(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
bucktooths
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
burckhardt
burkhardt
burkhart
bushelbasket
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
byrthynsak
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
cathedrallike
cathedrallike
adj
Resembling a cathedral
chakravartin
chakravartin
noun
(India, religion) An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world.
chalkcutter
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chalkotheke
chalkpit
chalkpit
noun
A quarry where chalk is found.
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.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
chandrakanta
changepocket
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chataka
chataka
noun
A bird in Indian mythology, represented as having a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst, and associated with the Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus).
chatchka
chatchkas
chatchkas
noun
plural of chatchka
chatchke
chatchke
noun
Alternative form of tchotchke
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
chattack
chaunoprockt
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
cheapskates
cheapskates
noun
plural of cheapskate
checkbit
checkbite
checkbite
noun
(dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth
checkbits
checkerbreast
checkerist
checkerist
noun
One who plays the game of checkers.
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
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
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkout
checkout
noun
(Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
An inspection or investigation.
The place in a supermarket where this is done.
The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkstone
checkstrap
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
cheektowaga
chekist
chekist
Noun
A member of the Cheka.
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chetek
chetnik
chetnik
noun
(now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band.
An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.
chettik
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chickenbreasted
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenshits
chickenshits
noun
plural of chickenshit
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickstone
chickwit
chikamatsu
chilkat
chilkats
chimkent
chinkiest
chirkest
chirkest
adj
superlative form of chirk: most chirk
chistka
chistka
noun
A political purge in Russia.
chitak
chitkara
chittack
chittack
noun
(historical) An old Indian unit of weight, equal to five siccas or one sixteenth of a seer.
chittak
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chokiest
chokiest
adj
superlative form of choky: most choky
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
choukoutien
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlike
christlike
Adjective
Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
chuckfarthing
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
clocksmith
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
cockshoot
cockshot
cockshot
noun
(slang, vulgar) A photograph of one's penis.
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cockshuts
cockshuts
noun
plural of cockshut
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
crooktoothed
crutchlike
crutchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crutch.
cuttyhunk
cuttyhunk
noun
(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.