A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
afrikander
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
akhundzada
aldoketene
alkalamide
alkalamide
noun
(chemistry) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
alkaloidal
alkaloidal
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to alkaloids.
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
andreyevka
androkinin
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
asterisked
asterisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asterisk
awkwardest
awkwardest
adj
superlative form of awkward: most awkward
awkwardish
awkwardish
adj
Somewhat awkward.
backberand
backberend
backboards
backboards
noun
plural of backboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backboard
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backiebird
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backliding
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspread
backtender
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwinded
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
badakhshan
badakhshan
Proper noun
A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balladlike
balladlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barebacked
barebacked
adj
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
adv
Synonym of bareback
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
batterdock
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
birdieback
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackboard
blackboard
noun
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
verb
To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blockboard
blockboard
noun
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk
bodymaking
bookdealer
bookdealer
noun
One who trades in books.
bordermark
borodankov
bracketted
bradykinin
bradykinin
noun
(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
bridestake
broadbrook
brookeland
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
burckhardt
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
cakewalked
cakewalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cakewalk
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
candystick
cankerbird
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankerweed
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
cedarbrook
chalkboard
chalkboard
noun
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
verb
To write or draw on a chalkboard.
chandrakhi
chaukidari
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
clarkedale
clarkfield
clarksdale
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
cocktailed
cocktailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocktail
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
cuckoomaid
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
damnyankee
danknesses
danknesses
noun
plural of dankness
darkhaired
darknesses
darknesses
noun
plural of darkness
plural of darknesse
dashnakist
dawnstreak
deadlocked
deadlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deadlock
dealkalize
dealkylate
dealkylate
verb
(organic chemistry, transitive) To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process.
debarkment
dekadarchy
dekadarchy
noun
(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
dekadrachm
dekagramme
dekaliters
dekaliters
noun
plural of dekaliter
dekameters
dekameters
noun
plural of dekameter
dekaparsec
dekaparsec
noun
Alternative form of decaparsec
derrickman
derrickman
noun
A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
dharmakaya
diakineses
diakineses
noun
plural of diakinesis
diakinesis
diakinesis
noun
(cytology) the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosomes shorten in preparation for metaphase.
diakinetic
diakinetic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis
diakonikon
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
dickensian
dickensian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or, especially, his writings.
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty and social injustice and other aspects of Victorian England.
Noun
A person who studies or admires the works of
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
dikephobia
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
diyarbakir
diyarbekir
dobzhansky
dockmackie
dockmackie
noun
A species of viburnum native to North America, Viburnum acerifolium.