(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
afrikander
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
akroterial
akroterion
alanbrooke
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
andreyevka
ankaramite
ankaramite
noun
(geology) A specific type of volcanic rock
antimasker
antimasker
noun
(healthcare, politics, neologism) A person who is opposed to the practice of wearing masks.
Alternative form of antimasquer.
antistrike
antistrike
adj
Opposed to a strike (industrial action).
arakawaite
arakawaite
noun
(mineralogy) veszelyite
archipenko
archjockey
archmocker
archworker
arrenotoky
arrenotoky
noun
Alternative form of arrhenotoky
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
arsmetrike
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
asterisked
asterisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asterisk
asteriskos
awkwardest
awkwardest
adj
superlative form of awkward: most awkward
axebreaker
backberand
backberend
backbiters
backbiters
noun
plural of backbiter
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
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
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.
backhooker
backiebird
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlotter
backpacker
backpacker
noun
(music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
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.
backspacer
backspacer
noun
A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.
backspread
backstreet
backstreet
adj
(figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
noun
Alternative spelling of back street
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backtender
backtenter
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
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.
bakerstown
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bannerlike
bannerlike
adj
Resembling a banner
adv
So as to resemble a banner
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.
barkantine
barkcutter
barkeepers
barkeepers
noun
plural of barkeeper
barkentine
barkentine
noun
(sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barkpeeler
barleysick
basketries
basketries
noun
plural of basketry
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
battercake
battercake
noun
A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.
batterdock
beaverkill
beaverlike
beaverlike
adj
Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
beckemeyer
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
beekeepers
beekeepers
noun
plural of beekeeper
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
bekerchief
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
berkshires
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
betuckered
bierkeller
bierkeller
noun
An underground pub where German beer is served.
biometrika
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.
birkremite
bitterbark
bitterbark
noun
Alternative form of bitter bark
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blacketeer
blacketeer
noun
Short for black marketeer.
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blakesburg
blanketeer
blanketers
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg
noun
A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockholer
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
boatkeeper
boatkeeper
noun
(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
boltstrake
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
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.
bookkeeper
bookkeeper
noun
(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
A bookseller
bookmakers
bookmakers
noun
plural of bookmaker
bookmarker
bookmarker
noun
A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
bookseller
bookseller
noun
A business that sells books.
A person engaged in the business of selling books.
bookstores
bookstores
noun
plural of bookstore
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bordermark
boullework
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bracketted
brakemaker
brakemaker
noun
A manufacturer of brakes.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breakables
breakables
noun
plural of breakable
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakerman
breakermen
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakshugh
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breakwater
breakwater
noun
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breastmark
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breezelike
breezelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a breeze.
bribetaker
bribetaker
noun
A person who takes bribes
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
brickliner
brickmaker
brickmaker
noun
A maker of bricks.
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.