(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
backarrows
backbiters
backbiters
noun
plural of backbiter
backboards
backboards
noun
plural of backboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backboard
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backslider
backslider
noun
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.
backspacer
backspacer
noun
A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.
backspread
backstairs
backstairs
adj
Secret or furtive.
noun
A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
backstreet
backstreet
adj
(figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
noun
Alternative spelling of back street
backstring
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backtracks
backtracks
noun
plural of backtrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backtrack
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
bakerstown
barkeepers
barkeepers
noun
plural of barkeeper
barleysick
basketries
basketries
noun
plural of basketry
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beekeepers
beekeepers
noun
plural of beekeeper
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
berkshires
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
bilskirnir
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blacksburg
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
blakesburg
blanketers
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blocksburg
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk
boltstrake
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookseller
bookseller
noun
A business that sells books.
A person engaged in the business of selling books.
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
brailowsky
brassworks
brassworks
noun
A place where brass is manufactured and/or shaped.
breakables
breakables
noun
plural of breakable
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakshugh
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breastmark
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
brickmason
bridestake
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
brookhouse
brookshire
broomshank
broomstick
broomstick
noun
(slang, rare) A gun.
A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
verb
(intransitive) To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckwasher
bullsucker
burbankism
burushaski
burushaski
Proper noun
A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
byrthynsak
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chubsucker
chubsucker
noun
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
clarksboro
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dombrowski
doukhobors
drakesboro
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
firebreaks
firebreaks
noun
plural of firebreak
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
housebreak
housebreak
verb
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebroke
housebroke
verb
simple past tense of housebreak
inkberries
inkberries
noun
plural of inkberry
jailbreaks
jailbreaks
noun
plural of jailbreak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jailbreak
keenesburg
keithsburg
khabarovsk
khabarovsk
Proper noun
A large city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Khabarovsk krai.
klaberjass
knobnoster
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
konigsberg
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lockesburg
merribauks
mossbanker
mossbanker
noun
A fish; a menhaden.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
nebraskans
oosterbeek
paperbacks
paperbacks
noun
plural of paperback
parkesburg
puckerbush
quicksburg
rabbitskin
rabbitskin
noun
The skin of a rabbit.
rackabones
rackabones
noun
(informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse.
reichsbank
riverbanks
riverbanks
noun
plural of riverbank
roadblocks
roadblocks
noun
plural of roadblock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roadblock
schaerbeek
schaerbeek
Proper noun
A city in Belgium.
scowbanker
scrapbooks
scrapbooks
noun
plural of scrapbook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrapbook
sherbrooke
sherbrooke
Proper noun
A placename
A rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada
A city in Quebec, Canada
A town in Victoria, Australia
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
silverback
silverback
noun
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
skateboard
skateboard
noun
(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
Maianthemum dilatatum, the false lily of the valley, or its fruit.
Solanum dulcamara, the bitter nightshade, or its fruit.
springboks
springboks
noun
plural of springbok
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
squibcrack
starksboro
stinkberry
stonebreak
stonebreak
noun
The meadow saxifrage.
stonybrook
storksbill
storksbill
noun
Any plant of genus Erodium.
storybooks
storybooks
noun
plural of storybook
strikeboat
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
strongbark
studebaker
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
sunbreaker
superblock
superblock
noun
(architecture, urban planning) A very large block of buildings.
(computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device.