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.
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
backland
backland
noun
Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
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.
bankcard
bankcard
noun
A card that a bank issues used by the cardholder in the course of authorization to receive bank services.
beckoned
beckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
boondock
boondock
noun
(US, with article, in the plural) A brushy, rural area or location.
(tiddlywinks) A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.
verb
(US) To camp in a dry brushy location.
(US) To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location.
(tiddlywinks) To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away.
buckland
bundocks
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
ciderkin
ciderkin
noun
(historical, possibly dialectal) A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
cockandy
cockandy
noun
Synonym of puffin
convoked
convoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convoke
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
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.
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
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.
domenick
dominick
dominick
Proper noun
name, a spelling variant of Dominic.
donicker
dornecks
dornicks
dornicks
noun
plural of dornick
dornocks
dornocks
noun
plural of dornock
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
ducktown
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
dungbeck
duveneck
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.
hendrick
hinddeck
invecked
invecked
adj
(heraldry) Obsolete form of invected.
kendrick
kendrick
Proper noun
A city in Idaho.
A town in Oklahoma.
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
knuckled
knuckled
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having a certain type of knuckles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knuckle
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.
lockland
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)
neckmold
neckmold
noun
Alternative form of neckmould
neckward
neckweed
neckweed
noun
(humorous, archaic) The hemp plant, which furnishes ropes for hanging criminals.
An American annual weed (Veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.
nickeled
nickeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickel
nickered
nickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nicker
nudnicks
nudnicks
noun
plural of nudnick
pancaked
pancaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pancake
panicked
panicked
adj
Experiencing or in a state of panic.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of panic
pinckard
reckoned
reckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reckon
rednecks
rednecks
noun
plural of redneck
rendrock
rendrock
noun
(US, dated) A kind of dynamite used in blasting.
rochkind
rockland
rockland
noun
A rocky landscape
sandrock
sickened
sickened
adj
Disgusted or revolted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sicken
tacklind
tonicked
tonicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of tonic
tunicked
tunicked
adj
Wearing a tunic.
unbacked
unbacked
adj
(not comparable) Having no back.
(obsolete, not comparable) Of an animal: never having been ridden or not accustomed to being ridden; not (currently) being ridden.
(photography, holography) (of a plate) Not having an antihalation backing.
Having no (or few) backers.
Not supported or backed up (by someone or something).
uncalked
uncalked
adj
Not having been calked.
uncasked
uncasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncask
unchoked
unchoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unchoke
uncocked
uncocked
adj
Not cocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncock
uncooked
uncooked
adj
raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncook
uncorked
uncorked
adj
(of an engine) Allowing exhaust gasses to be released to the atmosphere immediately after exiting the exhaust manifold.
Not corked; allowing liquid to flow freely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncork
undecked
undecked
adj
Having no deck.
unadorned
undocked
undocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of undock
unhacked
unhacked
adj
Not hacked.
unhocked
unhocked
adj
Not pawned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhock
unkicked
unkicked
adj
Not having been kicked.
unlicked
unlicked
adj
(dated, figuratively) Naive or ignorant, like an unlicked cub.
Not licked.
unlocked
unlocked
adj
(mobile telephony, of a phone) Not bound to any particular carrier.
Not secured or protected by a lock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unlock
unmocked
unmocked
adj
Not mocked.
unnicked
unnicked
adj
Not nicked.
unpacked
unpacked
adj
(sometimes proscribed) Not yet having had its packing removed. (Especially after still. For more on this use, see http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002171.html)
Having had its packing removed.
Not yet packed.
verb
past participle of unpack
unpecked
unpecked
adj
Not pecked.
unpicked
unpicked
adj
Not having been picked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpick
unracked
unracked
adj
Not racked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unrack
unrecked
unrecked
adj
(obsolete) unheeded; disregarded
unricked
unricked
adj
Not gathered into ricks.
unrocked
unrocked
adj
Not having been rocked.
unsacked
unsacked
adj
Not sacked.
unsucked
unsucked
adj
Not sucked.
untacked
untacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of untack
untucked
untucked
adj
(of clothing) Not tucked in
verb
(transitive) simple past tense and past participle of untuck
unwicked
unwicked
adj
Not wicked (evil or mischievous); innocuous.
Not wicked (fitted with a wick); wickless.
windsock
windsock
noun
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.