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.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
broomshank
cherubikon
chronodeik
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.
fingerhook
frankhouse
frithsoken
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
hackathorn
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
hemikaryon
herakleion
herrenvolk
herrenvolk
noun
A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
honeybrook
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
inkhornism
inkhornism
noun
(countable) An inkhorn term.
Pedantry.
inkhornist
inkhornist
noun
One who uses or favours inkhorn terms.
inkhornize
inkhornize
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To address (someone) using obscure words.
interchoke
intershock
intershock
adj
Between shocks.
verb
To shock mutually, as if by collision.
kanephoros
karinghota
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
kerhonkson
kinderhook
kirichenko
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
nonthinker
nonthinker
noun
One who is not a thinker.
overshrink
overshrink
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To shrink excessively.
quickthorn
quickthorn
noun
The may-tree, any species of Crataegus or the species Crataegus monogyna.
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
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
tenterhook
tenterhook
noun
One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
thermotank
thermotank
noun
A tank containing pipes for the circulation of steam, water, air, etc. for heating or cooling or as part of a ventilation system.