(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
barkcutter
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blacksburg
blakesburg
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
boghazkeui
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
breakshugh
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
buckatunna
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bullockman
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
burbankian
burbankism
burckhardt
burushaski
burushaski
Proper noun
A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
bushmaking
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
butterback
cactuslike
cactuslike
adj
Having characteristics of a cactus
cambyuskan
carpsucker
carpsucker
noun
Any of various fish of the genus Carpiodes.
chaukidari
chikamatsu
chuckwalla
chuckwalla
noun
An iguana, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockarouse
cockarouse
noun
(historical) A sachem or leader in certain Native American groups.
couchmaker
couchmaker
noun
A manufacturer of couches.
crackskull
crouchback
cruikshank
cuckoomaid
cuckoomate
diaskeuast
diaskeuast
noun
One who reviews or revises a text.
doughmaker
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
earthquake
earthquake
noun
(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
ekacaesium
ekacaesium
noun
Alternative form of eka-caesium
eskilstuna
euromarket
euromarket
noun
(finance) Any financial market that issues securities in currencies other than the country of origin (whether or not any European currency is involved).
(finance) The market of the European Union as a whole.
fernambuck
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
franciskus
frankfurts
frankfurts
noun
plural of frankfurt
frankhouse
fruitcakes
fruitcakes
noun
plural of fruitcake
fruitcakey
fruitstalk
gitanemuck
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
guerickian
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gulbenkian
gunnysacks
gunnysacks
noun
plural of gunnysack
hackbuteer
hackbuteer
noun
An arquebusier.
hackbutter
hackbutter
Noun
An arquebusier.
hackleburg
haimsucken
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
heartquake
heartquake
noun
Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
housebreak
housebreak
verb
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
huckleback
hughmanick
hukbalahap
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
jackquelin
junkdealer
kafkaesque
kafkaesque
Adjective
Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger.
In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
kailuakona
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kamelaukia
kamelaukia
noun
plural of kamelaukion
karyolysus
kashoubish
katsushika
kaunakakai
kealakekua
kechumaran
kedushshah
keelhauled
keelhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keelhaul
keilhauite
keilhauite
noun
(mineralogy) yttrotitanite
kenduskeag
kentuckian
kentuckian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Kentucky in the United States of America.
keratinous
keratinous
adj
Consisting of, or made from keratin.
keratoncus
khammurabi
kharroubah
khartoumer
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kitakyushu
kitakyushu
Proper noun
A city in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
klagenfurt
knackwurst
knackwurst
noun
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
knockabout
knockabout
adj
Boisterous
Suitable for rough use.
noun
(circus) A tumbler.
(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
(sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
A person living in rough, violent conditions.
A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
Clothing suitable for rough use.
kommunarsk
kookaburra
kookaburra
noun
Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
korumburra
koulibiaca
koulibiaca
noun
A Russian dish of salmon, rice etc. cooked in puff pastry
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
kristinaux
krugerrand
krugerrand
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
kuropatkin
kuropatkin
Proper noun
Russian Imperial Minister of War from 1898 to 1904.