(of a brake system) Designed to maintain traction on a slippery surface.
(of a surface) Designed to increase friction, and thereby reduce the possibility of skid.
noun
(aviation) Antiskid braking.
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
bekissed
bekissed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bekiss
besmoked
besmoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
betusked
bidarkas
bidarkas
noun
plural of bidarka
bodstick
bodykins
bookends
bookends
noun
(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
plural of bookend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend
bundocks
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
casketed
casketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casket
cockades
cockades
noun
plural of cockade
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
daishiki
daishiki
noun
Alternative form of dashiki
dakotans
daktylos
damasked
damasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of damask
damaskin
damaskin
noun
(obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
verb
Alternative form of damascene
dankness
dankness
noun
The state or quality of being dank.
darkmans
darkmans
noun
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The night.
darkness
darkness
noun
(countable) The product of being dark.
(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.
(uncountable) Hell.
(uncountable) Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
(uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
(uncountable) Secrecy; concealment.
(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
darkskin
darkskin
noun
A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.
darksome
darksome
adj
(poetic, literary) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
dashikis
dashikis
noun
plural of dashiki
daybooks
daybooks
noun
plural of daybook
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
deerskin
deerskin
noun
(countable) An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.
(countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.
(uncountable) Leather made from deer hide.
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
derricks
derricks
noun
plural of derrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derrick
desklike
desklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a desk.
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
dickiest
dickiest
adj
superlative form of dicky: most dicky
diebacks
diebacks
noun
plural of dieback
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
dikeside
dikeside
adj
Beside a dike.
noun
The area beside a dike.
dinkiest
dinkiest
adj
superlative form of dinky: most dinky
dipstick
dipstick
noun
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
verb
(mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
disalike
disclike
disclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disc.
discloak
discloak
verb
(obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
dishlike
dishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dish.
diskette
diskette
noun
(computer hardware, dated) An 8-inch floppy disk.
(computing) A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
diskless
diskless
adj
(computing) Without the use of floppy disks.
disklike
disklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disk.
disliked
disliked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dislike
disliken
disliken
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make unlike; to disguise.
disliker
disliker
noun
One who dislikes.
dislikes
dislikes
noun
plural of dislike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislike
disyoked
disyoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disyoke
disyokes
disyokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disyoke
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
djasakid
djasakid
noun
A kind of medicine man among the Chippewa people.
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
dockside
dockside
noun
The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.
doeskins
doeskins
noun
plural of doeskin
doketism
doodskop
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dorkiest
dorkiest
adj
superlative form of dorky: most dorky
dornecks
dornicks
dornicks
noun
plural of dornick
dornocks
dornocks
noun
plural of dornock
douschka
dovekeys
dovekeys
noun
plural of dovekey
dovekies
dovekies
noun
plural of dovekie
drinkers
drinkers
noun
plural of drinker
driskill
droskies
droskies
noun
plural of drosky
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
drunkest
drunkest
adj
superlative form of drunk: most drunk
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of drink
dubinsky
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
duckpins
duckpins
noun
A game played by bowling a small ball at such pins.
plural of duckpin
dukedoms
dukedoms
noun
plural of dukedom
dukeship
dukeship
noun
The quality or condition of being a duke.
duskiest
duskiest
adj
superlative form of dusky: most dusky
duskness
duskness
noun
duskiness
dustlike
dustlike
adj
Resembling dust.
dworshak
embosked
embosked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embosk
endamask
endshake
eskimoid
fiskdale
foredesk
gadzooks
gadzooks
intj
(archaic) An expression of surprise, shock etc.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
godowsky
gudesake
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
haddocks
haddocks
noun
plural of haddock
headskin
huskened
hydroski
hydroski
noun
A ski allowing a seaplane to land on water.
inkstand
inkstand
noun
A small tray containing pens and an inkwell; (by extension) a pot for holding ink, inkpot, inkwell.
inkwoods
inkwoods
noun
plural of inkwood
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
kaapstad
kadischi
kadishim
kalidasa
karlsbad
karlstad
kashered
kashered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kasher
kathodes
kathodes
noun
plural of kathode
katydids
katydids
noun
plural of katydid
kedushah
kedushah
noun
(Judaism) Any of several prayers involving the recitation of the biblical verses Isaiah 6:3 and Ezekiel 3:12.
(Judaism) Holiness, sanctity.
keeshond
kendoist
ketoside
ketoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of a ketose
keycards
keycards
noun
plural of keycard
keywords
keywords
noun
plural of keyword
khaddars
khaddars
noun
plural of khaddar
khedives
khedives
noun
plural of khedive
kiboshed
kiboshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibosh
kidskins
kidskins
noun
plural of kidskin
kikldhes
killdees
killdees
noun
plural of killdee
kilorads
kilorads
noun
plural of kilorad
kindlers
kindlers
noun
plural of kindler
kindless
kindless
adj
(archaic, literary) Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
kindness
kindness
noun
An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
The state of being kind.
kindreds
kindreds
noun
plural of kindred
kingdoms
kingdoms
noun
plural of kingdom
kingside
kingside
noun
(chess) The side of the chessboard nearest to the king (at the opening position).
kiskadee
kiskadee
noun
Either of two species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
kneaders
kneaders
noun
plural of kneader
kneepads
kneepads
noun
plural of kneepad
kodakist
kodashim
koshered
koshered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kosher
kyanised
kyanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kyanise
ladykins
ladykins
noun
plural of ladykin
lakeside
lakeside
adj
By the side of a lake.
noun
The ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake.
landsick
landsick
adj
(rare) Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness.
landskip
landskip
noun
Obsolete form of landscape.
ludefisk
maddocks
maddocks
noun
plural of maddock
midweeks
midweeks
noun
plural of midweek
milkshed
milkshed
noun
(agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)