(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
ambushlike
artichokes
artichokes
noun
plural of artichoke
ashkenazic
ashkenazic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews.
ashkenazim
athabaskan
athapaskan
awkwardish
awkwardish
adj
Somewhat awkward.
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashes
backlashes
noun
plural of backlash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlash
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backsheesh
backsheesh
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
backstitch
backstitch
noun
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.
verb
To sew with a backstitch.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
badakhshan
badakhshan
Proper noun
A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
bakshishes
bakshishes
noun
plural of bakshish
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
birthmarks
birthmarks
noun
plural of birthmark
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
breakshugh
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
broomshank
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
burushaski
burushaski
Proper noun
A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
bushmaking
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
byrthynsak
cashkeeper
chaikovski
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
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.
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkstrap
cheechakos
cheechakos
noun
plural of cheechako
cheesecake
cheesecake
noun
(countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
(countable and uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
(uncountable) Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.
chesapeake
chesapeake
Noun
Any member of a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as in Virginia, United States.
chickadees
chickadees
noun
plural of chickadee
chickasaws
chikamatsu
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
cruikshank
dashnakist
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
dobzhansky
earthshock
earthshock
Noun
An earthquake.
earthsmoke
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
ereshkigal
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
frankhouse
freakishly
freakishly
adv
In a freakish manner.
gottschalk
greenshank
greenshank
noun
A wading bird, Tringa nebularia, that has long greenish legs and is native to Eurasia.
hackensack
hackneyism
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
haeckelism
haimsucken
hairstreak
hairstreak
noun
Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
halakistic
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
hamshackle
hamshackle
verb
(transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.
(transitive, figurative) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handshaker
handshaker
noun
One who gives a handshake.
handshakes
handshakes
noun
plural of handshake
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
hankerings
hankerings
noun
plural of hankering
hanksville
hatchbacks
hatchbacks
noun
plural of hatchback
haversacks
haversacks
noun
plural of haversack
headshaker
hearselike
hearselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hearse.
heartshake
heatstroke
heatstroke
noun
Alternative spelling of heat stroke.
hexokinase
hexokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
homemakers
homemakers
noun
plural of homemaker
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
housebreak
housebreak
verb
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
humankinds
humankinds
noun
plural of humankind
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
jinrikisha
jinrikisha
noun
Alternative form of jinriksha
kaisership
kaisership
noun
The role or status of a kaiser.
kanephoros
kashmirian
kashoubish
kathismata
kathismata
noun
plural of kathisma
katholikos
katholikos
noun
Alternative form of catholicos
katsushika
kazakhstan
kazakhstan
Proper noun
country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.
kedushshah
kentishman
kermanshah
kermanshah
Proper noun
A city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran.
A province of Iran.
khabarovsk
khabarovsk
Proper noun
A large city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Khabarovsk krai.
khakanship
khakanship
noun
Synonym of khanship
kharoshthi
kiahsville
kirmanshah
kishambala
kitakyushu
kitakyushu
Proper noun
A city in Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
knappishly
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
krishnaism
krishnaist
krishnaite
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
kyphosidae
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
lakishness
lakishness
noun
The quality of being lakish.
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
longshanks
longshanks
noun
A bird, the stilt.
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
marcushook
marshlocks
massekhoth
matchbooks
matchbooks
noun
plural of matchbook
matchlocks
matchlocks
noun
plural of matchlock
matchstalk
matchstalk
noun
Misspelling of matchstick.
matchstick
matchstick
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece.
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.