A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backorder
backorder
noun
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
verb
To place such an order
backropes
backstone
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
beckoning
beckoning
adj
That beckons.
noun
Such a wave or similar action.
verb
present participle of beckon
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bickleton
blackmore
blockaded
blockaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockade
blockader
blockader
noun
A person who blockades
A ship used in blockading
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockhole
blockhole
noun
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blocklike
blocklike
adj
Having an oblong shape
blockline
blockpate
bockstein
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
boneblack
boneblack
noun
Alternative form of bone black
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
bookcases
bookcases
noun
plural of bookcase
borickite
borickite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
brockwell
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
buckstone
bullocker
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
canonlike
canonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a canon in music.
capeworks
casebooks
casebooks
noun
plural of casebook
caseworks
cassocked
cassocked
adj
Dressed in a cassock.
Dressed in many cassocks
cellblock
cellblock
noun
A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.
chechakos
checkbook
checkbook
noun
Alternative form of chequebook
checkhook
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
checkroom
checkroom
noun
(US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored.
checkrope
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
cheechako
cheechako
noun
Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
cheekbone
cheekbone
noun
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
chefornak
cherenkov
cherokees
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chokeable
chokebore
chokebore
noun
A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a gun) with a chokebore.
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
chokeweed
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
cloakedly
cloakedly
adv
In a concealed manner; with secrecy.
cloakless
cloakless
adj
Without a cloak (item of clothing).
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockcase
clockcase
noun
A case built to contain a clock.
clockface
clockface
noun
Alternative spelling of clock face
clockless
clockless
adj
Without a clock or clocks.
clocklike
clocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clock.
clockwise
clockwise
adj
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
adv
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
cockaigne
cockaigne
Proper noun
A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.
cockateel
cockateel
noun
Archaic form of cockatiel.
cockatiel
cockatiel
noun
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.
cockerels
cockerels
noun
plural of cockerel
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cockermeg
cockermeg
noun
An arrangement of pit props used to support a coalface
cocketing
cockhorse
cockhorse
adj
(figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
noun
(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
(obsolete) A high or tall horse.
cockiness
cockiness
noun
The quality of being cocky
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cockloche
cockneian
cockneity
cockneyfy
cockneyfy
verb
(transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cockshies
cockshies
noun
plural of cockshy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockshy
cockstone
codebooks
codebooks
noun
plural of codebook
codebreak
coinmaker
coinmaker
noun
One who makes coins.
cokeville
colebrook
combmaker
combmaker
noun
A manufacturer of combs.
comebacks
comebacks
noun
plural of comeback
cometlike
cometlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
commiskey
conemaker
convokers
convokers
noun
plural of convoker
cookeries
cookeries
noun
plural of cookery
cookhouse
cookhouse
noun
A small building where cooking takes place.
cookstove
cookstove
noun
A stove used for cooking, especially a primitive kind heated by burning wood, charcoal, dung, etc.
cookville
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
coquicken
corallike
corallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of coral.
corapeake
cordmaker
cordmaker
noun
One who manufactures cords.
coremaker
coremaker
noun
(engineering) A manufacturer of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkiness
corkiness
noun
The quality of being corky.
corkmaker
corkscrew
corkscrew
adj
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
noun
(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
verb
(intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
(transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
(transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
corncakes
corncakes
noun
plural of corncake
corncrake
corncrake
noun
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
corollike
cottekill
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
coworkers
coworkers
noun
plural of coworker
cowsucker
coxsackie
coxsackie
noun
Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus
crackrope
crackrope
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of crack-rope
croakiest
croakiest
adj
superlative form of croaky: most croaky
crocketed
crocketed
adj
(architecture) Having a crocket.
crokinole
crokinole
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
cronkness
crookeder
crookeder
adj
comparative form of crooked: more crooked
crookedly
crookedly
adv
In a crooked manner.
crookneck
crookneck
noun
Any of several yellow varieties of squash having a curved neck.
crossbeak
crossbeak
noun
A bird, the crossbill.
crosslike
crosslike
adj
Resembling a cross.
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
cuckolded
cuckolded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckold
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
deblocked
deblocked
adj
(computing, of a physical block) Separated into logical records