(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackshirted
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blagoveshchensk
blankenship
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blatherskite
blatherskite
noun
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bleakish
bleakish
adj
Somewhat bleak.
bletherskate
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
bolshevikian
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
boschvark
boshvark
boshvarks
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
brackish
brackish
adj
(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
Repulsive
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
breakshugh
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
broomshank
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwash
buckwasher
buckwashing
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
burushaski
burushaski
Proper noun
A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
bushelbasket
bushmaker
bushmaking
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
byrthynsak
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cardshark
cardshark
noun
(chiefly US) A cardsharp.
cashbook
cashbook
noun
A book used to record amounts of money received or paid out.
cashbooks
cashbooks
noun
plural of cashbook
cashkeeper
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
chachalakas
chadwicks
chaikovski
chakales
chakavski
chakras
chakras
noun
plural of chakra
chaksi
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalkos
chalkosideric
chalks
chalks
noun
plural of chalk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chalk
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
chamkis
champaks
champaks
noun
plural of champak
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
charkas
charkas
noun
plural of charka
charkhas
charkhas
noun
plural of charkha
charks
charks
noun
plural of chark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chark
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaska
chaska
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA, and the county seat of Carver County.
chatchkas
chatchkas
noun
plural of chatchka
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
chayefsky
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
cheapskates
cheapskates
noun
plural of cheapskate
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chechakos
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerbreast
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkstrap
cheechakos
cheechakos
noun
plural of cheechako
cheesecake
cheesecake
noun
(countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
(countable and uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
(uncountable) Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.
cheesecakes
cheesecakes
noun
plural of cheesecake
cheesemaker
cheesemaker
noun
A person skilled in the art of making cheese
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chelyabinsk
chesapeake
chesapeake
Noun
Any member of a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as in Virginia, United States.
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickasaw
chickasaws
chickasha
chickenbreasted
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chikamatsu
chilkats
chistka
chistka
noun
A political purge in Russia.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
choleokinase
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
chukars
chukars
noun
plural of chukar
chukkars
chukkars
noun
plural of chukkar
chukkas
chukkas
noun
plural of chukka
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockroaches
cockroaches
noun
plural of cockroach
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cookshack
cookshack
noun
A simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement.
crankish
crankish
adj
(informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
(informal) pseudoscientific
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
creashaks
crosshackle
cruickshank
cruikshank
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people
czechoslovakia
czechoslovakian
czechoslovakian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.