Of or pertaining to Abkhazia, a disputed territory in Georgia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
Proper noun
The Abkhaz language, spoken in Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
akoluthia
aleknight
alkhimovo
amphidisk
amphitoky
aniakchak
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
artichoke
artichoke
noun
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
asahikawa
ashkenazi
backchain
backchain
verb
(computing, artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backshish
backshish
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakhtiari
bakshaish
barkleigh
bashalick
bashkiria
bashkiria
Proper noun
A republic of Russia in the south of the country, with capital Ufa.
battakhin
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
berkshire
berkshire
Proper noun
A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
Noun
A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
bethankit
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
billhooks
billhooks
noun
plural of billhook
birchbark
birchbark
noun
A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.
The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
birthmark
birthmark
noun
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bolshevik
bolshevik
noun
Alternative form of Bolshevik
bookishly
bookishly
adv
In a bookish manner.
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brickhood
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
cakchikel
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chadwicks
chafflike
chafflike
adj
Resembling chaff.
chainlike
chainlike
adj
Having the form of a chain
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chakavski
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chalklike
chalklike
adj
Having characteristics of chalk
chalkline
chalkrail
chamkanni
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
checkbird
checkbite
checkbite
noun
(dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth
checkbits
checkline
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
checkrail
checkrail
noun
Alternative spelling of check rail
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
chemicked
chemicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chemic
chemicker
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chickadee
chickadee
noun
A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.
Affectionate term of address.
chickaree
chickaree
noun
(Canada, US) A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.
chickasaw
chickasha
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chickhood
chickhood
noun
The period of being a chick (young bird).
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chickweed
chickweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
Holosteum - jagged chickweed
Moenchia - upright chickweed
Paronychia - chickweed
Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childlike
childlike
adj
Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
Of, like, or suitable for a child.
chimakuan
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
chinalike
chinalike
adj
Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chinkiang
chinkiest
chinookan
chinookan
Adjective
Of or relating to a small language family spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
chinovnik
chinovnik
noun
A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chopstick
chopstick
noun
(ethnic slur) An Asian person.
(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
chuckchis
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chungking
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockishly
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockshies
cockshies
noun
plural of cockshy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockshy
cookishly
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
daishikis
daishikis
noun
plural of daishiki
deathlike
deathlike
adj
(obsolete) Deadly.
Resembling or characteristic of death.
a deathlike silence
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
ditchbank
donkeyish
donkeyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
doohinkey
doohinkus
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
droshkies
droshkies
noun
plural of droshky
duskishly
duskishly
adv
In a duskish manner.
earthlike
earthlike
adj
(of a planet) Resembling the Earth
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
elkoshite
ellachick
ellachick
noun
The freshwater turtle Emys marmorata.
eskisehir
etherlike
etherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of ether.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fishhooks
fishhooks
noun
(slang) A pair of jacks (the playing card)
plural of fishhook
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishyback
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
fleshlike
fleshlike
adj
Resembling flesh
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forksmith
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
freethink
frithwork
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
gawkihood
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
grilikhes
hackeries
hackeries
noun
plural of hackery
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackliest
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
halakhist
halakhist
noun
A Jewish person who strictly adheres to halakhic and Talmudic laws.
halakists
halakists
noun
plural of halakist
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
hankering
hankering
noun
(often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.