The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
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.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blockaderunning
blockbusted
bloodsuck
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bordiuk
boundbrook
buckboard
buckboard
noun
A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
buddenbrooks
budennovsk
bukidnon
bundocks
bundook
bundook
noun
(slang, UK) A service-issue rifle.
bunkload
bunkoed
bunkoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunko
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
cadouk
cloudcuckooland
cloudcuckooland
noun
Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
cocksuredom
coldturkey
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
crookshouldered
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cuckold
cuckold
noun
(fetishism) A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.
cuckolded
cuckolded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckold
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
cuckoldom
cuckoldom
noun
(archaic) cuckoldry
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cuckoldry
cuckoldry
noun
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
The state of being a cuckold.
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
cuckooed
cuckooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckoo
cuckoomaid
cuckoomaiden
deckedout
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
deskbound
deskbound
adj
(of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
deuterotokous
deuterotokous
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
deuterotoky
deuterotoky
noun
The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis.
dikelocephalus
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
dockhouse
dodunk
dominikus
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
doohinkus
doppelkummel
dorkus
dorkus
noun
(colloquial) A silly or foolish person; a dork.
doruck
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doucker
doucker
noun
diver
goldeneye
grebe
pochard
scaup
scoter
tufted duck
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughmaker
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doukhobor
doukhobor
Noun
A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and the Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals, aiming to internalize the living spirit of God in each individual.
doukhobors
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
doundake
douschka
drouk
droukan
drouked
drouket
drouking
droukit
drouks
drummock
drummock
noun
Alternative form of drammock
drunkensome
drunkensome
adj
Characterised or marked by drunkenness
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
dubenko
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
duckboard
duckboard
noun
A panel of wooden slats typically lain on a concrete floor in a workshop. Compliance of slats arranged in two crossed layers reduces fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duckboat
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duckhood
duckhood
noun
The state or quality of being a duck.
duckhouse
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
duckpond
duckpond
noun
A pond that is populated by ducks.
duckstone
ducktown
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
duikerbok
duikerbok
noun
Alternative form of duykerbok
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
dukedom
dukedom
noun
A region ruled by a duke or duchess; a duchy.
The rank or title of a duke.
dukedoms
dukedoms
noun
plural of dukedom
dukhobor
dukhobors
dukhobortsy
dummkopf
dummkopf
noun
A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
dumpoke
dumpoke
noun
(Anglo-Indian) A dish of boneless stuffed poultry cooked in dough, butter, and spices.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
dunkadoo
dunkadoo
noun
(US, chiefly New Jersey) The American bittern
dunkerton
dunnock
dunnock
noun
A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
elkmound
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkydom
flunkydom
noun
The place or region of flunkies.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
fondouk
fondouk
noun
Alternative spelling of fonduk
fonduk
fonduk
noun
A North African or Arabian inn or hotel.
geoduck
geoduck
noun
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
(countable) a member of the species.
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
(uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
goeduck
gouldbusk
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
groundkeeper
groundkeeper
noun
Alternative form of groundskeeper
groundskeep
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
gudok
gudok
noun
A musical instrument, a chordophone, most often neckless and with three strings, played in the lap and with a bow, of ancient Slavic origin.