(rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
adv
(rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.
akhund
akhund
noun
(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
akhundzada
akmudar
akmuddar
akund
aniakudo
antiduke
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
auldfarrantlike
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
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
bakunda
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bareknuckled
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
bauckiebird
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackduck
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blockaderunning
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
buckhead
buckland
bucklandite
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
budbreak
budbreak
noun
(botany) The emergence of a bud, especially on a vine
budukha
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bunkload
burckhardt
burkhard
burkhardt
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
cadouk
caduke
caduke
adj
(obsolete) perishable; frail; transitory
caudebeck
cauked
caulked
caulked
adj
Having cracks or crevices stopped-up with a filler.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caulk
chappaquiddick
chaukidari
chempaduk
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
chunkhead
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
cloudcuckooland
cloudcuckooland
noun
Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land
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
cuckoomaid
cuckoomaiden
cuddebackville
danyluk
darabukka
darabukka
noun
Alternative form of darbuka
darbukka
darkful
darkful
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
darksum
dashnaktzutiun
datuk
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
dauk
daukas
dauke
daukin
demibuckram
demjanjuk
derbukka
deutschemark
deutschmark
dhanuk
diaskeuasis
diaskeuasis
noun
The process of reviewing or revising a text.
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
dikelocephalus
djuka
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
doughmaker
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
doundake
douschka
droukan
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drukpa
drukpa
Noun
The Drukpa Kagyu (also Drukpa Kargyu) school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan.
Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
drunkard
drunkard
noun
(derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
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
duckhearted
ducklar
duckmeat
duckmeat
noun
(archaic) duckweed
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
duckwalk
duckwalk
noun
Alternative spelling of duck walk
verb
(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
(intransitive) To walk while squatting.
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwater
duckwheat
dudelsack
duka
duka
noun
(Kenya) A shop, store.
dukakis
dukas
dukas
noun
plural of duka
dukkha
dukkha
noun
(Buddhism) The three main types of pain, suffering, or stress: physical and mental, impermanence, and conditioned states. One of the three marks of existence.
dukuma
dumka
dumka
noun
(countable) An individual composition in this genre.
(uncountable) A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
dundalk
dunkadoo
dunkadoo
noun
(US, chiefly New Jersey) The American bittern
dunkard
dunnakin
dunnakin
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of dunnekin (“outhouse”)
dusack
dzaudzhikau
earlduck
earthquaked
earthquaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earthquake
eduskunta
eskualdun
euskaldun
faulkland
fukuda
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake