The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archmock
archmocker
archmockery
archworkmaster
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
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
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
chackchiuma
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaker
chairmaker
noun
A manufacturer of chairs.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chakram
chakram
noun
(historical) An old Indian coin from Travancore.
A disc-like throwing weapon originally from India.
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
chamkanni
chamkis
champak
champak
noun
Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
champaka
champaks
champaks
noun
plural of champak
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
checkman
checkman
noun
A man employed to operate a check valve.
checkmark
checkmark
noun
Alternative form of check mark
verb
(transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick.
checkmarked
checkmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmark
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
cheesemaker
cheesemaker
noun
A person skilled in the art of making cheese
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chekmak
chekmak
noun
A Turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
chemakuan
chempaduk
chickahominy
chickamauga
chikamatsu
chikmagalur
chilmark
chimakuan
chimakum
chimalakwe
chimarikan
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
chockman
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
chuckram
chuckram
noun
(British India) A small silver coin (value 1/32 of a rupee) once used in Travancore.
chumpaka
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
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaker
coachmaker
noun
A coachbuilder.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
couchmaker
couchmaker
noun
A manufacturer of couches.
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
crackhemp
dekadrachm
deutschemark
deutschmark
ektachrome
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
gebrauchsmusik
gulfhammock
hackamatak
hackamore
hackamore
noun
A kind of bridle with no bit.
hackeem
hackeymal
hackmack
hackmall
hackman
hackman
noun
The driver of a hack
hackmatack
hackmatack
noun
A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera.
A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina.
hackmatacks
hackmatacks
noun
plural of hackmatack
hackmen
hackmen
noun
plural of hackman
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
haeckelism
haimsucken
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
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
hammock
hammock
noun
(US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
verb
(intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
(transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
(transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
(transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
hammocklike
hammocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hammock.
hammocks
hammocks
noun
plural of hammock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hammock
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.
hamtramck
hamtramck
Proper noun
A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
heckimal
heckman
hemikaryotic
hickman
hickman
Proper noun
a city in Kentucky, USA
hockamore
hockamore
noun
(obsolete) A Rhenish white wine.
hommack
hughmanick
humarock
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
verb
To hunt humpback whales.
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
jackhammer
jackhammer
noun
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
verb
(intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
(intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
(of the heart or pulse) To beat hard, to pound.
(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
jackhammered
jackhammered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackhammer
jackhammers
jackhammers
noun
plural of jackhammer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackhammer
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
kamachi
kamachile
kamachile
noun
Alternative form of camachile
kamanichile
kamavachara
kamchadal
kamchadal
Noun
A member of the ethnic group who are the original inhabitants of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia.
kamchatka
kamchatka
Proper noun
A long peninsula in the Russian Far East, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
kamchatkan
kamchatkan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Kamchatka.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Kamchatka.
kamichi
kamichi
noun
A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta.
kammerchor
kampuchea
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
karyenchyma
karyochrome
karyochrome
noun
(cytology, dated) A type of neuron that has a nucleus that stains intensely
karyochylema
katachromasis
katamorphic
kechumaran
kemancha
kilmichael
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).