(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
andreyevka
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
backberand
backberend
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backtender
backwinded
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
bedticking
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
benediktov
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
bodkinwise
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
brookeland
budennovsk
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankerbird
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankerweed
chronodeik
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
crookkneed
crooknosed
damnyankee
danknesses
danknesses
noun
plural of dankness
darknesses
darknesses
noun
plural of darkness
plural of darknesse
dawnstreak
debarkment
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
derrickman
derrickman
noun
A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
derrickmen
derrickmen
noun
plural of derrickman
dezincking
diakineses
diakineses
noun
plural of diakinesis
diakinesis
diakinesis
noun
(cytology) the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosomes shorten in preparation for metaphase.
diakinetic
diakinetic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis
dickensian
dickensian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or, especially, his writings.
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty and social injustice and other aspects of Victorian England.
Noun
A person who studies or admires the works of
diesinking
diesinking
noun
The process of engraving dies.
diktyonite
diktyonite
noun
(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
donkeywork
donkeywork
noun
Alternative form of donkey work
downlinked
downlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downlink
downlooked
downlooked
adj
(obsolete) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
downlooker
downlooker
noun
(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.
Any of various snipe flies of the genus Rhagio.
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drakestone
drawknives
drawknives
noun
plural of drawknife
dreikanter
dreikanter
noun
(petrology) A type of pebble that has three curved faces formed by wind-blown sand.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
drunkeness
drunkeries
dukkeripen
dunderfunk
dunderfunk
noun
(obsolete, nautical) ship's biscuit broken up, mixed with molasses etc. and baked
dyskinesia
dyskinesia
noun
(countable) A disorder involving such state.
(uncountable) A state of involuntary muscle movements, like tics and torticollis, and reduced voluntary muscle movements.
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
dzerzhinsk
edgemaking
edgemaking
noun
The manufacture of the edges of shoes.
enkindling
enkindling
verb
present participle of enkindle
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
flanderkin
flunkeydom
flunkeydom
noun
The state of a being a flunkey
forkedness
forkedness
noun
The state or quality of being forked.
friendlike
friendlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a friend.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
gekkonidae
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldenknop
gowkedness
handbanker
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handshakes
handshakes
noun
plural of handshake
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
heraklidan
hoodwinked
hoodwinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hookedness
hookedness
noun
The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
interdrink
interdrink
adj
Between drinks.
ironworked
iskenderun
islandlike
islandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an island.
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jerkinhead
jerkinhead
noun
(architecture) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
junkdealer
kalsomined
kalsomined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kalsomine
kaolinised
kaolinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kaolinise
kaolinized
kaolinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kaolinize
keeshonden
kenduskeag
kennerdell
keratinoid
keratinoid
adj
Resembling, or composed of keratin
ketonimide
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
kidneylike
kidneylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a kidney.
kidneyroot
kidneywort
kidneywort
noun
hepatica (Hepatica spp.)
navelwort
kincardine
kincardine
Proper noun
a town on the River in council area, Scotland
the former county town of Scotland, abandoned in the Middle Ages.
a hamlet near council area, Scotland
a municipality and community in Ontario, Canada.
kinderhook
kindlesome
kindlessly
kindliness
kindliness
noun
(archaic) Favourableness; mildness.
(obsolete) Naturalness.
The state of feeling kindly towards someone or something, or the actions inspired thereby.
kindnesses
kindnesses
noun
plural of kindness
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
kirkinhead
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kittenhood
kittenhood
noun
The state or time of being a kitten.
klendusity
klendusity
noun
(botany) resistance to infection
klendusive
knackebrod
knapsacked
knapsacked
adj
Wearing a knapsack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knapsack
kneadingly
kneadingly
adv
(rare) In the manner of one who is kneading.
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
knightdale
knighthead
knighthead
noun
A bollard or bitt.
A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
knowledged
knowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knowledge
knowledges
knowledges
noun
plural of knowledg
plural of knowledge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knowledge
korntonder
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
lakelander
landlocked
landlocked
adj
(US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
(of a country, geographical region, etc.) Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).