(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
chapbook
chapbook
noun
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
verb
To hunt humpback whales.
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hyperbrachyskelic
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
pinchback
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
puckerbush
sheepback
sheepback
noun
(geography, glaciology) A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
sheepbacks
sheepbacks
noun
plural of sheepback
splashback
splashback
noun
(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
(uncountable, countable) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
