(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
verb
To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
sackcloth
sackcloth
adj
Made of sackcloth.
noun
(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
schnorkel
schnorkel
noun
Alternative form of snorkel
schnorkle
shackbolt
shaddocks
shaddocks
noun
plural of shaddock
shammocky
shamrocks
shamrocks
noun
plural of shamrock
sheetrock
sheetrock
noun
(uncountable) A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall
verb
To install and finish sheetrock.
sherlocke
sherlocks
sherlocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sherlock
shirlcock
shockable
shockable
adj
(medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
Able to be shocked.
Easily shocked.
shockhead
shockhead
noun
A head of long, unkempt, rough hair.
A person having hair of this kind.
shocklike
shocklike
adj
(medicine) Resembling or characteristic of shock.
shockwave
shockwave
noun
Alternative spelling of shock wave
shoeblack
shoeblack
noun
One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
shoepacks
shoepacks
noun
plural of shoepack
shortcake
shortcake
noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
shredcock
shurlocke
shylocked
shylocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shylock
solonchak
solonchak
noun
A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.
stockfish
stockfish
noun
(South Africa) The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis)
A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.
stockholm
stockholm
Proper noun
The capital and largest city of Sweden.
stockhorn
stockhorn
noun
(music) An old musical instrument, the pibgorn.
thornback
thornback
noun
(archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
throwback
throwback
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
(derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
An atavism.
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout
toothpick
toothpick
noun
A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
verb
(transitive) To spear (food) on a toothpick.
(transitive) To transfer (a sample of bacteria, etc.) by means of a toothpick.
torchlike
torchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a torch.
touchback
touchback
noun
(American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.
touchmark
touchmark
noun
(archaic) The manufacturer's official identifying sign, impressed into a pewter object.
(archaic, rare) A symbol, sign, or other inscribed indication used to aid the alignment, calibration, or other adjustment of a measuring device or scientific instrument.
tuckahoes
tuckahoes
noun
plural of tuckahoe
unchoking
unchoking
verb
present participle of unchoke
unshocked
unshocked
adj
Not shocked.
watchwork
watchwork
noun
The work produced by watchmaking; the mechanical arrangements making up a watch (portable timepiece).
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
whipstock
whipstock
noun
(by extension) The driver of a carriage.
The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
windshock
witchwork
woodchuck
woodchuck
noun
A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
woodshock
woodshock
noun
(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The groundhog, or its pelt.
(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The marten, or its pelt.
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.
wretchock
wretchock
noun
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.