(US) A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
airlock
airlock
noun
(architecture, informal) A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate.
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
Alternative form of air lock
arkosic
arkosic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to arkose.
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
babcock
backhoe
backhoe
noun
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
verb
To excavate using such equipment.
backlog
backlog
noun
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
baddock
ballock
ballock
noun
Alternative spelling of bollock
bannock
bannock
noun
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
(especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
barlock
bawcock
bawcock
noun
(archaic) A fine fellow.
beckons
beckons
noun
plural of beckon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon
becloak
becloak
verb
(transitive, literally, figurative) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
becroak
bedrock
bedrock
noun
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
verb
(transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.
bedsock
bedsock
noun
A sock worn in bed, to keep the feet warm.
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bestock
bestock
verb
(transitive) to stock; furnish
bibcock
bibcock
noun
An appliance allowing the provision of hose connections outside of buildings.
bidcock
bilcock
bilcock
noun
The European water rail.
bittock
bittock
noun
A little bit; a small piece.
A short distance.
blalock
blocked
blocked
adj
(Ireland, slang) Drunk
(of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access.
(of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of block
blocker
blocker
noun
(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
(poker) A blocker bet.
(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
A puberty blocker.
blockus
bocking
bocking
noun
A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.
bolckow
bollock
bollock
noun
(Britain, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
verb
(Britain, transitive, vulgar, slang) To reprimand severely and grossly.
(Britain, vulgar, slang) To exhaust, tire out.
bonnock
botchka
botnick
bourock
bowback
boychik
boychik
noun
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for any special male with whom one is familiar.
brocked
brocked
adj
(Scotland) variegated, having a mixture of black and white
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brock
brocken
brocket
brocket
noun
A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
brockie
brockle
brockle
adj
Of animals: variegated, speckled, multicolored; usually used in the phrase brockle-faced.
Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.
broucek
buckoes
buckone
buckpot
bullock
bullock
noun
(archaic) A young bull.
A castrated bull; an ox.
verb
To bully.
bummock
bummock
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A brewing of ale.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
burrock
burrock
noun
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
bussock
buttock
buttock
noun
(nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
(usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
bycoket
bycoket
noun
(historical) A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
cadlock
cadlock
noun
Obsolete form of charlock.
cahokia
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
cammock
cammock
noun
A crooked stick, staff or club.
The spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
Venus' comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
candock
candock
noun
A kind of horsetail (Equisetum telmateia).
A plant or weed that grows in rivers.
The yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
cannock
cannock
Proper noun
a town in Staffordshire, England.
caplock
caplock
noun
A firearm that is discharged by means of a percussion cap.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
carlock
carlock
noun
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.
cassock
cassock
noun
(obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.
(obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
castock
castock
noun
The stalk of kale or cabbage
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chakobu
chalkos
chekhov
chibouk
chibouk
noun
A Turkish tobacco pipe.
chinook
chinook
noun
(Canada, US, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
chkalov
chocked
chocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chock
chocker
chocker
adj
(informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
chokage
chokers
chokers
noun
plural of choker
chokeys
chokeys
noun
plural of chokey
chokier
chokier
adj
comparative form of choky: more choky
chokies
chokies
noun
plural of choky
choking
choking
noun
The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
verb
present participle of choke
cholick
cholick
noun
Obsolete form of cholic.
chomsky
chookie
chookie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A small or young domestic fowl; a chick.
chorook
cloaked
cloaked
adj
Covered, hidden, disguised.
Wearing a cloak.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cloak
clocked
clocked
adj
(UK, colloquial) Of a motor vehicle: having had its odometer turned back so as to display a lower mileage.
(electronics) Electronically running at a particular rate; governed by a repetitive time signal.
Embroidered with clocks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clock
clocker
clocker
noun
(Scotland, dated) A clucking hen.
(slang) A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets.
A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car
clokies
clonked
clonked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clonk
closkey
cobwork
cobwork
noun
construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
cockade
cockade
noun
(aviation) An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.
A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
cockard
cockers
cockers
noun
plural of cocker
cockeye
cockeye
noun
(engineering) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
An eye affected by strabismus.
cockier
cockier
adj
comparative form of cocky: more cocky
cockies
cockies
noun
plural of cocky
cockily
cockily
adv
In a cocky manner.
cocking
cocking
adj
(vulgar) offensive or worthless
noun
(archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
(obsolete) Cockfighting.
verb
present participle of cock
cockish
cockish
adj
(obsolete) Wanton, forward.
Cocky, assertive.
Resembling a cock (all senses).
cockled
cockled
adj
(obsolete) Enclosed in a shell.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockle
cockler
cockler
noun
One who finds and sells cockles.
cockles
cockles
noun
plural of cockle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockle
cocklet
cocklet
noun
(UK, regional) A very small haycock.
cockney
cockney
adj
Alternative form of Cockney
noun
(obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London.
cockpit
cockpit
noun
(Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
(figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
(figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
(nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
(nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
(now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
(vulgar, slang) The vagina.
The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
cockshy
cockshy
noun
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pelt; to throw things at.
cockups
cockups
noun
plural of cockup
codbank
codbank
noun
A region of relatively shallow seawater where cod are fished for
cokeman
cokeman
noun
A worker at a cokeworks.
cokeney
colback
colicky
colicky
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from colic
collock
comaker
comaker
noun
(finance) A person who endorses a promissory note.
comakes
comatik
commack
commark
conakry
conakry
Proper noun
The capital of Guinea.
confisk
conkers
conkers
noun
(Britain, games) A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
plural of conker
conking
conking
verb
present participle of conk
conklin
conteck
conteck
noun
(obsolete) contention, heated debate
conteke
convoke
convoke
verb
(transitive) To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
To call together.
cookdom
cookdom
noun
The realm or sphere of cooks.
The role or status of cook.
cookers
cookers
noun
plural of cooker
cookery
cookery
noun
(archaic) A place where cooking is done.
(archaic) Cooking tools or apparatus.
(obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
Obsolete form of kukri.
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
cookeys
cookeys
noun
plural of cookey
cookies
cookies
noun
(dated) plural of cooky
plural of cookie
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cookie
cooking
cooking
adj
(informal) In progress, happening.
(of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
Designed for culinary purposes
noun
(countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
(uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
(uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.
verb
present participle of cook
cookish
cookish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cook.
cookout
cookout
noun
(US) A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.
cookson
copecks
copecks
noun
plural of copeck
coppock
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
corkers
corkers
noun
plural of corker
corkier
corkier
adj
comparative form of corky: more corky
corking
corking
adj
(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
noun
The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
verb
present participle of cork
corkish
corkish
adj
corklike
corkite
corkite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
cormack
cormick
cormick
Proper noun
from Irish or Gaelic.
cossack
cossack
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Cossack
cowkine
cowlick
cowlick
noun
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
cowlike
cowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
cowpock
cowpock
noun
Obsolete form of cowpox.
cowpoke
cowpoke
noun
(US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.
(US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cowskin
cowskin
noun
A whip made of that material.
Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.