(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
birdyback
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackeyes
blackeyes
noun
plural of blackeye
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckberry
buckberry
noun
The deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
The huckleberry, Gaylussacia ursina, found in the Southern United States.
The silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
bullyrock
candylike
candylike
adj
Resembling candy, especially in flavor or appearance
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carnovsky
cattleyak
chalukyan
chayefsky
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
claybanks
claybanks
noun
plural of claybank
cloakedly
cloakedly
adv
In a concealed manner; with secrecy.
clydebank
clydebank
Proper noun
a town on the north side of the River in council area, Scotland
clyfaking
clyfaking
noun
(slang, obsolete) Pickpocketing.
cockamamy
cockamamy
adj
foolish, silly
trifling
cockishly
cockneity
cockneyfy
cockneyfy
verb
(transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
cockyolly
commiskey
cookishly
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
crookedly
crookedly
adv
In a crooked manner.
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
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.
culverkey
culverkey
noun
(obsolete) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).
cuttyhunk
cuttyhunk
noun
(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.
cycadlike
cycadlike
adj
Having the characteristics of a cycad.
cytokinin
cytokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division
dialkylic
dickybird
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
fancysick
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
feckfully
feckfully
adv
In a feckful manner.
finickily
finickily
adv
In a finicky way.
fishyback
flyspecks
flyspecks
noun
plural of flyspeck
francklyn
frankclay
frolickly
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gimmickry
gimmickry
noun
Gimmicks collectively.
The use of gimmicks.
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
gunnysack
gunnysack
noun
Alternative spelling of gunny sack
hackberry
hackberry
noun
(uncountable) The wood of these plants.
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
Prunus padus, a species of cherry tree, of Eurasia, or its berry.
hackeymal
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
hackneyer
hackneyer
noun
One who hackneys (makes uninteresting or trite by frequent use).
haystacks
haystacks
noun
plural of haystack
heavyback
hockmoney
hollyhock
hollyhock
noun
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
jackstays
jackstays
noun
plural of jackstay
jockeydom
jockeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of jockeys (riders of racehorses).
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
joysticks
joysticks
noun
plural of joystick
kanamycin
kanamycin
noun
(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
karyocyte
karyocyte
noun
(cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus
katalytic
katalytic
adj
Alternative form of catalytic
kerectomy
kerectomy
noun
Synonym of keratectomy
kerystics
ketolytic
ketolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That causes the decomposition of ketones
kilocycle
kilocycle
noun
(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.
A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
kirkcaldy
kirkcaldy
Proper noun
a town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (as it was called then) between 1975 and 1996.
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
knackaway
knaydlach
knockaway
kritarchy
kritarchy
noun
Rule by judges.
kynurenic
kynurenic
adj
Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
laceybark
lackeydom
lackeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of lackeys.
lackeying
lackeying
verb
present participle of lackey
lackeyism
lackeyism
noun
Fawning servility.
ladyclock
ladyclock
noun
(Scotland, dialect, dated) A ladybird.
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
leukocyte
leukocyte
noun
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.
lickpenny
lickpenny
adj
(obsolete) Expensive.
noun
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lyricking
mackenboy
mackinboy
mccluskey
mockfully
mockfully
adv
(obsolete) mockingly
mockingly
mockingly
adv
Said, written, or done with the intent to mock, or ridicule; with mocking effect.
mossyback
mossyback
noun
(fishing, obsolete) A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
(informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
(informal, historical, obsolete) Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”)
(obsolete) The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.
mossyrock
nonchalky
nonchalky
adj
Not chalky.
nonsticky
nonsticky
adj
Not sticky.
outjockey
outjockey
verb
(transitive) To outdo; to outvie.
paddywack
paddywack
noun
Alternative form of paddywhack
paychecks
paychecks
noun
plural of paycheck
peacockly
peckishly
peckishly
adv
In a peckish manner.
physicked
physicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of physic
physicker
physicker
noun
(dated, colloquial or dialect) A physician; a doctor.
pickpenny
pickpenny
noun
A sharper
piggyback
piggyback
adj
Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
On somebody's back or shoulders.
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
noun
(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
An act or instance of piggybacking.
verb
(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
(transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
(transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
(transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
(transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
(transitive, intransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
pinckneya
playbacks
playbacks
noun
plural of playback
pockmanky
pohickory
pohickory
noun
A kind of hickory nut milk prepared by Native Americans in New England and used as a beverage.
poppycock
poppycock
noun
(colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.
puckishly
puckishly
adv
mischievously; playfully
rackingly
rackingly
adv
So as to cause suffering.
ricketily
ricketily
adv
In a rickety manner.
rockabyes
rockabyes
noun
plural of rockabye
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rockabye
rockaways
rockaways
noun
plural of rockaway
rockberry
rockingly
rockingly
adv
With a rocking sound or motion.
rustyback
rustyback
noun
Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum), a fern with orange-brown trichomes.
sciaticky
sciaticky
noun
(regional, colloquial) sciatica
sewickley
shammocky
shylocked
shylocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shylock
sickishly
sickishly
adv
In a sickish manner.
sicklying
sicklying
verb
present participle of sickly
sketchily
sketchily
adv
In a sketchy manner.
skiamachy
skiascopy
skiascopy
noun
retinoscopy
skyjacked
skyjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyjack
skyjacker
skyjacker
noun
A person who commits skyjacking, who skyjacks.
skyrocket
skyrocket
noun
(UK, Australia, rhyming slang) pocket.
(by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.
A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
(transitive) To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.
The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.
skyscrape
slammocky
slommacky
slummocky
speckledy
stackyard
stackyard
noun
A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
stockyard
stockyard
noun
(US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.