Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
asahikawa
ashkenazi
ashkhabad
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.
athabaska
babushkas
babushkas
noun
plural of babushka
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backshish
backshish
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bakshaish
baksheesh
baksheesh
noun
(military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.
in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip.
verb
To bribe with a baksheesh.
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
bashalick
bashkiria
bashkiria
Proper noun
A republic of Russia in the south of the country, with capital Ufa.
beshackle
blackbush
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
boschvark
boshvarks
brushback
brushback
noun
(baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bushmaker
bushwhack
bushwhack
verb
to ambush
to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
cardshark
cardshark
noun
(chiefly US) A cardsharp.
cashbooks
cashbooks
noun
plural of cashbook
chadwicks
chakavski
chalkiest
chalkiest
adj
superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
chapstick
chapstick
noun
Lip balm.
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
chatchkas
chatchkas
noun
plural of chatchka
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
chayefsky
chechakos
chickasaw
chickasha
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
clackdish
clackdish
noun
Alternative form of clack dish
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
cookshack
cookshack
noun
A simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement.
creashaks
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
daishikis
daishikis
noun
plural of daishiki
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
dashmaker
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
dishmaker
dishmaker
noun
A manufacturer of dishes.
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
fishyback
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashlike
flashlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a flash.
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
fukushima
fukushima
Proper noun
A city in Japan.
A prefecture in Japan.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.
gawkishly
gawkishly
adv
In a gawkish manner.
grasshook
gymkhanas
gymkhanas
noun
plural of gymkhana
hackeries
hackeries
noun
plural of hackery
hackliest
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
halakhist
halakhist
noun
A Jewish person who strictly adheres to halakhic and Talmudic laws.
halakists
halakists
noun
plural of halakist
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
hallmarks
hallmarks
noun
plural of hallmark
hamesoken
hammarskj
handbooks
handbooks
noun
plural of handbook
handpicks
handpicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handpick
handshake
handshake
noun
(computing) An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
verb
(computing) To perform a handshake with another device.
To perform a handshake; to shake hands.
handspike
handspike
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
handspoke
handspoke
noun
Alternative form of handspike
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
hankerers
hankerers
noun
plural of hankerer
hankinson
hardbacks
hardbacks
noun
plural of hardback
hardhacks
hardhacks
noun
plural of hardhack
hardtacks
hardtacks
noun
plural of hardtack
harkeners
harkeners
noun
plural of harkener
hatmakers
hatmakers
noun
plural of hatmaker
havelocks
havelocks
noun
plural of havelock
haversack
haversack
noun
(archaic) An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.
A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.
havockers
havockers
noun
plural of havocker
hawkbills
hawkbills
noun
plural of hawkbill
hawkishly
hawkishly
adv
In a hawkish manner.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawknoses
hawknoses
noun
plural of hawknose
hawksbeak
hawksbill
hawksbill
noun
A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
hawkshaws
hawkshaws
noun
plural of hawkshaw
hawksmoor
hawkweeds
hawkweeds
noun
plural of hawkweed
haymakers
haymakers
noun
plural of haymaker
haystacks
haystacks
noun
plural of haystack
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
headshake
headshake
noun
A shake of the head.
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.
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
heartsick
heartsick
adj
Very despondent or sorrowful.
heterakis
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
hissarlik
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
hoofmarks
hoofmarks
noun
plural of hoofmark
horseback
horseback
adv
On the back of a horse.
noun
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
icekhanas
icekhanas
noun
plural of icekhana
ishshakku
ishshakku
noun
(historical) A ruler or chief priest in ancient Assyria.
jackshaft
jackshaft
noun
A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine.
A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
verb
To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft.
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
jinriksha
jinriksha
noun
Synonym of rickshaw
kabbalahs
kaddishes
kaddishes
noun
plural of kaddish
kaddishim
kaffiyehs
kaffiyehs
noun
plural of kaffiyeh
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
kaneshite
kantharos
kantharos
noun
Alternative form of cantharus (“ancient drinking-cup”)
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
karlsruhe
karlsruhe
Proper noun
A city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
A city/village in North Dakota.
kashering
kashering
verb
present participle of kasher
kashmiris
kashruths
kashubian
katharses
katharsis
katharsis
noun
Alternative form of catharsis
keelhales
keelhales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhale
keelhauls
keelhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhaul