(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
beauclerk
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blackbuck
blackbuck
noun
An Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackbush
blackbutt
blackbutt
noun
(chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis.
blackduck
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackouts
blackouts
noun
plural of blackout
blesbucks
blesbucks
noun
plural of blesbuck
bloodsuck
blueblack
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bogsucker
bogsucker
noun
The American woodcock.
bontebuck
bontebuck
noun
Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
buckaroos
buckaroos
noun
plural of buckaroo
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
buckberry
buckberry
noun
The deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
The huckleberry, Gaylussacia ursina, found in the Southern United States.
The silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea.
buckboard
buckboard
noun
A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.
buckbrush
buckbrush
noun
Ceanothus spp.
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush
Purshia spp.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
buckeroos
buckeroos
noun
plural of buckeroo
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucketful
bucketful
noun
(by extension) A large quantity.
The quantity contained in a bucket.
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketman
buckfield
buckholts
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
bucklered
bucklered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckler
buckplate
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
buckshees
buckshees
noun
plural of buckshee
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
buckskins
buckskins
noun
trousers and other clothing made from buckskin
bucksport
buckstall
buckstall
noun
(archaic) A net used for catching deer.
buckstone
bucktails
bucktails
noun
plural of bucktail
buckteeth
buckteeth
noun
plural of bucktooth
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullocker
bullwhack
bullwhack
verb
(US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.
bullyrock
bushbucks
bushbucks
noun
plural of bushbuck
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
buttstock
buttstock
noun
The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
caudebeck
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chalukyan
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checksums
checksums
noun
plural of checksum
cheekfuls
chemakuan
chempaduk
chimakuan
chipmucks
chipmucks
noun
plural of chipmuck
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chockfull
chuckchis
chuckfull
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chukchees
chungking
chunkhead
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
cloudlike
cloudlike
adj
Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cockshuts
cockshuts
noun
plural of cockshut
cockspurs
cockspurs
noun
plural of cockspur
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
cookhouse
cookhouse
noun
A small building where cooking takes place.
cooksburg
coquicken
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
cowsucker
cruiskeen
cruiskeen
noun
(Ireland) A small bottle.
cuckolded
cuckolded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cuckold
cuckoldly
cuckoldly
adj
Possessing the qualities of a cuckold.
adv
Like or as a cuckold.
cuckoldom
cuckoldom
noun
(archaic) cuckoldry
cuckoldry
cuckoldry
noun
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
The state of being a cuckold.
cuckooing
cuckooing
noun
(UK) A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used by them as a base for their activities.
The call of a cuckoo.
verb
present participle of cuckoo
cuckquean
cuckquean
noun
(fetish) A woman who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A woman who has an unfaithful husband.
verb
(transitive) To make a woman into a cuckquean.
cuckstool
cufflinks
cufflinks
noun
plural of cufflink
cuittikin
culverkey
culverkey
noun
(obsolete) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Hyacinthoides non-scripta).
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
currituck
cuttyhunk
cuttyhunk
noun
(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.
deckedout
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
dockhouse
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckblind
duckboard
duckboard
noun
A panel of wooden slats typically lain on a concrete floor in a workshop. Compliance of slats arranged in two crossed layers reduces fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.
duckeries
duckeries
noun
plural of duckery
duckhouse
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
duckstone
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
duckwater
duckweeds
duckweeds
noun
plural of duckweed
duckwheat
dudelsack
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
enquicken
enquicken
verb
(rare) Imbue with divine vitality.
feckfully
feckfully
adv
In a feckful manner.
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
fullbacks
fullbacks
noun
plural of fullback
gemsbucks
gemsbucks
noun
plural of gemsbuck
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
guiderock
guiltsick
gunnysack
gunnysack
noun
Alternative spelling of gunny sack
gunstocks
gunstocks
noun
plural of gunstock
gutbucket
gutbucket
noun
Synonym of washtub bass
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
huckaback
huckaback
noun
A type of coarse, absorbent cotton or linen fabric used for making towels.
hucksters
hucksters
noun
plural of huckster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of huckster
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hunchback
hunchback
noun
(derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
One who is stooped or hunched over.
ickesburg
innsbruck
innsbruck
Proper noun
A city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol.
isokurtic
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.