The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
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
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blockaderunning
blockbusted
bloodsuck
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
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
buckboard
buckboard
noun
A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
bundocks
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
cadouk
cloudcuckooland
cloudcuckooland
noun
Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
cocksuredom
coldturkey
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
crookshouldered
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cuckold
cuckold
noun
(fetishism) A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.
cuckolded
cuckolded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckold
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
cuckoldom
cuckoldom
noun
(archaic) cuckoldry
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
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.
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
cuckooed
cuckooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckoo
cuckoomaid
cuckoomaiden
deckedout
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
dikelocephalus
dockhouse
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
doruck
doucker
doucker
noun
diver
goldeneye
grebe
pochard
scaup
scoter
tufted duck
douschka
drummock
drummock
noun
Alternative form of drammock
duckboard
duckboard
noun
A panel of wooden slats typically lain on a concrete floor in a workshop. Compliance of slats arranged in two crossed layers reduces fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duckboat
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duckhood
duckhood
noun
The state or quality of being a duck.
duckhouse
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
duckstone
ducktown
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
dunnock
dunnock
noun
A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
geoduck
geoduck
noun
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
(countable) a member of the species.
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
(uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
goeduck
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
huddock
jackpuddinghood
judcock
judcock
noun
The jacksnipe.
juddock
juddock
noun
judcock, jacksnipe
leukocidic
leukocidic
adj
Alternative form of leucocidic
leukocidin
leukocidin
noun
Alternative form of leucocidin
leukoctyoid
leukocytoid
leukocytoid
adj
Resembling a leukocyte
ludovick
mockground
mudrock
mudrock
noun
(geology) Any of various fine-grained siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.
mudrocks
mudrocks
noun
plural of mudrock
murdock
neckmould
neckmould
noun
(architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
outcooked
outcooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcook
outjockeyed
outjockeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outjockey
outkicked
outkicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outkick
outreckoned
outreckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outreckon
outrocked
outrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrock
outtricked
outtricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrick
poundcake
poundcake
noun
Alternative spelling of pound cake
pseudoleukemic
puddock
puddock
noun
Obsolete spelling of paddock
quackhood
quackhood
noun
(archaic, rare) quackery
rockbound
rockbound
adj
(CB radio slang) Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals.
Surrounded by rocks.
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
roundrock
rudderstock
rudderstock
noun
(nautical) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or similarly, with the sternpost of a vessel.
ruddock
ruddock
noun
(obsolete) A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
A variety of red apple.
ruddocks
ruddocks
noun
plural of ruddock
sackdoudle
shuttlecocked
shuttlecocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shuttlecock
soundtrack
soundtrack
noun
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
A recording of such music for sale.
Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
verb
To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
soundtracks
soundtracks
noun
plural of soundtrack
sourdock
spondulicks
spondulicks
noun
(slang, UK) Money.
stackencloud
stackencloud
noun
A cumulus cloud.
stockjudging
superacknowledgment
swashbucklerdom
trackhound
truckload
truckload
noun
(slang) A large number.
The contents of a full truck or lorry.
truckloads
truckloads
noun
plural of truckload
tussocked
tussocked
adj
Covered with tussocks or tussock grass.
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
unbackboarded
unbeckoned
unbeckoned
adj
Without having been beckoned.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
unblocked
unblocked
adj
Not blocked (in various senses).
verb
past participle of unblock
unchoked
unchoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unchoke
uncloaked
uncloaked
adj
Not cloaked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncloak
uncocked
uncocked
adj
Not cocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncock
uncoked
uncoked
adj
Not coked.
uncommanderlike
uncooked
uncooked
adj
raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncook
uncorked
uncorked
adj
(of an engine) Allowing exhaust gasses to be released to the atmosphere immediately after exiting the exhaust manifold.
Not corked; allowing liquid to flow freely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncork
uncrooked
uncrooked
adj
Not crooked; straight.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrook
uncrookedly
uncuckold
uncuckold
verb
(transitive) To undo the cuckolding of.
uncuckolded
uncuckolded
adj
Not cuckolded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncuckold
undeadlocked
undercloak
undercloak
noun
(construction) A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.
verb
(construction, transitive) To apply such an underlayer to.
undercook
undercook
noun
A subordinate cook.
verb
(transitive) To cook insufficiently.
undercooked
undercooked
adj
(figurative) Done with insufficient energy, enthusiasm, etc.
Insufficiently cooked, so as to be unpalatable or inedible.
The broccoli was nicely undercooked.
Very lightly cooked.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of undercook.
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
undercooks
undercooks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undercook
underfrock
underfrock
noun
An underslip worn beneath a dress.
underlock
underlock
noun
A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
underreckon
underreckon
verb
(transitive) To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.
underreckoning
underreckoning
verb
present participle of underreckon
understock
understock
noun
(horticulture) The rootstock onto which the scion is grafted.
verb
(transitive) To stock with an insufficient amount.
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
undock
undock
verb
(astronautics) To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
(transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock.
(transitive, computing) To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.
(transitive, computing) To remove from a docking station.
undocked
undocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undock
undocketed
undocketed
adj
Not docketed.
undocking
undocking
noun
The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock.