(US) A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
airlock
airlock
noun
(architecture, informal) A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate.
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
Alternative form of air lock
airsick
airsick
adj
Nauseated due to the effects of motion of an aircraft; suffering from motion sickness caused by air travel.
alarick
alkalic
alkalic
adj
(geology, of a rock) Containing a relatively high proportion of alkali; alkaline.
alkylic
alkylic
adj
Relating to, or composed of alkyl chains; aliphatic
amtrack
anticks
anticks
noun
plural of antick
antickt
aphakic
aphakic
adj
(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.
noun
One who has aphakia.
arcking
arclike
arclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an arc.
arkosic
arkosic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to arkose.
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armrack
armrack
noun
A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
arracks
arracks
noun
plural of arrack
ashcake
ashcake
noun
(Eastern US) A johnnycake.
askance
askance
adj
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
adv
(of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
Sideways; obliquely.
verb
(rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
(rare, transitive) To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.
attacks
attacks
noun
plural of attack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attack
babcock
backage
backare
backare
intj
Alternative form of baccare
backbar
backbit
backbit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backbite
backcap
backers
backers
noun
plural of backer
backhoe
backhoe
noun
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
verb
To excavate using such equipment.
backing
backing
adj
(music) Providing support for the main performer.
noun
(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
(television, film) A backdrop.
A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
Support, especially financial.
The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
The mounting of a horse or other animal.
verb
present participle of back
backjaw
backler
backlet
backlit
backlit
adj
Lit or illuminated from behind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlight
backlog
backlog
noun
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
backsaw
backsaw
noun
A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.
backset
backset
noun
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
verb
(US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
backsey
backups
backups
noun
plural of backup
backway
backway
noun
A back alley.
baddock
ballock
ballock
noun
Alternative spelling of bollock
bannack
bannock
bannock
noun
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
(especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
barlock
barrack
barrack
noun
(Ireland, colloquial, usually in the plural) A police station.
(US) A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
(by extension, chiefly in the plural) Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
(chiefly in the plural) A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team.
(Britain, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
(intransitive) To live in barracks.
(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
barvick
barwick
bauckie
bawcock
bawcock
noun
(archaic) A fine fellow.
bechalk
bechalk
verb
(archaic) To cover with chalk, or whiten as if with chalk.
beckman
becloak
becloak
verb
(transitive, literally, figurative) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
becroak
bicakci
bickart
bipacks
bipacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipack
blacked
blacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of black
blacken
blacken
verb
(intransitive, ergative) To become black.
(transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
(transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
(transitive, causative) To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
blacker
blacker
adj
comparative form of black: more black
noun
One who blacks.
blackey
blackie
blackie
noun
Alternative spelling of blacky
blackit
blackly
blackly
adv
Darkly or gloomily.
Wickedly.
With a black appearance.
blalock
botchka
bowback
bracked
bracken
bracken
noun
(uncountable) An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.
(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
bracker
bracket
bracket
noun
(UK) "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
(US) "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
(algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
(military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
(sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
(typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”)
One of several ranges of numbers.
verb
(military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
(philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
To enclose in typographical brackets.
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
To place in the same category.
To set aside, discount, ignore.
To support by means of mechanical brackets.
buckass
buckman
buckram
buckram
noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
(transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
buckras
buckras
noun
plural of buckra
bucksaw
bucksaw
noun
A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.
bummack
buyback
buyback
noun
(countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.
A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
bysacki
cacking
cacking
verb
present participle of cack
cackled
cackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cackle
cackler
cackler
noun
A person or creature that cackles.
cackles
cackles
noun
plural of cackle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cackle
cadlock
cadlock
noun
Obsolete form of charlock.
cahokia
caickle
cakavci
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
cakette
cakette
noun
A small cake of animal feed.
cakiest
cakiest
adj
superlative form of caky: most caky
calkage
calkers
calkers
noun
plural of calker
calking
calking
noun
Alternative form of caulking
verb
present participle of calk
calkins
calkins
noun
plural of calkin
calpack
calpack
noun
A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
cammock
cammock
noun
A crooked stick, staff or club.
The spiny restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
Venus' comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
canakin
canakin
noun
(archaic) A little can or cup.
candock
candock
noun
A kind of horsetail (Equisetum telmateia).
A plant or weed that grows in rivers.
The yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
canikin
canikin
noun
Alternative form of canakin
cankers
cankers
noun
plural of canker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canker
cankery
cankery
adj
Full of canker.
Like a canker.
Surly; malignant; cantankerous.
cannock
cannock
Proper noun
a town in Staffordshire, England.
caplock
caplock
noun
A firearm that is discharged by means of a percussion cap.
caprock
caprock
noun
(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
caracks
caracks
noun
plural of carack
carcake
carcake
noun
A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.
carking
carking
adj
(archaic) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).
noun
(archaic) Wearying; distress.
verb
present participle of cark
carkled
carlick
carlock
carlock
noun
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.
carrack
carrack
noun
(historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
carrick
carrick
noun
(nonce word) A greatcoat.
Alternative spelling of carrack
carryke
carsick
carsick
adj
Dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness.
caskets
caskets
noun
plural of casket
casking
casking
verb
present participle of cask
cassock
cassock
noun
(obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.
(obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
castock
castock
noun
The stalk of kale or cabbage
catkins
catkins
noun
plural of catkin
catlike
catlike
adj
nimble, quick, graceful
resembling a cat; feline
slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy
catskin
catskin
noun
the skin of a cat, or leather made therefrom
catwalk
catwalk
noun
(by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.
(nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway
Any similar elevated walkway.
cauking
caulked
caulked
adj
Having cracks or crevices stopped-up with a filler.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caulk
caulker
caulker
noun
(informal) Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”).
(slang, archaic) An alcoholic drink; a dram.
A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron.
cchakri
celinka
chabouk
chabouk
noun
Alternative form of chabuk
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
chacker
chackle
chackle
verb
(England, dialectal, rare) To chatter (to talk or make noise) or chuckle.
chaiken
chakari
chakazi
chakazi
noun
A variety of copal.
chakdar
chakobu
chakram
chakram
noun
(historical) An old Indian coin from Travancore.
A disc-like throwing weapon originally from India.
chakras
chakras
noun
plural of chakra
chalked
chalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chalk
chalker
chalker
noun
One who chalks.
chalkos
chaluka
chamkis
champak
champak
noun
Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
charkas
charkas
noun
plural of charka
charked
charked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chark
charkha
charkha
noun
(Pakistan, India) A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
chataka
chataka
noun
A bird in Indian mythology, represented as having a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst, and associated with the Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus).
chekmak
chekmak
noun
A Turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
chiggak
chikara
chikara
noun
A Hindu musical instrument of the violin class.
An Indian antelope (Gazella bennettii).
The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).