Definitions
Etymologies
- From Latin aegilops, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigilops, "haver-grass, Aegilops ovata, an herb of which goats are fond"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Two oaks, Quercus pseudo-coccifera and Q. aegilops, are well worthy of the name of mighty trees; though it is equally true that over”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aegilops’.
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Rare Words - A
Not just rare words, but thousands of RARE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS.
If you want to see the definitions, too, go to
http://phrontistery.i...aba, abacinate, abactor, abaculus, abaft, abampere, abapical, abarticular, abasement, abasia, abask, abatis and 1214 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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phrontistery - a
from phrontistery.info
aba, abacinate, abactor, abaculus, abaft, abampere, abapical, abarticular, abasement, abasia, abask, abatis and 1214 more...
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Goats
goat, goats, goatee, goatsbeard, The Goat, or Who ..., scapegoat, Goats Head Soup, billy goat, nanny goat, he-goat, she-goat, Goat Island and 58 more...
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Because I like them: A -- B
abacinate, aberdevine, ablepsy, abuccinate, acarology, acipenserine, abactor, adamantine, addressin, aeoline, ahimsa, agelast and 151 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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Alphaliterals
Words having the letters in alphabetical order. Only words of six or more letters are listed here.
For reverse alphabetical order see Retroliterals. For words and phrases with the vowels in a...abbess, abbott, abhors, accent, accept, access, accost, adders, adeems, aegilops, afflux, agloos and 58 more...
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Notably Unique
Words that are in the record books, or otherwise attract comment.
pneumonoultramicr..., set, misconjugatedly, uncopyrightables, tesseradecades, hypolimnion., teetertotter, aftercataracts, sweaterdresses, aegilops, antiskepticism, bababadalgharaght... and 72 more...
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vowelful
words with alot of one particular vowel or a series of "ordered" vowels
catamaran, maharajah, paratarajas, arawakan, aramaean, eleven, eyelet, zebedee, deseret, nemeses, levesel, lexemes and 82 more...
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left-eyed flounders and other stretches
created to break clichés and cause temporary floundering
bothidae, flatfish, parabolic parables, tonguefish, after-image, anaglyph, Fotheringhay, aegilops, asquint, chicane, exedra, piñon jay and 66 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for aegilops.

fbharjo gets your goat doesn't it? Sep 10, 2011
sionnach Darn! Oroboros beat me to the punchline. But why do I think that it is an ulcer or stye in the corner of the eye, rather than a type of grass?
Aha, dictionary.com gives both definitions. Oct 21, 2007
oroboros a grass genus. longest english word with letters in alphabetical order Dec 2, 2006