(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
besmoked
besmoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blankmindedness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
checksummed
checksummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checksum
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
cockscombed
cocksuredom
damask
damask
adj
Of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
noun
A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
Damascus steel
Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
verb
To decorate or weave in damascene patterns
damasked
damasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of damask
damaskeen
damaskeened
damaskeened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of damaskeen
damaskeening
damaskeening
noun
Alternative form of damascening
verb
present participle of damaskeen
damaskin
damaskin
noun
(obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
verb
Alternative form of damascene
damaskine
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
damasks
damasks
noun
plural of damask
darkmans
darkmans
noun
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The night.
darkrooms
darkrooms
noun
plural of darkroom
darksome
darksome
adj
(poetic, literary) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
darksomeness
darksomeness
noun
The quality of being darksome.
darksum
dashmaker
decisionmake
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
dekameters
dekameters
noun
plural of dekameter
demakis
demarks
demarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demark
dembowski
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
deskman
deskman
noun
(US, dated) A subeditor.
Anyone who works at a desk, as in a police station.
deskmen
deskmen
noun
plural of deskman
desmopyknosis
deutschemark
deutschmark
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
diemakers
diemakers
noun
plural of diemaker
dinkums
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembark
disembark
verb
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarked
disembarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembark
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
dismark
dismarket
dismarketed
dismarketing
dismask
dismask
verb
(transitive) To remove a mask from.
(transitive) To uncover.
disworkmanship
dmitrevsk
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
doketism
dokimastic
dokimastic
adj
Alternative form of docimastic
dombrowski
domenikos
dominickers
dominickers
noun
plural of dominicker
dominicks
dominikus
donkeyism
donkeyism
noun
foolishness
drammocks
dreamlikeness
dreamlikeness
noun
The state or condition of being dreamlike; resemblance to a dream.
dressmake
dressmake
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make (a dress or dresses).
dressmaker
dressmaker
noun
A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.
dressmakers
dressmakers
noun
plural of dressmaker
dressmakership
dressmakery
dressmakery
noun
dressmaking
dressmaking
dressmaking
noun
The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.
dressmakings
dressmakings
noun
plural of dressmaking
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
dukedoms
dukedoms
noun
plural of dukedom
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
embosked
embosked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embosk
endamask
eskimoid
eskimoized
gumpoldskirchner
hammarskjold
hammerskjold
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
kaddishim
kadishim
kailyardism
kailyardism
noun
The writing style of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
kaiserdom
kaiserdom
noun
The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
kalsomined
kalsomined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kalsomine
kettledrums
kettledrums
noun
plural of kettledrum
kidderminster
kidderminster
noun
A type of two-ply carpet.
kidsman
kidsman
noun
(dated) An adult who recruits children to train them as criminals.
kierkegaardianism
kierkegaardianism
Noun
The or views of the thinker (1813–1855).
kindlesome
kingdomless
kingdomless
adj
Without a kingdom.
kingdoms
kingdoms
noun
plural of kingdom
kingdomship
kodashim
komondors
landmarks
landmarks
noun
plural of landmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of landmark
likemindedness
likemindedness
noun
Alternative spelling of like-mindedness
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
madawaska
maddocks
maddocks
noun
plural of maddock
makereadies
makereadies
noun
plural of makeready
mandrakes
mandrakes
noun
plural of mandrake
markdowns
markdowns
noun
plural of markdown
markedness
markedness
noun
(linguistics) The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
markednesses
markednesses
noun
plural of markedness
marketstead
marketstead
noun
(obsolete) A marketplace.
masked
masked
adj
(botany) Personate.
(zoology, of birds) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage.
Characterized by masks.
Concealed; hidden.
Wearing a mask or masks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mask
maskoid
meadowlarks
meadowlarks
noun
plural of meadowlark
medakas
medakas
noun
plural of medaka
medicks
medicks
noun
Obsolete spelling of medics (“(obsolete) the science of medicine”)
plural of medick
medrinacks
medusalike
medusalike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the mythical Medusa.
meekheartedness
mesked
midiskirt
midiskirt
noun
A skirt with a hemline at mid-calf.
midstroke
midstroke
adv
During a stroke.
noun
The midpart of a stroke.
midweeks
midweeks
noun
plural of midweek
mikadoism
mikadoism
Noun
The Japanese practice of worshipping the emperor as a god.
mikados
mikados
noun
plural of mikado
milkmaids
milkmaids
noun
plural of milkmaid
milkshed
milkshed
noun
(agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)