(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
bohunks
bohunks
noun
plural of bohunk
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bunkhouse
bunkhouse
noun
A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
cherubikon
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
hobucken
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebrokenness
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
unbluestockingish
unbookish
unbookish
adj
Not bookish.
unbookishly
unbookishly
adv
In an unbookish manner.
unbookishness
unbookishness
noun
The quality of being unbookish.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
unneighborlike
unshockability
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).