(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbrand
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
baekeland
bankcards
bankcards
noun
plural of bankcard
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankrider
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
baronduki
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
benedikta
bepranked
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
blackband
blackband
noun
(mineralogy) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter, valuable as an iron ore.
blackened
blackened
adj
(food) Synonym of charred.
(steel) Synonym of blued.
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
blackland
blackland
noun
The land making up the Texas Blackland Prairies, a temperate grassland ecoregion in Texas with rich, dark soil.
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
bookstand
bookstand
noun
A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
A small stall where books are sold.
A stand, made for holding books open.
brackened
brakehand
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.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
brookland
burkundaz
burkundaz
noun
(India, now historical) An armed guard or watchman.
candylike
candylike
adj
Resembling candy, especially in flavor or appearance
chunkhead
clydebank
clydebank
Proper noun
a town on the north side of the River in council area, Scotland
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crankbird
crankbird
noun
(dialect, dated) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).
crankdisk
dackering
daikering
daikering
verb
present participle of daiker
dakerhens
dakerhens
noun
plural of dakerhen
damaskeen
damaskine
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
damyankee
damyankee
noun
Alternative form of damn Yankee
darkeners
darkeners
noun
plural of darkener
darkening
darkening
noun
The act of something becoming darker.
verb
present participle of darken
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
deckhands
deckhands
noun
plural of deckhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deckhand
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
demjanjuk
diakonika
dicksonia
diemaking
ditchbank
dockhands
dockhands
noun
plural of dockhand
docklands
docklands
noun
An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
donkeyman
donkeyman
noun
(nautical) The person in charge of a ship's engine room.
doraskean
drakonite
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
drawnwork
drinkable
drinkable
adj
(of an alcoholic beverage, especially wine) Of good or satisfactory quality.
(of water) Safe to drink.
Able to be drunk (as liquid).
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which can be drunk.
drinkably
drunkards
drunkards
noun
plural of drunkard
dyemaking
eduskunta
eskualdun
euskaldun
faulkland
frankfold
frankford
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
giantkind
giantkind
noun
All giants, considered as a group.
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
godmaking
hackneyed
hackneyed
adj
(dated) Let out for hire.
Repeated too often.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hackney
handbooks
handbooks
noun
plural of handbook
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.
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
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
handybook
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hearkened
hearkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hearken
humankind
humankind
noun
The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
inkstands
inkstands
noun
plural of inkstand
jacknifed
junkboard
junkboard
noun
A kind of heavy millboard.
junkyards
junkyards
noun
plural of junkyard
kabardian
kabardian
Proper noun
A North Caucasian language spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, also known as East Circassian.
kallidins
kallidins
noun
plural of kallidin
kamadhenu
kandinski
kandinsky
kandiyohi
kandiyohi
Proper noun
a small city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA.
kankedort
karaganda
karaganda
Proper noun
official name until 1993 of Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan, its fourth biggest city
kassandra
kassandra
Proper noun
name, a rare spelling variant ( or transliteration from Greek ) of Cassandra.
kathmandu
kayibanda
kennedale
kickstand
kickstand
noun
A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
kidnapers
kidnapers
noun
plural of kidnaper
kidnaping
kidnaping
noun
(US, proscribed) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
verb
(US) Alternative spelling of kidnapping
(US) present participle of kidnap
kidnapped
kidnapped
adj
subjected to kidnapping
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kidnap
kidnappee
kidnappee
noun
One who is kidnapped.
kidnapper
kidnapper
noun
A person who kidnaps someone.
kindheart
kingsland
kinkaider
kinkaider
Noun
A claimant of land under the provisions of the
knaidlach
knaidlach
noun
plural of knaidel
knapweeds
knapweeds
noun
plural of knapweed
knaydlach
kneadable
kneadable
adj
Capable of being kneaded, or worked into a mass.
kodakking
krasnodar
krasnodar
Proper noun
A city, administrative centre of Krasnodar krai (unofficially called Kuban) of Russia, called Yekaterinodar before December 1920.
kronstadt
kundalini
kundalini
noun
(yoga) An energy said to lie coiled at the base of the spine and to be released by yoga.
kurdistan
landblink
landblink
noun
An atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions.
landmarks
landmarks
noun
plural of landmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of landmark
landowska
landraker
landshark
landshark
noun
(derogatory) A landgrabber.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
landskips
landskips
noun
plural of landskip
landwrack
landwreck
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
malikadna
mandrakes
mandrakes
noun
plural of mandrake
mankindly
mankindly
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of mankind; humanly, humane.
markdowns
markdowns
noun
plural of markdown
mazdakean
meadowink
monadnock
monadnock
noun
A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain.
nakedness
nakedness
noun
The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
nakedweed
nakedweed
noun
The plant Chondrilla juncea.
nakedwood
nakedwood
noun
Any of various plants in the genus Colubrina.
neckbands
neckbands
noun
plural of neckband
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neckband
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
necklaced
necklaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of necklace
nicknamed
nicknamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickname
nonpeaked
nonpeaked
adj
Not peaked.
outranked
outranked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outrank
overdrank
overdrank
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdrink
parklands
parklands
noun
plural of parkland
poundcake
poundcake
noun
Alternative spelling of pound cake
predikant
predikant
noun
(chiefly South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
quicksand
quicksand
noun
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.