(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
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
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
bootblack
bootblack
noun
(dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.
verb
(transitive) To shine shoes.
canonlike
canonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a canon in music.
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
chokeable
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).
coalsacks
coalsacks
noun
plural of coalsack
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.
cocktails
cocktails
noun
plural of cocktail
corallike
corallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of coral.
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.
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
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
earcockle
earcockle
noun
a disease of wheat and rye caused by a nematode, Anguina tritici, in which the ears blacken and contract
folkcraft
folkcraft
noun
folk craftsmanship
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
gavelocks
gavelocks
noun
plural of gavelock
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
jackrolls
jackrolls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackroll
kalanchoe
kalanchoe
noun
Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
kascamiol
katabolic
katabolic
adj
Alternative form of catabolic
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lackeydom
lackeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of lackeys.
ladyclock
ladyclock
noun
(Scotland, dialect, dated) A ladybird.
lassockie
laverocks
laverocks
noun
plural of laverock
lockatong
lockerman
lockerman
noun
A person in charge of a refrigerated storage locker.
lockmaker
lockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of locks.
mackallow
malbrouck
malbrouck
noun
An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
moochulka
moochulka
noun
Alternative form of muchalka
nickolaus
nonchalky
nonchalky
adj
Not chalky.
oceanlike
oceanlike
adj
Relating to an ocean in vastness or composition.
overblack
overcloak
overcloak
noun
A cloak worn over other clothing
overslack
overslack
adj
Excessively slack.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
padlocked
padlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of padlock
peacockly
plowbacks
roadblock
roadblock
noun
Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
verb
(colloquial, transitive) To prevent, hinder.
rockfalls
rockfalls
noun
plural of rockfall
rollbacks
rollbacks
noun
plural of rollback
sackcloth
sackcloth
adj
Made of sackcloth.
noun
(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
scalework
scalework
noun
Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish.
scalplock
shackbolt
shockable
shockable
adj
(medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
Able to be shocked.
Easily shocked.
shoeblack
shoeblack
noun
One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
slammocky
slommacky
slotbacks
slotbacks
noun
plural of slotback
solonchak
solonchak
noun
A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.
stockdale
stockland
tailstock
tailstock
noun
The part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis.