A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
backberand
backberend
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backliding
backtender
backwinded
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
bedticking
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
candystick
cankerbird
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankerweed
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
chandrakhi
chronodeik
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crookkneed
crooknosed
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
derrickman
derrickman
noun
A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.
derrickmen
derrickmen
noun
plural of derrickman
dezincking
diakinetic
diakinetic
adj
(biology) of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis
dickensian
dickensian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or, especially, his writings.
Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty and social injustice and other aspects of Victorian England.
Noun
A person who studies or admires the works of
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
fiddleneck
fiddleneck
noun
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
handpicked
handpicked
adj
(figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of handpick
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
kickstands
kickstands
noun
plural of kickstand
kincardine
kincardine
Proper noun
a town on the River in council area, Scotland
the former county town of Scotland, abandoned in the Middle Ages.
a hamlet near council area, Scotland
a municipality and community in Ontario, Canada.
kinescoped
kinescoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kinescope
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
knackebrod
knapsacked
knapsacked
adj
Wearing a knapsack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of knapsack
knockdowns
knockdowns
noun
plural of knockdown
komondoroc
landlocked
landlocked
adj
(US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
(of a country, geographical region, etc.) Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
leukocidin
leukocidin
noun
Alternative form of leucocidin
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
medrinacks
mockground
muckmidden
muckmidden
noun
(dialect, Scotland) A dunghill.
neudeckian
nickelised
nickelised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickelise
nickelized
nickelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nickelize
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
penderecki
pickedness
pickedness
noun
(obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
(obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
pinpricked
pinpricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pinprick
puckneedle
quicksands
quicksands
noun
plural of quicksand
quicksandy
quicksandy
adj
quicksandlike
sandnecker
sneckdrawn
soundtrack
soundtrack
noun
A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
A recording of such music for sale.
Background sounds that are part of a bigger event.
The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
verb
To provide, or to act as the sound or music component of a film
stackstand
stackstand
noun
A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
stockading
stockading
verb
present participle of stockade
stockinged
stockinged
adj
Wearing socks but no shoes.
Wearing stockings.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stocking
strickland
swannecked
tandsticka
trackhound
unattacked
unattacked
adj
Not having been attacked.
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbeckoned
unbeckoned
adj
Without having been beckoned.
unbedecked
unbedecked
adj
Not bedecked.
unbickered
uncankered
uncankered
adj
Not cankered.
uncasketed
uncasketed
adj
Not enclosed in a casket.
uncrinkled
uncrinkled
adj
Not crinkled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncrinkle
underclerk
underclerk
noun
A subordinate clerk.
undercloak
undercloak
noun
(construction) A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.
verb
(construction, transitive) To apply such an underlayer to.
undercooks
undercooks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undercook
underfrock
underfrock
noun
An underslip worn beneath a dress.
understock
understock
noun
(horticulture) The rootstock onto which the scion is grafted.
verb
(transitive) To stock with an insufficient amount.
undertrick
undertrick
noun
(bridge) A trick that declarer does not win, causing the contract to go down.
undertruck
undocketed
undocketed
adj
Not docketed.
unfreckled
unfreckled
adj
Not freckled; without freckles.
unjacketed
unjacketed
adj
Not jacketed
unlackeyed
unlackeyed
adj
Without a lackey or servant.
unmimicked
unmimicked
adj
Not mimicked.
unnickeled
unpackaged
unpackaged
adj
Not packaged.
unpicketed
unpicketed
adj
Not picketed.
unpocketed
unpocketed
adj
Not having been pocketed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpocket
unprickled
unprickled
adj
Not bearing prickles.
unpuckered
unpuckered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpucker
unreckoned
unreckoned
adj
Not reckoned; not counted or measured.
unshackled
unshackled
adj
Not shackled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unshackle
unsickened
unsickened
adj
Not sickened; healthy.
unsickered
unsketched
unsketched
adj
Not sketched.
unsocketed
unsocketed
adj
Not socketed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unsocket
unspeckled
unspeckled
adj
Not speckled; without speckles.
unthwacked
unticketed
unticketed
adj
Not having been issued a ticket
Not marked with a ticket.
untruckled
untuckered
untuckered
adj
Not having a tucker on.
unwickedly
wickedness
wickedness
noun
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.