(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
verb
(intransitive) To cause or come to a deadlock.
deadlocked
deadlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deadlock
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deadlocks
deadlocks
noun
plural of deadlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadlock
deblock
deblock
verb
(transitive) To unblock; remove a blockage from.
(transitive, computing) To process (digital video) so as to remove block-shaped artifacts of encoding.
(transitive, computing) To separate the logical records that have been combined into a physical block for storage.
deblocked
deblocked
adj
(computing, of a physical block) Separated into logical records
unblocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deblock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
decisionmake
deckedout
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
deckhouses
deckhouses
noun
plural of deckhouse
deckload
deckload
noun
An amount of cargo carried on the deck of a ship.
decoke
decoke
noun
(informal) decarbonization.
verb
(informal, transitive) To decarbonize, especially to remove the build-up of carbon in the cylinder of an engine or the bowl or a pipe.
defrock
defrock
verb
(by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
(figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
(literally) To divest of a frock.
defrocked
defrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of defrock
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
defrocks
defrocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock
demchok
demchok
Proper noun
A small village and military encampment in the Indian-administered part of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, near Aksai Chin and the
diadochokinesia
diadochokinesia
noun
Alternative form of diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
diadochokinesis
noun
The action of alternately flexing and extending a limb
diadochokinetic
diadochokinetic
adj
Relating to diadochokinesis.
diamondbacked
dickenson
dickerson
dickinsonite
dickinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
diestocks
diestocks
noun
plural of diestock
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disfrocked
disfrocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disfrock
dockage
dockage
noun
(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
(nautical) The act of docking.
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
docked
docked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dock
docken
docker
docker
noun
A dockworker.
One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
One who performs docking, as of tails.
dockers
dockers
noun
plural of docker
docket
docket
noun
(Australia) A receipt.
(law) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
(law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
(obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.
A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
An agenda of things to be done.
verb
(transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
(transitive) To label a parcel, etc.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
docketed
docketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of docket
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
dockets
dockets
noun
plural of docket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of docket
dockhead
dockhouse
dockize
dockize
verb
(transitive) To convert (an area of water) into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam.
dockmackie
dockmackie
noun
A species of viburnum native to North America, Viburnum acerifolium.
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
dockside
dockside
noun
The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.
docksides
docksides
noun
plural of dockside
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
doketic
domenick
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
dominickers
dominickers
noun
plural of dominicker
doneck
donicker
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
doodlesack
doodlesack
noun
(archaic or UK dialectal) The bagpipes.
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
doohickeys
doohickeys
noun
plural of doohickey
doorcheek
doorcheek
noun
The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
dorneck
dornecks
doucker
doucker
noun
diver
goldeneye
grebe
pochard
scaup
scoter
tufted duck
dreadlocks
dreadlocks
noun
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
droschken
duckfooted
duckfooted
adj
Alternative spelling of duck-footed
duckhouse
duckmole
duckmole
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of platypus
duckstone
dyakisdodecahedron
edrock
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
feedstock
feedstock
noun
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
fetlocked
fetlocked
adj
(in combination) Having fetlocks (of a specified kind).
Tied by the fetlock.
flatterdock
fleadock
flockbed
flocked
flocked
adj
(of Christmas trees) Covered with artificial snow.
(of bristles) Having split, bushy ends.
(of swabs) Having dense fibers with a desirable nap to optimize collection and elution of specimens.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flock
forebackwardly
forechecked
forechecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forecheck
foredeck
foredeck
noun
The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast
foredecks
foredecks
noun
plural of foredeck
fossicked
fossicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
fredericktown
fredrickson
frocked
frocked
adj
Dressed in a frock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frock
frolicked
frolicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frolic
geckoid
geckotid
geckotidae
geckotoid
gedecktwork
geoduck
geoduck
noun
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
(countable) a member of the species.
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
(uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
goeduck
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldenlocks
goosenecked
goosenecked
adj
Having a gooseneck shape.
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
haddocker
haddocker
noun
A commercial fisherman who catches haddock.
A fishing boat used for catching haddock.
halfcocked
halfcocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halfcock
havocked
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
headlocks
headlocks
noun
plural of headlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headlock
headstock
headstock
noun
(mining) A headframe.
(rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
A beam that supports a bell.
A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that supports a rotating part
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
hedgcock
hendrickson
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hillocked
hillocked
Adjective
Having hillocks.
hocked
hocked
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of hock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hock
hockled
hockled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hockle
hocktide
hocktide
Proper noun
A mediaeval English festival celebrated on the second Tuesday after Easter Sunday.