(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
attacked
attacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attack
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.
backdate
backdate
noun
An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.
verb
To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
backdoor
backdoor
noun
Alternative spelling of back door, which can be used attributively.
verb
Alternative spelling of back door
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backdrop
backdrop
noun
(figurative) Any background situation.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
An image that serves as a visual background.
The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backened
backfold
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.
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
backward
backward
adj
(chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
(cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
(cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
(figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
(figuratively) Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
(figuratively) Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
(obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
(obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
Late or behindhand.
Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
Reversed in order or sequence.
Situated toward or at the rear of something.
adv
(figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
(obsolete) In the past.
At, near or towards the rear of something.
By way of reflection; reflexively.
In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
In a reversed order or sequence.
In a reversed orientation; back to front.
Toward or into the past;
noun
The state behind or past.
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.
backwood
backwood
adj
Native to or located in a remote rural location.
Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
backyard
backyard
noun
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
bankcard
bankcard
noun
A card that a bank issues used by the cardholder in the course of authorization to receive bank services.
bawdrick
beckford
beckoned
beckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
bedecked
bedecked
adj
Covered; encrusted; arrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedeck
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
blackcod
blockade
blockade
noun
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
(chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
verb
(transitive) To create a blockade against.
bodstick
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.
braddock
braddock
Proper noun
A village in Cornwall.
A city/village in North Dakota.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
brickred
bruckled
bucketed
bucketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bucket
buckeyed
buckhead
buckland
bundocks
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
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
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
casketed
casketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casket
cedarkey
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chadwick
chardock
chedlock
chokered
chokered
adj
Wearing a choker.
chokidar
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
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.
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
clodlike
cockaded
cockaded
adj
Wearing a cockade.
cockades
cockades
noun
plural of cockade
cockandy
cockandy
noun
Synonym of puffin
cockbird
cockbird
noun
The male of a game bird, especially of a pheasant.
The male of any bird.
cockered
cockered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocker
cocketed
cockeyed
cockeyed
adj
(informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
Crooked or askew.
Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
cockhead
cockhead
noun
(engineering) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
(vulgar, slang) The glans penis.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Dickhead, a term of abuse.
cockweed
cockweed
noun
(slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.
(uncountable) peppergrass
codebook
codebook
noun
(computer science) A lookup table.
(cryptography) A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in a code.
cokedale
cokewold
coldcock
coldcock
verb
(slang) To strike someone so forcefully that they are rendered unconscious.
convoked
convoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convoke
cookmaid
cookmaid
noun
(dated) A female servant who dresses provisions and assists the cook.
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
corkwood
corkwood
noun
Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.
Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.
Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.
Duboisia, a genus with species found in Australia.
Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.
Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.
Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.
Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.
Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.
Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.
Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.
Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.
The wood of Quercus suber, the cork oak.
crackled
crackled
adj
(pottery) Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crackle
craddock
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
creddock
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
crockard
crockard
noun
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
cuckooed
cuckooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckoo
dabchick
dabchick
noun
a small grebe, the little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis.
dackered
daddocky
daddocky
adj
(UK, dialect) inferior; weak; tasteless
(UK, dialect) rotten; decayed (of wood)
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
deadlock
deadlock
noun
(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
verb
(intransitive) To cause or come to a deadlock.
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.
deckhead
deckhead
noun
(nautical) The underside of a deck (equivalent to a ceiling).
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
deckload
deckload
noun
An amount of cargo carried on the deck of a ship.
deckpipe
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
depickle
derricks
derricks
noun
plural of derrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derrick
deticked
deticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detick
deticker
dickered
dickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dicker
dickiest
dickiest
adj
superlative form of dicky: most dicky
diebacks
diebacks
noun
plural of dieback
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
dipchick
dipchick
noun
Alternative form of dabchick
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
disclike
disclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disc.
discloak
discloak
verb
(obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
dobchick
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
docketed
docketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of docket
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dockhead
dockland
dockland
noun
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
dockside
dockside
noun
The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.
dockyard
dockyard
noun
A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
dogtrick
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
domenick
dominick
dominick
Proper noun
name, a spelling variant of Dominic.
donicker
dopchick
dornecks
dornicks
dornicks
noun
plural of dornick
dornocks
dornocks
noun
plural of dornock
douschka
dowhacky
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.
drammock
drammock
noun
(Scotland) A simple food made from meal mixed with water.
drawback
drawback
noun
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.
dropkick
dropkick
noun
(Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent or useless person.
(professional wrestling) a kick made to the opponent by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
verb
to make a dropkick
to score via a dropkick
drummock
drummock
noun
Alternative form of drammock
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckboat
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
duckhood
duckhood
noun
The state or quality of being a duck.
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
duckmeat
duckmeat
noun
(archaic) duckweed
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
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.
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
ducktown
duckwalk
duckwalk
noun
Alternative spelling of duck walk
verb
(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
(intransitive) To walk while squatting.
duckweed
duckweed
noun
Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.
duckwife
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch