(archaic, historical) shell money used by Native American peoples of California
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
ankylocheilia
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blagoveshchensk
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockheaded
blockheaded
adj
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockhead
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
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
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chalkboard
chalkboard
noun
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
verb
To write or draw on a chalkboard.
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
chalkography
chalkone
chalkos
chalkosideric
chalkotheke
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.
chalkworker
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charlock
charlock
noun
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis).
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
chkalov
chockablock
chockablock
adj
(by extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed.
(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
adv
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
chokeable
choleokinase
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
crosshackle
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.
Noun
A person from Czechoslovakia.
czechoslovakians
czechoslovaks
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
gerlachovka
gottschalk
gulfhammock
hackbolt
hackbolt
noun
(archaic, Scilly Isles) The greater shearwater or hagdon.
hacklog
hadlock
hairlock
hairlock
noun
A lock of hair.
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
halfcock
halfcock
noun
(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch.
verb
(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
hallock
hallock
Proper noun
A small city in Minnesota, USA
hammerlock
hammerlock
noun
A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back; an armlock
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
hammocklike
hammocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hammock.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
harlock
haslock
havelock
havelock
noun
A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
heartblock
hokaltecan
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypoplanktonic
kalanchoe
kalanchoe
noun
Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
karyochylema
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.
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keratohelcosis
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koilanaglyphic
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
kolach
kolach
noun
Alternative form of kalach
Type of pastry that holds a portion of fruit or cheese, surrounded by a puffy cushion of supple dough.
kolchak
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leukocythemia
loachapoka
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
lobachevsky
lockhart
lockhart
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
marshlocks
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
matchlocks
matchlocks
noun
plural of matchlock
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
moochulka
moochulka
noun
Alternative form of muchalka
nonchalky
nonchalky
adj
Not chalky.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
phytoplanktonic
phytoplanktonic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, phytoplankton
poikilocythemia
rockhall
sackcloth
sackcloth
adj
Made of sackcloth.
noun
(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
sackclothed
sackclothed
adj
Dressed in sackcloth.
sackcloths
sackcloths
noun
plural of sackcloth
scholarlike
scholarlike
adj
scholarly
adv
in a scholarly fashion
schoolmasterlike
shackbolt
shacklebone
shacklebones
shackledom
shackledom
noun
The condition of being imprisoned or restrained.
shacklefords
shackleton
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shockable
shockable
adj
(medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
Able to be shocked.
Easily shocked.
shockstall
shoeblack
shoeblack
noun
One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
solonchak
solonchak
noun
A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.
splanchnoskeletal
splanchnoskeleton
splanchnoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.
swashbucklerdom
triakisicosahedral
triakisoctahedral
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
unscholarlike
unscholarlike
adj
Not scholarlike.
unshockability
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
whallock
workaholic
workaholic
adj
In the nature or manner of a workaholic.
noun
A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.