A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest.
killdees
killdees
noun
plural of killdee
killduff
killweed
kilobaud
kilobaud
noun
(computing) one thousand baud; symbol kBd
kilodyne
kilodyne
noun
A unit of force equal to one thousand dynes.
kilorads
kilorads
noun
plural of kilorad
kiloword
kiloword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 words.
kindlers
kindlers
noun
plural of kindler
kindless
kindless
adj
(archaic, literary) Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
kindlier
kindlier
adj
comparative form of kindly: more kindly
kindlily
kindlily
adv
In a kindly manner.
kindling
kindling
adj
Illuminated, lit.
noun
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
The act by which something is kindled.
verb
present participle of kindle
kirkland
kirkland
noun
(Scotland, especially in plural) land owned by the church
kirtland
kjeldahl
klaipeda
klondike
klondike
noun
Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”)
verb
To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones.
kludging
kludging
verb
present participle of kludge
kneeland
knobbled
knobbled
adj
Possessing a bumpy surface; knobbly.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knobble
knowland
knoxdale
knuckled
knuckled
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having a certain type of knuckles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knuckle
koldewey
kolodgie
korngold
kronfeld
krongold
kylander
kyoodled
kyoodled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kyoodle
lackaday
lackaday
intj
(dated) An expression of regret or grief.
lackered
lackered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lacker
lackeyed
lackeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lackey
lackland
lackland
noun
(dated) A person who does not own land.
laddikie
ladykind
ladykind
noun
Ladies collectively; womankind.
ladykins
ladykins
noun
plural of ladykin
ladylike
ladylike
adj
Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.
lakeland
lakeland
noun
Terrain with many lakes.
lakeside
lakeside
adj
By the side of a lake.
noun
The ground near the edge of a lake; the land adjacent to a lake.
lakeward
lakeward
adj
Located, facing or moving toward a lake.
adv
Toward a lake.
lakeweed
lakeweed
noun
The water pepper, an aquatic plant of the family Polygonaceae.
lakewood
lameduck
landbook
landbook
noun
(historical) A book containing details of lands and their ownership.
landfolk
landfolk
noun
(literary) The inhabitants of a region, especially if native.
landlike
landlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of land.
landlock
landlock
verb
(transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
landlook
landmark
landmark
noun
(figurative, also attributive) A major event or discovery.
(historical) An object that marks the boundary of a piece of land (usually a stone, or a tree).
A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.
A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.
verb
(US) To officially designate a site or building as a landmark.
landsick
landsick
adj
(rare) Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness.
landskip
landskip
noun
Obsolete form of landscape.
lardlike
lardlike
Adjective
Resembling lard.
leadback
leadwork
leadwork
noun
(lacemaking) small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
fittings made from lead (the metal)
leukemid
leukemid
noun
A non-specific skin lesion that occurs with leukemia but is not related to leukemic cell infiltration.
lidicker
likehood
likehood
noun
(obsolete) likelihood
linkedit
linkwood
lockheed
lockland
lockwood
lockwood
Proper noun
An area of Huddersfield named after a local family
lodowick
lokindra
lookdown
lookdown
noun
An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer.
lordlike
lordlike
adj
Like a lord; lordly.
ludefisk
ludovick
ludovika
lukeward
lunkhead
lunkhead
noun
(derogatory, informal) A fool or idiot.
lyricked
maidlike
maidlike
adj
(archaic, poetic) maidenly
Resembling or characteristic of a maid (female domestic servant).
markedly
markedly
adv
In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.
markland
markland
noun
An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.
milkmaid
milkmaid
noun
(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm
milkshed
milkshed
noun
(agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)
milkweed
milkweed
noun
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
milkwood
milkwood
noun
(South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
(South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
(South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
misliked
misliked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mislike
mudlarks
mudlarks
noun
plural of mudlark
muskadel
muskadel
noun
Alternative form of muscadel
neckmold
neckmold
noun
Alternative form of neckmould
nickeled
nickeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickel
oakfield
odalisks
odalisks
noun
plural of odalisk
padlocks
padlocks
noun
plural of padlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of padlock
parkdale
parkland
parkland
noun
(Canada, US) A landscape characterized by a mixture of treed groves and open grasslands, akin to a Eurasian forest steppe.
Land suitable for use as a park.
peakedly
pickadil
pickedly
polkadot
pondlike
pondlike
adj
Resembling a pond
prickled
prickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prickle
reedlike
reedlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a reed.
rekindle
rekindle
verb
(intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
(transitive) To kindle again.
(transitive, figurative) To revive.
relinked
relinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relink
relocked
relocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relock
roadlike
roadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a road.
rockdale
rockland
rockland
noun
A rocky landscape
roskilde
sandlike
sandlike
adj
resembling sand
seedlike
seedlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a seed.
shackled
shackled
adj
Restrained by shackles, chained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shackle
shedlike
shedlike
adj
Resembling a shed.
shelduck
shelduck
noun
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
sicklied
sicklied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sickly
sidelock
sidelock
noun
(firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.
A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
sidewalk
sidewalk
noun
(US) (usually) a paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians
(US, by extension) any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road
silkweed
silkweed
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
silkwood
skalpund
skedlock
skedlock
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) charlock
skeldock
skewbald
skewbald
adj
(of horses) Marked with patches of white and non-black colours.
noun
A skewbald horse.
skiffled
skildfel
skintled
skittled
skittled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skittle
sklented
skylined
skylined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyline
sledlike
sledlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sled.
spackled
spackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spackle
spankled
sparkled
sparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkle
speckled
speckled
adj
Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
Sporadically and irregularly marked.
stickled
stickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stickle
sunkland
tacklind
tailskid
tailskid
noun
(aviation) A piece of metal or wood used, like a tailwheel, to support the tail of an aircraft on the ground.
talukdar
talukdar
noun
(historical) An Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a taluk.
tidelike
tidelike
adj
Resembling the periodic tides of the sea.
toadlike
toadlike
adj
Similar to, or resembling, a toad.
todelike
tokeland
trickled
trickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trickle
truckled
truckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of truckle
twinkled
twinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twinkle
unbalked
unbalked
adj
Not balked.
uncalked
uncalked
adj
Not having been calked.
unflaked
unflaked
Adjective
Not flaked.
unfluked
unkeeled
unkeeled
adj
(of e.g. an animal or boat) Not having a keel.
unkilled
unkilled
adj
Not having been killed.
verb
past participle of unkill
unkilned
unkilned
adj
Not kilned.
unkindly
unkindly
adj
(archaic) Rough, unfavourable, bad.
(obsolete) Unnatural, contrary to the natural or proper order of things.
Not kind, lacking in friendliness, warm-heartedness or sympathy.
adv
(obsolete) In an unnatural manner.
In an unkind manner.
unlicked
unlicked
adj
(dated, figuratively) Naive or ignorant, like an unlicked cub.
Not licked.
unlinked
unlinked
adj
Not linked, physically or figuratively.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unlink
unlocked
unlocked
adj
(mobile telephony, of a phone) Not bound to any particular carrier.