A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
brookfield
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clarkfield
cradlelike
cradlelike
adj
Resembling a cradle.
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
dekaliters
dekaliters
noun
plural of dekaliter
desertlike
desertlike
adj
Resembling a desert
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
flanderkin
friendlike
friendlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a friend.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
heraklidan
kailyarder
kailyarder
noun
A writer of the Kailyard school, a group of Scottish authors who offered a sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life.
ladderlike
ladderlike
adj
Resembling a ladder (device used for climbing).
ladykiller
ladykiller
noun
Alternative spelling of lady-killer
larderlike
larderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a larder.
laserdisks
linkeditor
lizardlike
lizardlike
adj
Like or resembling a lizard.
adv
(rare) Like a lizard, in a lizardlike way.
overkilled
overkilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overkill
overkindly
overkindly
adj
Excessively kindly.
overlinked
overlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overlink
paradelike
paradelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parade.
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
predislike
prekindled
radishlike
radishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a radish.
radiumlike
radiumlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of radium.
ramrodlike
rekindling
rekindling
noun
The act of kindling again.
verb
present participle of rekindle
ribandlike
ribandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a riband.
rudderlike
rudderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rudder.
shroudlike
shroudlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
spiderlike
spiderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a spider.
threadlike
threadlike
adj
Having the form of a thread.
Resembling a thread in length or thinness.
tinderlike
tinderlike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of tinder.
unbirdlike
unbirdlike
adj
Not birdlike.
uncrinkled
uncrinkled
adj
Not crinkled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrinkle
unkindlier
unkindlier
adj
comparative form of unkindly: more unkindly
unprickled
unprickled
adj
Not bearing prickles.
unwrinkled
unwrinkled
adj
Without wrinkles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwrinkle
vizardlike
weedkiller
weedkiller
noun
A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc).