(baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
(sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
blackhawk
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
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
bullwhack
bullwhack
verb
(US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chalkworker
chilliwack
chimalakwe
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckwalla
chuckwalla
noun
An iguana, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
eaglehawk
eaglehawk
noun
(Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
fliegerabwehrkanone
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
hawkbill
hawkbill
noun
Alternative spelling of hawksbill
hawkbills
hawkbills
noun
plural of hawkbill
hawkinsville
hawkishly
hawkishly
adv
In a hawkish manner.
hawklike
hawklike
adj
Reminiscent of a hawk.
hawksbill
hawksbill
noun
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
hickwall
hickwall
noun
(UK, regional) A European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
(UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor.
(UK, regional, archaic) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
kahoolawe
kahoolawe
Proper noun
the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in Hawaii, uninhabited
kiswahili
lakshadweep
lakshadweep
Proper noun
Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
leatherworker
leatherworker
noun
A person who makes things from leather.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
leathwake
lichwake
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
mawkishly
mawkishly
adv
In a mawkish manner.
mollyhawk
nightwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nightwalking
nightwalking
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
oklawaha
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
shacklewise
shadowlike
shadowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.
shawllike
shawllike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shawl.
sheepwalk
sheepwalk
noun
Land given to pasturing of sheep, smaller than a sheep-run.
sheepwalker
shopwalker
shopwalker
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbucklerdom
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbucklers
swashbucklers
noun
plural of swashbuckler
swashbucklery
swashbucklery
noun
adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
talkworthy
talkworthy
adj
Worth talking about.
thankworthily
thrawartlike
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
unshowmanlike
unshowmanlike
adj
Not showmanlike.
wallhick
wallhick
noun
The lesser spotted woodpecker.
weakheartedly
weakheartedly
adv
In a weakhearted manner.
weakishly
wealthmaker
wealthmaker
noun
One who generates wealth.
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
whaleback
whaleback
noun
(geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale.
(historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
whalebacker
whalelike
whalelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whale.
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
whallock
whatlike
whatlike
det
(Scotland, archaic) what kind of
wheatflakes
wheatflakes
noun
plural of wheatflake
wheatlike
wheatlike
adj
Resembling wheat or some aspect of it.
wheatstalk
wheatstalk
noun
A stalk of wheat.
wheelmaker
wheelmaker
noun
One who makes wheels.
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whipstalk
whipstalk
noun
Alternative form of whipstock
winklehawk
workaholic
workaholic
adj
In the nature or manner of a workaholic.
noun
A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.