(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
backwort
bakerton
banknote
banknote
noun
(now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
A piece of paper currency.
bankston
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
belostok
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken
bitstock
bitstock
noun
A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.
bittocks
bittocks
noun
plural of bittock
blackout
blackout
noun
(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A temporary loss of consciousness.
A temporary loss of memory.
An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
verb
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black out
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
blockout
blockout
noun
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
blockton
blomkest
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.
boatlike
boatlike
adj
Resembling a boat
bockeret
bodstick
bokchito
boltlike
boltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
Resembling or characteristic of a bolt, as of lightning.
boltwork
bontebok
bontebok
noun
A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
booklets
booklets
noun
plural of booklet
booklift
bookmate
bookmate
noun
A schoolfellow; an associate in studying.
bookrest
bookrest
noun
A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
bootikin
bootikin
noun
(obsolete) A small boot or gaiter.
(obsolete) The boot (torture device).
A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
bootlick
bootlick
noun
(US) A toady or sycophant.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
(transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
boskiest
boskiest
adj
superlative form of bosky: most bosky
bostwick
bothlike
bottekin
boutylka
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
bricktop
brockets
brockets
noun
plural of brocket
brockton
brockton
Proper noun
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a small town in Montana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
a township in parish, Shropshire, England
brookite
brookite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO₂.
brooklet
brooklet
noun
A little brook.
brookton
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.]
burrknot
buttocks
buttocks
noun
plural of buttock.
caretook
caretook
verb
simple past tense of caretake
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.
chokiest
chokiest
adj
superlative form of choky: most choky
cityfolk
clarkton
clintock
cloaklet
cloaklet
noun
A short cloak
coatrack
coatrack
noun
(US) Alternative spelling of coat rack
cockatoo
cockatoo
noun
(slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.
A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
cockboat
cockboat
noun
(nautical) A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.
cocketed
cockiest
cockiest
adj
superlative form of cocky: most cocky
cockloft
cockloft
noun
A small attic or garret
cockmate
cockpits
cockpits
noun
plural of cockpit
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.
cocktail
cocktail
adj
(obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
noun
(UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.
(by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.
A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
A mixed alcoholic beverage.
A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
verb
(transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
(transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
coltlike
coltlike
adj
In the manner of a colt
coltskin
coltskin
noun
The skin of a colt.
comatiks
comatiks
noun
plural of comatik
comstock
comstock
Noun
a censor; one who censors
contakia
contakia
noun
plural of contakion
cookeite
cookeite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.
cookouts
cookouts
noun
plural of cookout
corkiest
corkiest
adj
superlative form of corky: most corky
corvktte
crackpot
crackpot
adj
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
noun
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
crockets
crockets
noun
plural of crocket
crockett
crockett
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
dakotans
daktylon
daktylos
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
datebook
datebook
noun
A book in which appointments are kept, each listed beside the day when it occurs.
demotika
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
diketone
diketone
noun
(chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
docketed
docketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of docket
dogtrick
doketism
dorkiest
dorkiest
adj
superlative form of dorky: most dorky
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
drawknot
duckboat
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.
ducktown
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
ekronite
elektron
empocket
eniwetok
fatstock
fatstock
noun
Fattened livestock.
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
fetlocks
fetlocks
noun
plural of fetlock
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flokatis
flokatis
noun
plural of flokati
folkboat
folkboat
noun
A small, affordable sailboat, rigged as a sloop.
folkmoot
folkmoot
noun
(historical , or later revived in general usage) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
folkmote
folkmote
noun
Alternative form of folkmoot
folkmots
folkmots
noun
plural of folkmot
folkston
folkston
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
folktale
folktale
noun
A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
footback
footfolk
foothook
foothook
noun
(nautical) Alternative form of futtock
footlike
footlike
adj
Resembling a foot.
footlock
footmark
footmark
noun
footprint (an impression made by a foot)
footpick
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
footwork
footwork
noun
(uncountable, music) A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.
foretack
foretack
noun
(nautical) The fore tack (part of a sail)
foretake
foretake
verb
(transitive) To take or choose before another (option); prefer.
(transitive) To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
foretalk
foretalk
noun
Small talk used prior to more meaningful conversation.
forkiest
forklift
forklift
noun
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.
verb
To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
forktail
forktail
noun
(UK, dialect) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
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.
franckot
frankton
freakout
freakout
noun
(slang) A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
(slang) An occurrence of unrestrained or irrational behaviour.
freakpot
fretwork
fretwork
noun
ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
futtocks
futtocks
noun
plural of futtock
geckotid
giftbook
goatlike
goatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goat.
goatskin
goatskin
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.
A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
The skin of a goat.
gobstick
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.