Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
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.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backyards
backyards
noun
plural of backyard
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
bankcards
bankcards
noun
plural of bankcard
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
bespecked
blackcods
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
bloodsuck
boondocks
boondocks
noun
plural of boondock
cardshark
cardshark
noun
(chiefly US) A cardsharp.
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
cassocked
cassocked
adj
Dressed in a cassock.
Dressed in many cassocks
chadwicks
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
codebooks
codebooks
noun
plural of codebook
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corkwoods
corkwoods
noun
plural of corkwood
crankdisk
creekside
creekside
adj
Beside a creek.
noun
The land forming the side of a creek.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
detickers
dickenses
dickenson
dickerson
dickinson
dickinson
Proper noun
a city in North Dakota, USA
dicksonia
diestocks
diestocks
noun
plural of diestock
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
dockhouse
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
docksides
docksides
noun
plural of dockside
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
dominicks
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
draffsack
drammocks
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
droschken
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckeries
duckeries
noun
plural of duckery
duckhouse
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
duckstone
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
duckweeds
duckweeds
noun
plural of duckweed
dudelsack
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
feedstock
feedstock
noun
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
foredecks
foredecks
noun
plural of foredeck
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
hardbacks
hardbacks
noun
plural of hardback
hardhacks
hardhacks
noun
plural of hardhack
hardtacks
hardtacks
noun
plural of hardtack
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
headstick
headstick
noun
(printing, historical) A straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.
A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
headstock
headstock
noun
(mining) A headframe.
(rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
A beam that supports a bell.
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
hendricks
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
iceskated
iceskated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of iceskate
kendricks
kickstand
kickstand
noun
A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
kinesodic
kinesodic
adj
(physiology) Conveying motion; applied especially to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying both voluntary and reflex motor impulses while not being responsive to them.
klendusic
klendusic
adj
(botany) resistant to infection
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
miscooked
miscooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miscook
mispacked
mispacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispack
mosaicked
mosaicked
adj
(photography) Formed from a "mosaic" of images.
Composed of a mosaic.
mudsucker
mudsucker
noun
A kind of goby.
neckbands
neckbands
noun
plural of neckband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neckband
overdecks
overdecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdeck
physicked
physicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of physic
pickadils
pickadils
noun
plural of pickadil
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
quickside
ransacked
ransacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ransack
redbricks
redbricks
noun
plural of redbrick
reedbucks
reedbucks
noun
plural of reedbuck
restacked
restacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restack
restocked
restocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restock
rickstand
rickstand
noun
A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
rockholds
rockslide
rockslide
noun
(geology) A type of landslide characterized by falling rocks.
rockwards
rockweeds
rockweeds
noun
plural of rockweed
schickard
sedgewick
sedgewick
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
seedcakes
seedcakes
noun
plural of seedcake
shackland
shackland
noun
(South Africa) An unofficial urban settlement composed of shacks.
shaddocks
shaddocks
noun
plural of shaddock
shelducks
shelducks
noun
plural of shelduck
shickered
shickered
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Drunk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shicker
shockhead
shockhead
noun
A head of long, unkempt, rough hair.
A person having hair of this kind.
shredcock
shylocked
shylocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shylock
sicklepod
sicklepod
noun
Senna obtusifolia, a legume used in folk medicine.
sidecheck
sidekicks
sidekicks
noun
plural of sidekick
sidestick
sidestick
noun
(aviation) A control joystick located beside the seat of the pilot.
sidetrack
sidetrack
noun
(mining) A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.
(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.
(sometimes) Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track.
An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.
verb
(intransitive) To deviate briefly from the topic at hand.
(rail transport) To divert (a locomotive or train) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass.
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action with an alternate or less relevant topic or activity; or, to use deliberate trickery or sly wordplay when talking to (a person) in order to avoid discussion of a subject.
To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing (something) to a secondary or subordinate position.
sketchpad
sketchpad
noun
Alternative spelling of sketch pad
skyjacked
skyjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyjack
slackened
slackened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of slacken
slickered
slickered
adj
Dressed in a stylish and fancy manner.
Smooth and shiny.
Wearing a slicker (coat)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of slicker
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
snickdraw
snickered
snickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snicker
sowbacked
speckledy
spikedace
stackyard
stackyard
noun
A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
standback
stickseed
stickseed
noun
Lappula squarrosa (bluebur)
The bur marigolds in the genus Bidens
hound's tongue, Cynoglossum officinale
stickweed
stickweed
noun
Any of various unrelated plants that have seeds that stick to clothing
stockaded
stockaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stockade
stockades
stockades
noun
plural of stockade
stockdale
stockland
stockwood
stockwood
Proper noun
A southern district of Bristol, England between Whitchurch, Brislington and Keynsham
stockyard
stockyard
noun
(US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
strickled
strickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of strickle
sumerduck
tickseeds
tickseeds
noun
plural of tickseed
trackside
trackside
adj
Located to the side of a track, especially a racetrack or set of railroad tracks.