Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
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.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
beothukan
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethankit
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
checkbite
checkbite
noun
(dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth
checkbits
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.
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
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.
chinkiest
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
deathlike
deathlike
adj
(obsolete) Deadly.
Resembling or characteristic of death.
a deathlike silence
duckwheat
earthlike
earthlike
adj
(of a planet) Resembling the Earth
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
elkoshite
etherlike
etherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of ether.
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
freethink
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
hackliest
hatmakers
hatmakers
noun
plural of hatmaker
haymarket
haymarket
Proper noun
Any of various placenames, particularly a street in Westminster, London and the in that street
A town in Virginia State.
headstick
headstick
noun
(printing, historical) A straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.
A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
headstock
headstock
noun
(mining) A headframe.
(rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
A beam that supports a bell.
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
heartikin
heartikin
noun
(obsolete, diminutive) A little heart.
heartlike
heartlike
adj
Having the shape of a heart.
Resembling or characteristic of a heart.
heartsick
heartsick
adj
Very despondent or sorrowful.
heathlike
heathlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a heath.
heatmaker
hekataean
hektogram
hellkites
hellkites
noun
plural of hellkite
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
heterakid
heterakis
hitchhike
hitchhike
noun
(radio, advertising) Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”)
verb
(by extension) To be carried along with something else.
To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.
hookerton
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
hucksters
hucksters
noun
plural of huckster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of huckster
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
jokesmith
jokesmith
noun
(humorous) A person who devises jokes.
kahikatea
kahikatea
noun
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand.
kaneshite
katharine
katharses
katherina
katherine
katherine
Proper noun
name, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
A placename given to a river and a town in Northern Territory, Australia.
kathlynne
kedushoth
kehilloth
kelyphite
kelyphite
noun
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
kerchieft
ketchikan
kevutzoth
khalifate
khalifate
noun
Alternative spelling of caliphate
kharijite
khedivate
khedivate
noun
The region ruled by a khedive.
khotanese
khotanese
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
kilhamite
kilohertz
kilohertz
noun
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
kindheart
kitchener
kitchener
noun
(obsolete) A kitchen servant; a cook.
(obsolete) A stove for cooking.
kitchenet
kitchenet
noun
(dated) A kitchen cabinet with shelves, drawers, and various other features such as a weighing-scale.
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
kittenish
kittenish
adj
Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.
Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality.
klatsches
klatsches
noun
plural of klatsch
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(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.
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.
krauthead
krohnkite
kvetching
kvetching
noun
Persistent complaining.
verb
present participle of kvetch
lakehurst
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
leathwake
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
marketech
matchmake
matchmake
verb
To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
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.
mythmaker
mythmaker
noun
A person who originates a myth.
neckcloth
neckcloth
noun
(historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white.
netchilik
nightlike
nightlike
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
nightwake
outshriek
outshriek
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shrieking.
overthick
overthink
overthink
verb
(archaic) To think about; think over
(rare) To think too highly (of); overestimate
To think or analyze too much.
phenakite
phenakite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
pitchpike
rethicken
rethicken
verb
To thicken again.
rethinker
rethinker
noun
One who rethinks.
ricketish
ricketish
adj
Having rickets.
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
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
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
skiophyte
skiophyte
noun
(biology, rare) Alternative form of sciophyte
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
stakehead
stakehead
noun
(ropemaking) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
starshake
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.
talisheek
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.