The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
bacchuslike
bareknuckle
bauckiebird
blacktongue
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bucklandite
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bunchbacked
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
chalkcutter
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countertack
demibuckram
deutschmark
duckhearted
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
jackqueline
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
kentuckians
keratoconus
keratoconus
noun
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
leskeaceous
leucoplakia
leucoplakia
noun
Alternative form of leukoplakia
leukoplakic
leukoplakic
adj
Relating to leukoplakia.
lukaszewicz
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
multipacket
multipacket
adj
Composed of multiple packets
muschelkalk
nutcrackers
nutcrackers
noun
plural of nutcracker
nutcrackery
packbuilder
pfannkuchen
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
quackenbush
quacksalver
quacksalver
noun
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quarterback
quarterback
noun
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
(American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
(rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
verb
(American football) To play the position of quarterback.
(by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
quarterdeck
quarterdeck
noun
(nautical) The aft part of the upper deck of a ship; normally reserved for officers
quickenance
quickenance
noun
quickening
quickenbeam
rheumaticky
rheumaticky
adj
(colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism.
saarbrucken
saltchucker
saltchucker
noun
(Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater.
saucemaking
saucemaking
noun
(cooking) The making of sauces.
sharksucker
sharksucker
noun
The remora or suckerfish.
shattuckite
shattuckite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper silicate hydroxide mineral.
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
stockhausen
subtacksmen
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
supplejacks
supplejacks
noun
plural of supplejack
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
thumbtacked
thumbtacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thumbtack
trucemaking
truckmaster
truckmaster
noun
(historical) The manager of a colonially-sanctioned store that traded goods with the Native Americans.
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
unactorlike
unactorlike
adj
Not actorlike.
unblackened
unblackened
adj
Not blackened.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
unbracketed
unbracketed
adj
Not bracketed.
unbuckramed
unbuckramed
adj
(archaic) Not stiffened with buckram; not stiff.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
uncloakable
uncloakable
adj
Not cloakable.
underjacket
unhackneyed
unhackneyed
adj
Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.
Unpractised, inexperienced.
unnicknamed
unnicknamed
adj
Not given a nickname.
unpadlocked
unpadlocked
adj
Not secured by a padlock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpadlock
unransacked
unransacked
adj
Not having been ransacked.
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
unskeptical
unskeptical
adj
Not skeptical; having an open mind.
unslackened
unslackened
adj
Not slackened.
untrickable
untrickable
adj
That cannot be tricked.
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.