(archaic) One who performs antics; a comic performer.
archking
archking
noun
(rare) A chief king.
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
backband
backband
noun
A band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
backbend
backbend
noun
(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
verb
To perform such a move.
backbone
backbone
noun
(figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
(figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backened
backhand
backhand
adj
(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
(of handwriting) Slanting to the left.
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
noun
(Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
(surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
Handwriting that leans to the left
The reverse side of the human hand.
verb
to execute a backhand stroke or throw
to slap with the back of one's hand
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backland
backland
noun
Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
backlins
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
balkanic
balkanic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Balkan peninsula.
bankcard
bankcard
noun
A card that a bank issues used by the cardholder in the course of authorization to receive bank services.
bannocks
bannocks
noun
plural of bannock
beckmann
blackens
blackens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacken
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blacking
blacking
noun
A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
Shoe polish.
verb
present participle of black
blackman
blackman
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black man
blackmun
blackneb
blacknob
blockman
brackens
brackens
noun
plural of bracken
bracking
brackney
buckbean
buckbean
noun
Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
buckland
cackling
cackling
noun
A sound that cackles.
verb
present participle of cackle
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
canakins
canakins
noun
plural of canakin
canelike
canelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cane.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
canikins
canikins
noun
plural of canikin
cankered
cankered
adj
(figuratively) Corrupted; morally corrupt
(figuratively) bad-tempered
Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part
Ulcerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canker
canmaker
cannikin
canstick
canstick
noun
(obsolete) candlestick
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
caratunk
caskanet
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
chalkone
chanukah
chapnick
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
checkman
checkman
noun
A man employed to operate a check valve.
chekiang
chinbeak
chinkara
chinkara
noun
Gazella bennettii, a species of gazelle found in India, Pakistan and Iran
chockman
clacking
clacking
noun
A sound that clacks.
verb
present participle of clack
clankety
clankety
intj
A clanking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
clanking
clanking
noun
A noise that clanks.
verb
present participle of clank
clarkson
clarkton
claybank
claybank
noun
(color) Dun; brownish-yellow.
A dun-coloured horse.
clinkant
clinkant
adj
Alternative form of clinquant
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
cockalan
cockandy
cockandy
noun
Synonym of puffin
cockayne
comaking
comiakin
conkanee
contakia
contakia
noun
plural of contakion
corncake
corncake
noun
(regional US) johnnycake
cornsack
cornsack
noun
A sack for carrying corn.
cracking
cracking
adj
(colloquial) Enjoyable.
(colloquial) Great.
That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
adv
(Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
noun
(chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
The formation of cracks on a surface.
The production of a crack sound.
verb
present participle of crack
cracknel
cracknel
noun
(in the plural) Crackling (fried pork fat).
A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.
crankery
crankery
noun
The writings or ideas of a crank.
crankest
crankest
adj
superlative form of crank: most crank
crankier
crankier
adj
comparative form of cranky: more cranky
crankily
crankily
adv
In a cranky manner.
cranking
cranking
noun
The act by which something is cranked.
verb
present participle of crank
crankish
crankish
adj
(informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
(informal) pseudoscientific
crankism
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crankles
crankles
noun
plural of crankle
crankman
crankman
noun
A man employed to operate a crank.
crankous
crankpin
crankpin
noun
The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank
crannock
crannock
noun
An old Irish measure of corn equivalent to the quarter. The crannock of oats appears to contain two quarters, as sometimes occurs with its English equivalent.
creaking
creaking
noun
A noise that creaks.
verb
present participle of creak
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
cutbanks
cutbanks
noun
plural of cutbank
czerniak
deckhand
deckhand
noun
(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
(theater) A stagehand.
verb
(intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dockland
dockland
noun
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
eckerman
encanker
encanker
verb
(obsolete) To canker.
entackle
fackings
fanechka
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flockman
franckot
glackens
hackling
hackling
verb
present participle of hackle
hackneys
hackneys
noun
plural of hackney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hackney
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
handpick
handpick
verb
To pick or harvest by hand.
To select carefully and with individual attention.
icekhana
icekhana
noun
(rare) A motorkhana that takes place on a frozen lake.
ironback
jackelyn
jackhorn
jaenicke
janeczka
kachinas
kachinas
noun
plural of kachina
kaneoche
kaolinic
kaolinic
adj
Containing or relating to kaolin.
katchina
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
katcinas
katcinas
noun
plural of katcina
kechuans
kemancha
knackers
knackers
noun
plural of knacker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knacker
knackery
knackery
adj
Scummy (behaviour)
Something to do with knackers
noun
The workplace of a knacker; a knacker's yard.
knackier
knacking
knacking
verb
present participle of knack
knackish
knackish
adj
(obsolete) Trickish; artful.
knapsack
knapsack
noun
(chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
(cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
verb
To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.
knapscap
kneecaps
kneecaps
noun
plural of kneecap
knitback
knitback
noun
(archaic) The plant comfrey.
kotchian
kukulcan
lackland
lackland
noun
(dated) A person who does not own land.
landlock
landlock
verb
(transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
landsick
landsick
adj
(rare) Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness.
leakance
leakance
noun
A measure of leakage, typically as a result if imperfect insulation
lockland
locksman
locksman
noun
A dreadlocked Rastafarian.
A man who operates a lock on a river or canal.
lonejack
mackenie
mackinac
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
mackling
mackling
verb
present participle of mackle
macknair
macksinn
nailsick
nawrocki
neckatee
neckatee
noun
(historical) A gorget; a handkerchief worn around a woman's neck.
neckband
neckband
noun
A band worn around the neck.
The part of a shirt encircling the neck.
verb
To attach a band around the neck (especially of wild animals)
necklace
necklace
noun
(South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
verb
(South Africa) To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.