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
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
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
bodkinwise
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
bridestake
budennovsk
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
clarksdale
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crooknosed
crooksided
danknesses
danknesses
noun
plural of dankness
darknesses
darknesses
noun
plural of darkness
plural of darknesse
dawnstreak
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
dekaliters
dekaliters
noun
plural of dekaliter
dekameters
dekameters
noun
plural of dekameter
dekaparsec
dekaparsec
noun
Alternative form of decaparsec
desertlike
desertlike
adj
Resembling a desert
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.
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
diesinking
diesinking
noun
The process of engraving dies.
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.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
doodlesack
doodlesack
noun
(archaic or UK dialectal) The bagpipes.
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
dostoevski
dostoevsky
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
drakesboro
drakestone
drawknives
drawknives
noun
plural of drawknife
dreadlocks
dreadlocks
noun
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.
dressmaker
dressmaker
noun
A person who makes tailor-made women's clothes.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
drunkeness
drunkeries
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
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
eskimoized
flyspecked
flyspecked
adj
Covered with flyspecks.
forkedness
forkedness
noun
The state or quality of being forked.
fredericks
gowkedness
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
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
headshaker
hookedness
hookedness
noun
The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
hookedwise
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
iskenderun
islandlike
islandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an island.
kalsomined
kalsomined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kalsomine
kaolinised
kaolinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kaolinise
kedushshah
keeshonden
kenduskeag
kidnappers
kidnappers
noun
plural of kidnapper
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
klendusity
klendusity
noun
(botany) resistance to infection
klendusive
knapsacked
knapsacked
adj
Wearing a knapsack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knapsack
knowledges
knowledges
noun
plural of knowledg
plural of knowledge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knowledge
kyphosidae
laserdisks
linkedness
linkedness
noun
Quality of being linked.
markedness
markedness
noun
(linguistics) The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
medrinacks
medusalike
medusalike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the mythical Medusa.
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
mudskipper
mudskipper
noun
Any of various gobies of the subfamily Oxudercinae that are able to survive out of water by breathing through their skins and having strong pectoral fins that act as simple legs.
nickelised
nickelised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickelise
nonskilled
nonskilled
adj
Not skilled.
numskulled
numskulled
adj
Alternative form of numbskulled
obeliskoid
obeliskoid
Adjective
Resembling an obelisk.
oilskinned
oilskinned
adj
Wearing an oilskin.
outskipped
outskipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outskip
overdrinks
overdrinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdrink
oversoaked
oversoaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oversoak
overtasked
overtasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overtask
packsaddle
packsaddle
noun
A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal.
paderewski
peakedness
peakedness
noun
(chiefly in combination) The condition of having a (specified form of) peak
(statistics) kurtosis (archaic).
pickedness
pickedness
noun
(obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
(obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
pigsticked
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
predislike
proskomide
radishlike
radishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a radish.
sackdoudle
sadalmelik
saddleback
saddleback
adj
saddle-backed
noun
(New Zealand) The bird Philesturnus carunculatis.
(UK) The great black-backed gull.
(architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
(geology) An anticline.
A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
A raccoon oyster.
A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
A variety of domestic goose.
Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
The larva of the bombycid moth.
verb
(slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly by Christian teenagers)
saddlelike
saddlelike
adj
Resembling a saddle.
saddlesick
sandnecker
scaledrake
scaledrake
noun
(Shetland, obsolete) sheldrake
semibalked
shackledom
shackledom
noun
The condition of being imprisoned or restrained.
shadowlike
shadowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.
shakedowns
shakedowns
noun
plural of shakedown
sheikhdoms
sheikhdoms
noun
plural of sheikhdom
sheldrakes
sheldrakes
noun
plural of sheldrake
shellacked
shellacked
adj
Coated in shellac.
shieldlike
shieldlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shield.
shoddylike
shrinkhead
shroudlike
shroudlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
sickleweed
sickleweed
noun
An herb of the carrot family, Falcaria vulgaris.
sidekicker
sidekicker
noun
(informal) A sidekick.
sidestroke
sidestroke
noun
A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
sidetracks
sidetracks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sidetrack
skateboard
skateboard
noun
(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
verb
(intransitive) To use a skateboard.
skedaddled
skedaddled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skedaddle