A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
akenobeite
akoulalion
akroterion
alanbrooke
aldoketene
alkylamino
alkylamino
noun
(chemistry) A group or radical containing both an alkyl and an amino group
alkylation
alkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
anakrousis
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
androkinin
anisokonia
anisokonia
noun
Alternative form of aniseikonia
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
ankylomele
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosing
ankylosing
verb
present participle of ankylose
ankylotome
ankylotomy
antiknocks
antiknocks
noun
plural of antiknock
archipenko
arrenotoky
arrenotoky
noun
Alternative form of arrhenotoky
atikokania
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
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
bakerstown
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
bazookaman
bazookamen
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beknotting
benediktov
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
blackstone
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.
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
bobbinwork
bobbinwork
noun
Work woven with bobbins.
bodkinwise
bodymaking
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
borodankov
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bottonhook
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
boundbrook
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brickmason
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeland
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
budennovsk
bullockman
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.
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
byeworkman
cairnbrook
cankerroot
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
cementwork
centistoke
centistoke
noun
(physics) Misconstruction of centistokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
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.
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockernony
cockernony
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The bunch of hair folded up in a snood worn by a woman.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockneyese
cockneyess
cockneyess
noun
A female cockney.
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockneyize
cockneyize
verb
To make vulgar and tasteless.
To pronounce with a cockney accent.
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
coinmaking
coinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coins.
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
conemaking
contoocook
copperskin
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
corncockle
corncockle
noun
Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
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.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
cottonwick
cottonwick
noun
A grunt (fish) of the species Haemulon melanurum
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
croakiness
croakiness
noun
The quality of being croaky.
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
crookkneed
crooknecks
crooknecks
noun
plural of crookneck
crooknosed
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
cuckoopint
cuckoopint
noun
The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
The related plant Arum italicum.
czerniakov
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
diakonikon
diktyonite
diktyonite
noun
(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite
dobzhansky
dollmaking
dollmaking
noun
The manufacture of dolls.
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
donkeywork
donkeywork
noun
Alternative form of donkey work
donnybrook
donnybrook
adj
Chaotic.
noun
A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
downlinked
downlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downlink
downlooked
downlooked
adj
(obsolete) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
downlooker
downlooker
noun
(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.
Any of various snipe flies of the genus Rhagio.
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drakestone
drinkproof
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
eikonology
ekasilicon
ekasilicon
noun
(chemistry, element, obsolete) The predicted element lying below silicon in the periodic table — later named germanium.
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
enrockment
enrockment
noun
A layer of stones and rocks laying on the bottom of a sea or lake that provides the base for a pier or breakwater.