Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
archknave
ashkenazi
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
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
beothukan
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethankit
brakehand
bunkhouse
bunkhouse
noun
A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
chainlike
chainlike
adj
Having the form of a chain
chalkline
checkline
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
cheekbone
cheekbone
noun
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
chefornak
chemakuan
cherenkov
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chinalike
chinalike
adj
Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
chinkiest
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
chunkhead
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
donkeyish
donkeyish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a donkey; asinine.
doohinkey
dovzhenko
droschken
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
foehnlike
foehnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a foehn (type of wind).
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
freethink
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
hackneyer
hackneyer
noun
One who hackneys (makes uninteresting or trite by frequent use).
hamesoken
handbrake
handbrake
noun
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
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
hankerers
hankerers
noun
plural of hankerer
hankering
hankering
noun
(often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
verb
present participle of hanker
harkeners
harkeners
noun
plural of harkener
harkening
harkening
noun
The act of one who harkens or listens.
verb
present participle of harken
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawknoses
hawknoses
noun
plural of hawknose
hearkened
hearkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hearken
hearkener
hearkener
noun
One who hearkens; a listener.
heartikin
heartikin
noun
(obsolete, diminutive) A little heart.
heindrick
hekataean
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hemokonia
hendricks
henpecked
henpecked
adj
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.
heraklean
hieromonk
hieromonk
noun
A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
hingelike
hingelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hinge.
hockessin
hockmoney
hokeyness
hokeyness
noun
Alternative form of hokiness
honeylike
honeylike
adj
Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
hookerman
hookerton
hooknoses
hooknoses
noun
plural of hooknose
houndlike
houndlike
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
hulkiness
humanlike
humanlike
adj
Having characteristics of a human.
hunkering
hunkering
verb
present participle of hunker
hunkerism
hunkerism
noun
(US, politics) Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
hunkerous
hunkerous
adj
(dated) politically conservative
huskiness
huskiness
noun
The property of being husky.
icekhanas
icekhanas
noun
plural of icekhana
inkholder
inkholder
noun
A container for ink.
junkerish
junkerish
adj
(historical) Characteristic of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
kalanchoe
kalanchoe
noun
Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
kamadhenu
kanephore
kaneshite
kashering
kashering
verb
present participle of kasher
katharine
katherina
katherine
katherine
Proper noun
name, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
A placename given to a river and a town in Northern Territory, Australia.
kathlynne
keeshonds
kephalins
kephalins
noun
plural of kephalin
kerkhoven
kernighan
ketchikan
khamseens
khamseens
noun
plural of khamseen
khotanese
khotanese
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
kincheloe
kindheart
kirschner
kitchener
kitchener
noun
(obsolete) A kitchen servant; a cook.
(obsolete) A stove for cooking.
kitchenet
kitchenet
noun
(dated) A kitchen cabinet with shelves, drawers, and various other features such as a weighing-scale.
kitchenry
kitchenry
noun
(obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
kittenish
kittenish
adj
Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.
Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality.
knaveship
knaveship
noun
(countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
(uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
kneebrush
kneeholes
kneeholes
noun
plural of kneehole
knightage
knightage
noun
knighthood; state of being a knight
knights collectively
knightess
knightess
noun
(rare) A female knight.
(rare) The wife of a knight.
knightsen
knotholes
knotholes
noun
plural of knothole
kobenhavn
koshering
koshering
verb
present participle of kosher
krohnkite
kuehneola
kvetching
kvetching
noun
Persistent complaining.
verb
present participle of kvetch
lebkuchen
lebkuchen
noun
A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
mechnikov
menshevik
menshevik
Noun
A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917.
monkeyish
monkeyish
adj
like a monkey
motherkin
motherkin
Noun
definition
neckcloth
neckcloth
noun
(historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white.
netchilik
nightlike
nightlike
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
nightwake
nonkosher
nonkosher
adj
Not kosher
nymphlike
nymphlike
adj
Resembling a nymph.
oakenshaw
oakenshaw
noun
A grove of oaks.
ockenheim
overthink
overthink
verb
(archaic) To think about; think over
(rare) To think too highly (of); overestimate
To think or analyze too much.
peckinpah
phenakism
phenakism
noun
(dated) deception; trickery.
phenakite
phenakite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
phonodeik
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
pinchecks
pinchecks
noun
plural of pincheck
preshrink
preshrink
verb
(transitive, of clothing) To shrink in advance, before sale, in order to ensure better fit.
preshrunk
preshrunk
verb
past participle of preshrink
punchlike
punchlike
adj
Resembling a punch (tool for punching holes).
Resembling or characteristic of punch (the drink).
raincheck
raincheck
noun
Alternative form of rain check
verb
To take a raincheck on; to postpone.
ranchlike
ranchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ranch.
redshanks
redshanks
noun
Common name of Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
plural of redshank
reshaking
reshaking
verb
present participle of reshake
rethicken
rethicken
verb
To thicken again.
rethinker
rethinker
noun
One who rethinks.
rhinebeck
roughneck
roughneck
noun
(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
(colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.