(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backgeared
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
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
backiebird
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspread
backtender
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwinded
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
barebacked
barebacked
adj
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
adv
Synonym of bareback
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
batterdock
bedticking
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
betuckered
birdieback
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
bocklogged
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bracketted
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
cakewalked
cakewalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cakewalk
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankerbird
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankerweed
cedarbrook
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chronodeik
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clarkedale
clarkfield
clarksdale
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockeyedly
cockeyedly
adv
In a cockeyed manner.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
cocktailed
cocktailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocktail
coldturkey
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookkneed
crooknosed
crooksided
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
deadlocked
deadlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
dekadarchy
dekadarchy
noun
(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
dekadrachm
dekaparsec
dekaparsec
noun
Alternative form of decaparsec
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
derrickman
derrickman
noun
A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
derrickmen
derrickmen
noun
plural of derrickman
dezincking
diakinetic
diakinetic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis
dickcissel
dickcissel
noun
The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).
dickensian
dickensian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or, especially, his writings.
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty and social injustice and other aspects of Victorian England.
Noun
A person who studies or admires the works of
dickeybird
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
dockmackie
dockmackie
noun
A species of viburnum native to North America, Viburnum acerifolium.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
doodlesack
doodlesack
noun
(archaic or UK dialectal) The bagpipes.
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
dreadlocks
dreadlocks
noun
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duikerbuck
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
fredericka
fredericka
Proper noun
form (female given name)
fredericks
geckotidae
girdlecake
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
hackdriver
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
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
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
hitchhiked
hitchhiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hitchhike
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
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
jackarooed
jackarooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackaroo
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jackerooed
jackerooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackeroo
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jackrolled
jackrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackroll
jackyarder
kerchiefed
kerchiefed
adj
Wearing a kerchief.
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
kincardine
kincardine
Proper noun
a town on the River in council area, Scotland
the former county town of Scotland, abandoned in the Middle Ages.
a hamlet near council area, Scotland
a municipality and community in Ontario, Canada.
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
knackebrod
knapsacked
knapsacked
adj
Wearing a knapsack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knapsack
kodachrome
kodachrome
Proper noun
A certain brand of photographic film.
lackwitted
lackwitted
adj
foolish; stupid
landlocked
landlocked
adj
(US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
(of a country, geographical region, etc.) Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
leukocidic
leukocidic
adj
Alternative form of leucocidic
leukocidin
leukocidin
noun
Alternative form of leucocidin
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
medrinacks
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
muckmidden
muckmidden
noun
(dialect, Scotland) A dunghill.
neudeckian
nickelised
nickelised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickelise
nickelized
nickelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickelize
outtricked
outtricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outtrick
overcooked
overcooked
adj
Done to excess.
Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of overcook.
overdecked
overdecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdeck
packsaddle
packsaddle
noun
A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal.
packthread
packthread
noun
(archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
paddlecock
paddlecock
noun
(UK, dialect) The lumpfish.
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
penderecki
pickedness
pickedness
noun
(obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
(obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
pickleweed
pickleweed
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Batis (family Bataceae).
Any flowering plant of the genus Salicornia (family Amaranthaceae).