(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
bankrolling
bankrolling
verb
present participle of bankroll
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkleigh
barkpeeling
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
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.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackleggery
blackrag
blacksburg
blakesburg
blockaderunning
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
chalkography
chikmagalur
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clerkage
clerkage
noun
The work of a clerk.
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drygalski
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
ereshkigal
flagmaker
flagmaker
noun
One who manufactures flags.
fliegerabwehrkanone
folkvangr
foretalking
frankalmoign
frankalmoign
noun
(UK, historical) A form of land tenure in return for religious duty or service.
frankalmoigne
frankalmoigne
noun
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gallerylike
gallerylike
adj
Resembling a gallery, especially an art gallery
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garfinkel
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
garnetlike
gavelkinder
gavelkinder
noun
One who inherits through gavelkind.
gerlachovka
girdlecake
gladbrook
glassmaker
glassmaker
noun
A person or company that makes glass or glass items.
glassmakers
glassmakers
noun
plural of glassmaker
glasswork
glasswork
noun
glassware
the manufacturing of glass or glassware
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
glassworks
glassworks
noun
A factory that produces glass or items made from glass, such as glassware
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
gluemaker
gluemaker
noun
A manufacturer of glue.
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalkeepers
goalkeepers
noun
plural of goalkeeper
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
golkakra
golkakra
noun
(India) Synonym of gac (“Momordica cochinchinensis”).
gorillalike
gorillalike
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
gorkhali
gorlovka
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grackle
grackle
noun
(formerly) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
grackles
grackles
noun
plural of grackle
grakle
grakle
noun
Archaic form of grackle.
granitelike
granitelike
adj
Resembling granite.
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapestalk
grasslike
grasslike
adj
That has the characteristics of grass.
gratelike
gravelike
gravelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grave (burial place).
graymalkin
graymalkin
noun
Alternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”)
grayslake
greenbackville
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
grimalkin
grimalkin
noun
(archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.
A cat, especially an elderly female.
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gurkhali
hackleburg
hallmarking
hallmarking
noun
The action of making a hallmark
verb
present participle of hallmark
hankeringly
hankeringly
adv
In a hankering manner.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
interlinkage
interlinkage
noun
linkage together
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jackrolling
jackrolling
noun
(South Africa) gang rape of women by men
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
kalagher
kalgoorlie
kalgoorlie
Proper noun
A city in Western Australia.
kaliningrad
kalogeros
kangaroolike
kangaroolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a kangaroo.
karling
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
karyological
karyological
adj
karyologic
karyologically
karyologically
adv
By means of, or with reference to, karyology
karyologies
karyologies
noun
plural of karyology
karyology
karyology
noun
(biology, medicine) The characteristics of a particular cellular nucleus or group of nuclei, or of the chromosomes therein.
(biology, medicine) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
keeldrag
keratalgia
keratalgia
noun
Pain of the cornea
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
keylargo
kilograin
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
kilogramme
kilogramme
noun
(UK) Dated spelling of kilogram.
kilogrammetre
kilogrammetre
noun
Alternative spelling of kilogram-meter
kilograms
kilograms
noun
plural of kilogram
kilometrage
kilometrage
noun
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per kilometre.
The number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
The total distance travelled, in kilometres.
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
klagenfurt
klangfarbe
klausenburg
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
koleroga
koleroga
noun
A disease of palm trees such as areca palms and of many other commercially important plants caused by the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora.
Diseases of coffee, citrus, and persimmon caused by the fungus Ceratobasidium noxium