A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
alarmclock
alarmclock
noun
Misspelling of alarm clock.
allokurtic
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
archipenko
archjockey
archmocker
archworker
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
autarkical
autarkical
adj
Autarkic.
backarrows
backberand
backberend
backbiters
backbiters
noun
plural of backbiter
backboards
backboards
noun
plural of backboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backboard
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhooker
backiebird
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlotter
backpacker
backpacker
noun
(music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backspacer
backspacer
noun
A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.
backspread
backstairs
backstairs
adj
Secret or furtive.
noun
A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
backstreet
backstreet
adj
(figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
noun
Alternative spelling of back street
backstring
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backtender
backtenter
backtracks
backtracks
noun
plural of backtrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backtrack
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
ballywrack
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barebacked
barebacked
adj
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
adv
Synonym of bareback
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
barkcutter
barleysick
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
battercake
battercake
noun
A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.
batterdock
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
birdieback
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackboard
blackboard
noun
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
verb
To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blacketeer
blacketeer
noun
Short for black marketeer.
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackprint
blacksburg
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockboard
blockboard
noun
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bracketted
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
brickmaker
brickmaker
noun
A maker of bricks.
brickmason
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckwasher
burckhardt
butterback
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
cairnbrook
cakewalker
cakewalker
noun
A performer of the cakewalk dance.
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
cankerbird
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankerfret
cankerroot
cankerweed
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
caretakers
caretakers
noun
plural of caretaker
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
carpsucker
carpsucker
noun
Any of various fish of the genus Carpiodes.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casekeeper
casekeeper
noun
(card games) An employee at a gambling establishment who assists the players and prevents dealer cheating by counting cards using an abacus-like device with counters on spindles.
caseworker
caseworker
noun
a social worker
cashkeeper
catskinner
catskinner
noun
(slang, US) One who drives (or operates) a tracked vehicle.
cavekeeper
cavernlike
cavernlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cavern.
cedarbrook
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chairmaker
chairmaker
noun
A manufacturer of chairs.
chalkboard
chalkboard
noun
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
verb
To write or draw on a chalkboard.
chandrakhi
chaukidari
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkstrap
chimarikan
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
clarkedale
clarkeites
clarkfield
clarksboro
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clarksdale
clearbrook
clearskins
clearskins
noun
plural of clearskin
cloakmaker
cloakmaker
noun
Someone who makes cloaks.
cloakrooms
cloakrooms
noun
plural of cloakroom
clockmaker
clockmaker
noun
A person who makes clocks.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
coachmaker
coachmaker
noun
A coachbuilder.
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockamaroo
cockamaroo
noun
(obsolete) A Russian variety of the bagatelle game.
cockarouse
cockarouse
noun
(historical) A sachem or leader in certain Native American groups.
cockatrice
cockatrice
noun
(fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock's, egg.
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.
(obsolete) Mistress, harlot.
(obsolete, figurative) Any venomous or deadly thing.
(speculated) The cobra.
cockchafer
cockchafer
noun
Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
colormaker
colormaker
noun
(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.