(organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
alkedavy
alkoxide
alkoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
auckland
auckland
Proper noun
The largest conurbation in New Zealand.
backfold
backland
backland
noun
Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
baldakin
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
beadlike
beadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
birdlike
birdlike
adj
Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
blackcod
blankard
blinkard
blinkard
noun
(obsolete) One with bad eyes.
A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.
blockade
blockade
noun
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
(chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
verb
(transitive) To create a blockade against.
bondfolk
bookfold
bookland
bookland
noun
(Anglo-Saxon) In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and/or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
bruckled
buckland
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bunkload
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chedlock
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
clodlike
cokedale
cokewold
coldcock
coldcock
verb
(slang) To strike someone so forcefully that they are rendered unconscious.
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
crackled
crackled
adj
(pottery) Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crackle
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
daktylon
daktylos
darklier
darklier
adv
(literary, dated) comparative form of darkly: more darkly
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
dartlike
dartlike
adj
Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt
dawnlike
dawnlike
adj
Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
deadlock
deadlock
noun
(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
verb
(intransitive) To cause or come to a deadlock.
deckload
deckload
noun
An amount of cargo carried on the deck of a ship.
deerkill
deerlike
deerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a deer.
denizlik
depickle
desklike
desklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a desk.
devaloka
devaloka
noun
In Indian religions, a plane of existence where gods and devas exist.
devilkin
devilkin
noun
A little devil.
dhekelia
dikamali
dikamali
noun
The shrub Gardenia resinifera.
disalike
disclike
disclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disc.
discloak
discloak
verb
(obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
dishlike
dishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dish.
diskless
diskless
adj
(computing) Without the use of floppy disks.
disklike
disklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disk.
disliked
disliked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dislike
disliken
disliken
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make unlike; to disguise.
disliker
disliker
noun
One who dislikes.
dislikes
dislikes
noun
plural of dislike
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislike
dockland
dockland
noun
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
domelike
domelike
adj
Resembling a dome.
doomlike
doomlike
adj
Suggesting doom.
doorlike
doorlike
adj
Resembling a door.
dovelike
dovelike
adj
(figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.
Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
adv
(archaic) As much so as those of a dove
In a manner similar to a dove
downlike
downlike
adj
Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
downlink
downlink
noun
(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
verb
To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
drakefly
drakelet
drawlink
drawlink
noun
(rail transport) drawbar
driskill
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
drumlike
drumlike
adj
Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
duckwalk
duckwalk
noun
Alternative spelling of duck walk
verb
(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
(intransitive) To walk while squatting.
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dunelike
dunelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dune.
dunkling
durukuli
durukuli
noun
Alternative form of douroucouli
dustlike
dustlike
adj
Resembling dust.
earlduck
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkmound
enkindle
enkindle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
enlinked
enlinked
adj
Joined together, linked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enlink
falkland
falkland
Proper noun
the
a village and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
fiskdale
flankard
flapdock
fleadock
fleckled
flockbed
folkland
folkland
noun
(law, historical, UK) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
fondlike
forkedly
forkedly
adv
In a forked shape or pattern.
forkland
freckled
freckled
adj
Having freckles; covered with freckles.
gladbeck
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
goldlike
goldlike
adj
Similar to it in color.
Similar to it in value.
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
goldwork
goldwork
noun
Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gowkedly
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
handlike
handlike
adj
Resembling a hand.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
headlike
headlike
adj
Having the form of a head or a skull.
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
heraklid
herdlike
herdlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
hoodlike
hoodlike
adj
Resembling a hood.
hookland
hrdlicka
inkindle
inkindle
verb
Alternative form of enkindle
jadelike
jadelike
adj
Resembling jade (the precious stone).
jedlicka
kailyard
kailyard
noun
(Scotland) A kitchen garden.
A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
kaladana
kaladana
noun
Ipomoea nil, an East Indian convolvulaceous plant.
The dried seeds of this plant, used as a purgative or anthelmintic.
kalendae
kalendar
kalendar
noun
Archaic form of calendar.
kaleyard
kaleyard
noun
Alternative form of kailyard
kalidasa
kalidium
kalidium
noun
(botany) A type of algal cystocarp
kallidin
kallidin
noun
(biochemistry) A decapeptide kinin, produced in the kidneys, that causes dilation of renal blood vessels and increased water excretion.
kandelia
kappland
kappland
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of area, equivalent to 154.3 m² (1,661 sq ft).