(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archikaryon
archmockery
arkadelphia
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bhaktimarga
blackfisher
blackhander
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
breechblock
breechblock
noun
(firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
breithablik
breshkovsky
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brookesmith
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
cchaddoorck
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
chalkcutter
chalkworker
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkmarked
checkmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmark
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
cheesemaker
cheesemaker
noun
A person skilled in the art of making cheese
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
cheremkhovo
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chikmagalur
chlorpikrin
chokecherry
chokecherry
noun
Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
cockchafers
cockchafers
noun
plural of cockchafer
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockroaches
cockroaches
noun
plural of cockroach
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
crankshafts
crankshafts
noun
plural of crankshaft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crankshaft
creekfishes
crookheaded
crosshackle
cruickshank
darkhearted
darkhearted
adj
Bleak
Despondent
Having a dark center
Having dark heartwood
Malevolent
Unenlightened
darkishness
darkishness
noun
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
dervishlike
dervishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dervish.
deutschmark
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
duckhearted
dukhobortsy
earthmaking
earthquaked
earthquaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earthquake
earthquaken
earthquakes
earthquakes
noun
plural of earthquake
earthshaker
earthshaker
noun
Somebody or something that is earthshaking, or of great global importance.
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
forechecked
forechecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forecheck
forechecker
forechecker
noun
(ice hockey) A player who forechecks.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
frankenmuth
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
funfkirchen
gerlachovka
greenshanks
greenshanks
noun
plural of greenshank
grieshuckle
groupthinks
hackberries
hackberries
noun
plural of hackberry
hairstreaks
hairstreaks
noun
plural of hairstreak
hakenkreuze
hallmarking
hallmarking
noun
The action of making a hallmark
verb
present participle of hallmark
halterbreak
halterbreak
verb
To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
handistroke
handkercher
handkercher
noun
Obsolete form of handkerchief.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
hankeringly
hankeringly
adv
In a hankering manner.
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
harnesslike
harnesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a harness.
harpoonlike
headworking
heartbreaks
heartbreaks
noun
plural of heartbreak
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heatstrokes
heatstrokes
noun
plural of heatstroke
hecctkaerre
heddlemaker
helmetmaker
hendrickson
herrenvolks
herrenvolks
noun
plural of herrenvolk
herringlike
herringlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a herring
hickscorner
hitchhikers
hitchhikers
noun
plural of hitchhiker
hockingport
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hormonelike
hormonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
horsejockey
horsekeeper
horsekeeper
noun
A person who looks after horses, for example in a coal mine.
hotelkeeper
hotelkeeper
noun
A hotelier; a hotel owner.
housebreaks
housebreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hucksteress
hucksteress
noun
(archaic) A female huckster.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterize
hucksterize
verb
To hawk; to promote, especially in a pushy or deceptive manner.
humperdinck
hundredwork
hydrocracks
hydrocracks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrocrack
hyperlinked
hyperlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink
hypermarket
hypermarket
noun
A combination of department store and supermarket.
inkhornizer
interchoked
jackhammers
jackhammers
noun
plural of jackhammer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackhammer