(UK) A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used by them as a base for their activities.
The call of a cuckoo.
verb
present participle of cuckoo
cuckoomaid
cuckoomaiden
cuckoopint
cuckoopint
noun
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
cuckoopintle
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cuddebackville
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
cuittikin
cuplike
cuplike
adj
Resembling a cup.
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
curblike
curblike
adj
Alternative form of kerblike
curlike
curlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cur.
currituck
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
cusick
cutikin
cuttikin
demibuckram
dikelocephalus
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
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
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
duckeries
duckeries
noun
plural of duckery
duckhunting
duckie
duckie
noun
Alternative spelling of ducky
duckier
duckier
adj
comparative form of ducky: more ducky
duckies
duckies
noun
plural of duckie
plural of ducky
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckish
duckish
adj
Characteristically resembling a duck; somewhat ducklike
noun
(Newfoundland) dusk
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckpin
duckpin
noun
A short, squat form of tenpin.
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwife
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
duikerbuck
dumbstricken
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
ekacaesium
ekacaesium
noun
Alternative form of eka-caesium
enquicken
enquicken
verb
(rare) Imbue with divine vitality.
euskaric
flickermouse
flunkeyistic
flunkeyistic
adj
Alternative form of flunkyistic
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
franciskus
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
fruitcakes
fruitcakes
noun
plural of fruitcake
fruitcakey
fucking
fucking
adj
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.
(vulgar) Offensive, annoying or worthless.
adv
(vulgar) Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.
infix
(vulgar) Alternative spelling of -fucking-, used when the word inflix is put between two words
noun
(vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.
(vulgar, figuratively) An act of mistreatment.
verb
present participle of fuck
fuckwit
fuckwit
noun
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A very stupid person.
funfkirchen
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
gebrauchsmusik
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
gitanemuck
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
glucokinin
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
grieshuckle
gucki
guericke
guerickian
guiderock
guiltsick
gulick
gumpoldskirchner
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
gunstocking
gurolinick
haiduck
haimsucken
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
holluschick
holluschick
noun
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
hucksterize
hucksterize
verb
To hawk; to promote, especially in a pushy or deceptive manner.
hughmanick
humperdinck
hunchakist
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
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
icequake
icequake
noun
The concussion that occurs when large masses of ice break up due to contraction.
ickesburg
inculk
inculk
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To inculcate.
innsbruck
innsbruck
Proper noun
A city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol.
insucken
insucken
adj
(law, Scotland) Pertaining to a district astricted to a certain mill.
noun
The multure paid by occupiers of thirled lands for the service of grinding.
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
isokurtic
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
jackquelin
jackqueline
janiuszck
juckies
jurkoic
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
kabuzuchi
kamarupic
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
kauslick
kawaguchi
kentuckian
kentuckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Kentucky in the United States of America.
kentuckians
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunophonic
keraunoscopia
ketosuccinic
ketosuccinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ketosuccinic acid or its derivatives
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
khachaturian
kickout
kickout
noun
(basketball) A pass to another offensive player who immediately shoots for the basket.
(rugby, American football) A drop kick by a player on the side to return the ball back into play.
(soccer) A kick made by the goalkeeper from the goal area.
(surfing) A rapid turn performed by shifting one's weight to the rear of the surfboard.
(water polo) A penalty for holding or sinking the driver
kickup
kickup
noun
(Caribbean) The waterthrush.
(countable) A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
(countable, dated) A disturbance.
(uncountable) Material thrown upward by the wheels of a moving vehicle.
kickups
kickups
noun
plural of kickup
killbuck
killbuck
noun
(obsolete, figuratively) A violent person.
killcu
kilobuck
kilobuck
noun
(informal, usually in the plural) A thousand dollars.
kilocurie
kilocurie
noun
A unit equal to 1,000 curies.
kiluck
kinchinjunga
kinetonucleus
kingcup
kingcup
noun
(Britain, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
kingcups
kingcups
noun
plural of kingcup
kinkcough
kinkcough
noun
Alternative form of chincough (“whooping cough”)
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.