(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
altininck
ankylotic
ankylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
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
attackers
attackers
noun
plural of attacker
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
attackman
attackman
noun
(sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
autotruck
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
backbeats
backbeats
noun
plural of backbeat
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backcasts
backcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcast
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
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.
backdated
backdated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdate
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backhatch
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backrests
backrests
noun
plural of backrest
backseats
backseats
noun
plural of backseat
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstair
backstair
adj
clandestine, secret or furtive
noun
The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
backstamp
backstays
backstays
noun
plural of backstay
backstein
backstick
backstick
noun
(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.
backstone
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backtrace
backtrace
noun
(computing) A stack trace.
verb
(by extension) To find the cause of something by examining past events
(computing) To examine a stack trace
backtrack
backtrack
noun
the act of backtracking
verb
(aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
To repeat or review work already done.
To retrace one's steps.
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
backtrick
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
barnstock
battycake
beckelite
bentincks
bickleton
bitstocks
bitstocks
noun
plural of bitstock
blackbutt
blackbutt
noun
(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
blackcoat
blackcoat
Noun
A member of the clergy.
blackfeet
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blacklist
blacklist
noun
(law, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
verb
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
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.
blacktail
blacktail
noun
(Jamaica) Haemulon carbonarium
(South Africa, Namibia) Diplodus capensis, Diplodus sargus
(UK) Salmo trutta
A black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), of California and Oregon.
A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua)
A mule deer, of the Rocky Mountains.
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blacktree
blackwort
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blockpate
bockstein
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
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
bootlicks
bootlicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootlick
borickite
borickite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
bottstick
bracketed
bracketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bracket
branstock
brickbats
brickbats
noun
plural of brickbat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickbat
brickiest
brickiest
adj
superlative form of bricky: most bricky
brockport
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketman
buckholts
buckplate
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
bucksport
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
buckstone
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
buttstock
buttstock
noun
The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
cankereat
cantabank
cantabank
noun
(obsolete) A strolling singer.
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
caretaken
caretaken
verb
past participle of caretake
caretaker
caretaker
adj
(chiefly UK) Temporary, on a short term basis.
noun
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
caretakes
caretakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caretake
cartmaker
cartmaker
noun
A manufacturer of carts.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
catasarka
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.
catkinate
catskills
catskills
Proper noun
The Catskill Mountains
cattleyak
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chatchkas
chatchkas
noun
plural of chatchka
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
checkbite
checkbite
noun
(dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth
checkbits
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chinkiest
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
civetlike
civetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a civet.
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
clarkeite
clarkeite
noun
(mineralogy) A uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.
clarkston
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
coatracks
coatracks
noun
plural of coatrack
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
cockcroft
cocketing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
cockneity
cocksfoot
cocksfoot
noun
Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.