A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
artukovic
bacbakiri
bacbakiri
noun
Archaic form of bokmakierie.
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backspeir
backspier
backstair
backstair
adj
clandestine, secret or furtive
noun
The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
backstrip
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
backtrick
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
bickerers
bickerers
noun
plural of bickerer
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
birchbark
birchbark
noun
A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.
The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
birdyback
blackbird
blackbird
noun
(slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
blackfire
borickite
borickite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.
brainsick
brainsick
adj
Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
brickbats
brickbats
noun
plural of brickbat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickbat
brickhood
brickiest
brickiest
adj
superlative form of bricky: most bricky
brickkiln
brickkiln
noun
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
bricklike
bricklike
adj
Resembling a brick
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brickwork
brickwork
noun
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
bridecake
bridecake
noun
(archaic) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chalkrail
checkbird
checkrail
checkrail
noun
Alternative spelling of check rail
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
chemicker
chetverik
chetverik
noun
An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.
chickaree
chickaree
noun
(Canada, US) A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.
chimariko
chimariko
Noun
A tribe that lived in a canyon on the Trinity River in California until they were all but destroyed in the mid-1800s, at which point survivors fled and assimilated into the Hupa and Shasta tribes.
Proper noun
The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
ciderlike
ciderlike
Adjective
Resembling cider.
clarkeite
clarkeite
noun
(mineralogy) A uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.
clerklier
clerklier
adj
comparative form of clerkly: more clerkly
clerklike
clerklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
clinkerer
clinkerer
noun
A person who removes clinker from boilers, furnaces &c
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
cockbrain
cockbrain
noun
(vulgar) a stupid person
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
coinmaker
coinmaker
noun
One who makes coins.
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
cookeries
cookeries
noun
plural of cookery
corallike
corallike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of coral.
corkiness
corkiness
noun
The quality of being corky.
cornbinks
corollike
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
crabstick
crabstick
noun
(now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
(obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.
A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
cracklier
cracklier
adj
comparative form of crackly: more crackly
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cranelike
cranelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crane (mechanical lifting device).
Resembling or characteristic of a crane (the bird).
crankbird
crankbird
noun
(dialect, dated) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
crankdisk
crankiest
crankiest
adj
superlative form of cranky: most cranky
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
craterkin
craterkin
noun
(rare) A small crater.
creakiest
creakiest
adj
superlative form of creaky: most creaky
creamlike
creamlike
adj
Resembling cream.
creekfish
creekfish
noun
(US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
creekside
creekside
adj
Beside a creek.
noun
The land forming the side of a creek.
cresskill
cribworks
cribworks
noun
plural of cribwork
cricketed
cricketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cricket
cricketer
cricketer
noun
A person who plays cricket.
crinklier
crinklier
adj
comparative form of crinkly: more crinkly
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
critickin
critickin
noun
(archaic) A petty critic; a criticaster.
croakiest
croakiest
adj
superlative form of croaky: most croaky
crokinole
crokinole
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
crookbill
crookbill
noun
A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
crosslike
crosslike
adj
Resembling a cross.
crosslink
crosslink
noun
Alternative spelling of cross-link
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crowstick
cruiskeen
cruiskeen
noun
(Ireland) A small bottle.
currituck
dackering
detickers
dickering
dickering
noun
bargaining
bartering
verb
present participle of dicker
dickerson
dickybird
disfrocks
disfrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dropkicks
dropkicks
noun
plural of dropkick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dropkick
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
duckeries
duckeries
noun
plural of duckery
ellersick
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
finickier
finickier
adj
comparative form of finicky: more finicky
firebrick
firebrick
noun
a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
firelocks
firelocks
noun
plural of firelock
flickered
flickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flicker
folkloric
folkloric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.
forestick
forestick
noun
The front stick of a fire in a hearth.
fossicker
fossicker
noun
someone who fossicks.
franciska
francklin
frecklier
frecklier
adj
comparative form of freckly: more freckly
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
frederick
frederick
Proper noun
A town in Colorado
A city in Kansas
A city in Maryland, USA, and county seat of Frederick County.
A city in Oklahoma
A town in South Dakota
friedcake
friedcake
noun
(US) A small deep-fried pastry
friedrick
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
frocklike
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
frolicker
frolicker
noun
One who frolics; a reveler.
frolickly
fruitcake
fruitcake
noun
(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gimmickry
gimmickry
noun
Gimmicks collectively.
The use of gimmicks.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
gracelike
gracelike
adj
(religion) Resembling or characteristic of grace.
grainsick
greensick
greensick
adj
Afflicted with green sickness.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
guiderock
hackeries
hackeries
noun
plural of hackery
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
hardwicke
heartsick
heartsick
adj
Very despondent or sorrowful.
heckerism
heckerism
Noun
The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-1888), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people.
heindrick
hendricks
hickories
hickories
noun
plural of hickory
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
ickesburg
innsbruck
innsbruck
Proper noun
A city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol.
interlock
interlock
noun
A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fit or clasp together securely.