(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
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.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blackleggery
blackrag
blacksburg
blockaderunning
blocksburg
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
bricklining
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
chalkography
chikmagalur
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clergylike
clergylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
clerkage
clerkage
noun
The work of a clerk.
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
counterlocking
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
crooklegged
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
garlickiest
garlickiest
adj
superlative form of garlicky: most garlicky
garlicky
garlicky
adj
Tasting or smelling of garlic.
garliclike
garliclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of garlic.
gelsenkirchen
gerlachovka
girdlecake
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
gorlicki
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grackle
grackle
noun
(formerly) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
grackles
grackles
noun
plural of grackle
greenbackville
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
grieshuckle
grockle
grockle
noun
(slang, Britain, various parts of the West Country) A tourist from elsewhere in the country
gumpoldskirchner
gurolinick
hackleburg
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
verb
present participle of interlock
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jackrolling
jackrolling
noun
(South Africa) gang rape of women by men
karyologic
karyologic
adj
Relating to karyology
karyological
karyological
adj
karyologic
karyologically
karyologically
adv
By means of, or with reference to, karyology
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kyriologic
kyriologic
adj
kyriological
lackering
lackering
verb
present participle of lacker
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
lockesburg
lyricking
mackereling
mackereling
noun
Alternative form of mackerelling
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
mecklenburgian
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
pilgarlicky
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockading
prickingly
prickingly
adv
With a pricking action or sensation.
prickling
prickling
noun
A sensation that prickles.
verb
present participle of prickle
pricklingly
pricklingly
adv
With a prickling action or sensation.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
racewalking
racewalking
noun
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
verb
present participle of racewalk
racewalkings
racinglike
racinglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of racing.
rackingly
rackingly
adv
So as to cause suffering.
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
reckling
reckling
noun
(archaic) A reckless person.
(archaic) A weak child or animal.
recklinghausen
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
rockingly
rockingly
adv
With a rocking sound or motion.
rockledge
rockledge
Proper noun
A city in Florida
A borough in Pennsylvania
rockling
rockling
noun
Any of certain fishes from other families.
Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
rocklings
rocklings
noun
plural of rockling
rollicking
rollicking
adj
carefree, merry and boisterous
noun
(UK) A scolding, a bollocking.
verb
present participle of rollick
rollickingly
rollickingly
adv
In a rollicking manner.
rollickingness
rollickingness
noun
The quality of being rollicking.
ruckling
ruckling
verb
present participle of ruckle
schnorkeling
silkscreening
silkscreening
verb
present participle of silkscreen
singlesticker
skiagraphical
skiagraphical
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphical
skiagraphically
skiagraphically
adv
Alternative form of sciagraphically
snickeringly
snickeringly
adv
In a snickering manner.
sockdolager
sockdolager
noun
(US, fishing) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
(US, slang, dated) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.
sockdolagers
sockdolagers
noun
plural of sockdolager
sockdologer
sockdologer
noun
Alternative form of sockdolager
sockdologers
sockdologers
noun
plural of sockdologer
springlick
springlock
strackling
strickling
strickling
verb
present participle of strickle
superacknowledgment
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
tanglewrack
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
tracklaying
tracklaying
noun
(rail transport) The work that involves putting the track in place.
tracklayings
trickingly
trickling
trickling
noun
The act or result of something that trickles.
verb
present participle of trickle
tricklingly
tricklingly
adv
In a trickling way.
truckling
truckling
adj
Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.