A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
billycock
billycock
noun
(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackboy
blackboy
noun
(Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
(Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
blockishly
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blocky
blocky
adj
Resembling a block in shape.
bobbysocks
bockey
bockey
noun
(US, dialect, archaic, New York) A large basket woven from oak splints.
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
bodychecked
bodychecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodycheck
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boychick
boychick
noun
Alternative form of boychik
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
boychik
boychik
noun
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for any special male with whom one is familiar.
boychiks
boychiks
noun
plural of boychik
brockway
brocky
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckeystown
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bullyrock
bycoket
bycoket
noun
(historical) A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
cammocky
cammocky
adj
(UK, dialectal, chiefly Southern England, of milk, butter or cheese) Having an unpleasant taste or smell because it came from a cow that ate cammock.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
carnovsky
chalkography
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chickahominy
chickory
chickory
noun
Alternative spelling of chicory
chokeberry
chokeberry
noun
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
The fruit of such a shrub.
chokecherry
chokecherry
noun
Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.
chokey
chokey
adj
Reminiscent of choking.
noun
(India, historical) A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.
(dated, Britain) prison
chokeys
chokeys
noun
plural of chokey
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
choky
choky
adj
Alternative form of chokey
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chomsky
chooky
cityfolk
cloakedly
cloakedly
adv
In a concealed manner; with secrecy.
cloky
closkey
closky
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockamamy
cockamamy
adj
foolish, silly
trifling
cockandy
cockandy
noun
Synonym of puffin
cockayne
cockernony
cockernony
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
cockeye
cockeye
noun
(engineering) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
An eye affected by strabismus.
cockeyed
cockeyed
adj
(informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
Crooked or askew.
Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
cockeyedly
cockeyedly
adv
In a cockeyed manner.
cockeyedness
cockeyedness
noun
The quality of being cockeyed.
cockeyes
cockeyes
noun
plural of cockeye
cockeysville
cockily
cockily
adv
In a cocky manner.
cockishly
cockly
cockly
adj
Marked with, abounding in, or infested with cockles
cockneity
cockney
cockney
adj
Alternative form of Cockney
noun
(obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London.
cockneybred
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockneyese
cockneyess
cockneyess
noun
A female cockney.
cockneyfication
cockneyfication
noun
the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys
cockneyfied
cockneyfied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy
cockneyfies
cockneyfies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockneyfy
cockneyfy
cockneyfy
verb
(transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
cockneyfying
cockneyfying
verb
present participle of cockneyfy
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockneyisms
cockneyisms
noun
plural of cockneyism
cockneyize
cockneyize
verb
To make vulgar and tasteless.
To pronounce with a cockney accent.
cockneyland
cockneylike
cockneys
cockneys
noun
plural of cockney
cockneyship
cockshy
cockshy
noun
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pelt; to throw things at.
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
cocksy
cocksy
adj
Alternative form of coxy
cocky
cocky
adj
Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
noun
(also attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
(chiefly Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
verb
(intransitive, chiefly Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.
cockyolly
cofsky
cokeney
cokery
cokery
noun
An industrial plant for processing coke.
cokey
cokneyfy
coky
coky
adj
Resembling or containing coke (coal residue).
coldturkey
colicky
colicky
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from colic
commiskey
comstockery
comstockery
noun
(US) Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality.
conakry
conakry
Proper noun
The capital of Guinea.
conky
conky
adj
(slang) Having a prominent nose.
cookery
cookery
noun
(archaic) A place where cooking is done.
(archaic) Cooking tools or apparatus.
(obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
Obsolete form of kukri.
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
cookey
cookey
noun
Alternative form of cookie
cookeys
cookeys
noun
plural of cookey
cookishly
cooky
cooky
adj
Misspelling of kooky.
noun
Dated spelling of cookie.
copybook
copybook
noun
(Quebec, UK) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
(programming, COBOL) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corkscrewy
corkscrewy
adj
Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape
corky
corky
adj
Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
noun
(Australia, slang) A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
corymblike
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
coxankylometer
croakily
croakily
adv
In a croaky manner.
croaky
croaky
adj
(of a sound) Like that of a frog.
crockery
crockery
noun
Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crocky
crocky
adj
smutty, muddy
crookedly
crookedly
adv
In a crooked manner.
crookery
crookery
noun
The activities of crooks; crime.
cryoplankton
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
cuckoldry
cuckoldry
noun
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
The state of being a cuckold.
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
curlylocks
cycloalkane
cycloalkane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
cytokineses
cytokineses
noun
plural of cytokinesis
cytokinesis
cytokinesis
noun
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
cytokinetic
cytokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to cytokinesis or to cytokinetics
cytokinin
cytokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division
cytoskeletal
cytoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to a cytoskeleton.
cytoskeleton
cytoskeleton
noun
A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
daddocky
daddocky
adj
(UK, dialect) inferior; weak; tasteless
(UK, dialect) rotten; decayed (of wood)
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
dockyard
dockyard
noun
A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
dockyardman
dockyardman
noun
A laborer employed in a dockyard.
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)