(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
ambedkar
anticked
anticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antic
antiduke
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
attacked
attacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attack
awakened
awakened
adj
Aroused or activated.
Having been woken up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of awaken
backbend
backbend
noun
(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
verb
To perform such a move.
backdate
backdate
noun
An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.
verb
To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
backened
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
baedeker
baedeker
Proper noun
A long-established series of travel guidebooks.
Noun
Any travel guide, advice for travelers, or guide pertaining to other subjects.
bakehead
bakehead
noun
(rail transport, informal) A fireman (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler on a railroad locomotive).
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bankhead
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
bankweed
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
barkened
barkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barken
baudekin
beadlike
beadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beakhead
beakhead
noun
(archaeology) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
(nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
beckford
beckoned
beckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
bedarken
bedarken
verb
To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
bedecked
bedecked
adj
Covered; encrusted; arrayed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedeck
bedmaker
bedmaker
noun
(Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder.
someone who manufactures beds
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
bekissed
bekissed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bekiss
beknived
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
benedikt
besmoked
besmoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmoke
betusked
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
bidarkee
bidarkee
noun
Archaic form of bidarka.
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
bikinied
bikinied
adj
Wearing a bikini.
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.
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.
bookends
bookends
noun
(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
plural of bookend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend
boydekyn
brickred
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
brokered
brokered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broker
bruckled
bucketed
bucketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bucket
buckeyed
buckhead
budbreak
budbreak
noun
(botany) The emergence of a bud, especially on a vine
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.
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
cankered
cankered
adj
(figuratively) Corrupted; morally corrupt
(figuratively) bad-tempered
Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part
Ulcerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canker
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
casketed
casketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casket
cedarkey
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chedlock
chokered
chokered
adj
Wearing a choker.
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
ciderkin
ciderkin
noun
(historical, possibly dialectal) A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
clodlike
cockaded
cockaded
adj
Wearing a cockade.
cockades
cockades
noun
plural of cockade
cockered
cockered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocker
cocketed
cockeyed
cockeyed
adj
(informal) Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people.
Crooked or askew.
Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed.
cockhead
cockhead
noun
(engineering) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
(vulgar, slang) The glans penis.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Dickhead, a term of abuse.
cockweed
cockweed
noun
(slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.
(uncountable) peppergrass
codebook
codebook
noun
(computer science) A lookup table.
(cryptography) A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in a code.
cokedale
cokewold
convoked
convoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convoke
copydesk
copydesk
noun
Alternative form of copy desk
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
creddock
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
cuckooed
cuckooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckoo
dackered
daftlike
daftlike
adj
(UK, regional) daft; foolish
daikered
daikered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daiker
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
damasked
damasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of damask
dankness
dankness
noun
The state or quality of being dank.
darkened
darkened
adj
Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of darken
darkener
darkener
noun
One who or that which darkens.
darklier
darklier
adv
(literary, dated) comparative form of darkly: more darkly
darkness
darkness
noun
(countable) The product of being dark.
(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.
(uncountable) Hell.
(uncountable) Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
(uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
(uncountable) Secrecy; concealment.
(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
darksome
darksome
adj
(poetic, literary) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
dartlike
dartlike
adj
Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt
datebook
datebook
noun
A book in which appointments are kept, each listed beside the day when it occurs.
datemark
datemark
noun
A marking that indicates a date.
dawnlike
dawnlike
adj
Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
dayakker
daybreak
daybreak
noun
Dawn.
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.
deadwork
deadwork
noun
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
debarked
debarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debark
debeaker
debunked
debunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debunk
debunker
debunker
noun
Someone who debunks.
deckhand
deckhand
noun
(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
(theater) A stagehand.
verb
(intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
deckhead
deckhead
noun
(nautical) The underside of a deck (equivalent to a ceiling).
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
deckload
deckload
noun
An amount of cargo carried on the deck of a ship.
deckpipe
dedekind
deerkill
deerlike
deerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a deer.
deerskin
deerskin
noun
(countable) An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.
(countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.
(uncountable) Leather made from deer hide.
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
dekagram
dekagram
noun
Alternative form of decagram
dekapode
deknight
demarked
demarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demark
demihake
demiking
demimark
demimonk
demipike
demotika
denbrook
denizlik
depickle
derbukka
derricks
derricks
noun
plural of derrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derrick
desklike
desklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a desk.
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
deticked
deticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detick
deticker
devaloka
devaloka
noun
In Indian religions, a plane of existence where gods and devas exist.
devilkin
devilkin
noun
A little devil.
dhekelia
diarbekr
dickered
dickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dicker
dickiest
dickiest
adj
superlative form of dicky: most dicky
diebacks
diebacks
noun
plural of dieback
diemaker
diemaker
noun
Someone who makes dies (devices for cutting shapes).
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
dikerion
dikeside
dikeside
adj
Beside a dike.
noun
The area beside a dike.
diketene
diketene
noun
(organic chemistry) The acetyl ketene CH₃CO-CH=C=O
diketone
diketone
noun
(chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups