Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
backframe
backstamp
barmbrack
barmbrack
noun
An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.
beckerman
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
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.
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blackmail
blackmail
noun
(England law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.
(archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, dirt.
The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
verb
(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
blackmore
brackmard
brackmard
noun
Alternative form of braquemard (“type of sword”)
brambrack
bucketman
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
camelback
camelback
noun
(countable) A camelback sofa or chair.
(countable) A flexible water container worn on the back.
(countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor.
(countable, rail transport) A railway locomotive that has its cab in the middle as opposed to at the end.
(uncountable) A type of rubber used in tyre restoration.
(uncountable) The backs of camels.
clambakes
clambakes
noun
plural of clambake
cockscomb
cockscomb
noun
(archaic) A conceited dandy
(nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
A red cap once worn by court jesters
A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
The fleshy red crest of a rooster
combmaker
combmaker
noun
A manufacturer of combs.
comebacks
comebacks
noun
plural of comeback
gemsbucks
gemsbucks
noun
plural of gemsbuck
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
lehmbruck
mackenboy
mackinboy
macksburg
malbrouck
malbrouck
noun
An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
marshbuck
marshbuck
noun
Alternative form of marsh buck
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
megabucks
megabucks
noun
(informal) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
plural of megabuck
mossbacks
mossbacks
noun
plural of mossback
mossyback
mossyback
noun
(fishing, obsolete) A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
(informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
(informal, historical, obsolete) Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”)
(obsolete) The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.
quickbeam
quickbeam
noun
The European rowan tree.
thumbtack
thumbtack
noun
(Canada, US) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
verb
(transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack.