(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
blockhole
blockhole
noun
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
blockholer
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
blockish
blockish
adj
Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
Rude; clumsy; rough.
blockishly
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
breechblock
breechblock
noun
(firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
buckholts
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
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
chedlock
chkalov
chlorpikrin
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.
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chockfull
chockler
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chokeable
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chokoloskee
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
choleokinase
cholick
cholick
noun
Obsolete form of cholic.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
clockhouse
clockhouse
noun
(architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
(architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
clocksmith
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
cockishly
cockleshell
cockleshell
noun
A small, flimsy boat.
The shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
cockleshells
cockleshells
noun
plural of cockleshell
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockloche
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cookishly
corkhill
crookshouldered
crosshackle
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
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
electroshock
electroshock
noun
(An) electric shock.
(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
verb
(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
gerlachovka
glossokinesthetic
gottschalk
gulfhammock
gumpoldskirchner
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
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
hemlock
hemlock
noun
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
The poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
hemlocks
hemlocks
noun
plural of hemlock
herblock
hillock
hillock
noun
A small hill.
hillocked
hillocked
Adjective
Having hillocks.
hillocks
hillocks
noun
plural of hillock
hillocky
hillocky
adj
Having hillocks.
Resembling a hillock.
hockelty
hockle
hockle
noun
(Tyneside, vulgar) spit, spittle
A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
verb
(Tyneside) To spit.
(transitive) To mow, as stubble.
(transitive) to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.
hockled
hockled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hockle
hockley
hockley
Proper noun
a large village in District, Essex, England,
an inner city area in Birmingham, England.
an unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Virginia, USA.
a village in the town of Ontario, Canada.
hockling
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
hollenbeck
hollock
holluschick
holluschick
noun
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
hollyhock
hollyhock
noun
Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.
hollyhocks
hollyhocks
noun
plural of hollyhock
holoplanktonic
holoplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to holoplankton
homesickly
homesickly
adv
In a homesick way.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
hoolock
hoolock
noun
A large gibbon, either of three primate species Hoolock hoolock, Hoolock leuconedys, or Hoolock tianxing from the family Hylobatidae.
horselock
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
hullock
hullock
noun
(sailing) A small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep the ship’s head to the sea.