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.
bankalachi
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
chainbreak
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
chandrakhi
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkstone
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
chelyuskin
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
cherubikon
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickstone
chimarikan
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
chronodeik
chuckingly
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiness
chunkiness
noun
the state of being chunky
chutzpanik
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
crankshaft
crankshaft
noun
A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
cruikshank
enkerchief
frenchlick
hackathorn
hackensack
hackneying
hackneying
verb
present participle of hackney
hackneyism
hackneyman
hackneyman
noun
(dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages.
haeckelian
haeckelian
Adjective
Of or relating to the zoologist (1834-1919).
haimsucken
hamesucken
hamesucken
noun
(Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
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
henpecking
henpecking
noun
An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.
verb
present participle of henpeck
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hockenheim
hokaltecan
hollenbeck
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
hughmanick
hunchakist
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
intercheck
interchoke
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
jinricksha
jinricksha
noun
Alternative spelling of jinriksha
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
kamchatkan
kamchatkan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Kamchatka.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Kamchatka.
kechumaran
keypunched
keypunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keypunch
keypuncher
keypuncher
noun
(computing) A keypunch.
A person who operates a keypunch.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
kirichenko
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
kremenchug
kurchicine
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
lanzknecht
lichenlike
lichenlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lichen.
liebknecht
longshucks
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
nachtmusik
neckercher
neckercher
noun
(obsolete, colloquial) A neckerchief.
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightstock
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
outkitchen
outkitchen
noun
An outbuilding used as a kitchen.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
picnickish
picnickish
adj
Resembling, characteristic of, or suitable for a picnic.
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
rechecking
rechecking
noun
A second or subsequent checking; reverification.
verb
present participle of recheck
reichsbank
rockerthon
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
scharwenka
scrimshank
scrimshank
verb
(UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.
shackanite
shackleton
shakescene
shankpiece
shinnecock
shockingly
shockingly
adv
In a shocking manner.
To a shocking degree.
shylocking
shylocking
verb
present participle of shylock
theoktonic
thickeners
thickeners
noun
plural of thickener
thickening
thickening
adj
Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker.
noun
A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
A thickened part of a structure.
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
verb
present participle of thicken
trackhound
trenchlike
trenchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trench.
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
unshackled
unshackled
adj
Not shackled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unshackle
unshackles
unshackles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unshackle
unshocking
unshocking
adj
Not shocking.
unsketched
unsketched
adj
Not sketched.
unthwacked
upchucking
upchucking
verb
present participle of upchuck
urchinlike
urchinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sea urchin.
Resembling or characteristic of an urchin (mischievous child).