(rare) The bones, particularly the spine, of a pig.
A lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig.
grockle
grockle
noun
(slang, Britain, various parts of the West Country) A tourist from elsewhere in the country
gromyko
grotesk
grysbok
grysbok
noun
A small antelope of genus Raphicerus from South Africa.
gumlike
gumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gum.
gundeck
gundeck
noun
Alternative form of gun deck
verb
(naval slang) Synonym of pencil whip (“to falsify records to suggest that work has been done”)
gunlock
gunlock
noun
A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.
gunrack
gunrack
noun
A rack for storing a gun.
gurkhas
gutlike
gutlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gut.
gweduck
gweduck
noun
Alternative form of geoduck
gyokuro
gzhatsk
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
hacklog
haglike
haglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hag; hideous, cronelike.
hanking
hanking
verb
present participle of hank
harking
harking
noun
The act of harking back; a reversion or return.
verb
present participle of hark
hawking
hawking
noun
Action of the verb to hawk.
verb
present participle of hawk
hekking
hocking
hocking
verb
present participle of hock
hodgkin
hogback
hogback
noun
(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
A hogframe.
hoglike
hoglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hog.
hogskin
hogskin
noun
Leather tanned from a hog's skin.
hokiang
holking
holking
verb
present participle of holk
honking
honking
adj
(informal) Having a bad smell.
Alternative spelling of honkin'
noun
A sound that honks.
verb
present participle of honk
hooking
hooking
noun
(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
The act of catching or fastening something on a hook.
verb
present participle of hook
howking
hukawng
hulkage
hulking
hulking
adj
Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
noun
A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
verb
present participle of hulk
husking
husking
noun
A meeting of neighbours or friends to assist in husking maize.
verb
present participle of husk
inkings
inkings
noun
plural of inking
inkling
inkling
noun
(Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
verb
present participle of inkle
itagaki
jacking
jacking
noun
(colloquial) A street robbery.
verb
present participle of jack
jackleg
jackleg
adj
(US) Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
(US) Dishonest, unscrupulous.
(US) Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
noun
(US) A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
(US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
jangkar
jauking
jerking
jerking
noun
A motion that jerks; a jerk.
verb
present participle of jerk
jiglike
jiglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jig (dance).
jikungu
jinking
jinking
verb
present participle of jink
jouking
jouking
verb
present participle of jouk
junking
junking
verb
present participle of junk
kabonga
kaesong
kaifeng
kaifeng
Proper noun
A prefecture-level city in east-central Henan, China.
kaingin
kaingin
noun
(Philippines) Land that has been cleared using slash-and-burn techniques.
kaleege
kaleege
noun
(archaic) A bird, the kalij pheasant.
kalinga
kallege
kallege
noun
(archaic) The kalij pheasant.
kalongs
kalongs
noun
plural of kalong
kalskag
kampong
kampong
noun
(Cambodia) A landing, a port; a river town.
Dated spelling of kampung.
kananga
kangani
kangani
noun
(historical) A form of labour recruitment and organization in parts of Southeast Asia under British colonial rule, similar to indentured servitude, and involving foremen who directly recruited and supervised migrants from India via networks of friends, family and other contacts.
kangany
kangany
noun
(India) The head of a gang of labourers
karagan
karagan
noun
Alternative form of karagane
karling
karting
karting
noun
An open-wheeled motorsport that uses small vehicles called karts or go-karts.
kashgar
kashgar
Proper noun
A city in Xinjiang, China.
Kashgar Prefecture.
katanga
katanga
Proper noun
A region in southeastern Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession.
Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo.
Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French.
In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization.
katogle
kayoing
kayoing
verb
present participle of kayo
keating
kecking
kecking
verb
present participle of keck
kedging
kedging
verb
present participle of kedge
keeking
keeking
verb
present participle of keek
keelage
keelage
noun
The duty or toll charged for a ship entering port.
The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering port.
keeling
keeling
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A cod, especially a small one.
verb
present participle of keel
keelung
keelung
Proper noun
A city in north-eastern Taiwan.
keening
keening
adj
Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
noun
(by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake
verb
present participle of keen
keeping
keeping
noun
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
charge or care.
conformity or harmony.
verb
present participle of keep
kegeler
kegeler
noun
Alternative form of kegler
keglers
keglers
noun
plural of kegler
kegling
kegling
noun
(US, dated) The game of bowling.
keligot
kellegk
kellogg
kellogg
Proper noun
originally a nickname for a butcher from "kill hog".
Anglicized from
A city in Idaho.
A city/town in Iowa.
A city/town in Minnesota.
kelping
kelping
verb
present participle of kelp
kenning
kenning
noun
(Northern England) A dry measure equivalent to half a bushel; a container with that capacity.
(obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
(obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.
(zoology, obsolete, rare) A chalaza or tread of an egg (a spiral band attaching the yolk of the egg to the eggshell); a cicatricula.
As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.
verb
present participle of ken.
kentiga
kepping
kerbing
kerbing
noun
A strip of kerb.
verb
present participle of kerb
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.
kerfing
kerfing
noun
(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.
verb
present participle of kerf
kerning
kerning
noun
(typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.
verb
present participle of kern
kerogen
kerogen
noun
any organic matter present in a sedimentary rock that is insoluble in organic solvents; the precursor of oil and natural gas
kerugma
kerugma
noun
Alternative spelling of kerygma
keruing
keruing
noun
A hardwood timber from Malaysia and Indonesia
kerygma
kerygma
noun
The Apostolic proclamation of religious truths; the core teachings of Christianity taught by the early Church.
ketogen
ketting
kiangan
kiangpu
kiangsi
kiangsu
kiangsu
Proper noun
the province of China northeast of the Yangtze Delta.
kiaughs
kicking
kicking
adj
(slang) Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking).
(slang) Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.
(slang, of a party or event) Actively ongoing and enjoyable.
noun
(performance art) A performance art that is a mix of dance footwork, acrobatic maneuver, and martial arts kicks, drawn from a variety of disciplines. Used in stage dance choreography and staged fight choreography.
(slang) A great loss or defeat; licking.
A violent assault involving repeated kicks.
The action of the verb to kick.
verb
present participle of kick
kidding
kidding
noun
(agriculture) The act of a goat giving birth.
The action of the verb kid.
verb
present participle of kid
kidling
kidling
noun
(archaic, poetic) A young kid; a baby goat.
kikongo
kilgore
kilgore
Proper noun
A village in Nebraska, US.
A city in Texas, US.
killing
killing
adj
(dated) Devastatingly attractive.
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
noun
(informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.
An instance of someone being killed.
verb
present participle of kill
kilning
kilning
verb
present participle of kiln
kilting
kilting
noun
A method of vertically arranging flat plaits such that each plait is folded so as to cover half the of the one before it.
verb
present participle of kilt
kimbang
kingcob
kingcup
kingcup
noun
(Britain, dialectal) Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
kingdom
kingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
kingdon
kinging
kinging
verb
present participle of king
kinglet
kinglet
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
A prince.
A young or little king.
Any of several birds of the family Regulidae.
kingman
kingman
Proper noun
a city in Arizona, USA
a town in Indiana, USA.
a city in Kansas, USA
an unorganised territory in Maine, USA.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
kingpin
kingpin
noun
(ten-pin bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
(transport) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.
(transport) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.
The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
The most important person in an undertaking or organization.
kingrow
kingsly
kinking
kinking
verb
present participle of kink
kipling
kipling
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
kippage
kippage
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A fit of temper; rage.
(Scotland, obsolete) Confusion, disorder.
(chiefly Scotland, now rare, historical) Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
kipping
kipping
verb
present participle of kip
kirghiz
kirking
kirning
kisaeng
kisaeng
noun
(historical) A member of a traditional Korean caste of female entertainers, whose work often included prostitution.
kissage
kissage
noun
the act of kissing hands is a British term to describe the assumption of a high post in government
kissing
kissing
adj
Just touching.
That kisses.
noun
The act of giving a kiss.
verb
present participle of kiss
kitenge
kitenge
noun
An African garment similar to the sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist or as a headscarf or sling to carry a baby.
kithing
kithing
verb
present participle of kithe
kitling
kitling
noun
(archaic) Any young animal, especially a kitten; kit.
kitting
kitting
noun
(manufacturing, retail) The process of assembling or bundling various related goods for sale to increase revenue.
verb
present participle of kit
kleagle
kleagle
Noun
A recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan.
klingel
klinger
klinges
kludged
kludged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kludge
kludges
kludges
noun
plural of kludge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kludge
knagged
knagged
adj
(obsolete) Having protuberances, knobs or knots
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knag
kneeing
kneeing
noun
A blow made with the knee
verb
present participle of knee
knifing
knifing
noun
An instance of stabbing with a knife.
verb
present participle of knife
knights
knights
noun
plural of knight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knight
knowing
knowing
adj
Deliberate, wilful.
Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.
Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
The ability to know something without being taught.