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
backhooker
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashes
backlashes
noun
plural of backlash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlash
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backsheesh
backsheesh
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
bakshishes
bakshishes
noun
plural of bakshish
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
bekerchief
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
berkshires
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
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.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blithelike
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockholer
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
boghazkeui
bolsheviki
bolsheviks
bolsheviks
noun
plural of bolshevik
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
bookshelfs
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breakshugh
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
brookhouse
brookshire
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
chainbreak
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkbooks
checkbooks
noun
plural of checkbook
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
cherubikon
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chokeberry
chokeberry
noun
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
The fruit of such a shrub.
chubsucker
chubsucker
noun
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
dikephobia
hackbuteer
hackbuteer
noun
An arquebusier.
hackbutter
hackbutter
Noun
An arquebusier.
hackleback
hackleback
noun
A small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for caviar
hackleburg
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
handbanker
heartblock
heartbreak
heartbreak
noun
overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment
heartbroke
heartbroke
adj
(dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken
hollenbeck
honeybrook
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
housebreak
housebreak
verb
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebroke
housebroke
verb
simple past tense of housebreak
huckleback
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
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
keithsburg
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
lieberkuhn
liebknecht
okeechobee
okeechobee
Proper noun
A lake in Florida.
A city and county in Florida.
puckerbush
reichsbank
schaerbeek
schaerbeek
Proper noun
A city in Belgium.
sheepbacks
sheepbacks
noun
plural of sheepback
sherbrooke
sherbrooke
Proper noun
A placename
A rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada
A city in Quebec, Canada
A town in Victoria, Australia
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
sketchable
sketchable
adj
Capable of being sketched.
sketchbook
sketchbook
noun
(dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits.
A book of printed sketches.
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
sucklebush
turkeybush
turkophobe
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
unhuskable
unshakable
unshakable
adj
(figuratively) Having no errors or loopholes; unassailable