The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
awkwardnesses
awkwardnesses
noun
plural of awkwardness
backberand
backberend
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backtender
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
baedekerian
bandaranaike
bandkeramik
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankrider
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bareknuckled
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
barkened
barkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barken
bedarken
bedarken
verb
To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
bepranked
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
birkeniidae
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blockaderunning
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
brackened
brackenridge
bradykinesia
bradykinesia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of movement.
bradykinesis
bradykinesis
noun
Alternative form of bradykinesia
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
bradyteleokinesis
brakehand
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
brideknot
bridgemaking
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brookeland
brooklandville
brooktondale
buddenbrooks
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
candlemaker
candlemaker
noun
Someone who makes candles; chandler.
candlestickward
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankerbird
cankered
cankered
adj
(figuratively) Corrupted; morally corrupt
(figuratively) bad-tempered
Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part
Ulcerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canker
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankeredness
cankeredness
noun
The state or quality of being cankered.
cankerweed
cardiokinetic
cardiokinetic
adj
That excites or stimulates the heart.
noun
A drug that stimulates the heart.
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
chickenbreasted
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chronodeik
ciderkin
ciderkin
noun
(historical, possibly dialectal) A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
clodknocker
clodknocker
noun
Synonym of clodhopper
cockneybred
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterdike
crackbrained
crackbrained
adj
Idiotic.
crackbrainedness
crackbrainedness
noun
The quality of being crackbrained; idiocy.
crackedness
crackedness
noun
The state or quality of being cracked.
crackpottedness
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
cranked
cranked
adj
Formed with, or having, a bend or crank.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crank
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
crookedness
crookedness
noun
The state of being crooked
crookednesses
crookednesses
noun
plural of crookedness
crookfingered
crookkneed
crooknecked
crooknosed
crooksterned
cylinderlike
cylinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cylinder.
dackering
daikering
daikering
verb
present participle of daiker
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
damkjernite
danker
danker
adj
comparative form of dank: more dank
dansker
darken
darken
verb
(impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
(intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
(intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
(intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
(intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
(transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
(transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
(transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
(transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
(transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
darkened
darkened
adj
Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of darken
darkener
darkener
noun
One who or that which darkens.
darkeners
darkeners
noun
plural of darkener
darkening
darkening
noun
The act of something becoming darker.
verb
present participle of darken
darkens
darkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of darken
darkheartedness
darkishness
darkishness
noun
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
darkness
darkness
noun
(countable) The product of being dark.
(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.
(uncountable) Hell.
(uncountable) Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
(uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
(uncountable) Secrecy; concealment.
(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
darknesses
darknesses
noun
plural of darkness
plural of darknesse
darksomeness
darksomeness
noun
The quality of being darksome.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dawnstreak
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
debarkment
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
debunkers
debunkers
noun
plural of debunker
deerskin
deerskin
noun
(countable) An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.
(countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.
(uncountable) Leather made from deer hide.
deerskins
deerskins
noun
plural of deerskin
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.