In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backyard
backyard
noun
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
backyards
backyards
noun
plural of backyard
birdyback
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackheartedly
blakeberyed
bodymaker
bodymaker
noun
a craftsman
bradykinesia
bradykinesia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of movement.
bradykinesis
bradykinesis
noun
Alternative form of bradykinesia
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
bradykinin
bradykinin
noun
(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
bradykinins
bradykinins
noun
plural of bradykinin
bradyteleokinesis
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cedarkey
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
darkey
darkey
noun
(dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
(slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.
darkeys
darkeys
noun
plural of darkey
darkly
darkly
adj
(chiefly poetic) Relating to darkness or obscurity.
adv
(figuratively) In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly
(figuratively) In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously
(figuratively) In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously
(figuratively) In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely
(figuratively) In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly
(figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly
With a dark appearance
With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension
darky
darky
noun
Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark lantern”)
Alternative spelling of darkey (“dark-skinned person”)
dayakker
daybreak
daybreak
noun
Dawn.
daybreaks
daybreaks
noun
plural of daybreak
daydreamlike
daydreamlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a daydream.
daymark
daymark
noun
A mark (such as a tower) designed to help navigators to find their way during daylight hours.
daystreak
daywork
daywork
noun
(obsolete) The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
(obsolete) The work done in a day; a day's work.
Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
dayworker
dayworker
noun
An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
dayworks
dayworks
noun
plural of daywork
dekadarchy
dekadarchy
noun
(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
dharmakaya
dikaryon
dikaryon
noun
(biology) A hypha that has two nuclei.
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
dikaryophasic
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dikaryophytic
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
diplokaryon
diplokaryon
noun
A tetraploid cell nucleus
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
diyarbakir
diyarbekir
dockyard
dockyard
noun
A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
dockyardman
dockyardman
noun
A laborer employed in a dockyard.
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
drakefly
dressmakery
dressmakery
noun
dressmaking
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkably
drygalski
dyakisdodecahedron
dyemaker
dyskeratosis
dyskeratosis
noun
(medicine) Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
endokaryogamy
forebackwardly
frankheartedly
holidaymaker
holidaymaker
noun
(Britain) someone who is on holiday
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
hydrofranklinite
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
jackyard
jackyard
noun
(nautical) A spar at the top of a mast that supports a topsail
jackyarder
junkyard
junkyard
noun
A business that sells used metal or items.
A place where rubbish is placed.
junkyards
junkyards
noun
plural of junkyard
kailyard
kailyard
noun
(Scotland) A kitchen garden.
A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
kailyarder
kailyarder
noun
A writer of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
kailyardism
kailyardism
noun
The writing style of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
kailyards
kailyards
noun
plural of kailyard
kalandariyah
kaleyard
kaleyard
noun
Alternative form of kailyard
kaleyards
kaleyards
noun
plural of kaleyard
karmadharaya
karmadharaya
noun
(Sanskrit grammar, lexicography) A form of tatpuruṣa in which the relation of the first member to the last is appositional, attributive, or adverbial, e.g. uluka-yatu (owl + demon) for a demon in the shape of an owl. Most typically this involves an adjective which modifies a following substantive.
karyatid
karyatid
noun
Alternative form of caryatid
karyolysidae
kayward
keyboard
keyboard
noun
(computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.
verb
(intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.
keyboarded
keyboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keyboard
keyboarder
keyboarder
noun
Someone who keyboards; a typist.
Synonym of keyboardist
keyboarders
keyboarders
noun
plural of keyboarder
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
keyboards
keyboards
noun
plural of keyboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keyboard
keycard
keycard
noun
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.
keycards
keycards
noun
plural of keycard
kindheartedly
kindheartedly
adv
In a kindhearted manner.
kirkcaldy
kirkcaldy
Proper noun
a town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
a local government district in Fife Region (as it was called then) between 1975 and 1996.
kirkyard
kirkyard
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
kodakry
kodakry
noun
(dated) Photography.
kshatriyahood
kshatriyahood
noun
The quality of being a kshatriya.
kylander
ladykiller
ladykiller
noun
Alternative spelling of lady-killer
makeready
makeready
noun
Alternative spelling of make-ready
markedly
markedly
adv
In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.
monkeyboard
monkeyboard
noun
(historical) The footboard on which a bus conductor stands.
A derrickman's work platform.
prickmedainty
pyramidlike
pyramidlike
adj
Resembling a pyramid.
radetzky
rekeyboarded
rekeyboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rekeyboard
rekeyboards
rekeyboards
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rekeyboard
remarkedly
remarkedly
adv
markedly
rickyard
rickyard
noun
A farmyard where hayricks are stored.
skylarked
skylarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skylark
skyrgaliard
skyward
skyward
adj
Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.
adv
At or toward the sky.
skywards
skywards
adv
In the direction of the sky; upwards.
stackyard
stackyard
noun
A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
stinkardly
stockyard
stockyard
noun
(US) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
stockyards
stockyards
noun
plural of stockyard
streakedly
streakedly
adv
With a pattern of streaks.
tokodynamometer
unawkwardly
undertakerly
undertakery
undertakingly
undrinkably
undrinkably
adv
Such that it cannot be drunk.
weakheartedly
weakheartedly
adv
In a weakhearted manner.
workaday
workaday
adj
Mundane or commonplace.
Suitable for everyday use.
workday
workday
adj
Alternative form of workaday.
noun
(chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
(chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done.
workdays
workdays
noun
plural of workday
workyard
workyard
noun
A yard where physical labour is carried out.
yardkeep
yardkeep
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of yarwhip (“bar-tailed godwit”)
yardstick
yardstick
noun
(figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
yardsticks
yardsticks
noun
plural of yardstick
yardwork
yardwork
noun
(Canada, US) Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities
yardworks
yarkand
yarkand
Proper noun
A city of Central Asia, now a town and district of western China.