A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
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.
blockhole
blockhole
noun
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
chechakos
checkbook
checkbook
noun
Alternative form of chequebook
checkhook
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
checkroom
checkroom
noun
(US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored.
checkrope
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
cheechako
cheechako
noun
Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
cheekbone
cheekbone
noun
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
chefornak
cherenkov
cherokees
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chokeable
chokebore
chokebore
noun
A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a gun) with a chokebore.
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.
chokeweed
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
clothlike
clothlike
adj
Resembling cloth.
cockhorse
cockhorse
adj
(figuratively) Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
noun
(archaic) A child's rocking horse.
(obsolete) A high or tall horse.
cockloche
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cockshies
cockshies
noun
plural of cockshy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cockshy
cookhouse
cookhouse
noun
A small building where cooking takes place.
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
dockhouse
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
doorcheek
doorcheek
noun
The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
droschken
duckhouse
foreshock
foreshock
noun
(geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event
hackamore
hackamore
noun
A kind of bridle with no bit.
haddocker
haddocker
noun
A commercial fisherman who catches haddock.
A fishing boat used for catching haddock.
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
havockers
havockers
noun
plural of havocker
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.
hickories
hickories
noun
plural of hickory
hillocked
hillocked
Adjective
Having hillocks.
hockamore
hockamore
noun
(obsolete) A Rhenish white wine.
hockessin
hockmoney
hogchoker
hogchoker
noun
Trinectes maculatus, a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
hookcheck
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.
horselock
jockeyish
kalanchoe
kalanchoe
noun
Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
kincheloe
mechnikov
neckcloth
neckcloth
noun
(historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white.
ockenheim
overcheck
overcheck
noun
A check pattern that is superimposed upon another pattern
A strap that stretches from the pollstrap of the bridle to the saddle
verb
(transitive) To check or verify more than necessary.
overchoke
overthick
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.
pockhouse
porchlike
porchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a porch.
pouchlike
pouchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
rockhouse
roughneck
roughneck
noun
(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
verb
To work as a laborer on an oil rig.
schnorkel
schnorkel
noun
Alternative form of snorkel
schnorkle
sheetrock
sheetrock
noun
(uncountable) A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings; drywall
verb
To install and finish sheetrock.
sherlocke
sherlocks
sherlocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sherlock
shockable
shockable
adj
(medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
Able to be shocked.
Easily shocked.
shockhead
shockhead
noun
A head of long, unkempt, rough hair.
A person having hair of this kind.
shocklike
shocklike
adj
(medicine) Resembling or characteristic of shock.
shockwave
shockwave
noun
Alternative spelling of shock wave
shoeblack
shoeblack
noun
One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
shoepacks
shoepacks
noun
plural of shoepack
shortcake
shortcake
noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
shredcock
shurlocke
shylocked
shylocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shylock
torchlike
torchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a torch.
tuckahoes
tuckahoes
noun
plural of tuckahoe
unshocked
unshocked
adj
Not shocked.
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.
wretchock
wretchock
noun
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.