(chemistry) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(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.
asterisked
asterisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asterisk
awkwardest
awkwardest
adj
superlative form of awkward: most awkward
backberand
backberend
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
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.
backgeared
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.
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backiebird
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspread
backtender
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwinded
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balladlike
balladlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barebacked
barebacked
adj
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
adv
Synonym of bareback
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
batterdock
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
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
benediktov
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
betuckered
birdieback
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.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
bocklogged
bodkinwise
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookdealer
bookdealer
noun
One who trades in books.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bordermark
bracketted
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bridestake
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
brookeland
brookfield
budennovsk
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
cakewalked
cakewalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cakewalk
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
cedarbrook
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chronodeik
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clarkedale
clarkfield
clarksdale
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockeyedly
cockeyedly
adv
In a cockeyed manner.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockpaddle
cockpaddle
noun
The (male of the) lumpfish
cocktailed
cocktailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocktail
coldturkey
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crookkneed
crooknosed
crooksided
cuckoldize
cuckoldize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cuckold.
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
damnyankee
danknesses
danknesses
noun
plural of dankness
darkhaired
darknesses
darknesses
noun
plural of darkness
plural of darknesse
dawnstreak
deadlocked
deadlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deadlock
dealkalize
dealkylate
dealkylate
verb
(organic chemistry, transitive) To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process.
debarkment
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
dekadarchy
dekadarchy
noun
(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
dekadrachm
dekagramme
dekaliters
dekaliters
noun
plural of dekaliter
dekameters
dekameters
noun
plural of dekameter
dekaparsec
dekaparsec
noun
Alternative form of decaparsec
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
desertlike
desertlike
adj
Resembling a desert
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
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
dickcissel
dickcissel
noun
The American black-throated bunting (Spiza americana).
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
dickeybird
diesinking
diesinking
noun
The process of engraving dies.
dikephobia
diktyonite
diktyonite
noun
(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
diskophile
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
dislikeful
dislikeful
adj
(obsolete) Unpleasant; disagreeable.
distelfink
distelfink
noun
A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
divekeeper
divekeeper
noun
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
diyarbekir
dockmackie
dockmackie
noun
A species of viburnum native to North America, Viburnum acerifolium.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.