Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
blackcod
blockade
blockade
noun
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
(chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
verb
(transitive) To create a blockade against.
bruckled
buckland
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chedlock
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
clodlike
cokedale
cokewold
coldcock
coldcock
verb
(slang) To strike someone so forcefully that they are rendered unconscious.
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
crackled
crackled
adj
(pottery) Having a crackle, or glaze resembling many small cracks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crackle
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cuckolds
cuckolds
noun
plural of cuckold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuckold
cuckoldy
cuckoldy
adj
Characteristic of a cuckold.
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
deadlock
deadlock
noun
(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
verb
(intransitive) To cause or come to a deadlock.
deckload
deckload
noun
An amount of cargo carried on the deck of a ship.
depickle
disclike
disclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disc.
discloak
discloak
verb
(obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
dockland
dockland
noun
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
duckbill
duckbill
noun
(informal) A hadrosaur.
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
A fish of the family Percophidae
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
duckwalk
duckwalk
noun
Alternative spelling of duck walk
verb
(intransitive) To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
(intransitive) To walk while squatting.
earlduck
flapdock
fleadock
fleckled
flockbed
freckled
freckled
adj
Having freckles; covered with freckles.
gladbeck
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
hrdlicka
jedlicka
knuckled
knuckled
adj
(chiefly in combination) Having a certain type of knuckles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knuckle
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.
lameduck
landlock
landlock
verb
(transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
landsick
landsick
adj
(rare) Feeling nausea or dizziness on land, akin to seasickness.
leadback
lidicker
lockheed
lockland
lockwood
lockwood
Proper noun
An area of Huddersfield named after a local family
lodowick
ludovick
lyricked
neckmold
neckmold
noun
Alternative form of neckmould
nickeled
nickeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickel
padlocks
padlocks
noun
plural of padlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of padlock
pickadil
pickedly
prickled
prickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prickle
relocked
relocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relock
rockdale
rockland
rockland
noun
A rocky landscape
shackled
shackled
adj
Restrained by shackles, chained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shackle
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.
skedlock
skedlock
noun
(UK, regional, obsolete) charlock
skeldock
spackled
spackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spackle
speckled
speckled
adj
Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
Sporadically and irregularly marked.
stickled
stickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stickle
tacklind
trickled
trickled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of trickle
truckled
truckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of truckle
uncalked
uncalked
adj
Not having been calked.
unlicked
unlicked
adj
(dated, figuratively) Naive or ignorant, like an unlicked cub.
Not licked.
unlocked
unlocked
adj
(mobile telephony, of a phone) Not bound to any particular carrier.