(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
alanbrooke
backhooker
backlotter
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
bakerstown
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batterdock
biometrika
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockholer
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
boatkeeper
boatkeeper
noun
(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
boltstrake
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookdealer
bookdealer
noun
One who trades in books.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
bookkeeper
bookkeeper
noun
(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
A bookseller
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookmarker
bookmarker
noun
A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookseller
bookseller
noun
A business that sells books.
A person engaged in the business of selling books.
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bordermark
boullework
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
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.
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeland
brookfield
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
brookville
broommaker
byeworkman
cedarbrook
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
cherubikon
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.
clearbrook
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
corymblike
drakesboro
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
heartblock
heartbroke
heartbroke
adj
(dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken
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
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
kaliborite
kaliborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of potassium and magnesium
keyboarded
keyboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keyboard
keyboarder
keyboarder
noun
Someone who keyboards; a typist.
Synonym of keyboardist
knackebrod
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
knobkerrie
knobkerrie
noun
Alternative form of knobkerry
knobnoster
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
konigsberg
lockbourne
lockesburg
lubbercock
mossbanker
mossbanker
noun
A fish; a menhaden.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
motorbikes
motorbikes
noun
plural of motorbike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorbike
oosterbeek
outbreaker
outbreaker
noun
One who breaks out; an escapee from prison.
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overbanked
overbanked
adj
Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
overbooked
overbooked
adj
Having had more seats or tickets sold or guaranteed then were available.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbook
overbraked
overbraked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbrake
parrotbeak
pawnbroker
pawnbroker
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
playbroker
playbroker
noun
An agent involved in procuring and selling theatrical plays.
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
provokable
provokable
adj
That may be provoked.
rackabones
rackabones
noun
(informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse.
reckonable
reckonable
adj
Able to be reckoned or computed.
ribbonlike
ribbonlike
adj
having the characteristics of ribbons
rockribbed
rubblework
rubblework
noun
A form of masonry made of large stones loosely thrown together and then optionally grouted.
scowbanker
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
skateboard
skateboard
noun
(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
verb
(intransitive) To use a skateboard.
stonebreak
stonebreak
noun
The meadow saxifrage.
strikeboat
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
superblock
superblock
noun
(architecture, urban planning) A very large block of buildings.
(computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device.
timberwork
timberwork
noun
Work made of timbers.
tribesfolk
tribesfolk
noun
Synonym of tribespeople
trowelbeak
trubetskoi
trubetzkoy
turbotlike
turbotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turbot.
turkophobe
unbrokenly
unbrokenly
adv
In an unbroken way; continuously.
unworkable
unworkable
adj
Not workable or operable; not practical; unmanageable.
noun
Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work.
westbrooke
wilkesboro
workbasket
workbasket
noun
A basket used to hold materials for needlework, etc.