A traditional Indian musical theater performance, telling stories from religious texts.
akihito
amoakuh
angkhak
ankusha
aphakia
aphakia
noun
(ophthalmology) The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation.
aphakic
aphakic
adj
(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.
noun
One who has aphakia.
ashcake
ashcake
noun
(Eastern US) A johnnycake.
ashkoko
ashkoko
noun
The hyrax.
askwith
backhoe
backhoe
noun
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
verb
To excavate using such equipment.
baisakh
bakhmut
bakshis
balkish
balkish
adj
(obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
barkhan
bashkir
bashlik
bashlik
noun
Alternative spelling of bashlyk
bashlyk
bashlyk
noun
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
baskish
bathkol
bechalk
bechalk
verb
(archaic) To cover with chalk, or whiten as if with chalk.
bedikah
bedikah
noun
(Judaism) A ritual inspection or examination.
berakah
berakah
noun
Alternative form of berakhah
beshake
beshake
verb
(transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
bhaktas
bhaktas
noun
plural of bhakta
bhaktis
bhaktis
noun
plural of bhakti
bokhara
botchka
bourkha
budukha
bukhara
bukhara
Proper noun
A city in Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century
cahokia
cchakri
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
chacker
chackle
chackle
verb
(England, dialectal, rare) To chatter (to talk or make noise) or chuckle.
chaiken
chakari
chakazi
chakazi
noun
A variety of copal.
chakdar
chakobu
chakram
chakram
noun
(historical) An old Indian coin from Travancore.
A disc-like throwing weapon originally from India.
chakras
chakras
noun
plural of chakra
chalked
chalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chalk
chalker
chalker
noun
One who chalks.
chalkos
chaluka
chamkis
champak
champak
noun
Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
charkas
charkas
noun
plural of charka
charked
charked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chark
charkha
charkha
noun
(Pakistan, India) A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
chataka
chataka
noun
A bird in Indian mythology, represented as having a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst, and associated with the Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus).
chekmak
chekmak
noun
A Turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
chiggak
chikara
chikara
noun
A Hindu musical instrument of the violin class.
An Indian antelope (Gazella bennettii).
The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).
chilkat
chistka
chistka
noun
A political purge in Russia.
chittak
chkalik
chkalov
chladek
chokage
chugiak
chukars
chukars
noun
plural of chukar
chukkar
chukkas
chukkas
noun
plural of chukka
dakhini
dankish
dankish
adj
Somewhat dank.
darkish
darkish
adj
Somewhat dark.
dashiki
dashiki
noun
A loose and brightly-colored African shirt.
dashnak
dekarch
dekarch
noun
decarch
dorhawk
dorhawk
noun
A bird, the European goatsucker.
dyakish
eckhart
elkanah
elkanah
Proper noun
Any of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Samuel.
name of Biblical origin.
elkhart
elkhart
Proper noun
a village in Logan County, Illinois, USA.
a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, USA.
a city in Polk County, Iowa, USA.
a city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Morton County.
a town in Anderson County, Texas, USA.
farsakh
farsakh
noun
parasang
futhark
futhark
noun
The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
gurkhas
gzhatsk
hackbut
hackeem
hackees
hackees
noun
plural of hackee
hackers
hackers
noun
plural of hacker
hackery
hackery
noun
(obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
(slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
(slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
hackett
hackies
hackies
noun
plural of hackie
hacking
hacking
adj
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
noun
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
(obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
(obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
(obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
verb
present participle of hack
hackled
hackled
adj
(fishing, in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackle
hackler
hackler
noun
A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a flax-dresser
hackles
hackles
noun
plural of hackle
hacklet
hacklet
noun
Synonym of haglet (“the bird”)
hacklog
hackman
hackman
noun
The driver of a hack
hackmen
hackmen
noun
plural of hackman
hackney
hackney
adj
(figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
Offered for hire.
noun
(archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
(transitive) To use as a hackney.
hacksaw
hacksaw
noun
A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
verb
To cut with a hacksaw.
haddock
haddock
noun
A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
hadlock
haeckel
haglike
haglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hag; hideous, cronelike.
haiduck
haikwan
haikwan
Noun
Chinese maritime customs
haitink
hakalau
hakamim
hakeems
hakeems
noun
plural of hakeem
hakluyt
halakah
halakah
noun
Alternative form of halakha
halakha
halakha
noun
Alternative spelling of Halacha
halakic
halakic
adj
Alternative form of halachic
haletky
halkahs
halleck
hallock
hallock
Proper noun
A small city in Minnesota, USA
hammock
hammock
noun
(US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
verb
(intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
(transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
(transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
(transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
hancock
hankers
hankers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hanker
hankies
hankies
noun
plural of hanky
hanking
hanking
verb
present participle of hank
hankins
hardock
hardock
noun
Obsolete form of hordock.
harkens
harkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harken
harking
harking
noun
The act of harking back; a reversion or return.
verb
present participle of hark
harkins
harlock
harnack
hartake
hartzke
harwick
haskard
haskell
haskell
Proper noun
derived from the given name
A Jewish surname derived from the equivalent of English Ezekiel.
name transferred from the surnames.
A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.
A city in Texas, USA
haskins
haslock
hassock
hassock
noun
A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.
hatikva
hatlike
hatlike
adj
Resembling a hat.
hatrack
hatrack
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of hat rack
hattock
hattock
noun
(Scotland, archaic) A small hat.
hauberk
hauberk
noun
(less common) A similar shirt of scale mail, plate, leather, or other armor material.
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.