(now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
alkahestica
alkahestical
alkahestical
adj
Alternative form of alkahestic
alkahests
alkahests
noun
plural of alkahest
ambushlike
amethystlike
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
asphaltlike
asphaltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.
bacchuslike
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backlash
backlash
noun
(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
(mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
A sudden backward motion.
The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
verb
To cause or set off a backlash.
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backlashes
backlashes
noun
plural of backlash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlash
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
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verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
backslashes
backslashes
noun
plural of backslash
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
balkhash
balkish
balkish
adj
(obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
bashalick
bashlik
bashlik
noun
Alternative spelling of bashlyk
bashlyk
bashlyk
noun
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
bashlyks
bashlyks
noun
plural of bashlyk
bechalks
bechalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechalk
beshackle
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackbush
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blackish
blackish
adj
somewhat black
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(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
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bushelbasket
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chachalakas
chakales
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.
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
chelyabinsk
chilkats
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
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.
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
deathlikeness
dikelocephalus
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
ereshkigal
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
gottschalk
hacklers
hacklers
noun
plural of hackler
hackles
hackles
noun
plural of hackle
hackliest
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
haeckelism
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
halakahs
halakhas
halakhas
noun
plural of halakha
halakhist
halakhist
noun
A Jewish person who strictly adheres to halakhic and Talmudic laws.
halakist
halakist
noun
Alternative form of halakhist
halakistic
halakists
halakists
noun
plural of halakist
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
halkahs
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
hallmarks
hallmarks
noun
plural of hallmark
halterbreaks
halterbreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halterbreak
hammarskjold
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
hammerskjold
hamshackle
hamshackle
verb
(transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.
(transitive, figurative) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
hanksville
hanselka
harnesslike
harnesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a harness.
haskalah
haskel
haskell
haskell
Proper noun
derived from the given name
A Jewish surname derived from the equivalent of English Ezekiel.
name transferred from the surnames.
A general-purpose purely functional programming language with support for recursive functions and pattern matching.
A city in Texas, USA
haslock
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
hawkbills
hawkbills
noun
plural of hawkbill
hawkinsville
hawkishly
hawkishly
adv
In a hawkish manner.
hawksbill
hawksbill
noun
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock