(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
backlighted
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
chalkcutter
chalkotheke
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
cheapskates
cheapskates
noun
plural of cheapskate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
cheektowaga
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
deutschmark
duckhearted
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
hackmatacks
hackmatacks
noun
plural of hackmatack
hatchetback
hatchetlike
hatchetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hatchet.
hecctkaerre
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
karakatchan
katamorphic
kinaestheic
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
krishnaitic
landsknecht
leatherback
leatherback
noun
A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
matchmakers
matchmakers
noun
plural of matchmaker
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
matchmarked
matchsticks
matchsticks
noun
plural of matchstick
nunapitchuk
packthreads
packthreads
noun
plural of packthread
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pickthankly
ratchetlike
ratchetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ratchet.
rheumaticky
rheumaticky
adj
(colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism.
rockhampton
rockhampton
Proper noun
A village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Proper noun
A regional city of Queensland, Australia.
rockhearted
sackclothed
sackclothed
adj
Dressed in sackcloth.
saltchucker
saltchucker
noun
(Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater.
scratchback
scratchback
noun
(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
scratchlike
scratchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scratch.
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
shattuckite
shattuckite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper silicate hydroxide mineral.
sickhearted
stackhousia
starchmaker
starchworks
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
stockfather
stockhausen
switchbacks
switchbacks
noun
plural of switchback
tchaikovsky
tchaikovsky
Proper noun
definition usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
teacherlike
teacherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a teacher.
thackerayan
thackerayan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.
thickheaded
thickheaded
adj
(informal) stupid, obtuse or dumb.
thickleaves
thumbtacked
thumbtacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thumbtack
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
thwackstave
tunkhannock
tunkhannock
Proper noun
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.