(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
(wrestling) A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back.
verb
(soccer) To perform such a kick.
(wrestling) To perform such a trip or throw.
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backlashes
backlashes
noun
plural of backlash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlash
backlighted
backslashes
backslashes
noun
plural of backslash
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
bechalk
bechalk
verb
(archaic) To cover with chalk, or whiten as if with chalk.
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
bechalks
bechalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechalk
beshackle
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
blackheartedly
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirted
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blagoveshchensk
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockheaded
blockheaded
adj
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockhead
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockhole
blockhole
noun
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
blockholer
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breechblock
breechblock
noun
(firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
cakchikel
cathedrallike
cathedrallike
adj
Resembling a cathedral
chackle
chackle
verb
(England, dialectal, rare) To chatter (to talk or make noise) or chuckle.
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chackler
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chainlike
chainlike
adj
Having the form of a chain
chakales
chalkcutter
chalked
chalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chalk
chalker
chalker
noun
One who chalks.
chalkier
chalkier
adj
comparative form of chalky: more chalky
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalklike
chalklike
adj
Having characteristics of chalk
chalkline
chalkone
chalkosideric
chalkotheke
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkworker
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chappelka
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
checkable
checkable
adj
(finance, not comparable) Alternative form of chequable
Able to be checked or verified.
Able to be marked with a check mark, or tick.
checkerbellies
checkerbelly
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkle
checkless
checkless
adj
(US) Without checks (financial instruments); chequeless.
That cannot be checked or restrained.
checkline
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
checklisted
checklisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checklist
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checklists
checklists
noun
plural of checklist
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checklist
checkrail
checkrail
noun
Alternative spelling of check rail
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
chedlock
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekfuls
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
cheekless
cheekless
adj
Without cheeks.
chelyabinsk
chelyuskin
cherrylike
cherrylike
adj
Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chickell
chickenbill
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
childlike
childlike
adj
Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
Of, like, or suitable for a child.
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chimalakwe
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
chinalike
chinalike
adj
Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
chinkle
chinkle
noun
(nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To chink or jingle.
(transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
chisellike
chisellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chisel.
chkfile
chladek
chmielewski
chockler
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chokeable
chokoloskee
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
choleokinase
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlike
christlike
Adjective
Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chuckle
chuckle
adj
(obsolete) Clumsy.
noun
A quiet laugh.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
(transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
chuckler
chuckler
noun
(India, archaic) A shoemaker, a cobbler.
Someone who chuckles.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
chuckles
chuckles
noun
plural of chuckle
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
churchlike
churchlike
adj
Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
clerkish
clerkish
adj
Like or resembling a clerk.
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
clockhouse
clockhouse
noun
(architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
(architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.