A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
ankyloproctia
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackener
blackener
noun
One who blackens.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackprint
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.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blockaderunning
bombernickel
bracknell
bracknell
Proper noun
a town in Berkshire, England.
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brickkiln
brickkiln
noun
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
brickliner
bricklining
brocklin
bruckleness
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
candlemaker
candlemaker
noun
Someone who makes candles; chandler.
candlestickward
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
cankerflower
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
carkingly
carkingly
adv
(archaic) In a carking manner; so as to weary or distress.
carnivallike
carnivallike
adj
Like a carnival; festive.
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
cavernlike
cavernlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cavern.
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chlorpikrin
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
cinderlike
cinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cinder.
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
clarkin
clarkson
clarkston
clarkton
clearskins
clearskins
noun
plural of clearskin
clerking
clerking
verb
present participle of clerk
clerkliness
clerkliness
Noun
scholarship
clinker
clinker
noun
(in the plural) fetters.
(nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
Hardened volcanic lava.
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
Someone or something that clinks.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker.
clinkered
clinkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinker
clinkerer
clinkerer
noun
A person who removes clinker from boilers, furnaces &c
clinkering
clinkering
verb
present participle of clinker
clinkers
clinkers
noun
(Ulster, anatomy) testicles
plural of clinker
clinkery
clinkery
adj
Having the characteristics of clinker.
clodknocker
clodknocker
noun
Synonym of clodhopper
clunker
clunker
noun
(informal) A decrepit motor car.
(informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.
clunkers
clunkers
noun
plural of clunker
clunkier
clunkier
adj
comparative form of clunky: more clunky
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
confervalike
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
corkline
corkline
noun
(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
corncockle
corncockle
noun
Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.
cornflakes
cornflakes
noun
Alternative spelling of corn flakes
cornstalk
cornstalk
noun
(Australia, slang, derogatory) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
(Australia, slang, obsolete) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
(botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
(botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
cornstalks
cornstalks
noun
plural of cornstalk
coronetlike
corpselikeness
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterlocking
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
coxankylometer
crackableness
crackling
crackling
adj
Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
noun
(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
(cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.
(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.
The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.
Three stripes of velvet worn on the sleeves of students at St John's College, Cambridge.
verb
present participle of crackle
cracklings
cracklings
noun
plural of crackling
cracknel
cracknel
noun
(in the plural) Crackling (fried pork fat).
A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.
cracknels
cracknels
noun
plural of cracknel
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cranelike
cranelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crane (mechanical lifting device).
Resembling or characteristic of a crane (the bird).
crankily
crankily
adv
In a cranky manner.
crankle
crankle
noun
A bend, twist or crinkle.
verb
To bend, turn, or wind.
To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
crankled
crankled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crankle
crankles
crankles
noun
plural of crankle
crankless
crankless
adj
Without a crank (mechanical component).
crankling
crankling
verb
present participle of crankle
crankly
crankplate
creakingly
creakingly
adv
With a creaking sound.
crescentlike
crescentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crescent.
crinkle
crinkle
noun
A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
The act of crinkling
verb
(intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
(transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
crinkled
crinkled
adj
Having crinkles
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crinkle
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
crinkles
crinkles
noun
plural of crinkle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crinkle
crinklier
crinklier
adj
comparative form of crinkly: more crinkly
crinkliest
crinkliest
adj
superlative form of crinkly: most crinkly
crinkliness
crinkliness
noun
The state or quality of being crinkly.
crinkling
crinkling
noun
The act or sound or something being crinkled.
verb
present participle of crinkle
crinkly
crinkly
adj
Having crinkles; wrinkly.
That crinkles.
noun
(derogatory) An old person.
crokinole
crokinole
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
crosslink
crosslink
noun
Alternative spelling of cross-link
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crunkle
crunkle
verb
(UK, obsolete, dialectal) To crumple.
cryoplankton
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
cylinderlike
cylinderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cylinder.
electrokinematics
electrokinetic
electrokinetic
adj
(physics) Describing any of several phenomena in which electric charge causes movement
(physics) Describing the heating effect of an electric current
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
ferntickle
ferntickled
ferronickel
ferronickel
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.
fleckering
fleckering
verb
present participle of flecker
flickering
flickering
adj
shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)
noun
A short, uncertain burst.
verb
present participle of flicker
flickeringly
flickeringly
adv
Briefly
In a flickering manner
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
francklin
francklyn
frankclay
franklinic
franklinic
adj
(physics, obsolete) Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
freckledness
freckledness
noun
The quality of being freckled.
freckliness
freckling
freckling
noun
A pattern of freckles
verb
present participle of freckle
frenchlick
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
gelsenkirchen
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
greenbackville
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
gumpoldskirchner
gurolinick
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
interlock
interlock
noun
A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fit or clasp together securely.
To interlace.
interlocked
interlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlock
interlocker
interlocker
noun
A device that interlocks.
An individual who holds more than one role in a power structure.
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.