(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
akhundzada
akund
aniakudo
antiduke
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
auldfarrantlike
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
bakunda
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
blockaderunning
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
boundbrook
buckden
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckland
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buddenbrooks
budennovsk
bukidnon
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bundocks
bundook
bundook
noun
(slang, UK) A service-issue rifle.
bunked
bunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunk
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
bunkload
bunkoed
bunkoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunko
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chunked
chunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunk
chunkhead
cloudcuckooland
cloudcuckooland
noun
Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land
clunked
clunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clunk
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterdike
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoomaiden
danyluk
dashnaktzutiun
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daukin
debunk
debunk
verb
(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
debunked
debunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debunk
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
debunkers
debunkers
noun
plural of debunker
debunking
debunking
noun
The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
verb
present participle of debunk
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
debunks
debunks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debunk
dejunkerize
demjanjuk
deskbound
deskbound
adj
(of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
dhanuk
dinkum
dinkum
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Genuine, true, honest, on the level.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, dated) Truth.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, rare, obsolete) Hard work.
dinkums
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
dodunk
dominikus
doohinkus
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doundake
droukan
drouking
drucken
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drunk
drunk
adj
(usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
noun
A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
A drunken state.
A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
verb
(Southern US) simple past tense of drink
past participle of drink
drunkard
drunkard
noun
(derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
drunkelew
drunken
drunken
adj
(obsolete) Saturated with liquid
Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
verb
(archaic, still occasionally in juxtaposition with eaten) past participle of drink
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate
drunkeness
drunkenly
drunkenly
adv
In a drunken manner.
drunkenness
drunkenness
noun
A state of being drunk.
drunkennesses
drunkennesses
noun
plural of drunkenness
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkenwise
drunker
drunker
adj
comparative form of drunk: more drunk
drunkeries
drunkery
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
drunkly
drunkly
adv
In a drunk manner; drunkenly.
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
drunks
drunks
noun
plural of drunk
dubenko
dubinsky
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
duckblind
duckhunting
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckpin
duckpin
noun
A short, squat form of tenpin.
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
duckstone
ducktown
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dukhn
dukkeripen
dumbstricken
dundalk
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
dunelike
dunelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dune.
dungbeck
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
dunk
dunk
noun
The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
verb
(intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].
(transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
To set down carelessly.
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
dunkadoo
dunkadoo
noun
(US, chiefly New Jersey) The American bittern
dunkard
dunked
dunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dunk
dunker
dunker
noun
(basketball) A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
(naval) A kind of sonobuoy.
A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
Someone who dunks.
dunkerque
dunkers
dunkers
noun
plural of dunker
dunkerton
dunkin
dunking
dunking
noun
(basketball) Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.
The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.
verb
present participle of dunk
dunkirk
dunkirk
Proper noun
Dunkerque, a town in Nord-Pas de Calais, France
A village in Kent, England.
A city in Indiana, US.
A city in New York, US.
A village in Ohio, US.
A town in Wisconsin, US.
dunkirker
dunkirker
Noun
A commerce raider who operated a warship in the service of the Spanish Empire, during the Dutch Revolt, from the ports of the Flemish coast: Nieuwpoort, Ostend, and in particular Dunkirk.
dunkirque
dunkle
dunkled
dunkling
dunks
dunks
noun
Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
plural of dunk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dunk
dunnakin
dunnakin
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of dunnekin (“outhouse”)
dunnock
dunnock
noun
A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.