(now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
backheel
backheel
noun
(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
(wrestling) A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back.
verb
(soccer) To perform such a kick.
(wrestling) To perform such a trip or throw.
bechalks
bechalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechalk
bleakish
bleakish
adj
Somewhat bleak.
bothlike
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chackler
chakales
chalkier
chalkier
adj
comparative form of chalky: more chalky
chalkone
chedlock
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
chickell
chockler
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
chuckler
chuckler
noun
(India, archaic) A shoemaker, a cobbler.
Someone who chuckles.
chuckles
chuckles
noun
plural of chuckle
clerkish
clerkish
adj
Like or resembling a clerk.
dhekelia
dishlike
dishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dish.
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
fishlike
fishlike
adj
Having some characteristics of a fish.
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
hacklers
hacklers
noun
plural of hackler
hacklier
hairlike
hairlike
adj
Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
halfbeak
halfbeak
noun
(zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
halolike
halolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a halo.
halucket
handlike
handlike
adj
Resembling a hand.
hanselka
harelike
harelike
adj
Characteristic of, or resembling a hare.
haremlik
haremlik
noun
A harem.
harplike
harplike
adj
Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music
havelock
havelock
noun
A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.
hawklike
hawklike
adj
Reminiscent of a hawk.
headlike
headlike
adj
Having the form of a head or a skull.
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
heatlike
heckimal
hecklers
hecklers
noun
plural of heckler
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
heelwork
heelwork
noun
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
heiltsuk
heiskell
hellkite
hellkite
noun
A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil.
helsinki
hemlocks
hemlocks
noun
plural of hemlock
hemplike
hemplike
adj
Resembling hemp or some aspect of it.
herakles
heraklid
herblike
herblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herb.
herblock
herdlike
herdlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
herolike
herolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
hinckley
hivelike
hivelike
adj
Resembling a beehive
hockelty
holyoake
homefolk
homelike
homelike
adj
Having the comfortable characteristics of a home.
hoodlike
hoodlike
adj
Resembling a hood.
hooflike
hooflike
adj
Resembling a hoof.
hookheal
hookless
hookless
adj
Without hooks.
hooklets
hooklets
noun
plural of hooklet
hooklike
hooklike
adj
Resembling a hook.
hooplike
hooplike
adj
Resembling a hoop.
hornlike
hornlike
adj
Of a hard substance, similar to horn.
Projecting like a horn.
hoselike
hoselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hose.
hulkiest
hulkiest
adj
superlative form of hulky: most hulky
husklike
husklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a husk.
hymnlike
hymnlike
adj
Resembling a hymn in form or sound
kahaleel
kalagher
kathleen
kathlene
keelhale
keelhale
verb
Obsolete form of keelhaul.
keelhaul
keelhaul
verb
(transitive) To rebuke harshly.
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
kehillah
kehillah
noun
(Judaism) A type of Jewish community in eastern Europe.
(Judaism) Any Jewish community; especially, a secular Jewish communal organization, or the secular dimension of a religious one.
keighley
keighley
Proper noun
a town in West Yorkshire, England.
keithley
kelleher
kelliher
kelpfish
kelpfish
noun
A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.
kenleigh
kephalin
kephalin
noun
Alternative spelling of cephalin
kerslosh
kerslosh
intj
The sound of something moving noisily through water; slosh.
keyholes
keyholes
noun
plural of keyhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keyhole
khedival
khedival
adj
Alternative form of khedivial
kikldhes
kilnhole
kilnhole
noun
The opening of a kiln into which material is fed.
kithless
kithless
adj
(obsolete) Not knowing anyone; having no acquaintances or family.
kjeldahl
klatches
klephtic
klephtic
adj
(historical) Relating to the klephts.
kneehole
kneehole
noun
A space for the knees (and lower legs), especially under a desk.
knothole
knothole
noun
(Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
koheleth
koheleth
Proper noun
A king in the book of Ecclesiastes.
kolhozes
kolhozes
noun
plural of kolhoz
kooletah
kooletah
noun
An Inuit caribou-skin coat.
kreplach
kreplach
noun
(plural only) Small dumplings of Eastern European origin, filled with meat or cheese and served usually in soup.
kreplech
kreplech
noun
Alternative form of kreplach
kugelhof
kwethluk
latchkey
latchkey
adj
Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child.
noun
A child who is given a key to the home and is expected to remain at home alone (without adult supervision until the parents return from work).
A key, especially to an outside door.
lathlike
lathlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lath.
leechkin
lekythoi
lekythos
lekythos
noun
A pottery flask with a narrow neck, used in Ancient Greece for storing oil.
lekythus
lichwake
likehood
likehood
noun
(obsolete) likelihood
likerish
lockheed
lockhole
lunkhead
lunkhead
noun
(derogatory, informal) A fool or idiot.
mehalick
melkhout
melkhout
noun
(South Africa) The milkwood tree.
milkshed
milkshed
noun
(agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.
A shed in which animals are milked. (Contrast milkhouse, a building or portion thereof where milk is cooled and stored pending transport.)
mothlike
mothlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a moth.
muckhole
nakhlite
nakhlite
noun
Any achondrite composed of an aggregate of diopside and olivine; thought to originate from Mars
okolehao
okolehao
noun
A distilled beverage made from the ti root, and often containing other ingredients, such as sugar cane and pineapple.
rakehell
rakehell
adj
(archaic) Immoral; dissolute.
noun
(archaic) A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake.
rashlike
rashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rash.
rushlike
rushlike
adj
Resembling a rush (the plant).
shackled
shackled
adj
Restrained by shackles, chained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shackle
shackler
shackler
noun
(mining, historical) A person who couples wagons together.
One who shackles.
shackles
shackles
noun
plural of shackle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shackle
shaglike
shaglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of shag (the material).
shakable
shakable
adj
Able to be shaken.
Designed to be shaken.
shakebly
shakenly
shakenly
adv
In a shaken or nervous manner.
sharklet
sharklet
noun
(aviation) An Airbus-branded blended winglet design.
A small or young shark.
shedlike
shedlike
adj
Resembling a shed.
sheikhly
sheikhly
adj
Alternative form of sheikly
shelduck
shelduck
noun
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
shellack
shellack
noun
Alternative form of shellac
sherlock
sherlock
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Sherlock
shickley
shockley
shoplike
shoplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shop.
shotlike
shotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shot.
sighlike
sighlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sigh.
sinkhole
sinkhole
noun
(Internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
(computer security) An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.
(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
(pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
verb
(Internet, transitive) To configure as a sinkhole (domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses).
skelloch
skelloch
noun
(Scotland) A squeal.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To cry out with a shrill voice.
suchlike
suchlike
adj
Of the same or similar kind.
pron
Other things of the same kind or type.
suckhole
suckhole
noun
(US) A whirlpool.
(slang, derogatory) A sycophant, gratuitous pleaser.
verb
(slang, derogatory) To act in a sycophantic manner; suck up.