by cutting | ||
| pry | Look inquisitively | To prise | ||
| pug | A small dog | Clay mixed for making bricks | ||
| pulse | Rhythmic beating | The edible seeds of leguminous plants | ||
| pump | A device for raising liquids | A plimsoll | ||
| pun | The playful use of words | To pound, crush | ||
| punch | A tool for making holes | To strike with the fist | A mixture of wines or spirits | |
| puncheon | A timber for supporting the roof in a mine | A large cask | ||
| punt | A shallow, flat-bottomed boat | To stake against the bank in some card games | To kick a ball after dropping it | Monetary unit of Ireland |
| pupil | Being taught | Part of the eye | ||
| purl | A knitting stitch | To flow with a babbling sound | ||
| pursy | Short-winded, asthmatic | Like a purse | ||
| python | A large serpent | A familiar spirit or demon | ||
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