(US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
Consisting of or containing chalk.
Resembling chalk in some way.
chalukya
chalukyan
chayefsky
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chelyabinsk
chickabiddy
chickabiddy
noun
(childish) A chicken or similar bird.
Term of endearment for a young child or loved one.
chickahominy
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chyack
chyack
verb
Alternative form of chiack
chyak
dekadarchy
dekadarchy
noun
(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
dowhacky
dyakisdodecahedron
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
fishyback
fishybacking
hackberry
hackberry
noun
(uncountable) The wood of these plants.
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
Prunus padus, a species of cherry tree, of Eurasia, or its berry.
hackery
hackery
noun
(obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
(slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
(slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
hackeymal
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
hackly
hackly
adj
(geology) Jagged or rough.
hackney
hackney
adj
(figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
Offered for hire.
noun
(archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
(transitive) To use as a hackney.
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
hackneyedly
hackneyedness
hackneyedness
noun
The quality of being hackneyed.
hackneyer
hackneyer
noun
One who hackneys (makes uninteresting or trite by frequent use).
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
hackneys
hackneys
noun
plural of hackney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hackney
hacky
hacky
adj
(Tyneside) Filthy or totally dirty.
(colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
(comedy, informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
(computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
Like a hack; amateurish.
hassocky
hassocky
adj
Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
haycock
haycock
noun
A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack.
haycocks
haycocks
noun
plural of haycock
hayrack
hayrack
noun
A freestanding vertical drying-rack for animal fodder.
hayracks
hayracks
noun
plural of hayrack
hayrick
hayrick
noun
A haystack.
hayricks
hayricks
noun
plural of hayrick
hayshock
haystack
haystack
noun
(canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.
(programming) The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
haystacks
haystacks
noun
plural of haystack
haysuck
heavyback
hemikaryotic
heterokaryotic
heterokaryotic
adj
Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons
hickway
hickway
noun
Alternative form of hickwall
hockday
hockday
Proper noun
Hocktide
huckaby
hurleyhacket
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocrack
hydrocrack
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking
hydrocracked
hydrocracked
adj
That has been subjected to hydrocracking
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrocrack
hydrocracker
hydrocracker
noun
(organic chemistry) A chemical engineering plant in which hydrocracking takes place.
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
hydrocracks
hydrocracks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrocrack
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hyperkeratotic
hyperkeratotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypoplanktonic
jackshay
jackshay
noun
(dated, Australia) A pot (incorporating a cup) used to make tea
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
karyenchyma
karyochrome
karyochrome
noun
(cytology, dated) A type of neuron that has a nucleus that stains intensely
karyochylema
karyoschisis
keraphyllocele
keraphyllocele
noun
A horny tumor which forms on the internal surface of the wall of a horse's foot, at the expense of the keraphyllous tissue, which becomes hypertrophied.
kinaesthetically
kinaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of kinesthetically
kinematographically
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kinorhyncha
knaydlach
koilanaglyphic
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
kritarchy
kritarchy
noun
Rule by judges.
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
latchkey
latchkey
adj
Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child.
noun
A child who is given a key to the home and is expected to remain at home alone (without adult supervision until the parents return from work).
A key, especially to an outside door.
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
leukocythemia
lobachevsky
nonchalky
nonchalky
adj
Not chalky.
nonhackneyed
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
paddywhack
paddywhack
noun
(dated) A blow; a slap.
(dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
(slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds).
verb
(dated, transitive) To slap.
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
paycheck
paycheck
noun
(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.
paychecks
paychecks
noun
plural of paycheck
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
phytoplanktonic
phytoplanktonic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, phytoplankton
pickthankly
poikilocythemia
psychokinesia
psychokinesia
noun
(pathology, obsolete) Abnormal impulsive behaviour unaccompanied by depression or other mental disorder.
psychoquackeries
quackishly
quackishly
adv
In a quackish manner.
ramshackly
ramshackly
adj
(literally, figurative) Carelessly or loosely constructed.
Characteristic of something ramshackle; in disrepair; appearing ready to collapse; rickety.
rheumaticky
rheumaticky
adj
(colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism.