(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
hickorywithe
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
weathercocky
weathercocky
adj
Synonym of weathercockish
wickerby
wisecrackery
wisecrackery
noun
wisecracks generally
wrecky
wrecky
adj
Damaged, run-down.
wryneck
wryneck
noun
(medicine, dated) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis.
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
wrynecked
wrynecked
adj
Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.