(historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
ankerhold
ankerites
ankerites
noun
plural of ankerite
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
arakanese
arawakian
archknave
areskutan
arkansans
arkansian
arkansian
Adjective
Of or from Arkansas.
Noun
A native or resident of Arkansas.
arkansite
arkansite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of brookite
arsnicker
astrakhan
astrakhan
noun
Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings.
aufklrung
awakeners
awakeners
noun
plural of awakener
backbrand
bankcards
bankcards
noun
plural of bankcard
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankeress
bankeress
noun
(obsolete) A female banker.
bankrider
bankrolls
bankrolls
noun
plural of bankroll
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
barkening
barkening
verb
present participle of barken
barkingly
barkingly
adv
With barking sounds.
barkstone
barnbrack
barnstock
baronduki
beakerman
beakermen
bearskins
bearskins
noun
plural of bearskin
beaverkin
beaverkin
noun
(diminutive) A small or young beaver.
A small hat made of beaver fur.
beckerman
beckoners
beckoners
noun
plural of beckoner
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
bepranked
berezniki
betokener
betokener
noun
That which betokens.
betrinket
bickering
bickering
noun
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
verb
present participle of bicker
biforking
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackener
blackener
noun
One who blackens.
blanketer
blanketry
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
brackened
bracknell
bracknell
Proper noun
a town in Berkshire, England.
brainlike
brainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brain.
brainsick
brainsick
adj
Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
brainwork
brainwork
noun
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
brakehand
brakesman
brakesman
noun
A brakeman; a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
brakesmen
brakesmen
noun
plural of brakesman
brankiest
branstock
breakbone
breakbone
adj
Violent; rough and painful.
noun
(US dialect, countable) A chicken's wishbone.
(pathology, uncountable) dengue fever
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
breakneck
breakneck
adj
Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
noun
A dangerous steep place from which one could fall badly.
A fall that breaks the neck.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
brickkiln
brickkiln
noun
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
brideknot
brinkless
brinkless
adj
Without a brink.
brinktown
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
briskness
briskness
noun
The property of being brisk.
brokenbow
bromeikon
brookings
brookings
Proper noun
A city in South Dakota, USA
A city in Oregon, USA.
brookland
brooklawn
brookline
brookline
Proper noun
a town in Massachusetts, USA, which is an exclave of
a former village in Missouri, USA, now part of the city of
a town in New Hampshire, USA.
a neighbourhood in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Vermont, USA.
brookneal
brookston
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
bruskness
bruskness
noun
The state of being brusk
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkermen
bunkermen
noun
plural of bunkerman
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
canebrake
canebrake
noun
(US) A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.
cankereat
cankering
cankering
verb
present participle of canker
cankerous
cankerous
adj
Causing canker; ulcerating.
Infected with canker; ulcerous.
caretaken
caretaken
verb
past participle of caretake
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carnovsky
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
charkhana
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
chefornak
cherenkov
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
clarkston
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
clinkerer
clinkerer
noun
A person who removes clinker from boilers, furnaces &c
cockbrain
cockbrain
noun
(vulgar) a stupid person
cockering
cockering
verb
present participle of cocker
coinmaker
coinmaker
noun
One who makes coins.
conemaker
convokers
convokers
noun
plural of convoker
corkiness
corkiness
noun
The quality of being corky.
cornbinks
corncakes
corncakes
noun
plural of corncake
corncrake
corncrake
noun
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
cornstook
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackings
crackings
noun
plural of cracking
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
crackmans
cracknels
cracknels
noun
plural of cracknel
cracksman
cracksman
noun
(archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
cracksmen
cracksmen
noun
plural of cracksman
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).
crankcase
crankcase
noun
The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
crankdisk
crankiest
crankiest
adj
superlative form of cranky: most cranky
crankless
crankless
adj
Without a crank (mechanical component).
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
crankness
crankness
noun
(nautical) Liability to be overset; said of a ship or other vessel.
sprightliness; health; vigour
crankpins
crankpins
noun
plural of crankpin
craterkin
craterkin
noun
(rare) A small crater.
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.
crokinole
crokinole
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
cronkness
crookneck
crookneck
noun
Any of several yellow varieties of squash having a curved neck.
crookston
crookston
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
crosslink
crosslink
noun
Alternative spelling of cross-link
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crownwork
crownwork
noun
(dentistry) The addition of a crown.
A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.