(figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
(figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
bannocks
bannocks
noun
plural of bannock
beckiron
beckoned
beckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
beckoner
beckoner
noun
One who, or that which, beckons.
bickiron
blacknob
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
bonnocks
boondock
boondock
noun
(US, with article, in the plural) A brushy, rural area or location.
(tiddlywinks) A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.
verb
(US) To camp in a dry brushy location.
(US) To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location.
(tiddlywinks) To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away.
brocklin
brockton
brockton
Proper noun
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a small town in Montana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
a township in parish, Shropshire, England
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
bundocks
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cerenkov
chalkone
chinooks
chinooks
noun
plural of chinook
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
chockman
clarkson
clarkton
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
cockalan
cockandy
cockandy
noun
Synonym of puffin
cockayne
cockburn
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
cockneys
cockneys
noun
plural of cockney
coinjock
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
cokneyfy
coltskin
coltskin
noun
The skin of a colt.
comaking
comiakin
conelike
conelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cone.
conkanee
contakia
contakia
noun
plural of contakion
convoked
convoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convoke
convoker
convoker
noun
One who convokes or calls together.
convokes
convokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convoke
cookings
cookings
noun
plural of cooking
coonskin
coonskin
noun
(US) The pelt of a raccoon
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.
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
corncake
corncake
noun
(regional US) johnnycake
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
cornrick
cornsack
cornsack
noun
A sack for carrying corn.
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
crankous
crannock
crannock
noun
An old Irish measure of corn equivalent to the quarter. The crannock of oats appears to contain two quarters, as sometimes occurs with its English equivalent.
croaking
croaking
noun
The sound of something that croaks.
verb
present participle of croak
crocking
crocking
verb
present participle of crock
crooking
crooking
noun
The act by which something is crooked.
verb
present participle of crook
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dockland
dockland
noun
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
domenick
dominick
dominick
Proper noun
name, a spelling variant of Dominic.
donicker
dornecks
dornicks
dornicks
noun
plural of dornick
dornocks
dornocks
noun
plural of dornock
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
ducktown
echikson
eckelson
erickson
erickson
Proper noun
A town in Manitoba, Canada
An unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flockman
franckot
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
greenock
greenock
Proper noun
a town on the south side of the Scotland, which is the administrative centre of council area
a small town in the South Australia.
gunlocks
gunlocks
noun
plural of gunlock
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
hobucken
hockling
hockshin
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
honecker
hornbeck
hornkeck
ironback
jackhorn
kaneoche
kaolinic
kaolinic
adj
Containing or relating to kaolin.
kenscoff
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
kingchow
knoblick
knobloch
knockers
knockers
noun
plural of knocker
knocking
knocking
noun
(automotive) A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber.
An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
verb
present participle of knock
knockoff
knockoff
noun
A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.
knockout
knockout
adj
(genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
Causing elimination from a competition.
Rendering someone unconscious.
noun
(genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
(genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
(informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
(informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
(printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
(sports) A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
(uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
Short for knockout auction.
The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
The deactivation of anything.
korchnoi
kotchian
kutzenco
landlock
landlock
verb
(transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
leckrone
linstock
linstock
noun
(historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.
lockings
lockings
noun
plural of locking
lockland
locknuts
locknuts
noun
plural of locknut
locksman
locksman
noun
A dreadlocked Rastafarian.
A man who operates a lock on a river or canal.
lonejack
longlick
longneck
longneck
noun
A longneck eel.
A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
An apatosaur, or other similar sauropod.
mckesson
mckinnon
mekinock
monicker
monicker
noun
Alternative spelling of moniker
moonsick
nawrocki
neckmold
neckmold
noun
Alternative form of neckmould
neckyoke
neckyoke
noun
A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather than just resting on the shoulders.
nektonic
nektonic
adj
(zoology) Swimming independently of currents.
nickolai
nickolas
nicktown
nonblack
nonblack
adj
Not black in colour.
Not of African descent; not racially black.
noun
A nonblack person.
nonstick
nonstick
adj
Resistant to sticking.
nonstock
nonstock
adj
(business) Not issuing capital stock.
nooksack
onancock
pachinko
pachinko
noun
A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
verb
(intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.
packston
packtong
packtong
noun
Alternative form of paktong
penstock
penstock
noun
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
The barrel of a wooden pump.
pokonchi
polonick
princock
princock
noun
(now rare, dialectal, sometimes attributive) An insolent or cheeky young man.
pyknotic
pyknotic
adj
(cytology) showing pyknosis
rackbone
reckoned
reckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reckon
reckoner
reckoner
noun
(archaic) An accountant; one who computes or calculates.