A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adirondacks
adirondacks
Proper noun
A range of mountains in New York State.
afterreckoning
aleksandrovac
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkoranic
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
anakinetomeric
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
ankyloproctia
archidiskodon
archikaryon
archipenko
arosaguntacook
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backcrossing
backcrossing
noun
(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backpointer
backpointers
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
barnstock
beckiron
beckoner
beckoner
noun
One who, or that which, beckons.
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bickiron
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
blockaderunning
bombernickel
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
branstock
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brickmason
brocken
brocklin
brockton
brockton
Proper noun
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a small town in Montana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
a township in parish, Shropshire, England
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cairnbrook
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
cankerroot
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
cantankerousnesses
cardiokinetic
cardiokinetic
adj
That excites or stimulates the heart.
noun
A drug that stimulates the heart.
carnovsky
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
cementwork
cerenkov
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
chefornak
cherenkov
cherubikon
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chlorpikrin
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chronodeik
clarkson
clarkston
clarkton
clodknocker
clodknocker
noun
Synonym of clodhopper
cockbrain
cockbrain
noun
(vulgar) a stupid person
cockburn
cockcrowing
cockcrowing
noun
The crowing sound of a cock.
cockcrow; daybreak
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
cockernonnie
cockernonnie
noun
Alternative form of cockernony
cockernony
cockernony
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
cockneybred
cocksureness
cocksureness
noun
the state or condition of being cocksure
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coforeknown
coinmaker
coinmaker
noun
One who makes coins.
cokernut
cokernut
noun
Archaic form of coconut.
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
conakry
conakry
Proper noun
The capital of Guinea.
concertstck
concertstuck
conemaker
confervalike
conker
conker
noun
(Britain) A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
Alternative form of kankar
conkers
conkers
noun
(Britain, games) A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
plural of conker
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
convoker
convoker
noun
One who convokes or calls together.
convokers
convokers
noun
plural of convoker
copperskin
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkiness
corkiness
noun
The quality of being corky.
corkinesses
corking
corking
adj
(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
noun
The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
verb
present participle of 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.
corkmaking
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cornbinks
corncake
corncake
noun
(regional US) johnnycake
corncakes
corncakes
noun
plural of corncake
corncockle
corncockle
noun
Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.
corncracker
corncracker
noun
Alternative form of corn-cracker
corncrake
corncrake
noun
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
cornerbacks
cornerbacks
noun
plural of cornerback
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
cornrick
cornsack
cornsack
noun
A sack for carrying corn.
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
cornstook
coronetlike
corpselikeness
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterattacker
counterattacker
noun
One who carries out a counterattack.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterattacks
counterattacks
noun
plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks