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.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
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
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.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
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.
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstone
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
chelyuskin
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
cherubikon
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickstone
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chronodeik
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
dzerzhinsk
enkerchief
evtushenko
falkenhayn
fingerhook
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
folkething
frankhouse
frenchlick
frithsoken
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
hackensack
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
haeckelian
haeckelian
Adjective
Of or relating to the zoologist (1834-1919).
haffkinize
haimsucken
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
handbanker
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
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handshakes
handshakes
noun
plural of handshake
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hanksville
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
heatmaking
heavenlike
heavenlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a heaven; heavenly.
heelmaking
hemikaryon
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
herakleion
heraklidan
herrenvolk
herrenvolk
noun
A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
hexokinase
hexokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
hockenheim
hokaltecan
hollenbeck
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
honeybrook
hoodwinked
hoodwinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hookedness
hookedness
noun
The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
hunterlike
hunterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hunter.
inkhornize
inkhornize
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To address (someone) using obscure words.
intercheck
interchoke
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
jerkinhead
jerkinhead
noun
(architecture) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
kaneelhart
kanephoros
kechumaran
keelhaling
keelhaling
verb
present participle of keelhale
keeshonden
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kentishman
kentishmen
kephallina
kerhonkson
kermanshah
kermanshah
Proper noun
A city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran.
A province of Iran.
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
kherwarian
kinderhook
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kinghunter
kirghizean
kirichenko
kirkinhead
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
kittenhood
kittenhood
noun
The state or time of being a kitten.
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
knightdale
knighthead
knighthead
noun
A bollard or bitt.
A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightlike
knightlike
adj
Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
kremenchug
krishnaite
kurchicine
lakishness
lakishness
noun
The quality of being lakish.
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
lanzknecht
lichenlike
lichenlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lichen.
lieberkuhn
liebknecht
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
makedhonia
minkfishes
monkeyhood
monkeyhood
noun
The state or essence of being a monkey.
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
neckercher
neckercher
noun
(obsolete, colloquial) A neckerchief.
nonthinker
nonthinker
noun
One who is not a thinker.
outkitchen
outkitchen
noun
An outbuilding used as a kitchen.
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
overshrink
overshrink
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To shrink excessively.
pinkfishes
planksheer
plinthlike
plinthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plinth.
preshrinks
preshrinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preshrink