(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
verb
To use a billhook
birkhoff
blockish
blockish
adj
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Rude; clumsy; rough.
boathook
boathook
noun
(by extension) A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
bokchito
bokharan
bookhood
bookhood
noun
Knowledge of books; scholarship.
The state or dignity of a book.
bookshop
bookshop
noun
A shop that sells books.
boschbok
boshboks
boshvark
bothlike
boychick
boychick
noun
Alternative form of boychik
boychiks
boychiks
noun
plural of boychik
brockish
brockish
adj
(obsolete) beastly; brutal
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
cashbook
cashbook
noun
A book used to record amounts of money received or paid out.
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chalkone
chapbook
chapbook
noun
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts
chardock
charlock
charlock
noun
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis).
chechako
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
checkout
checkout
noun
(Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
An inspection or investigation.
The place in a supermarket where this is done.
The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
chedlock
chercock
cherokee
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chickory
chickory
noun
Alternative spelling of chicory
chinooks
chinooks
noun
plural of chinook
chirikof
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
chockler
chockman
chokered
chokered
adj
Wearing a choker.
chokidar
chokiest
chokiest
adj
superlative form of choky: most choky
chookies
chookies
noun
plural of chookie
cichocki
cockhead
cockhead
noun
(engineering) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
(vulgar, slang) The glans penis.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Dickhead, a term of abuse.
cockshot
cockshot
noun
(slang, vulgar) A photograph of one's penis.
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cookshop
cookshop
noun
A shop that sells cooked food.
corkhill
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
dobchick
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dockhead
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
doorhawk
dopchick
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
douschka
dowhacky
duckhood
duckhood
noun
The state or quality of being a duck.
dukhobor
dworshak
echikson
ekphoria
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
eyehooks
eyehooks
noun
plural of eyehook; alternative form of eye hooks
fishhook
fishhook
noun
(slang) a jack (the playing card)
a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
foothook
foothook
noun
(nautical) Alternative form of futtock
forehock
forehock
noun
The hock from the foreleg of a pig
forehook
forehook
noun
(nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
forkhead
forkhead
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
(minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
garookuh
garookuh
noun
(archaic) A small fishing vessel of the Persian Gulf.
ghorkhar
gorkhali
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
grabhook
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
hackbolt
hackbolt
noun
(archaic, Scilly Isles) The greater shearwater or hagdon.
hackwood
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
haddocks
haddocks
noun
plural of haddock
hairlock
hairlock
noun
A lock of hair.
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hakafoth
hakodate
halakhot
halakoth
halakoth
noun
plural of halakah
halfcock
halfcock
noun
(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch.
verb
(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
halolike
halolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a halo.
hammocks
hammocks
noun
plural of hammock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hammock
handbook
handbook
noun
(US, gambling) A place where illicit bets can be placed.
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size.
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.
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
haskwort
hassocks
hassocks
noun
plural of hassock
hassocky
hassocky
adj
Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
hathcock
havelock
havelock
noun
A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.
havocked
havocker
havocker
noun
A person who causes havoc.
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
hawknose
hawknose
noun
A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.
haycocks
haycocks
noun
plural of haycock
hayforks
hayforks
noun
plural of hayfork
hayshock
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.
headwork
headwork
noun
Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
hedgcock
heelwork
heelwork
noun
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
hemlocks
hemlocks
noun
plural of hemlock
herblock
herdbook
herdbook
noun
A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
herolike
herolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
hillocks
hillocks
noun
plural of hillock
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
hobucken
hockelty
hockling
hockshin
hockshop
hockshop
noun
(US, rare) A pawnshop.
hocktide
hocktide
Proper noun
A mediaeval English festival celebrated on the second Tuesday after Easter Sunday.
hoecakes
hoecakes
noun
plural of hoecake
hogbacks
hogbacks
noun
plural of hogback
hoicking
hoicking
noun
The process of gathering mucous and phlegm in the mouth and spitting it out.
verb
present participle of hoick
hokanson
hokiness
hokiness
noun
The state or condition of being hoky.
hokinson
hokkaido
hokypoky
holbrook
holbrook
Proper noun
a city in Arizona, USA
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)
holyoake
homefolk
homelike
homelike
adj
Having the comfortable characteristics of a home.
homemake
homemake
verb
(intransitive) To manage a household; to engage in homemaking.
(transitive) To prepare (a recipe, etc.) at home through one's own efforts, rather than buying it; to create homemade goods.
homesick
homesick
adj
(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
homework
homework
noun
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on their own.
(literally, now rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.
(slang, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
hommocks
hommocks
noun
plural of hommock
honecker
hongkong
hoodlike
hoodlike
adj
Resembling a hood.
hoodwink
hoodwink
noun
(Britain, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.
(countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
verb
(archaic) To hide or obscure.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.
(transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.