Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstone
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
chelyuskin
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
cherubikon
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chronodeik
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
enkerchief
frenchlick
hackensack
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
haeckelian
haeckelian
Adjective
Of or relating to the zoologist (1834-1919).
haimsucken
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
hockenheim
hokaltecan
hollenbeck
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
intercheck
interchoke
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
kechumaran
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
kirichenko
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
kremenchug
kurchicine
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
lanzknecht
lichenlike
lichenlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lichen.
liebknecht
neckercher
neckercher
noun
(obsolete, colloquial) A neckerchief.
outkitchen
outkitchen
noun
An outbuilding used as a kitchen.
rechecking
rechecking
noun
A second or subsequent checking; reverification.
verb
present participle of recheck
reichsbank
rockerthon
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
scharwenka
shackanite
shackleton
shakescene
shankpiece
shinnecock
theoktonic
thickeners
thickeners
noun
plural of thickener
thickening
thickening
adj
Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker.
noun
A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
A thickened part of a structure.
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
verb
present participle of thicken
trenchlike
trenchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trench.
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
unshackled
unshackled
adj
Not shackled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unshackle
unshackles
unshackles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unshackle
unsketched
unsketched
adj
Not sketched.
unthwacked
urchinlike
urchinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sea urchin.
Resembling or characteristic of an urchin (mischievous child).