(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.
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
allokurtic
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
anakinetic
anankastic
anankastic
adj
(linguistics) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
(psychology) Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.
antihijack
antiknocks
antiknocks
noun
plural of antiknock
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
attackable
attackable
adj
which may be attacked
autarkical
autarkical
adj
Autarkic.
backbiters
backbiters
noun
plural of backbiter
backbiting
backbiting
adj
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backbitten
backbitten
verb
past participle of backbite
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backlotter
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.
backstitch
backstitch
noun
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.
verb
To sew with a backstitch.
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
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
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.
blacklight
blacklight
noun
Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)
blacklists
blacklists
noun
plural of blacklist
blackpatch
blackplate
blackprint
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.
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blackstick
blackstock
blackstone
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.
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bootblacks
bootblacks
noun
plural of bootblack
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
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
brickcroft
broomstick
broomstick
noun
(slang, rare) A gun.
A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
verb
(intransitive) To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.
buckatunna
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
bucktooths
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bullockite
burckhardt
butterback
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
candystick
cankerfret
cankerroot
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
caretakers
caretakers
noun
plural of caretaker
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casketlike
castlelike
castlelike
adj
Resembling a castle
catskinner
catskinner
noun
(slang, US) One who drives (or operates) a tracked vehicle.
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
cementwork
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
checkerist
checkerist
noun
One who plays the game of checkers.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checklists
checklists
noun
plural of checklist
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checklist
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstone
checkstrap
chickstone
chikamatsu
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
christlike
christlike
Adjective
Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
clarkeites
clatskanie
clerkliest
clerkliest
adj
superlative form of clerkly: most clerkly
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
clocksmith
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
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.
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockleboat
cockleboat
noun
Alternative form of cockboat
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
cocktailed
cocktailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocktail
coldturkey
contoocook
copartaker
copartaker
noun
One who partakes in something with others.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
cottonwick
cottonwick
noun
A grunt (fish) of the species Haemulon melanurum
crackliest
crackliest
adj
superlative form of crackly: most crackly
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.
cratemaker
cratemaker
noun
A manufacturer of crates.
craterlike
craterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crater.
creekstuff
cricketers
cricketers
noun
plural of cricketer
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
crinkliest
crinkliest
adj
superlative form of crinkly: most crinkly
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookesite
crookesite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, selenium, silver, and thallium.
crosstrack
crosstrack
noun
(speedskating) An instance of crosstracking.
verb
(speedskating) To impede another speedskater by crossing over their projected track and cutting them off.
crutchlike
crutchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crutch.
cuckoomate
cuckoopint
cuckoopint
noun
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
diakinetic
diakinetic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
dokimastic
dokimastic
adj
Alternative form of docimastic
drillstock
drillstock
noun
The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
ektachrome
enrockment
enrockment
noun
A layer of stones and rocks laying on the bottom of a sea or lake that provides the base for a pier or breakwater.
fackeltanz
fackeltanz
noun
(music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations