(architecture, informal) A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate.
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
Alternative form of air lock
airlocks
airlocks
noun
plural of airlock
alarmclock
alarmclock
noun
Misspelling of alarm clock.
aleksandrovac
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkoranic
allokurtic
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
ankyloproctia
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armlocks
armlocks
noun
plural of armlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armlock
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backlotter
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
barlock
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackboard
blackboard
noun
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
verb
To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
blackboards
blackboards
noun
plural of blackboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackboard
blackford
blackmore
blackroot
blackroot
noun
Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.
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
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockader
blockader
noun
A person who blockades
A ship used in blockading
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockaderunning
blockboard
blockboard
noun
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blocker
blocker
noun
(card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
(computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
(computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
(marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
(poker) A blocker bet.
(sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
A puberty blocker.
blockers
blockers
noun
plural of blocker
blockholer
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blocksburg
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
bockerel
bombernickel
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
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
brockle
brockle
adj
Of animals: variegated, speckled, multicolored; usually used in the phrase brockle-faced.
Of food odors: malodorous, flatulent, pungent: smelling of sulfur, hydrogen sulfide, or hydrogen disulfide.
brocklin
brockwell
bullocker
bullyrock
cankerflower
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
carlock
carlock
noun
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
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
chalkosideric
chalkworker
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.
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
chlorpikrin
chockler
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
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.
clarksboro
clarkson
clarkston
clarkton
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
clearbrook
clerkdom
clerkdom
noun
The role or status of clerk.
clerkdoms
clerkdoms
noun
plural of clerkdom
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
cloakmaker
cloakmaker
noun
Someone who makes cloaks.
cloakroom
cloakroom
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
(Britain, Ireland, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
cloakrooms
cloakrooms
noun
plural of cloakroom
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
clocker
clocker
noun
(Scotland, dated) A clucking hen.
(slang) A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets.
A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car
clockers
clockers
noun
plural of clocker
clockkeeper
clockmaker
clockmaker
noun
A person who makes clocks.
clockroom
clockroom
noun
A room containing a clock or clocks, for example in a clock tower.
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clockwork
clockwork
adj
Driven by clockwork.
Very smooth and regular.
noun
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
clockworked
clockworks
clockworks
noun
plural of clockwork
clodbreaker
clodknocker
clodknocker
noun
Synonym of clodhopper
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
cloisterlike
cloisterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cloister.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coalrake
coalrake
noun
A rake used to stir the coals / ashes in a furnace or oven
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cockerel
cockerel
noun
A young male chicken.
cockerels
cockerels
noun
plural of cockerel
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cockler
cockler
noun
One who finds and sells cockles.
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cofferlike
cofferlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
coldbrook
coldturkey
colebrook
colicker
colormaker
colormaker
noun
(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
confervalike
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
corallike
corallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of coral.
cordlike
cordlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cord.
corkhill
corklike
corklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cork.
corkline
corkline
noun
(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
cormlike
cormlike
adj
Resembling a corm.
corncockle
corncockle
noun
Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
corollike
coronetlike
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
corymblike
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterlocking
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
coxankylometer
craddockville
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
croakily
croakily
adv
In a croaky manner.
crocketville
crokinole
crokinole
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
crookbill
crookbill
noun
A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
crookbilled
crookedly
crookedly
adv
In a crooked manner.
crookle
crookle
verb
(obsolete, dialectal, East Midlands, Lancashire, Yorkshire) To bend; to make crooked.