A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
beardlike
beardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
birdlike
birdlike
adj
Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
blackbird
blackbird
noun
(slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
blackbirded
blackbirded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackbird
blackbirder
blackbirder
noun
A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
A ship used for blackbirding.
blackbirders
blackbirders
noun
plural of blackbirder
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackshirted
bladderlike
bladderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bladder.
blinkard
blinkard
noun
(obsolete) One with bad eyes.
A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blitzkrieged
blockaderunning
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
bradyteleokinesis
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
bridelike
bridelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bride.
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
brookfield
brooklandville
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
candlestickward
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
cathedrallike
cathedrallike
adj
Resembling a cathedral
chalkosideric
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
ciderlike
ciderlike
Adjective
Resembling cider.
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clarkfield
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
craddockville
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
crookbilled
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cylinderlike
cylinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cylinder.
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
darklier
darklier
adv
(literary, dated) comparative form of darkly: more darkly
darkliest
darkliest
adv
(literary, dated) superlative form of darkly: most darkly
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
dartlike
dartlike
adj
Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
daydreamlike
daydreamlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a daydream.
deckerville
deerkill
deerlike
deerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a deer.
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dekaliter
dekaliter
noun
Alternative form of decaliter
dekaliters
dekaliters
noun
plural of dekaliter
dekalitre
dekalitre
noun
Alternative form of decalitre
dervishlike
dervishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dervish.
desertlike
desertlike
adj
Resembling a desert
dilker
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
disliker
disliker
noun
One who dislikes.
dislikers
dislikers
noun
plural of disliker
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
doorlike
doorlike
adj
Resembling a door.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drakesville
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
dreamlike
dreamlike
adj
Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
dreamlikeness
dreamlikeness
noun
The state or condition of being dreamlike; resemblance to a dream.
drillstock
drillstock
noun
The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkable
drinkable
adj
(of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.
(of water) Safe to drink.
Able to be drunk (as liquid).
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
drinkably
drinkless
drinkless
adj
Without a drink, without drinks.
driskill
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
drumlike
drumlike
adj
Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape
drygalski
durukuli
durukuli
noun
Alternative form of douroucouli
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
enkindler
enkindler
noun
One who enkindles.
ferntickled
ficklehearted
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
flanderkin
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
foldskirt
franklandite
friendlike
friendlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a friend.
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
gavelkinder
gavelkinder
noun
One who inherits through gavelkind.
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
gumpoldskirchner
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
heraklid
heraklidan
herdlike
herdlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
holidaymaker
holidaymaker
noun
(Britain) someone who is on holiday
hrdlicka
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrofranklinite
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
inkholder
inkholder
noun
A container for ink.
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interlinked
interlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlink
interlocked
interlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlock
intersprinkled
intersprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intersprinkle
kailyard
kailyard
noun
(Scotland) A kitchen garden.
A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
kailyarder
kailyarder
noun
A writer of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
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.