(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
knightage
knightage
noun
knighthood; state of being a knight
knights collectively
knightess
knightess
noun
(rare) A female knight.
(rare) The wife of a knight.
knighting
knighting
noun
The act of making somebody a knight.
verb
present participle of knight
knightsen
knotholes
knotholes
noun
plural of knothole
kohathite
kohathite
Noun
A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the vessels and objects within the sanctuary.
kohistani
kohistani
Noun
A person from Kohistan.
Adjective
From or relating to Kohistan or Kohistani people.
korahitic
krauthead
kritarchy
kritarchy
noun
Rule by judges.
krohnkite
kryoliths
kshatriya
kshatriya
noun
The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
kurthwood
kvetching
kvetching
noun
Persistent complaining.
verb
present participle of kvetch
lakehurst
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
leathwake
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
linksmith
locksmith
locksmith
noun
(gambling, slang) someone who only bets when they are sure they will win
one who practices locksmithing
mahlstick
mahlstick
noun
Alternative form of maulstick
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
marketech
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
matchmake
matchmake
verb
To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
matchmark
matchmark
noun
(engineering) A mark inscribed on a component to aid alignment with the rest of an assembly.
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
misthinks
misthinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misthink
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
motherkin
motherkin
Noun
definition
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
mutchkins
mutchkins
noun
plural of mutchkin
mythmaker
mythmaker
noun
A person who originates a myth.
neckcloth
neckcloth
noun
(historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white.
netchilik
nighthawk
nighthawk
noun
(UK, regional) A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
(US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
A nighthawker (metal detectorist who works illegally at night).
A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
nightlike
nightlike
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
nightwake
nightwalk
nightwork
nightwork
noun
Work which is carried out at night.
nohuntsik
notchback
notchback
noun
A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment
outshriek
outshriek
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shrieking.
outthanks
outthanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthank
outthinks
outthinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthink
outthwack
overthick
overthink
overthink
verb
(archaic) To think about; think over
(rare) To think too highly (of); overestimate
To think or analyze too much.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
pankhurst
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
phenakite
phenakite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
pickshaft
picksmith
pickthank
pickthank
adj
Of or relating to pickthanks.
noun
A sycophant, a yes-man; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour).
picktooth
picktooth
Noun
A toothpick.
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
pitchpike
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
potwhisky
prickshot
radknight
radknight
noun
Synonym of radman
rethicken
rethicken
verb
To thicken again.
rethinker
rethinker
noun
One who rethinks.
ricketish
ricketish
adj
Having rickets.
rockshaft
rodknight
sackcloth
sackcloth
adj
Made of sackcloth.
noun
(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
saltchuck
saltchuck
noun
(British Columbia, Washington, Pacific Northwest) Any body of saltwater, especially the ocean.
shackbolt
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
shastraik
sheetlike
sheetlike
adj
Alternative form of sheet-like
sheetrock
sheetrock
noun
(uncountable) A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall
verb
To install and finish sheetrock.
sheetwork
sheetwork
noun
Metalwork done in sheets.
The printing of sheets of paper using a printing press.
shirtlike
shirtlike
adj
Resembling a shirt.
shirtmake
shitepoke
shitepoke
noun
the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
the green heron, Butorides virescens
shkupetar
shoptalks
shoptalks
noun
plural of shoptalk
shortcake
shortcake
noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
shotmaker
shotmaker
noun
(sports) A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense.
sketchers
sketchers
noun
plural of sketcher
sketchier
sketchier
adj
comparative form of sketchy: more sketchy
sketchily
sketchily
adv
In a sketchy manner.
sketching
sketching
noun
Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
verb
present participle of sketch
sketchist
sketchpad
sketchpad
noun
Alternative spelling of sketch pad
skintight
skintight
adj
Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
skiophyte
skiophyte
noun
(biology, rare) Alternative form of sciophyte
skitishly
skitswish
skylights
skylights
noun
plural of skylight
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
smithwick
smithwork
smithwork
noun
The work done by a smith (blacksmith); metal forgery.
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
stakehead
stakehead
noun
(ropemaking) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
stakhanov
starshake
stinkbush
stinkbush
noun
(Southern US) star anise plant
stinkhorn
stinkhorn
noun
Any fungus of the order Phallales, which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom.
stockfish
stockfish
noun
(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
stockholm
stockholm
Proper noun
The capital and largest city of Sweden.
stockhorn
stockhorn
noun
(music) An old musical instrument, the pibgorn.
stokehold
stokehold
noun
(nautical) A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.
stokehole
stokehole
noun
(nautical) The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.
The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
tacmahack
takhtadjy
talisheek
talkathon
talkathon
noun
A lengthy speech, discussion or debate.
tankships
tankships
noun
plural of tankship
tcherkess
teethlike
teethlike
adj
Resembling teeth; toothlike.
telakucha
thackeray
thackeray
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire
William Makepeace Thackeray English novelist
Bal Thackeray, Indian politician
thackless
thackless
adj
(archaic) Without thatch; (by extension) having no roof.
thakurate
thankless
thankless
adj
(of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative
(of a task) not appreciated or rewarded
tharfcake
thegnlike
thelytoky
thelytoky
noun
(biology) A form of parthenogenesis in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs.
theoktony
theotokos
theotokos
Proper noun
The Virgin Mary.
thereckly
thickened
thickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thicken
thickener
thickener
noun
Any substance added to something in order to thicken it; a thickening agent; a binder.
That which thickens.
thicketed
thicketed
adj
Having thickets.
thickhead
thickhead
noun
Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus Pachycephala.
Someone stupid.
thickleaf
thickleaf
adj
Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by thick leaves.
thicklips
thickneck
thickness
thickness
noun
(countable) A layer.
(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
(uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
thicksets
thicksets
noun
plural of thickset
thickskin
thickskin
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures having a thick skin.
noun
A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sensitiveness; a dullard.
thickwind
thinglike
thinglike
adj
(philosophy) Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
thinkably
thinkably
adv
(philosophy) Such that it can be thought.
thinkings
thinkings
noun
plural of thinking
thinkling
thondraki
thornback
thornback
noun
(archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
thorndike
thorndyke
thorndyke
Proper noun
alternative form of Thorndike
thornlike
thornlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a thorn; pointed, acuate.