(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
alkaline
alkaline
adj
(chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.
Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
noun
An alkaline battery.
alkamine
alkanets
alkanets
noun
plural of alkanet
alkannin
alkannin
noun
A natural dye and naphthoquinone derivative obtained from the borage plant Alkanna tinctoria, used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.
alkapton
alkapton
noun
homogentisic acid
alkargen
alkargen
noun
(chemistry) cacodylic acid
alkarsin
alkarsin
Noun
cacodyl
alkitran
alkylene
alkylene
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkanediyl functional group, especially one having the free valencies of adjacent carbon atoms.
(obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkene.
alumbank
angelika
ankylose
ankylose
verb
(intransitive, pathology) To suffer from ankylosis.
(transitive, pathology) To cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis.
antileak
antileak
adj
Preventing leaks.
askingly
askingly
adv
In an asking manner; so as to ask.
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
auntlike
auntlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.
backland
backland
noun
Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
backlins
bakingly
bakingly
adv
So as to bake.
baldakin
balkanic
balkanic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Balkan peninsula.
balkline
balkline
noun
baulk line
bankable
bankable
adj
Acceptable to a bank.
Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
Reliable.
bankfull
bankfull
adj
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
bankroll
bankroll
noun
A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.
The monetary assets of a person or organization.
verb
(transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.
barnlike
barnlike
adj
Resembling a barn
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
beanlike
beanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bean.
benkulen
bicknell
billiken
billiken
noun
Alternative form of Billiken
billikin
blackens
blackens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacken
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blacking
blacking
noun
A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
Shoe polish.
verb
present participle of black
blackman
blackman
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black man
blackmun
blackneb
blacknob
blankard
blankeel
blankest
blankest
adj
superlative form of blank: most blank
blankets
blankets
noun
plural of blanket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blanket
blankety
blankety
adj
(dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
Resembling or related to a blanket.
blanking
blanking
noun
(television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
An instance of something being blanked out.
verb
present participle of blank
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blankite
blinkard
blinkard
noun
(obsolete) One with bad eyes.
A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
blinkers
blinkers
noun
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
plural of blinker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blinker
blinking
blinking
adj
(UK, euphemistic, slang) bloody
That blinks.
noun
The act of something that blinks.
verb
present participle of blink
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
blockman
blockton
bloomkin
bobolink
bobolink
noun
An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.
bondfolk
bonelike
bonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bone.
bookland
bookland
noun
(Anglo-Saxon) In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and/or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
brinkley
brinklow
brocklin
brokenly
brokenly
adv
(Of speech) with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly.
In a broken manner.
brooklin
brooklyn
buckland
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
bucknell
bullneck
bullneck
noun
A bull-necked person.
A short and thick neck, like that of a bull.
bullskin
bunkload
byrlakin
cackling
cackling
noun
A sound that cackles.
verb
present participle of cackle
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
canelike
canelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cane.
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
chalkone
chunkily
chunkily
adv
In a chunky way.
clacking
clacking
noun
A sound that clacks.
verb
present participle of clack
clankety
clankety
intj
A clanking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
clanking
clanking
noun
A noise that clanks.
verb
present participle of clank
clarkson
clarkton
claybank
claybank
noun
(color) Dun; brownish-yellow.
A dun-coloured horse.
cleeking
cleeking
verb
present participle of cleek
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clicking
clicking
noun
The sound or action of a click.
verb
present participle of click
clinkant
clinkant
adj
Alternative form of clinquant
clinkers
clinkers
noun
(Ulster, anatomy) testicles
plural of clinker
clinkery
clinkery
adj
Having the characteristics of clinker.
clinking
clinking
noun
A noise that clinks.
verb
present participle of clink
clintock
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
clocking
clocking
noun
A time measurement made according to a clock.
verb
present participle of clock
clonking
clonking
verb
present participle of clonk
clucking
clucking
adj
(slang, euphemistic) fucking (as intensifier)
noun
The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.
verb
present participle of cluck
clunkers
clunkers
noun
plural of clunker
clunkier
clunkier
adj
comparative form of clunky: more clunky
clunking
clunking
adj
clunky; awkward
noun
A sound that clunks.
verb
present participle of clunk
cockalan
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
coltskin
coltskin
noun
The skin of a colt.
conelike
conelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cone.
corkline
corkline
noun
(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
cracknel
cracknel
noun
(in the plural) Crackling (fried pork fat).
A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.
crankily
crankily
adv
In a cranky manner.
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crankles
crankles
noun
plural of crankle
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
crinkles
crinkles
noun
plural of crinkle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crinkle
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
daktylon
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
dawnlike
dawnlike
adj
Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
denizlik
devilkin
devilkin
noun
A little devil.
disliken
disliken
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make unlike; to disguise.
dockland
dockland
noun
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dunelike
dunelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dune.
dunkling
eckelson
elektron
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkmound
enkennel
enkennel
verb
(transitive) To put into a kennel.
enkernel
enkernel
verb
(transitive) To enclose in, or as if in, a kernel.
enkindle
enkindle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
enkolpia
enlinked
enlinked
adj
Joined together, linked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enlink
entackle
erlkings
erlkings
noun
plural of erlking
eyeblink
eyeblink
noun
(idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).
An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
falanaka
falanaka
noun
Archaic form of falanouc.
falkland
falkland
Proper noun
the
a village and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland