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.
badakhshan
badakhshan
Proper noun
A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
bankalachi
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
broomshank
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
bushmaking
byrthynsak
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
chandrakhi
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
chimarikan
chutzpanik
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
cruikshank
dashnakist
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dobzhansky
falkenhayn
frankhouse
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
hackathorn
hackensack
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
haeckelian
haeckelian
Adjective
Of or relating to the zoologist (1834-1919).
haffkinize
haimsucken
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
handbanker
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
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
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handshakes
handshakes
noun
plural of handshake
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hanksville
hearkening
hearkening
noun
The act of one who hearkens or listens.
verb
present participle of hearken
heatmaking
heavenlike
heavenlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a heaven; heavenly.
heelmaking
hemikaryon
herakleion
heraklidan
hexokinase
hexokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hokaltecan
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
hookmaking
hookmaking
noun
The manufacture of hooks.
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
hughmanick
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
jerkinhead
jerkinhead
noun
(architecture) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
jinrikisha
jinrikisha
noun
Alternative form of jinriksha
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
kamchatkan
kamchatkan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Kamchatka.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Kamchatka.
kaneelhart
kanephoros
karinghota
karmathian
kashmirian
kazakhstan
kazakhstan
Proper noun
country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.
kechumaran
keelhaling
keelhaling
verb
present participle of keelhale
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kentishman
kephallina
kermanshah
kermanshah
Proper noun
A city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran.
A province of Iran.
khakanship
khakanship
noun
Synonym of khanship
kherwarian
kirghizean
kirkinhead
kirmanshah
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
knappishly
knightdale
knighthead
knighthead
noun
A bollard or bitt.
A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
krishnaism
krishnaist
krishnaite
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lakishness
lakishness
noun
The quality of being lakish.
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
lanzknecht
longshanks
longshanks
noun
A bird, the stilt.
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
makedhonia
manahawkin
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
mythmaking
mythmaking
noun
The production or composing of myths.
nachtmusik
nighthawks
nighthawks
noun
plural of nighthawk
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
oklahomans
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
piankashaw
planksheer
prankishly
prankishly
adv
In a prankish way.
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
rakishness
rakishness
noun
The property of being rakish.
reichsbank
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
sanjakship
scharwenka
scrimshank
scrimshank
verb
(UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.
shackanite
shackleton
shakedowns
shakedowns
noun
plural of shakedown
shakescene
shakuntala
shakyamuni
shankpiece
shantylike
shantylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shanty.
sharkskins
sharkskins
noun
plural of sharkskin
sheepshank
sheepshank
noun
(nautical) A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
verb
(transitive) To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.