A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
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.
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
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.
batterdock
bedticking
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
betuckered
birdieback
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
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
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
bocklogged
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bracketted
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
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
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chronodeik
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clarkedale
clarkfield
clarksdale
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockeyedly
cockeyedly
adv
In a cockeyed manner.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
cocktailed
cocktailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocktail
coldturkey
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookkneed
crooknosed
crooksided
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
cuckoomaid
deadlocked
deadlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
dekadarchy
dekadarchy
noun
(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
dekadrachm
dekaparsec
dekaparsec
noun
Alternative form of decaparsec
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
derrickman
derrickman
noun
A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
derrickmen
derrickmen
noun
plural of derrickman
dezincking
diakinetic
diakinetic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis
dickcissel
dickcissel
noun
The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).
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
dickeybird
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
dockmackie
dockmackie
noun
A species of viburnum native to North America, Viburnum acerifolium.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
dokimastic
dokimastic
adj
Alternative form of docimastic
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
doodlesack
doodlesack
noun
(archaic or UK dialectal) The bagpipes.
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
dreadlocks
dreadlocks
noun
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.
drillstock
drillstock
noun
The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duikerbuck
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
fredericka
fredericka
Proper noun
form (female given name)
fredericks
geckotidae
girdlecake
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
goldylocks
goldylocks
noun
(less common) Alternative spelling of goldilocks
hackdriver
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
hardwickia
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
hitchhiked
hitchhiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hitchhike
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
hydrocrack
hydrocrack
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking