(nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
(nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
alkoranic
ankylotic
ankylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
antiblock
antiknock
antiknock
adj
Of an additive added to petroleum/gasoline to reduce the occurrence of engine knock.
noun
Such a substance, usually tetraethyl lead (also MMT, MTBE and ethanol)
antistock
antistock
adj
(rare) Opposing the farming of livestock.
artichoke
artichoke
noun
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
artukovic
autotruck
backarrow
backboard
backboard
noun
(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
(medicine) A spine board.
(nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship
(tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To place (a patient) on a spine board.
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backcross
backcross
noun
(genetics) An organism produced by such a crossing.
(genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
(juggling) Alternative form of back cross
verb
(genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backorder
backorder
noun
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
verb
To place such an order
backropes
backstone
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
barnstock
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackcoat
blackcoat
Noun
A member of the clergy.
blackcock
blackcock
noun
The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
blackcods
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blackmore
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blackpoll
blackpoll
noun
A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
blackpool
blackpool
Proper noun
A town and resort in Lancashire, England
blackroot
blackroot
noun
Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
blockaded
blockaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockade
blockader
blockader
noun
A person who blockades
A ship used in blockading
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockpate
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
boneblack
boneblack
noun
Alternative form of bone black
bookcases
bookcases
noun
plural of bookcase
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bookracks
bookracks
noun
plural of bookrack
bookstack
bookstack
noun
One of a set of bookshelves in a library.
bootblack
bootblack
noun
(dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.
verb
(transitive) To shine shoes.
bootjacks
bootjacks
noun
plural of bootjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootjack
boschvark
branstock
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
buckaroos
buckaroos
noun
plural of buckaroo
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
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.
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
canonlike
canonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a canon in music.
capeworks
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
carnovsky
casebooks
casebooks
noun
plural of casebook
caseworks
cashbooks
cashbooks
noun
plural of cashbook
cassocked
cassocked
adj
Dressed in a cassock.
Dressed in many cassocks
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
chechakos
cheechako
cheechako
noun
Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
chefornak
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
chinookan
chinookan
Adjective
Of or relating to a small language family spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
chokeable
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clarkston
classbook
classbook
noun
(dated) A textbook for use in class.
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
cloakedly
cloakedly
adv
In a concealed manner; with secrecy.
cloakless
cloakless
adj
Without a cloak (item of clothing).
cloakroom
cloakroom
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
(Britain, Ireland, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockcase
clockcase
noun
A case built to contain a clock.
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
coachwork
coachwork
noun
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
coalsacks
coalsacks
noun
plural of coalsack
coatracks
coatracks
noun
plural of coatrack
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
cockamamy
cockamamy
adj
foolish, silly
trifling
cockapoos
cockapoos
noun
plural of cockapoo
cockateel
cockateel
noun
Archaic form of cockatiel.
cockatiel
cockatiel
noun
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.
cockatoos
cockatoos
noun
plural of cockatoo
cockboats
cockboats
noun
plural of cockboat
cockbrain
cockbrain
noun
(vulgar) a stupid person
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
cockneian
cockroach
cockroach
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory, humorous) A person from New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A hard lump of brown sugar.
(offensive, slang, ethnic slur, Rwanda) A Tutsi.
(slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cockswain
cockswain
noun
Alternative spelling of coxswain
cocktails
cocktails
noun
plural of cocktail
codebreak
coinmaker
coinmaker
noun
One who makes coins.
combmaker
combmaker
noun
A manufacturer of combs.
comebacks
comebacks
noun
plural of comeback
conemaker
contakion
cookshack
cookshack
noun
A simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement.
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
copintank
corallike
corallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of coral.
corapeake
cordmaker
cordmaker
noun
One who manufactures cords.
coremaker
coremaker
noun
(engineering) A manufacturer of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkboard
corkboard
noun
Alternative spelling of cork-board
corkmaker
corncakes
corncakes
noun
plural of corncake
corncrake
corncrake
noun
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
coxsackie
coxsackie
noun
Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackpots
crackpots
noun
plural of crackpot
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
croakiest
croakiest
adj
superlative form of croaky: most croaky
crookback
crookback
noun
A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback.
crossbeak
crossbeak
noun
A bird, the crossbill.
crossjack
crossjack
noun
(nautical) On a mizzenmast, the lowest square sail
crosstalk
crosstalk
noun
(biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
verb
To hold an incidental conversation
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
dicksonia
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
drammocks
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.