(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
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blacksburg
blacktongue
blakesburg
blockaderunning
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blocksburg
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boguslawsky
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
bulkage
bulkage
noun
bulk
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulking
bulking
noun
(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.
verb
present participle of bulk
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
buzzgloak
caulking
caulking
noun
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
verb
present participle of caulk
caulkings
caulkings
noun
plural of caulking
chikmagalur
chuckingly
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
clucking
clucking
adj
(slang, euphemistic) fucking (as intensifier)
noun
The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.
verb
present participle of cluck
clunking
clunking
adj
clunky; awkward
noun
A sound that clunks.
verb
present participle of clunk
counterlocking
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doublethinking
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
dunkling
fluking
fluking
verb
present participle of fluke
flunking
flunking
verb
present participle of flunk
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
funguslike
funguslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fungus.
gallinulelike
gaumlike
gauzelike
gauzelike
adj
Like or resembling gauze.
gazankulu
gazankulu
Proper noun
A bantustan in South West Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Shangaan Tsonga people.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
glauke
gluck
gluck
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is emptied through the narrow neck of a bottle.
glucke
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
glucokinin
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gluelike
gluelike
adj
Resembling glue or some aspect of it.
gluelikeness
gluemaker
gluemaker
noun
A manufacturer of glue.
gluemaking
gluemaking
noun
The manufacture of glue.
glumelike
glumelike
adj
Resembling a glume.
gomulka
gouldbusk
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
grieshuckle
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
guiltsick
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gulbenkian
gulfhammock
gulflike
gulflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gulf.
gulick
gulllike
gumbolike
gumlike
gumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gum.
gumlikeness
gumpoldskirchner
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunlock
gunlock
noun
A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.
gunlocks
gunlocks
noun
plural of gunlock
gurkhali
gurolinick
gutlike
gutlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gut.
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hackleburg
heilungkiang
hulkage
hulking
hulking
adj
Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
noun
A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
verb
present participle of hulk
hulkingly
hulkingly
adv
In a hulking manner.
hulkingness
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
inguklimiut
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kaliyuga
kaluga
kaluga
Proper noun
A city in Russia, administrative centre of Kaluga oblast.
kalumpang
kaolikung
kasigluk
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
keelung
keelung
Proper noun
A city in north-eastern Taiwan.
kegful
kegful
noun
As much as a keg will hold.
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
kerguelen
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kieselgur
kieselgur
noun
Alternative spelling of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
kiesselgur
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilogausses
kilogausses
noun
plural of kilogauss
kilung
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
klagenfurt
klausenburg
kluang
kludge
kludge
noun
(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
(informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
(informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
(informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.
verb
(informal) To build or use a kludge.
kludged
kludged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kludge
kludges
kludges
noun
plural of kludge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kludge
kludging
kludging
verb
present participle of kludge
klug
kluge
kluge
noun
A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.