Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backlings
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
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verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
bashalick
beshackle
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackbush
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackcods
blackeyes
blackeyes
noun
plural of blackeye
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
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.
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklegs
blacklegs
noun
plural of blackleg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackleg
blacklist
blacklist
noun
(law, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
verb
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
blackness
blackness
noun
The experiences and culture of African-American people.
The quality of being evil or dismal.
The state of being of African descent.
The state or quality of being black in colour.
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockages
blockages
noun
plural of blockage
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bloodsuck
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bootlicks
bootlicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootlick
buckholts
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
cakewalks
cakewalks
noun
plural of cakewalk
calfskins
calfskins
noun
plural of calfskin
callbacks
callbacks
noun
plural of callback
catskills
catskills
Proper noun
The Catskill Mountains
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
checkless
checkless
adj
(US) Without checks (financial instruments); chequeless.
That cannot be checked or restrained.
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.
cheekfuls
cheekless
cheekless
adj
Without cheeks.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
clackamas
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
clambakes
clambakes
noun
plural of clambake
clankless
clankless
adj
Without a clank.
clansfolk
clansfolk
noun
Members of a clan; clanspeople.
clapstick
clapstick
noun
A clapperboard.
A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
clarkston
classbook
classbook
noun
(dated) A textbook for use in class.
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
claybanks
claybanks
noun
plural of claybank
cleanskin
cleanskin
noun
(Australia) An unbranded animal.
(Australia, New Zealand) An unlabelled bottle of wine.
(cricket) A cricket bat with no maker's logo
A person who does not have any tattoos.
An undercover police officer who has not done a particular task before.
Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character.
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
clerkless
clerkless
adj
(obsolete) uneducated
Without clerks.
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.
clickless
clickless
adj
Without a clicking sound.
Without clicks of a computer mouse.
cloakless
cloakless
adj
Without a cloak (item of clothing).
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockcase
clockcase
noun
A case built to contain a clock.
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
clockless
clockless
adj
Without a clock or clocks.
clockwise
clockwise
adj
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
adv
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
coalsacks
coalsacks
noun
plural of coalsack
cockbills
cockbills
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockbill
cockerels
cockerels
noun
plural of cockerel
cockishly
cocklofts
cocklofts
noun
plural of cockloft
cocktails
cocktails
noun
plural of cocktail
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
cookishly
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
crackless
crackless
adj
that lacks cracks
cracknels
cracknels
noun
plural of cracknel
crankless
crankless
adj
Without a crank (mechanical component).
cresskill
crosslike
crosslike
adj
Resembling a cross.
crosslink
crosslink
noun
Alternative spelling of cross-link
crosstalk
crosstalk
noun
(biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
verb
To hold an incidental conversation
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
cuckstool
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
dudelsack
ellersick
fallbacks
fallbacks
noun
plural of fallback
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
flagstick
flagstick
noun
(golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
fleckiest
fleckless
fleckless
adj
Without blame; faultless.
Without flecks or spots.
flockiest
flockiest
adj
superlative form of flocky: most flocky
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockless
flockless
adj
Without a flock.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
forelocks
forelocks
noun
plural of forelock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forelock
foreslack
foreslack
verb
Alternative form of forslack
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frockless
frockless
adj
Without a frock.
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
gavelocks
gavelocks
noun
plural of gavelock
guiltsick
hackliest
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
horselock
iceblinks
iceblinks
noun
plural of iceblink
jackrolls
jackrolls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackroll
jackslave
jackslave
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A low servant; a mean fellow.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
kascamiol
kilnstick
klatsches
klatsches
noun
plural of klatsch
klendusic
klendusic
adj
(botany) resistant to infection
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
klopstock
knapscull
knockless
knockless
adj
without a knock
without making a knocking sound
knucklers
knucklers
noun
plural of knuckler
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lackeyism
lackeyism
noun
Fawning servility.
lacksense
lassockie
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
laverocks
laverocks
noun
plural of laverock
leaseback
leaseback
noun
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leukemics
leukemics
noun
plural of leukemic
lickerish
lickerish
adj
(Northern England) Sweet, luscious.
Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.