| anhinga | (noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill | Synonyms: darter, snakebird |
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| antifungal | (adjective) capable of destroying fungi | Synonyms: fungicidal |
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| (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
| bungaloid | (adjective) characterized by bungalows | - |
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| bungalow | (noun) a small house with a single story | Synonyms: cottage |
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| chunga | (noun) Argentinian Cariama | Synonyms: Chunga burmeisteri, seriema |
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| conga | (noun) a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file | - |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the conga | - |
| (verb) dance the conga | - |
| cotinga | (noun) passerine bird of New World tropics | Synonyms: chatterer |
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| disengage | (verb) become free | - |
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| (verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: withdraw |
| (verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: free |
| disengagement | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: fallback, pullout |
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| (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: detachment |
| dungaree | (noun) a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric | Synonyms: denim, jean |
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| elongate | (adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender | Synonyms: elongated |
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| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | Synonyms: linear |
| (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: stretch |
| elongated | (adjective) having notably more length than width; being long and slender | Synonyms: elongate |
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| (adjective) drawn out or made longer spatially | Synonyms: extended, lengthened, prolonged |
| elongation | (noun) the act of lengthening something | - |
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| (noun) an addition to the length of something | Synonyms: extension |
| (noun) the quality of being elongated | - |
| engage | (verb) get caught | - |
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| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engross, occupy |
| (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, plight |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, rent, take |
| (verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: enlist |
| (verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | - |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, hire |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: prosecute, pursue |
| (verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: wage |
| engaged | (adjective) built against or attached to a wall | - |
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| (adjective) having services contracted for | - |
| (adjective) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting | Synonyms: intermeshed, meshed |
| (adjective) involved in military hostilities | - |
| (adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) | Synonyms: busy, in use |
| (adjective) reserved in advance | Synonyms: booked, set-aside |
| (adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | Synonyms: occupied |
| (adjective) pledged to be married | Synonyms: bespoken, betrothed |
| engagement | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: involution, involvement, participation |
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| (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | Synonyms: battle, conflict, fight |
| (noun) the act of giving someone a job | Synonyms: employment |
| (noun) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time | Synonyms: booking |
| (noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: betrothal, troth |
| (noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing |
| (noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: appointment, date |
| engaging | (adjective) attracting or delighting | Synonyms: piquant |
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| engagingly | (adverb) in an engaging manner | Synonyms: winsomely |
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| falanga | (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | Synonyms: bastinado |
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| farthingale | (noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries | - |
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| fungal | (adjective) of or relating to fungi | Synonyms: fungous |
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| galangal | (noun) southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots | Synonyms: Alpinia galanga |
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| (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galingale |
| galingale | (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galangal |
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| greengage | (noun) sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum | Synonyms: greengage plum |
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| hangar | (noun) a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained | Synonyms: airdock, repair shed |
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| inga | (noun) any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals | - |
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| ingathering | (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: appeal, collection, solicitation |
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| kangaroo | (noun) any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail | - |
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| lingam | (noun) the Hindu phallic symbol of Siva | - |
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| longan | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longanberry, lungen, Nephelium longana |
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| longanberry | (noun) Asian fruit similar to litchi | Synonyms: dragon's eye |
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| (noun) tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium | Synonyms: Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, longan, lungen, Nephelium longana |
| longanimity | (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: forbearance, patience |
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| longanimous | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: forbearing |
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| malanga | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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| manga | (noun) graphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art | - |
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| mangabey | (noun) large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids | - |
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| manganate | (noun) a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion | - |
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| manganese | (noun) a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals | Synonyms: atomic number 25, Mn |
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| manganite | (noun) a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese | - |
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| martingale | (noun) a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head | - |
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| (noun) spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat | Synonyms: dolphin striker |
| myringa | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: eardrum, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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| nightingale | (noun) European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song | Synonyms: Luscinia megarhynchos |
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| panga | (noun) a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | Synonyms: machete, matchet |
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| permanganate | (noun) a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic | - |
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| pitanga | (noun) Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida | Synonyms: Eugenia uniflora, Surinam cherry |
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| prolongation | (noun) the act of prolonging something | Synonyms: lengthening, perpetuation, protraction |
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| (noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends | Synonyms: extension, lengthiness |
| (noun) the consequence of being lengthened in duration | Synonyms: continuation, lengthiness, protraction |
| pungapung | (noun) putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber | Synonyms: Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, telingo potato |
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| sangapenum | (noun) a variety of gum | Synonyms: gum sangapenum |
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| sangaree | (noun) sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | Synonyms: sangria |
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| singable | (adjective) suitable for singing | - |
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| singalong | (noun) informal group singing of popular songs | Synonyms: singsong |
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| syringa | (noun) large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes | Synonyms: mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius |
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| tanga | (noun) 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble | - |
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| thingamabob | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| thingamajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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| unengaged | (adjective) not busy or occupied; free | - |
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| (adjective) not promised in marriage | Synonyms: unpledged, unpromised |
| ungainliness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant | Synonyms: gawkiness |
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| ungainly | (adjective) lacking grace in movement or posture | Synonyms: clumsy, clunky, gawky, unwieldy |
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| (adjective) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | Synonyms: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy |
| ungallant | (adjective) offensively discourteous | Synonyms: caddish, unchivalrous |
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| ungarbed | (adjective) having removed clothing | Synonyms: unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarmented |
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| ungarmented | (adjective) having removed clothing | Synonyms: unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed |
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| ungathered | (adjective) not brought together in one place | Synonyms: uncollected |
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