The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
ambedkar
amtracks
amtracks
noun
plural of amtrack
antimark
archmock
armlocks
armlocks
noun
plural of armlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armlock
arsmetik
arumlike
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakerman
baramika
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barmskin
barmskin
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
beamwork
bedmaker
bedmaker
noun
(Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder.
someone who manufactures beds
bickmore
bikkurim
bismarck
bismarck
noun
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
blackarm
blackmur
bookmark
bookmark
noun
(computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
(databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
verb
(computing, transitive) To create a bookmark.
bookroom
bookroom
noun
A room in which books are kept; a library.
bookworm
bookworm
noun
(figurative) An avid book reader.
Any of various insects that infest books.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
boxmaker
boxmaker
noun
A manufacturer of boxes.
brakeman
brakeman
noun
(US, rail transport) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
(mining, historical) A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
(sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
brakemen
brakemen
noun
plural of brakeman
breekums
brinkema
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
canmaker
capmaker
capmaker
noun
A person or company that manufactures caps (the headgear).
carmaker
carmaker
noun
A manufacturer of automobiles.
chilmark
chuckram
chuckram
noun
(British India) A small silver coin (value 1/32 of a rupee) once used in Travancore.
chuckrum
chuckrum
noun
Alternative form of chuckram
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
comakers
comakers
noun
plural of comaker
cookroom
cookroom
noun
(India, historical) A kitchen or room for cookery.
The galley or caboose of a ship.
cormlike
cormlike
adj
Resembling a corm.
crankism
crankman
crankman
noun
A man employed to operate a crank.
crummock
crummock
noun
(Scotland) skirret, a root vegetable
A staff with a crooked head or stem.
cupmaker
cupmaker
noun
someone who makes cups
darkmans
darkmans
noun
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The night.
darkroom
darkroom
noun
(photography) A dark room, where photographs are developed.
A darkened room where sexual activity can take place, especially one in a gay club.
darksome
darksome
adj
(poetic, literary) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
datemark
datemark
noun
A marking that indicates a date.
dekagram
dekagram
noun
Alternative form of decagram
demarked
demarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demark
demimark
diemaker
diemaker
noun
Someone who makes dies (devices for cutting shapes).
dokmarok
drammock
drammock
noun
(Scotland) A simple food made from meal mixed with water.
drumlike
drumlike
adj
Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape
drummock
drummock
noun
Alternative form of drammock
drumskin
drumskin
noun
The skin of a drum.
durkheim
dyemaker
earmarks
earmarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earmark
eckerman
embarked
embarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embark
facemark
fakirism
fakirism
noun
The practices of fakirs.
fanmaker
fanmaker
noun
A manufacturer of fans.
filemark
filemark
noun
(computing) A special value used on computer tape to separate individual files.
finmarks
finnmark
finnmark
Proper noun
A county in Norway.
footmark
footmark
noun
footprint (an impression made by a foot)
foremark
foremilk
foremilk
noun
The first milk drawn from a cow during milking; in humans, the milk secreted initially during breastfeeding, typically low in fat and rich in protein.
formwork
formwork
noun
(construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured
freakdom
freakdom
noun
The state or quality of being freakish, strange, or bizarre.
funmaker
funmaker
noun
A person who does or says funny things; a person who makes people laugh.
gasmaker
germlike
germlike
adj
Having the characteristics of a germ
gimcrack
gimcrack
adj
Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
noun
Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick.
verb
(transitive) To embellish with gimcracks.
(transitive) To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge.
godmaker
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
greekdom
greekism
grosmark
gummaker
gunmaker
gunmaker
noun
One who manufactures guns.
gurmukhi
gurmukhi
Proper noun
An abugida script, or writing system, designed for writing the Punjabi language, and subsequently also adapted to write other lects, such as Braj Bhasha, Hindi, Sanskrit and Sindhi.
hallmark
hallmark
noun
A distinguishing characteristic.
An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
verb
To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
hankamer
haremlik
haremlik
noun
A harem.
hatmaker
hatmaker
noun
Someone who makes hats.
haymaker
haymaker
noun
(agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
(figuratively, by extension) Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action.
(informal, fisticuffs) A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms.
headmark
headmark
noun
A credit (as toward a prize to be awarded) given to a pupil for reaching the head position in an examination conducted with the pupils lined up and each pupil advancing toward the head of the line according to the proportionate number of his or her correct answers.
A headland marking the limit of a field.
The distinction or peculiarity of the head, face, or features used in distinguishing each individual of a given species; personal appearance; facial features.
herkimer
homework
homework
noun
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on their own.
(literally, now rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.
(slang, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
hoofmark
hoofmark
noun
The imprint made by a hoof; a hoofprint.
hookworm
hookworm
noun
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
hubmaker
humarock
imbarked
imbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imbark
imparked
imparked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impark
inkerman
inkmaker
inkmaker
noun
A manufacturer of ink.
jerksome
jerksome
adj
Characteristic of a jerk, or obnoxious person.
Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.
jimcrack
jimcrack
adj
Alternative spelling of gimcrack
jumprock
jumprock
noun
Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma
kaliform
kaliform
adj
Characteristic of the tumbleweed Kali.
kamakura
kamarupa
kamerman
kammerer
karamojo
karmouth
kashmiri
kashmirs
kazmirci
kemerovo
kemmerer
kemmerer
Proper noun
A city in Wyoming, USA
kempster
kempster
noun
Alternative form of kembster
keramics
keramics
noun
Dated form of ceramics.
keratoma
keratoma
noun
A horn-like tumour.
keratome
keratome
noun
A surgical instrument for dividing the cornea in cataract operations
keremeos
kermadec
kermanji
kermesic
kermises
kermises
noun
plural of kermis
kersmash
keurboom
keurboom
noun
(South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for its pretty lilac flowers.
khartoum
khartoum
Proper noun
Capital of the Sudan.
kilogram
kilogram
noun
(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
kimberli
kimberly
kimberly
Proper noun
Any of several places in the US named for persons with the surname.
name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
kirigami
kirigami
noun
An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted.
komondor
korimako
korimako
noun
New Zealand bellbird
koromika
koromika
noun
Dated form of koromiko.
koromiko
koromiko
noun
A shrub, Hebe stricta, endemic to New Zealand.
korrigum
korrigum
noun
Damaliscus korrigum korrigum, an antelope of a subspecies of the topi.
korymboi
korymboi
noun
plural of korymbos
korymbos
korymbos
noun
(historical) A jewel-studded globe containing the top hair of the ruler of the Sasanian dynasty of Iran, resting on his crown.