(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
blackleg
blackleg
noun
(countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
(countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.
(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
verb
To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
blockage
blockage
noun
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
The state of being blocked.
constipation
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
cagelike
cagelike
adj
Like a cage.
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
checkage
checkage
noun
The act of marking with a check mark.
The items or amount to which attention is called by a check mark.
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
chekiang
cleeking
cleeking
verb
present participle of cleek
clerkage
clerkage
noun
The work of a clerk.
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
cloakage
cloglike
cloglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
cokeburg
corkages
corkages
noun
plural of corkage
craglike
craglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crag.
creaking
creaking
noun
A noise that creaks.
verb
present participle of creak
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
dungbeck
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
gamecock
gamecock
noun
A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting.
gascheck
gavelock
gavelock
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) An iron crow or lever.
(rare, obsolete) A spear or dart.
gaverick
geckotid
geelbeck
gemsbuck
gemsbuck
noun
Alternative form of gemsbok
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
giesecke
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
glackens
gladbeck
grackles
grackles
noun
plural of grackle
greenock
greenock
Proper noun
a town on the south side of the Scotland, which is the administrative centre of council area
a small town in the South Australia.
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
guericke
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
heckling
heckling
noun
The act of one who heckles.
The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
verb
present participle of heckle
hedgcock
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
keckling
keckling
noun
Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable.
lockages
lockages
noun
plural of lockage
longneck
longneck
noun
A longneck eel.
A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
An apatosaur, or other similar sauropod.
magicked
magicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magic
meckling
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
neckings
neckings
noun
plural of necking
ockeghem
packaged
packaged
adj
Having been placed in a package.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of package
packager
packager
noun
A comic book studio that produces content for comic book publishers on demand.
A person who packages.
A tool or machine used to package objects.
packages
packages
noun
plural of package
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of package
pluckage
reckling
reckling
noun
(archaic) A reckless person.
(archaic) A weak child or animal.
ringneck
ringneck
noun
Any of several unrelated birds that have a ringed neck.
sedgwick
slackage
snecking
snecking
verb
present participle of sneck
specking
specking
noun
(Australia) The practice by speckers or fossickers of walking around scanning the ground for gemstones.
verb
present participle of speck
stackage
stackage
noun
A tax on things stacked.
Hay, grain, etc. in stacks; things stacked.
stickage
stockage
stockage
noun
stock; a supply of goods stored for later use
trackage
trackage
noun
The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
The right of a railway company to use the tracks belonging to another; the charge levied for this right
railway tracks collectively
truckage
truckage
noun
(obsolete) exchange; bartering; truck
a charge for this
the carrying of goods by truck
wreckage
wreckage
noun
Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed.
wrecking
wrecking
noun
The act by which something is wrecked.
The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.