(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
awkwardly
awkwardly
adv
In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
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.
baekeland
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
barksdale
beardlike
beardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
blackband
blackband
noun
(mineralogy) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter, valuable as an iron ore.
blackbird
blackbird
noun
(slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackcods
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackduck
blackened
blackened
adj
(food) Synonym of charred.
(steel) Synonym of blued.
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
blackford
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blackland
blackland
noun
The land making up the Texas Blackland Prairies, a temperate grassland ecoregion in Texas with rich, dark soil.
blacklead
blacklead
noun
Alternative form of black lead
verb
To cover, treat or polish with graphite
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blackweed
blackweed
noun
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
bladelike
bladelike
adj
Resembling a blade
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blockaded
blockaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockade
blockader
blockader
noun
A person who blockades
A ship used in blockading
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockwood
bloodlike
bloodlike
adj
Resembling blood.
bloodsuck
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
boardwalk
boardwalk
noun
A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
verb
To install a boardwalk over.
brakeload
brakeload
noun
Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
bridelike
bridelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bride.
brookdale
brookland
buckfield
bucklered
bucklered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckler
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bulwarked
bulwarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulwark
calpacked
calpacked
adj
Wearing a calpack.
candylike
candylike
adj
Resembling candy, especially in flavor or appearance
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childlike
childlike
adj
Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
Of, like, or suitable for a child.
ciderlike
ciderlike
Adjective
Resembling cider.
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
clarkdale
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
cloakedly
cloakedly
adv
In a concealed manner; with secrecy.
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
clydebank
clydebank
Proper noun
a town on the north side of the River in council area, Scotland
coldbrook
crookedly
crookedly
adv
In a crooked manner.
cuckolded
cuckolded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckold
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
cuckoldom
cuckoldom
noun
(archaic) cuckoldry
cuckoldry
cuckoldry
noun
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
The state of being a cuckold.
cycadlike
cycadlike
adj
Having the characteristics of a cycad.
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
darkliest
darkliest
adv
(literary, dated) superlative form of darkly: most darkly
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
deathlike
deathlike
adj
(obsolete) Deadly.
Resembling or characteristic of death.
a deathlike silence
deblocked
deblocked
adj
(computing, of a physical block) Separated into logical records
unblocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deblock
deevilick
dekaliter
dekaliter
noun
Alternative form of decaliter
dekalitre
dekalitre
noun
Alternative form of decalitre
deltalike
demonlike
demonlike
adj
Resembling a demon in form or action
devilkins
devilkins
noun
plural of devilkin
devillike
devillike
adj
Like a devil; diabolical.
dialkylic
dikamalli
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
diskelion
dislikers
dislikers
noun
plural of disliker
disliking
disliking
noun
gerund of dislike: a dislike.
verb
present participle of dislike
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
dogwinkle
dollmaker
dollmaker
noun
A maker of dolls.
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
downlinks
downlinks
noun
plural of downlink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downlink
dreamlike
dreamlike
adj
Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
drinkable
drinkable
adj
(of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.
(of water) Safe to drink.
Able to be drunk (as liquid).
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
drinkably
drinkless
drinkless
adj
Without a drink, without drinks.
dronkelew
drunkelew
drunkenly
drunkenly
adv
In a drunken manner.
drygalski
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
dudelsack
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
duskishly
duskishly
adv
In a duskish manner.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
enkindled
enkindled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enkindle
enkindler
enkindler
noun
One who enkindles.
enkindles
enkindles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enkindle
eskualdun
euskaldun
faulkland
fetlocked
fetlocked
adj
(in combination) Having fetlocks (of a specified kind).
Tied by the fetlock.
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fiendlike
fiendlike
adj
Resembling a fiend.
fleckered
fleckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flecker
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
floodcock
floodlike
floodlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flood.
floodmark
floodmark
noun
A mark indicating the height reached by the waters in a previous flood.
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
foldskirt
frankfold
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gladbrook
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldovsky
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gouldbusk
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
headliked
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
hillocked
hillocked
Adjective
Having hillocks.
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
houndlike
houndlike
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.