(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
ashkhabad
aspidiske
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backyards
backyards
noun
plural of backyard
baedekers
baidarkas
baidarkas
noun
plural of baidarka
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
bankcards
bankcards
noun
plural of bankcard
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
barksdale
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
bespecked
bidarkees
bidarkees
noun
plural of bidarkee
blackcods
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
bloodsuck
bodyworks
bodyworks
noun
plural of bodywork
bookstand
bookstand
noun
A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
A small stall where books are sold.
A stand, made for holding books open.
bookwards
boondocks
boondocks
noun
plural of boondock
boskopoid
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
brookside
brookside
adj
On the side of a brook.
noun
The side of a brook.
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
cardshark
cardshark
noun
(chiefly US) A cardsharp.
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
cassocked
cassocked
adj
Dressed in a cassock.
Dressed in many cassocks
chadwicks
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
codebooks
codebooks
noun
plural of codebook
copydesks
copydesks
noun
plural of copydesk
corkwoods
corkwoods
noun
plural of corkwood
crankdisk
creekside
creekside
adj
Beside a creek.
noun
The land forming the side of a creek.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
daishikis
daishikis
noun
plural of daishiki
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
dakoities
dakoities
noun
plural of dakoity
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
damaskeen
damaskine
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darkeners
darkeners
noun
plural of darkener
darkliest
darkliest
adv
(literary, dated) superlative form of darkly: most darkly
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
darkrooms
darkrooms
noun
plural of darkroom
dashmaker
daybreaks
daybreaks
noun
plural of daybreak
daystreak
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
debunkers
debunkers
noun
plural of debunker
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
deerskins
deerskins
noun
plural of deerskin
dekabrist
dekabrist
Noun
Decembrist
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
dekastere
dekastere
noun
Alternative form of decastere
dembowski
deskbound
deskbound
adj
(of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
detickers
devilkins
devilkins
noun
plural of devilkin
dickenses
dickenson
dickerson
dickinson
dickinson
Proper noun
a city in North Dakota, USA
dicksonia
didrikson
diemakers
diemakers
noun
plural of diemaker
diesinker
diesinker
noun
An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.
diestocks
diestocks
noun
plural of diestock
dipsticks
dipsticks
noun
plural of dipstick
disembark
disembark
verb
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disjasked
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
disjaskit
disjaskit
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out
diskelion
diskettes
diskettes
noun
plural of diskette
dislikers
dislikers
noun
plural of disliker
disliking
disliking
noun
gerund of dislike: a dislike.
verb
present participle of dislike
dismarket
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
disyoking
disyoking
verb
present participle of disyoke
dmitrevsk
dobrinsky
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
dockhouse
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
docksides
docksides
noun
plural of dockside
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
domenikos
dominicks
dominikus
donkeyish
donkeyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.
donkeyism
donkeyism
noun
foolishness
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
doohinkus
doorknobs
doorknobs
noun
plural of doorknob
doraskean
downlinks
downlinks
noun
plural of downlink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downlink
draffsack
drammocks
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
dressmake
dressmake
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make (a dress or dresses).
drinkless
drinkless
adj
Without a drink, without drinks.
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
droschken
droshkies
droshkies
noun
plural of droshky
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.
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
drygalski
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duckeries
duckeries
noun
plural of duckery
duckhouse
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
duckstone
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
duckweeds
duckweeds
noun
plural of duckweed
dudelsack
dukhobors
dummkopfs
dummkopfs
noun
plural of dummkopf
duskiness
duskiness
noun
The quality of being dusky.
duskishly
duskishly
adv
In a duskish manner.
eduskunta
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
enkindles
enkindles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enkindle