(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
ashkhabad
aspidiske
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backyards
backyards
noun
plural of backyard
baedekers
baidarkas
baidarkas
noun
plural of baidarka
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
bankcards
bankcards
noun
plural of bankcard
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
barksdale
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
beadworks
beadworks
noun
plural of beadwork
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
bedmakers
bedmakers
noun
plural of bedmaker
bidarkees
bidarkees
noun
plural of bidarkee
blackcods
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
bookstand
bookstand
noun
A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
A small stall where books are sold.
A stand, made for holding books open.
bookwards
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
cardshark
cardshark
noun
(chiefly US) A cardsharp.
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
cassocked
cassocked
adj
Dressed in a cassock.
Dressed in many cassocks
chadwicks
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
crankdisk
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
daishikis
daishikis
noun
plural of daishiki
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
dakoities
dakoities
noun
plural of dakoity
dalesfolk
dalesfolk
noun
Dalesmen.
damaskeen
damaskine
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darkeners
darkeners
noun
plural of darkener
darkliest
darkliest
adv
(literary, dated) superlative form of darkly: most darkly
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
darkrooms
darkrooms
noun
plural of darkroom
dashmaker
daybreaks
daybreaks
noun
plural of daybreak
daystreak
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
dekabrist
dekabrist
Noun
Decembrist
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
dekastere
dekastere
noun
Alternative form of decastere
dicksonia
diemakers
diemakers
noun
plural of diemaker
disembark
disembark
verb
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
disimpark
disimpark
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
disjasked
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
disjaskit
disjaskit
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out
dismarket
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
dockyards
dockyards
noun
plural of dockyard
doraskean
draffsack
drammocks
drawbacks
drawbacks
noun
plural of drawback
dressmake
dressmake
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make (a dress or dresses).
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
drygalski
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
dudelsack
eduskunta
eskualdun
euskaldun
feedbacks
feedbacks
noun
(proscribed) plural of feedback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feedback
gudesakes
handbooks
handbooks
noun
plural of handbook
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
hardbacks
hardbacks
noun
plural of hardback
hardhacks
hardhacks
noun
plural of hardhack
hardtacks
hardtacks
noun
plural of hardtack
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawkweeds
hawkweeds
noun
plural of hawkweed
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.
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
iceskated
iceskated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of iceskate
inkstands
inkstands
noun
plural of inkstand
jessakeed
jessakeed
noun
(archaic) A Native American prophet or medicine man.
jossakeed
jossakeed
noun
A prophet or medicine man among certain Native American peoples.
judaslike
junkyards
junkyards
noun
plural of junkyard
kaddishes
kaddishes
noun
plural of kaddish
kaddishim
kailyards
kailyards
noun
plural of kailyard
kaiserdom
kaiserdom
noun
The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
kaleyards
kaleyards
noun
plural of kaleyard
kallidins
kallidins
noun
plural of kallidin
kandinski
kandinsky
kassandra
kassandra
Proper noun
name, a rare spelling variant ( or transliteration from Greek ) of Cassandra.
keyboards
keyboards
noun
plural of keyboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keyboard
kickstand
kickstand
noun
A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kingsland
klipdachs
klipdachs
noun
Alternative form of klipdas
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
krasnodar
krasnodar
Proper noun
A city, administrative centre of Krasnodar krai (unofficially called Kuban) of Russia, called Yekaterinodar before December 1920.
kronstadt
kurbashed
kurbashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kurbash
kurdistan
lakesides
lakesides
noun
plural of lakeside
landmarks
landmarks
noun
plural of landmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of landmark
landowska
landshark
landshark
noun
(derogatory) A landgrabber.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
landskips
landskips
noun
plural of landskip
laserdisk
leadworks
leadworks
noun
A factory that processes lead (the metal).
plural of leadwork
loudspeak
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
madawaska
mandrakes
mandrakes
noun
plural of mandrake
markdowns
markdowns
noun
plural of markdown
mikadoism
mikadoism
Noun
The Japanese practice of worshipping the emperor as a god.
milkmaids
milkmaids
noun
plural of milkmaid
mismarked
mismarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mismark
mispacked
mispacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispack
mosaicked
mosaicked
adj
(photography) Formed from a "mosaic" of images.
Composed of a mosaic.
musketade
musketade
noun
The firing of muskets for a length of time.
nakedness
nakedness
noun
The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
neckbands
neckbands
noun
plural of neckband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neckband