Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
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.
brakehand
brakehead
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
burkhardt
cardshark
cardshark
noun
(chiefly US) A cardsharp.
chadwicks
chempaduk
chickadee
chickadee
noun
A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.
Affectionate term of address.
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chunkhead
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
daishikis
daishikis
noun
plural of daishiki
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
dashmaker
deathlike
deathlike
adj
(obsolete) Deadly.
Resembling or characteristic of death.
a deathlike silence
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
ditchbank
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
duckwheat
gawkihood
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
haddocker
haddocker
noun
A commercial fisherman who catches haddock.
A fishing boat used for catching haddock.
handbooks
handbooks
noun
plural of handbook
handbrake
handbrake
noun
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
handshake
handshake
noun
(computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
verb
(computing) To perform a handshake with another device.
To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
handybook
hardbacks
hardbacks
noun
plural of hardback
hardhacks
hardhacks
noun
plural of hardhack
hardtacks
hardtacks
noun
plural of hardtack
hardwicke
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawkweeds
hawkweeds
noun
plural of hawkweed
headliked
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
headshake
headshake
noun
A shake of the head.
headstick
headstick
noun
(printing, historical) A straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.
A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
headstock
headstock
noun
(mining) A headframe.
(rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
A beam that supports a bell.
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
hearkened
hearkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hearken
heterakid
hoddypeak
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
humankind
humankind
noun
The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
kaddishes
kaddishes
noun
plural of kaddish
kaddishim
kamadhenu
kamchadal
kamchadal
Noun
A member of the ethnic group who are the original inhabitants of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia.
kandiyohi
kandiyohi
Proper noun
a small city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA.
kathmandu
keelhaled
keelhaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keelhale
kevelhead
khedivate
khedivate
noun
The region ruled by a khedive.
khediviah
khediviah
noun
Alternative form of khediva
khedivial
khedivial
adj
Of or relating to a khedive.
kindheart
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
knaidlach
knaidlach
noun
plural of knaidel
knaydlach
krauthead
kurbashed
kurbashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kurbash
landshark
landshark
noun
(derogatory) A landgrabber.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
lookahead
lookahead
noun
(computing, software compilation) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
(regular expressions) The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
quackhood
quackhood
noun
(archaic, rare) quackery
radknight
radknight
noun
Synonym of radman
redshanks
redshanks
noun
Common name of Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
plural of redshank
schickard
shackland
shackland
noun
(South Africa) An unofficial urban settlement composed of shacks.
shaddocks
shaddocks
noun
plural of shaddock
shakedown
shakedown
adj
that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft
noun
(slang) A thorough search; a frisk
(slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft
An improvised bed.
shakerdom
shandaken
sheldrake
sheldrake
noun
A male shelduck.
A merganser.
An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
The call sign for an artillery officer.
shikarred
shikarred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shikar
shockhead
shockhead
noun
A head of long, unkempt, rough hair.
A person having hair of this kind.
sideshake
skaldship
skaldship
noun
(historical) The skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.
sketchpad
sketchpad
noun
Alternative spelling of sketch pad
skinheads
skinheads
noun
plural of skinhead
skunkhead
skunkhead
noun
A duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius, the Labrador duck) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England, now believed extinct.
The surf duck.
snakehead
snakehead
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person.
(slang) A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people
(zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
The guinea-hen flower, Fritillaria meleagris.
stakehead
stakehead
noun
(ropemaking) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
takhtadjy
thickhead
thickhead
noun
Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus Pachycephala.
Someone stupid.
thondraki
thylakoid
thylakoid
noun
(biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
unchalked
unchalked
adj
Not chalked.
unhackled
unhackled
adj
Not hackled.
unshanked
unshanked
adj
Not shanked (in various senses).
unskaithd
unthanked
unthanked
adj
Not having been thanked.
windshake
windshake
noun
A crack in wood caused by the force of wind while the tree was growing.