A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
airdock
airdock
noun
(US) A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
airlock
airlock
noun
(architecture, informal) A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate.
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
Alternative form of air lock
akepiro
akepiro
noun
A small tree of New Zealand (Olearia furfuracea).
akroter
alborak
alkoran
allwork
allwork
noun
Domestic or other work of all kinds.
andarko
anoraks
anoraks
noun
plural of anorak
apokrea
arkoses
arkoses
noun
plural of arkose
arkosic
arkosic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to arkose.
arkport
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
artwork
artwork
noun
(uncountable) Artistic work.
(uncountable, reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
bagwork
bagwork
noun
(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.
barlock
becroak
bedrock
bedrock
noun
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock that exists at some depth below the ground surface. Bedrock is rock "in place", as opposed to material that has been transported from another location by weathering and erosion.
verb
(transitive, figurative) To establish on a solid foundation.
berakot
blocker
blocker
noun
(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
(poker) A blocker bet.
(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
A puberty blocker.
bohorok
bokhara
bonkers
bonkers
adj
(informal) Mad; crazy.
noun
plural of bonker
bookers
bookers
noun
plural of booker
bookery
bookery
noun
(countable) a collection of books
(uncountable) study of or passion for books
bordiuk
boskier
boskier
adj
comparative form of bosky: more bosky
bourkha
bourock
boxwork
boxwork
noun
(geology) A form of weathering found in caves
brocked
brocked
adj
(Scotland) variegated, having a mixture of black and white
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brock
brocken
brocket
brocket
noun
A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
brockie
brockle
brockle
adj
Of animals: variegated, speckled, multicolored; usually used in the phrase brockle-faced.
Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.
brodsky
broeker
brokage
brokage
noun
(archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.
brokers
brokers
noun
plural of broker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broker
brokery
brokery
noun
(obsolete) The business of a broker.
broking
broking
noun
(computing) The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.
brooked
brooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brook
brooker
brookes
brookes
noun
plural of brooke
brookie
brookie
noun
(informal) A brook trout.
A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie.
broucek
burdock
burdock
noun
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
buroker
burrock
burrock
noun
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
byworks
byworks
noun
plural of bywork
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
carlock
carlock
noun
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.
chocker
chocker
adj
(informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
chokers
chokers
noun
plural of choker
chokier
chokier
adj
comparative form of choky: more choky
chorook
clocker
clocker
noun
(Scotland, dated) A clucking hen.
(slang) A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets.
A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car
cobwork
cobwork
noun
construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
cockard
cockers
cockers
noun
plural of cocker
cockier
cockier
adj
comparative form of cocky: more cocky
cockler
cockler
noun
One who finds and sells cockles.
comaker
comaker
noun
(finance) A person who endorses a promissory note.
commark
conakry
conakry
Proper noun
The capital of Guinea.
conkers
conkers
noun
(Britain, games) A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
plural of conker
cookers
cookers
noun
plural of cooker
cookery
cookery
noun
(archaic) A place where cooking is done.
(archaic) Cooking tools or apparatus.
(obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
Obsolete form of kukri.
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
corkers
corkers
noun
plural of corker
corkier
corkier
adj
comparative form of corky: more corky
corking
corking
adj
(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
noun
The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
verb
present participle of cork
corkish
corkish
adj
corklike
corkite
corkite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
cormack
cormick
cormick
Proper noun
from Irish or Gaelic.
cradock
croaked
croaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of croak
croaker
croaker
noun
(colloquial) A frog.
(dated) A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
(slang) A doctor.
A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds it makes.
One who croaks.
crocked
crocked
adj
(Britain) broken (of a thing)
(Britain) injured (of a person)
(informal, Canada, US) drunk (of a person)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crock
crocker
crocker
noun
(obsolete) A potter.
crocket
crocket
noun
(architecture) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.
crojack
crojiks
crojiks
noun
plural of crojik
crooked
crooked
adj
(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crook
crooken
crooken
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make crooked.
crookes
crookle
crookle
verb
(obsolete, dialectal, East Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To bend; to make crooked.
curnock
currock
cutwork
cutwork
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
daywork
daywork
noun
(obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
(obsolete) The work done in a day; a day's work.
Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
defrock
defrock
verb
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(literally) To divest of a frock.
dockers
dockers
noun
plural of docker
doornik
dorhawk
dorhawk
noun
A bird, the European goatsucker.
dorkier
dorkier
adj
comparative form of dorky: more dorky
dorking
dorking
Proper noun
a market town in Surrey, England.
dorneck
dornick
dornick
noun
A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.
A stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland.
dornock
dornock
noun
Alternative form of dornick
doucker
doucker
noun
diver
goldeneye
grebe
pochard
scaup
scoter
tufted duck
dronski
droshky
droshky
noun
An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.
droukan
drouked
drouket
droukit
dvornik
dvornik
noun
(archaic) A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household
earlock
earlock
noun
A lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons, and formerly by Elizabethan dandies.
einkorn
einkorn
noun
Einkorn wheat.
ekphore
ekphore
verb
Alternative form of ecphore
ekphory
ekphory
noun
Alternative form of ecphoria
ekstrom
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
elkport
erikson
euryoky
euryoky
noun
Alternative form of euroky
evokers
evokers
noun
plural of evoker
fanwork
fanwork
noun
(architecture) Fan tracery.
A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc.
A fan-shaped network of lines or projections.
fedirko
flocker
flocker
noun
One who or that which flocks; a bird species that forms flocks.
foraker
forkers
forkers
noun
plural of forker
forkful
forkful
noun
The amount that a fork will hold.
forkier
forking
forking
noun
division into forks
verb
present participle of fork
forkman
forkmen
forsake
forsake
verb
(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To decline or refuse (something offered).
forseek
forseek
verb
(transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.
forsook
forsook
verb
simple past tense of forsake
fortake
fortake
verb
(transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
forwake
forwake
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
forwalk
forwalk
verb
(transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
forwelk
forwelk
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.
forwork
forwork
verb
(archaic, transitive) To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
(archaic, transitive) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
(archaic, transitive) To obstruct; barricade; block.
(archaic, transitive) To overwork; exhaust with toil.
frocked
frocked
adj
Dressed in a frock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frock
frolick
frolick
adj
Archaic form of frolic.
futhork
futhork
noun
Alternative spelling of futhorc
garvock
garvock
noun
(Scotland) A fish, the garvie or sprat.
gemwork
gemwork
noun
ornamentation with gems; jewellery
girrock
girrock
noun
|(archaic) A garfish.
gorcock
gorcock
noun
(chiefly Britain) The red grouse.
grockle
grockle
noun
(slang, Britain, various parts of the West Country) A tourist from elsewhere in the country
gromyko
grotesk
grysbok
grysbok
noun
A small antelope of genus Raphicerus from South Africa.
gyokuro
hardock
hardock
noun
Obsolete form of hordock.
harlock
hayfork
hayfork
noun
A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
hickory
hickory
adj
Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
noun
(countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
(countable, golf, informal) A club made from this wood.