Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
checkbits
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chinkiest
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
elkoshite
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
hackliest
hatmakers
hatmakers
noun
plural of hatmaker
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.
heartsick
heartsick
adj
Very despondent or sorrowful.
hellkites
hellkites
noun
plural of hellkite
heterakis
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
hucksters
hucksters
noun
plural of huckster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of huckster
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
jokesmith
jokesmith
noun
(humorous) A person who devises jokes.
kaneshite
katharses
kedushoth
khotanese
khotanese
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
kittenish
kittenish
adj
Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.
Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality.
klatsches
klatsches
noun
plural of klatsch
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
knightess
knightess
noun
(rare) A female knight.
(rare) The wife of a knight.
knightsen
knotholes
knotholes
noun
plural of knothole
lakehurst
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
outshriek
outshriek
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shrieking.
ricketish
ricketish
adj
Having rickets.
shaftlike
shaftlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
sheetlike
sheetlike
adj
Alternative form of sheet-like
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.
sheetwork
sheetwork
noun
Metalwork done in sheets.
The printing of sheets of paper using a printing press.
shirtlike
shirtlike
adj
Resembling a shirt.
shirtmake
shitepoke
shitepoke
noun
the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
the green heron, Butorides virescens
shkupetar
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.
shotmaker
shotmaker
noun
(sports) A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense.
sketchers
sketchers
noun
plural of sketcher
sketchier
sketchier
adj
comparative form of sketchy: more sketchy
sketchily
sketchily
adv
In a sketchy manner.
sketching
sketching
noun
Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch.
verb
present participle of sketch
sketchist
sketchpad
sketchpad
noun
Alternative spelling of sketch pad
skiophyte
skiophyte
noun
(biology, rare) Alternative form of sciophyte
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
stakehead
stakehead
noun
(ropemaking) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
starshake
stokehold
stokehold
noun
(nautical) A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.
stokehole
stokehole
noun
(nautical) The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.
The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
talisheek
tcherkess
thackless
thackless
adj
(archaic) Without thatch; (by extension) having no roof.
thankless
thankless
adj
(of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative
(of a task) not appreciated or rewarded
theotokos
theotokos
Proper noun
The Virgin Mary.
thickness
thickness
noun
(countable) A layer.
(uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
(uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
(uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
(uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).
thicksets
thicksets
noun
plural of thickset
thwackers
thwackers
noun
plural of thwacker
tikoloshe
tikoloshe
noun
Alternative form of tokoloshe
tokoloshe
tokoloshe
noun
(mythology) In Zulu mythology, a mischievous dwarf-like spirit man that can become invisible by drinking water or swallowing a stone.
tuckahoes
tuckahoes
noun
plural of tuckahoe
whackiest
whackiest
adj
superlative form of whacky: most whacky
whelkiest
whistlike
whistlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the game of whist.
whitakers
whitesark
worksheet
worksheet
noun
A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and answers recorded.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To teach or assess by means of worksheets.