(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
blackhander
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bunchbacked
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
chickenhood
chickenhood
noun
The state or period of being a chicken.
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
choukoutien
cockishness
cockneyship
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
finchbacked
funfkirchen
hackneyedly
handkercher
handkercher
noun
Obsolete form of handkerchief.
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
hendrickson
hickishness
hickscorner
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
humperdinck
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hypokinetic
hypokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis
interchoked
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
kamanichile
karyenchyma
kawchodinne
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
keypunching
keypunching
verb
present participle of keypunch
kinaestheic
kinesthetic
kinesthetic
adj
Of or relating to kinesthesia.
kinetochore
kinetochore
noun
(biology) The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
kingtehchen
kitchenette
kitchenette
noun
small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room instead of a separate room
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwife
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
landsknecht
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
machinelike
machinelike
adj
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
metchnikoff
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
nakhichevan
nakhichevan
Proper noun
historically a region of Greater Armenia, divided between the provinces Vaspurakan and Syunik; currently a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan, officially Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
the capital city of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
neckerchief
neckerchief
noun
A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
netherstock
netherstock
noun
(historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks.
A stocking.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
peckishness
peckishness
noun
The quality of being peckish; mild hunger.
pfannkuchen
prechecking
prechecking
verb
present participle of precheck
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
quackenbush
resketching
resketching
verb
present participle of resketch
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
schnorkeled
shacklebone
shankpieces
shellacking
shellacking
noun
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
The act or process of coating with shellac.
verb
present participle of shellac
shockedness
shockedness
noun
The quality of being shocked.
sickishness
sickishness
noun
The quality of being sickish.
sketchiness
sketchiness
noun
The property of being sketchy.
sketchingly
spinachlike
spinachlike
Adjective
Resembling spinach.
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
stockhausen
stretchneck
thackerayan
thackerayan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist.
thickenings
thickenings
noun
plural of thickening
thicknesses
thicknesses
noun
plural of thickness
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
uncheckered
uncheckered
adj
Not checkered; constant, unvarying.
unchildlike
unchildlike
adj
Not childlike; inappropriate for a child to do or be
unhackneyed
unhackneyed
adj
Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.
Unpractised, inexperienced.
unphysicked
unphysicked
adj
(archaic) Not physicked.
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
unthickened
unthickened
adj
Not thickened.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unthicken