A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
archipenko
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
backberand
backberend
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.
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.
backstring
backtender
backtenter
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
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
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackprint
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.
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
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brickmason
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
cairnbrook
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).
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
catskinner
catskinner
noun
(slang, US) One who drives (or operates) a tracked vehicle.
cavernlike
cavernlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cavern.
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chandrakhi
chimarikan
clearskins
clearskins
noun
plural of clearskin
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.
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
crackbrain
crackbrain
Noun
An eccentric or crazy person.
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crackiness
crackiness
noun
The quality of being cracky.
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
crankcases
crankcases
noun
plural of crankcase
crankiness
crankiness
noun
The state of being cranky.
crankplate
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
creakiness
creakiness
noun
The state of being creaky
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
croakiness
croakiness
noun
The quality of being croaky.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
cruikshank
czerniakov
derrickman
derrickman
noun
A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
fernambuck
franciscka
franciskus
franklinic
franklinic
adj
(physics, obsolete) Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
guerickian
hackathorn
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
kechumaran
keratoconi
keratoncus
kilmarnock
kilmarnock
Proper noun
A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland
kincardine
kincardine
Proper noun
a town on the River in council area, Scotland
the former county town of Scotland, abandoned in the Middle Ages.
a hamlet near council area, Scotland
a municipality and community in Ontario, Canada.
knackebrod
knackeries
knackeries
noun
plural of knackery
knackwurst
knackwurst
noun
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
kratogenic
lamarckian
lamarckian
Noun
A supporter or an advocate of Lamarckism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Lamarckism.
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
mamaroneck
mamaroneck
Proper noun
A town located on the Long Island Sound in Westchester County, New York, on land purchased from Native Americans in 1661.
mantlerock
medrinacks
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
natterjack
natterjack
noun
A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very loud mating call.
nectarlike
nectarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
nonarcking
nutcracker
nutcracker
noun
(US, New York City) A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
(informal) Something difficult to figure out; a puzzle
(ornithology) Either of two birds of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
An implement for cracking nuts.
pawneerock
pluckerian
prepacking
prepacking
verb
present participle of prepack
purbeckian
racinglike
racinglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of racing.
rackabones
rackabones
noun
(informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse.
racknumber
ransackers
ransackers
noun
plural of ransacker
ransacking
ransacking
noun
The act by which something is ransacked.
verb
present participle of ransack
reckonable
reckonable
adj
Able to be reckoned or computed.
reichsbank
restacking
restacking
noun
The act or result of stacking something again.
verb
present participle of restack
retracking
retracking
verb
present participle of retrack
ribbonback
ribbonback
noun
(often attributive) A decorative chairback made with slender rails of wood.
A chair having this kind of back.
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
sandnecker
sanskritic
sanskritic
Proper noun
Sanskrit
scharwenka
scowbanker
scrimshank
scrimshank
verb
(UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.
sneckdrawn
soundtrack
soundtrack
noun
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
A recording of such music for sale.
Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
verb
To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
sprackness
sprackness
noun
(UK, dialectal) The quality of being sprack, lively, full of energy.
stackering
strackling
strickland
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
trackhound
trancelike
trancelike
adj
Having the characteristics of a trance.
turkomanic
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
uncankered
uncankered
adj
Not cankered.
undercloak
undercloak
noun
(construction) A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.
verb
(construction, transitive) To apply such an underlayer to.