(Australia) A prickly annual shrub, Salsola australis
(Canada, US) Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).
buckshee
buckshee
adj
(slang) Extra, spare.
noun
A gift or bribe.
A wound that is relatively minor but sufficient to get a soldier sent away from the front to the hospital.
An extra portion, ration etc.
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buckwash
bushbeck
bushbuck
bushbuck
noun
(informal) Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
checksum
checksum
noun
(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.
verb
(mathematics, computing) To compute a checksum.
checkups
checkups
noun
plural of checkup
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chuckies
chuckies
noun
(Scotland) The game of jacks or jackstones; chucks.
plural of chuckie
plural of chucky
chuckles
chuckles
noun
plural of chuckle
chukchis
chukkars
chukkars
noun
plural of chukkar
chukkers
chukkers
noun
plural of chukker
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
douschka
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
huckster
huckster
noun
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
verb
(intransitive) To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
(transitive) To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner.
(transitive) To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
hummocks
hummocks
noun
plural of hummock
katuscha
kechuans
ketchups
ketchups
noun
plural of ketchup
kutchins
quackish
quackish
adj
Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
schmucks
schmucks
noun
plural of schmuck
shattuck
shelduck
shelduck
noun
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
shewchuk
shuckers
shuckers
noun
plural of shucker
shucking
shucking
noun
An event at which something is shucked.
verb
present participle of shuck
shuckins
shuckpen
shurlock
skutchan
suchlike
suchlike
adj
Of the same or similar kind.
pron
Other things of the same kind or type.
suckfish
suckfish
noun
The suckerfish, or remora.
suckhole
suckhole
noun
(US) A whirlpool.
(slang, derogatory) A sycophant, gratuitous pleaser.
verb
(slang, derogatory) To act in a sycophantic manner; suck up.
tuckshop
tuckshop
noun
Alternative spelling of tuck shop
unchokes
unchokes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unchoke
upchucks
upchucks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upchuck