(nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
backyard
backyard
noun
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
blackboy
blackboy
noun
(Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
(Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.
blackeye
blackeye
noun
A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.
A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blickeys
boychick
boychick
noun
Alternative form of boychik
boychiks
boychiks
noun
plural of boychik
brackely
brackney
brickeys
bricklay
brockway
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckeyed
buckeyes
buckeyes
noun
plural of buckeye
buckleya
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
buybacks
buybacks
noun
plural of buyback
cammocky
cammocky
adj
(UK, dialectal, chiefly Southern England, of milk, butter or cheese) Having an unpleasant taste or smell because it came from a cow that ate cammock.
cedarkey
chalukya
checkery
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
cheskeys
chickery
chickory
chickory
noun
Alternative spelling of chicory
chunkily
chunkily
adv
In a chunky way.
cityfolk
citylike
citylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a city.
clackety
clackety
intj
A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
clankety
clankety
intj
A clanking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
claybank
claybank
noun
(color) Dun; brownish-yellow.
A dun-coloured horse.
claylike
claylike
Adjective
Resembling clay.
clerkery
clinkery
clinkery
adj
Having the characteristics of clinker.
clyfaker
clyfaker
noun
(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
cockandy
cockandy
noun
Synonym of puffin
cockayne
cockeyed
cockeyed
adj
(informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
Crooked or askew.
Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
cockeyes
cockeyes
noun
plural of cockeye
cockneys
cockneys
noun
plural of cockney
cokneyfy
copybook
copybook
noun
(Quebec, UK) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
(programming, COBOL) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
crankery
crankery
noun
The writings or ideas of a crank.
crankily
crankily
adv
In a cranky manner.
creakily
creakily
adv
In a creaky manner.
crickety
crickety
adj
(informal) Of or pertaining to the sport of cricket.
Full of crickets.
Of or pertaining to crickets.
intj
Alternative form of crikey
croakily
croakily
adv
In a croaky manner.
crockery
crockery
noun
Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.
crookery
crookery
noun
The activities of crooks; crime.
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
daddocky
daddocky
adj
(UK, dialect) inferior; weak; tasteless
(UK, dialect) rotten; decayed (of wood)
dockyard
dockyard
noun
A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
dowhacky
eyeblack
eyeblack
noun
Alternative spelling of eye black
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
finnicky
finnicky
adj
Alternative form of finicky
flackery
flackery
noun
The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flyspeck
flyspeck
noun
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
verb
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
gimmicky
gimmicky
adj
Containing gimmicks.
Resembling, or characteristic of a gimmick.
grayback
grayback
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
hackneys
hackneys
noun
plural of hackney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hackney
hassocky
hassocky
adj
Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
haycocks
haycocks
noun
plural of haycock
hayracks
hayracks
noun
plural of hayrack
hayricks
hayricks
noun
plural of hayrick
hayshock
haystack
haystack
noun
(canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.
(programming) The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
hickeyes
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
hinckley
hockelty
hummocky
hummocky
adj
Having hummocks.
jackelyn
jackshay
jackshay
noun
(dated, Australia) A pot (incorporating a cup) used to make tea
jackstay
jackstay
noun
(nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.
(nautical) A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.
(nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.
(underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.
jackyard
jackyard
noun
(nautical) A spar at the top of a mast that supports a topsail
jockeyed
jockeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jockey
joystick
joystick
noun
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
verb
(rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
kentucky
kentucky
Proper noun
A state of the United States of America. Capital: Frankfort; largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.
A village on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
kerystic
kerystic
adj
(religion, rare) Concerning preaching, particularly preaching of the gospels.
keycards
keycards
noun
plural of keycard
keypunch
keypunch
noun
(computing) A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
(computing) An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
verb
To use such a device or machine
kickseys
kitcheny
kitcheny
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a kitchen.
knackery
knackery
adj
Scummy (behaviour)
Something to do with knackers
noun
The workplace of a knacker; a knacker's yard.
krawczyk
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
lackaday
lackaday
intj
(dated) An expression of regret or grief.
lackeyed
lackeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lackey
latchkey
latchkey
adj
Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child.
noun
A child who is given a key to the home and is expected to remain at home alone (without adult supervision until the parents return from work).
A key, especially to an outside door.
lazyback
lazyback
noun
(colloquial) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.
lyricked
mayslick
mcclusky
mcclusky
Proper noun
a small city in North Dakota, USA
mckenney
mckinley
mckinney
mckinney
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
mimmocky
mullocky
mullocky
adj
Of rock: crushed or broken; resembling mining waste.
neckyoke
neckyoke
noun
A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather than just resting on the shoulders.
paybacks
paybacks
noun
plural of payback
paycheck
paycheck
noun
(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.
peacocky
peacocky
adj
Of a horse: showy in motion; holding itself high while running.
Proud and boastful.
physicks
physicks
noun
Obsolete form of physics.
plural of physick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of physick
physicky
physicky
adj
(archaic) Resembling medicine.
pickaway
pickedly
picnicky
picnicky
adj
(informal) Picniclike.
pinckney
playback
playback
noun
The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
pluckily
pluckily
adv
In a plucky manner.
poyssick
pyknotic
pyknotic
adj
(cytology) showing pyknosis
quackery
quackery
noun
(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.
(law, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
rackerby
racketry
racketry
noun
The operation of criminal rackets.
rickyard
rickyard
noun
A farmyard where hayricks are stored.
rockably
rockably
adv
In a rockable manner.
rockabye
rockabye
noun
A soothing rocking motion.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To rock soothingly.
rockaway
rockaway
noun
(dated, uncommon) A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather.
(dated, uncommon) A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
rockelay
rocketry
rocketry
noun
The making and launching of rockets, its science and practice.
rollicky
rollicky
adj
rollicking
schlocky
schlocky
adj
Of inferior quality, cheap.
Tacky, of tasteless appearance.
schottky
shickley
shockley
shylocks
shylocks
noun
plural of shylock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shylock
sickbays
sickbays
noun
plural of sickbay
sickerly
sicklily
sicklily
adv
In a sickly manner.
skycoach
skycraft
skycraft
noun
A vehicle that flies; an aircraft.
skyjacks
skyjacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skyjack