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.
bottonhook
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
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
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.
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
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
cherubikon
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickstone
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
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
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.
dobzhansky
evtushenko
fingerhook
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
folkething
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.
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
hackathorn
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
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.
hexokinase
hexokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
hockenheim
hodgkinson
hokaltecan
hollenbeck
homemaking
homemaking
noun
The management of a household considered as an occupation.
honeybrook
honkytonks
honkytonks
noun
plural of honkytonk
hoodwinked
hoodwinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hookedness
hookedness
noun
The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
hookmaking
hookmaking
noun
The manufacture of hooks.
hopkinsian
hopkinsian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1721–1803).
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hoskinston
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
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.
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
kanephoros
karinghota
keeshonden
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.
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kerhonkson
kinderhook
kinglihood
kinglihood
noun
kingliness; majesty
kirichenko
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kittenhood
kittenhood
noun
The state or time of being a kitten.
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
knighthood
knighthood
noun
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"
The knights collectively, the body of knights.
The quality of being a knight.
kolkhoznik
kolkhoznik
noun
(Soviet Union) One who works on a kolkhoz.
koshkonong
longshanks
longshanks
noun
A bird, the stilt.
longshucks
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
makedhonia
monkeyhood
monkeyhood
noun
The state or essence of being a monkey.
monkfishes
monkfishes
noun
plural of monkfish
monkshoods
monkshoods
noun
plural of monkshood
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
nightstock
nonbookish
nonthinker
nonthinker
noun
One who is not a thinker.
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
oklahomans
okuninushi
outkitchen
outkitchen
noun
An outbuilding used as a kitchen.
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
overshrink
overshrink
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To shrink excessively.
phytokinin
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
shackleton
shakedowns
shakedowns
noun
plural of shakedown
shinnecock
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shockingly
shockingly
adv
In a shocking manner.
To a shocking degree.
shoemaking
shoemaking
noun
The making of shoes.
shonkinite
shonkinite
noun
(mineralogy) A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
shylocking
shylocking
verb
present participle of shylock
siphonlike
siphonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a siphon.
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
tenterhook
tenterhook
noun
One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
theoktonic
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.
thioketone
thioketone
noun
(chemistry) any analogue of an ketone, of general formula RC(=S)R', in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur
thoughtkin
thronelike
thronelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a throne.
timoshenko
tokenworth
toshakhana
toshakhana
noun
(India, historical) A repository of articles received as presents, or intended to be given as presents, attached to a government office or to a rich person's establishment.