| AGLEE | • aglee adv. Alternative spelling of agley. • AGLEE adv. (Scots) with a turn or twist to one side, also AGLEY, AGLY. |
| EAGLE | • eagle n. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful… • eagle n. (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States. • eagle n. (Historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased… |
| ELEGY | • elegy n. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. • elegy n. (Music) A composition of mournful character. • elegy n. A classical poem written in elegiac meter. |
| ELOGE | • eloge n. (Obsolete) An expression of praise. • eloge n. A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died. • eloge n. Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor. |
| GELEE | • gelee n. Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes. • gelee n. A traditional form of West African headwrap worn by women. • GELEE n. (French) a cosmetic gel. |
| GEMEL | • gemel n. (Now rare) A twin (also attributively). • gemel n. (Heraldry) One of a pair of small bars placed together. • gemel n. (Historical) A finger ring which splits into two horizontally. |
| GERLE | • GERLE n. (Spenser) a girl. |
| GLEBE | • glebe n. Turf; soil; ground; sod. • glebe n. (Historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed… • glebe n. (Poetic) A field or meadow. |
| GLEDE | • glede n. Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus. • glede n. A live coal, an ember or molten metallic bead such that skids or slides across a cooler surface. • GLEDE n. a bird of prey, also GLED. |
| GLEED | • gleed n. Alternative form of glede (“live coal”). • GLEED n. a glowing coal. |
| GLEEK | • gleek n. (Uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people. • gleek n. (Countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind. • gleek n. A jest or scoff; trick or deception. |
| GLEES | • glees n. Plural of glee. • GLEE v. (Scots) to squint. |
| GLEET | • gleet n. (Obsolete, except Scots) Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk. • gleet n. (Obsolete, except Scots) Any slimy, viscous substance. • gleet n. (Vulgar, slang) A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhoea. |
| LEDGE | • ledge n. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a… • ledge n. (Geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. • ledge n. A layer or stratum. |
| LEGER | • leger adj. (Obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial. • leger adj. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident. • leger n. An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger. |
| LEGES | • Leges prop.n. Plural of Lege. • LEX n. (Latin) law. |
| LEGGE | • legge n. Obsolete spelling of leg. • Legge prop.n. A surname. • LEGGE n. (Shakespeare) the dregs of the people. |
| LIEGE | • liege n. A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign. • liege n. (In full liege lord) A king or lord. • liege n. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. |