A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
beothukan
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.
boghazkoy
boschvark
boshvarks
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cashbooks
cashbooks
noun
plural of cashbook
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
chechakos
cheechako
cheechako
noun
Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
chefornak
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.
chinookan
chinookan
Adjective
Of or relating to a small language family spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
chokeable
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.
coachwork
coachwork
noun
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
cockroach
cockroach
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory, humorous) A person from New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A hard lump of brown sugar.
(offensive, slang, ethnic slur, Rwanda) A Tutsi.
(slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cookshack
cookshack
noun
A simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement.
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gawkihood
gorakhpur
gorchakov
grasshook
hackamore
hackamore
noun
A kind of bridle with no bit.
hackthorn
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
haddocker
haddocker
noun
A commercial fisherman who catches haddock.
A fishing boat used for catching haddock.
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
hamesoken
hammerkop
hammerkop
noun
A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons.
handbooks
handbooks
noun
plural of handbook
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
handybook
hankinson
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
havockers
havockers
noun
plural of havocker
havocking
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawknoses
hawknoses
noun
plural of hawknose
hawksmoor
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
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.
hektogram
hemokonia
hianakoto
hockamore
hockamore
noun
(obsolete) A Rhenish white wine.
hoddypeak
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
homemaker
homemaker
noun
(US) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.
hoofmarks
hoofmarks
noun
plural of hoofmark
hookaroon
hookerman
hookmaker
hookmaker
noun
A manufacturer of hooks.
hoopmaker
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
horseback
horseback
adv
On the back of a horse.
noun
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
kahoolawe
kahoolawe
Proper noun
the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in Hawaii, uninhabited
kalanchoe
kalanchoe
noun
Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
kandiyohi
kandiyohi
Proper noun
a small city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA.
kanephore
kantharoi
kantharoi
noun
plural of kantharos
kantharos
kantharos
noun
Alternative form of cantharus (“ancient drinking-cup”)
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
khabarovo
khorassan
khotanese
khotanese
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
khoumaini
kniphofia
kniphofia
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
kobayashi
kobenhavn
kohathite
kohathite
Noun
A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the vessels and objects within the sanctuary.
kohistani
kohistani
Noun
A person from Kohistan.
Adjective
From or relating to Kohistan or Kohistani people.
kokoschka
koksaghyz
koksaghyz
noun
The plant Taraxacum kok-saghyz, whose latex is used in rubber production.
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
koosharem
korahitic
kuangchou
kuehneola
kwangchow
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
lakeshore
lakeshore
noun
(sometimes attributive) The shore of a lake.
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
loanshark
loanshark
noun
Alternative spelling of loan shark.
verb
To commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.
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.
maksoorah
manchukuo
manchukuo
Proper noun
A Japanese-controlled puppet state in Manchuria that existed from 1932 to 1945.
mangohick
markhoors
markhoors
noun
plural of markhoor
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
mohawkian
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
mollyhawk
moochulka
moochulka
noun
Alternative form of muchalka
mousehawk
nonchalky
nonchalky
adj
Not chalky.
notchback
notchback
noun
A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment
oakenshaw
oakenshaw
noun
A grove of oaks.
okahumpka
oklahoman
oklahoman
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America.
Adjective
Of or relating to Oklahoma.
outthanks
outthanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthank
outthwack
overshake
overshake
verb
(obsolete) To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.
To shake too much.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
packhorse
packhorse
noun
A horse used as a pack animal.
packhouse
packhouse
noun
A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
pharmakoi
pharmakoi
noun
plural of pharmakos
pharmakos
pharmakos
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.
quackhood
quackhood
noun
(archaic, rare) quackery
reaphooks
reaphooks
noun
plural of reaphook
roachback
rockshaft
sackcloth
sackcloth
adj
Made of sackcloth.
noun
(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
shackbolt
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.
shakefork
shakefork
noun
(heraldry) A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.
(obsolete) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
shakerdom
shammocky
shamrocks
shamrocks
noun
plural of shamrock
shockable
shockable
adj
(medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.