ack: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ack
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back
- noun the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
dorsum.
- his back was nicely tanned
- noun the side that goes last or is not normally seen
rear.
- he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
- noun the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
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black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
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lack
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
deficiency; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- verb be without
miss.
- This soup lacks salt
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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attack
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
onset; onrush; onslaught.
- the attack began at dawn
- noun an offensive move in a sport or game
- they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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jack
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; diddly; diddley; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- you don't know jack
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; seafarer; mariner.
- noun a small worthless amount
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track
- noun a line or route along which something travels or moves
path; course.
- the hurricane demolished houses in its path
- the track of an animal
- the course of the river
- noun evidence pointing to a possible solution
trail; lead.
- the police are following a promising lead
- the trail led straight to the perpetrator
- noun a line or route along which something travels or moves
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feedback
- noun the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
- noun response to an inquiry or experiment
- noun the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
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pack
- noun a large indefinite number
plurality; battalion; multitude; large number.
- a battalion of ants
- a multitude of TV antennas
- a plurality of religions
- noun a complete collection of similar things
- noun a large indefinite number
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crack
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; fissure.
- noun a narrow opening
gap.
- he opened the window a crack
- noun a long narrow opening
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stack
- noun an orderly pile
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- noun an orderly pile
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rack
- noun framework for holding objects
- noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- noun framework for holding objects
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sack
- noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
carrier bag; poke; paper bag.
- noun an enclosed space
sac; pocket; pouch.
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
- noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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horseback
- noun the back of a horse
- noun a narrow ridge of hills
hogback.
- noun the back of a horse
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slack
- noun dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
falling off; slump; falloff; drop-off.
- the team went into a slump
- a gradual slack in output
- a drop-off in attendance
- a falloff in quality
- noun dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
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snack
- noun a light informal meal
collation; bite.
- verb eat a snack; eat lightly
nosh.
- She never loses weight because she snacks between meals
- noun a light informal meal
- mack4/5
mack
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
mackintosh; mac; macintosh.
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
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paperback
- noun a book with paper covers
paper-back book; paperback book; soft-cover book; softback book; soft-cover; softback.
- adjective satellite (of books) having a flexible binding
paperbacked.
- noun a book with paper covers
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drawback
- noun the quality of being a hindrance
- he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan
- noun the quality of being a hindrance
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hack
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
hacker; drudge.
- noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
political hack; machine politician; ward-heeler.
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
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tack
- noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- noun a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
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shack
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
hut; hutch; hovel; shanty.
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
reside; domiciliate; domicile.
- may parents reside in Florida
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
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backpack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; rucksack; knapsack.
- verb hike with a backpack
pack.
- Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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playback
- noun the act of reproducing recorded sound
- he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony
- noun electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
- noun the act of reproducing recorded sound
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zack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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aback
- adverb having the wind against the forward side of the sails
- the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback
- adverb by surprise
- taken aback by the caustic remarks
- adverb having the wind against the forward side of the sails
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setback
- noun an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
blow; reverse; reversal; black eye.
- noun an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
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smack
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
slap.
- noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
nip; tang; flavour; savor; savour; sapidity; flavor; relish.
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
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quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- soundtrack3/5
soundtrack
- noun sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film
- noun sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film
- payback3/5
payback
- noun financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
retribution; vengeance.
- Vengeance is mine
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- the swiftness of divine retribution
- noun financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
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knack
- noun a special way of doing something
hang; bent.
- he had a bent for it
- he had a special knack for getting into trouble
- he couldn't get the hang of it
- noun a special way of doing something
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comeback
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; retort; replication; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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biofeedback
- noun a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
- noun a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
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pollack
- noun lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
pollock.
- noun United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
Sydney Pollack.
- noun lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
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counterattack
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
countermove.
- noun (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
counterplay.
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
- callback3/5
callback
- noun a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
recall.
- noun a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- flashback3/5
flashback
- noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
- noun an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
- noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
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unpack
- verb remove from its packing
take out.
- unpack the presents
- verb remove from its packing
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cossack
One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.
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whack
- noun the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- noun the act of hitting vigorously
knock; whang; rap; belt.
- he gave the table a whack
- noun the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- knapsack3/5
knapsack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; backpack; rucksack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- rollback3/5
rollback
- noun the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
push back.
- noun reducing prices back to some earlier level
- noun the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- blackjack3/5
blackjack
- noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
jack oak; Quercus marilandica; blackjack oak.
- noun a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
sap; cosh.
- noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
- quack3/5
quack
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- noun the harsh sound of a duck
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- barrack3/5
barrack
- noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
- verb lodge in barracks
- noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
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racetrack
- noun a course over which races are run
track; racecourse; raceway.
- noun a course over which races are run
- outback3/5
outback
- noun the bush country of the interior of Australia
- adjective satellite inaccessible and sparsely populated;
remote.
- noun the bush country of the interior of Australia
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hardback
- noun a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
hardcover.
- adjective satellite having a hard back or cover
hardbound; hardcover; hardbacked.
- hardback books
- noun a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
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adirondack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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haystack
- noun a stack of hay
hayrick; rick.
- noun a stack of hay
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hunchback
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
kyphosis; humpback.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
humpback; crookback.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- backtrack2/5
backtrack
- verb retrace one's course
turn back; double back.
- The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
- verb retrace one's course
- rucksack2/5
rucksack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; backpack; knapsack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- throwback2/5
throwback
- noun an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
atavist.
- noun a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
atavism; reversion.
- noun an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
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clack
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
clap.
- noun a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
clack valve; clapper valve.
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- loopback2/5
loopback
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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humpback
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
hunchback; kyphosis.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
hunchback; crookback.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- fallback2/5
fallback
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
disengagement; pullout.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
- hijack2/5
hijack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
highjack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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flack
- noun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
flack catcher; flak; flak catcher.
- noun intense adverse criticism
fire; attack; blast; flak.
- Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
- the government has come under attack
- don't give me any flak
- noun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- piggyback2/5
piggyback
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- verb ride on someone's shoulders or back
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- barack2/5
barack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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merrimack
- noun a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
Merrimack River.
- noun a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
- brack2/5
brack
An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.
- kickback2/5
kickback
- noun a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
- noun a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
- almanack2/5
almanac
- noun an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
farmer's calendar.
- noun an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
- noun an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
- fullback2/5
fullback
- noun (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
- noun (American football) the position of a back on a football team
- noun (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
- carryback2/5
carryback
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cormack2/5
cormack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- leaseback2/5
leaseback
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- greenback2/5
greenback
- noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; bank note.
- he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes
- noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
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smokestack
- noun a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
stack.
- noun a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
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bareback
- adjective satellite riding without a saddle
barebacked.
- a bareback rider
- adverb without a saddle
barebacked.
- she prefers to ride her horse bareback
- adjective satellite riding without a saddle
- cutback2/5
cutback
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- halfback2/5
halfback
- noun (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
- noun (American football) the position of a back on a football team
- noun (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
- strack2/5
strack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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lumberjack
- noun a person who fells trees
faller; lumberman; logger; feller.
- noun a short warm outer jacket
lumber jacket.
- noun a person who fells trees
- alack2/5
alack
An exclamation expressive of sorrow. Archaic. or Poet. Shak.
- wrack2/5
wrack
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- noun the destruction or collapse of something
rack.
- wrack and ruin
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- switchback2/5
switchback
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- buyback2/5
buyback
- noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold
repurchase; redemption.
- noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- snowpack2/5
snowpack
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- tamarack2/5
tamarack
- noun medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
Larix laricina; black larch; American larch.
- noun medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
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hardtack
- noun very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
ship biscuit; sea biscuit; pilot bread; pilot biscuit.
- noun a mountain mahogany
- noun very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
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multitrack
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- haversack2/5
haversack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; backpack; rucksack; knapsack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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saddleback
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
saddle.
- noun a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
saddleback roof; saddle roof; gable roof.
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
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pullback
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
tieback.
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
- noun (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
- the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
- diamondback2/5
diamondback
- noun large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
diamondback rattlesnake; Crotalus adamanteus.
- noun large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
- ransack2/5
ransack
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- verb search thoroughly
comb.
- They combed the area for the missing child
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
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sidetrack
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
siding; turnout; railroad siding.
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
straggle; digress; depart.
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- thwack2/5
thwack
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- verb deliver a hard blow to
smack.
- The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- dieback2/5
dieback
- noun a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
- noun a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
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arrack
- noun any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
arak.
- noun any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
- stickleback2/5
stickleback
- noun small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
prickleback.
- noun small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
- blowback2/5
blowback
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
backfire.
- noun misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- antiblack2/5
antiblack
- adjective satellite discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
anti-Semite; racist.
- adjective satellite discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
- hatchback2/5
hatchback
- noun a car having a hatchback door
- noun a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
hatchback door.
- noun a car having a hatchback door
- wack2/5
wack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skipjack2/5
skipjack
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack tuna; Euthynnus pelamis.
- noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda.
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
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nonblack
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- leatherback2/5
leatherback
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
Dermochelys coriacea; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle.
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
- polack2/5
polack
- noun a person of Polish descent
- noun a person of Polish descent
- camelback2/5
camelback
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cornerback2/5
cornerback
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- brownback2/5
brownback
(Zoöl.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher .
- wetback1/5
wetback
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
greaser; taco.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
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- repack1/5
repack
To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; torepack a trunk.
- tailback1/5
tailback
- noun (American football) the person who plays tailback
- noun (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage
- noun (American football) the person who plays tailback
- razorback1/5
razorback
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
razorbacked hog; razorback hog.
- noun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
rorqual.
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
- wisecrack1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- lampblack1/5
lampblack
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut; soot; crock; carbon black.
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
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- microcrack1/5
microcrack
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hogback1/5
hogback
- noun a narrow ridge of hills
horseback.
- noun a narrow ridge of hills
- wingback1/5
wingback
- noun (football) the person who plays wingback
- noun (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end
- noun (football) the person who plays wingback
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- crackerjack1/5
crackerjack
- noun someone excellent of their kind
jimhickey; jimdandy.
- he's a jimdandy of a soldier
- noun something excellent of its kind
jimhickey; jimdandy.
- the bike was a jimdandy
- noun someone excellent of their kind
- clawback1/5
clawback
- noun finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
- the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received
- noun finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
- fatback1/5
fatback
- noun salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
- noun salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
- yack1/5
yack
- noun noisy talk
chatter; cackle; yak; yakety-yak.
- verb talk incessantly and tiresomely
jaw; yap away; yack away; rattle on.
- noun noisy talk
- silverback1/5
silverback
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
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thumbtack
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
drawing pin; pushpin.
- verb fasten with thumbtacks
- The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
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bootblack
- noun a person who polishes shoes and boots
shoeblack.
- noun a person who polishes shoes and boots
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carrack
- noun a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
carack.
- noun a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
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gunnysack
- noun a bag made of burlap
gunny sack; burlap bag.
- noun a bag made of burlap
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woolsack
A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.
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fastback
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seatback
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coatrack
- noun a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats
coat rack; hatrack.
- noun a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats
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gimcrack
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
gimcrackery; trumpery; falderol; frill; nonsense; folderal.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
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holdback
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.
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rickrack
- noun a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming
ricrac.
- noun a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming
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applejack
- noun distilled from hard cider
- noun distilled from hard cider
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canvasback
- noun North American wild duck valued for sport and food
Aythya valisineria; canvasback duck.
- noun North American wild duck valued for sport and food
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bushwhack
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
- verb live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
- verb wait in hiding to attack
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sixpack
- noun a carton containing six bottles or cans
six pack; six-pack.
- noun a carton containing six bottles or cans
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swayback
- adjective satellite having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
lordotic; swaybacked; dipped.
- adjective satellite having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
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blueblack
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flapjack
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; pancake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
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amberjack
- noun any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
amberfish.
- noun any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
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snapback
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tieback
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
pullback.
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
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knickknack
- noun a small inexpensive mass-produced article
novelty.
- noun miscellaneous curios
bric-a-brac; knickknackery; nicknack; whatnot.
- noun a small inexpensive mass-produced article
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finback
- noun large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
fin whale; common rorqual; finback whale; Balaenoptera physalus.
- noun large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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plack
A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent. With not a plack in the pocket of the poet. Prof. Wilson.
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redback
(Zoöl.) The dunlin. U. S.
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ridgeback
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cack
To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.
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spack
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halftrack
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bootjack
- noun has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots
- noun has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots
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zwieback
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
rusk; Brussels biscuit; twice-baked bread.
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
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chack
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- fack1/5
fack
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bladderwrack
- noun similar to and found with black rockweed
Ascophyllum nodosum.
- noun a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
bladder fucus; Fucus vesiculosus; black rockweed; tang.
- noun similar to and found with black rockweed
- thack1/5
thank
- verb express gratitude or show appreciation to
give thanks.
- verb express gratitude or show appreciation to
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frack
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wayback
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hayrack
- noun a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock
- noun a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry
hayrig.
- noun a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock
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reback
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blueback
(Zoöl.) (a) A trout ( Salmo oquassa ) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine.(b) A salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ) of the Columbia River and northward.(c) An American river herring ( Clupea æstivalis ), closely allied to the alewife.
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fightback
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shellback
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layback
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offtrack
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natterjack
- noun common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
Bufo calamita.
- noun common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
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turtleback
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cashback
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unstack
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.
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grayback
- noun a dowitcher with a grey back
Limnodromus griseus; greyback.
- noun a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
greyback; knot; Calidris canutus.
- noun a dowitcher with a grey back
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hatrack
- noun a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats
coatrack; coat rack.
- noun a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats
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shoeblack
- noun a person who polishes shoes and boots
bootblack.
- noun a person who polishes shoes and boots
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drack
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restack
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stomach
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
tummy; tum; breadbasket.
- noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
venter; abdomen; belly.
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
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overpack
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crookback
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
hunchback; humpback.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyphotic; humped; hunchbacked; crookbacked; humpbacked; gibbous.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
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steeplejack
- noun someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
- noun someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
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packsack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
back pack; haversack; backpack; rucksack; knapsack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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gripsack
- noun a small suitcase
- noun a small suitcase
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anack
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woolpack
A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.
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thornback
(Zoöl.) A European skate ( Raia clavata ) having thornlike spines on its back.
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mossback
- noun an extremely old-fashioned conservative
- noun an extremely old-fashioned conservative
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prepack
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softback
- noun a book with paper covers
paper-back book; paperback; paperback book; soft-cover book; softback book; soft-cover.
- noun a book with paper covers
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highjack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
hijack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; commandeer; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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huckaback
- noun toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
huck.
- noun toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
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swack
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amtrack
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Suffixes of ack
- acknowledged«Word Popularity Bar5/5
acknowledged
- adjective recognized or made known or admitted
- the acknowledged leader of the community
- a woman of acknowledged accomplishments
- his acknowledged error
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
admit; acknowledge.
- He admitted his errors
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
- adjective recognized or made known or admitted
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acknowledge
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
admit.
- He admitted his errors
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
- verb report the receipt of
receipt.
- The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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acknowledged
- adjective recognized or made known or admitted
- the acknowledged leader of the community
- a woman of acknowledged accomplishments
- his acknowledged error
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
admit; acknowledge.
- He admitted his errors
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
- adjective recognized or made known or admitted
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acknowledgment
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
recognition; acknowledgement.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
reference; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acknowledgement
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
acknowledgment; recognition.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment.
- she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
- the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acknowledgment
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
recognition; acknowledgement.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
reference; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acknowledgement
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
acknowledgment; recognition.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment.
- she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
- the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acknowledgment
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
recognition; acknowledgement.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
reference; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- acknowledging4/5
acknowledge
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
admit.
- He admitted his errors
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
- verb report the receipt of
receipt.
- The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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acknowledge
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
admit.
- He admitted his errors
- She acknowledged that she might have forgotten
- verb report the receipt of
receipt.
- The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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acknowledgment
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
recognition; acknowledgement.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
reference; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acknowledgement
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
acknowledgment; recognition.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment.
- she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
- the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acknowledgement
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
acknowledgment; recognition.
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
- noun a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment.
- she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
- the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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acker
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ackers
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ackee
- noun red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
akee.
- noun red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
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acknow
To recognize. Obs. "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.
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ackman
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Derived words of ack
- background«Word Popularity Bar5/5
background
- noun a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- he is a lawyer with a sports background
- noun the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
ground.
- he posed her against a background of rolling hills
- noun a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
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attack
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
onset; onrush; onslaught.
- the attack began at dawn
- noun an offensive move in a sport or game
- they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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jackson
- noun English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
Glenda Jackson.
- noun United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)
Michael Joe Jackson; Michael Jackson.
- noun English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
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package
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; bundle.
- noun a wrapped container
parcel.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
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black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
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attack
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
onset; onrush; onslaught.
- the attack began at dawn
- noun an offensive move in a sport or game
- they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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track
- noun a line or route along which something travels or moves
path; course.
- the hurricane demolished houses in its path
- the track of an animal
- the course of the river
- noun evidence pointing to a possible solution
trail; lead.
- the police are following a promising lead
- the trail led straight to the perpetrator
- noun a line or route along which something travels or moves
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packet
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; bundle; package.
- noun (computer science) a message or message fragment
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
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lacking
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
deficient; wanting.
- a deficient education
- deficient in common sense
- lacking in stamina
- tested and found wanting
- verb be without
lack; miss.
- This soup lacks salt
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
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packed
- adjective satellite filled to capacity
jam-packed; jammed.
- a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes
- stands jam-packed with fans
- a packed theater
- verb arrange in a container
pack.
- pack the books into the boxes
- adjective satellite filled to capacity
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backward
- adjective directed or facing toward the back or rear
- a backward view
- adjective (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- a backward lover
- adjective directed or facing toward the back or rear
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backed
- adjective having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
- verb be behind; approve of
indorse; plunk for; support; plump for; back; endorse.
- He plumped for the Labor Party
- I backed Kennedy in 1960
- adjective having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
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jacket
- noun a short coat
- noun an outer wrapping or casing
- phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets
- noun a short coat
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tracking
- noun the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
trailing.
- verb carry on the feet and deposit
track.
- track mud into the house
- noun the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
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package
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; bundle.
- noun a wrapped container
parcel.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
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lack
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
deficiency; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- verb be without
miss.
- This soup lacks salt
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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backup
- noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- a traffic backup on the main street
- he discovered a backup in the toilet
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
stand-in; fill-in; substitute; relief; reliever; backup man.
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
- noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
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blackwell
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packet
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; bundle; package.
- noun (computer science) a message or message fragment
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
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lack
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
deficiency; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- verb be without
miss.
- This soup lacks salt
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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back
- noun the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
dorsum.
- his back was nicely tanned
- noun the side that goes last or is not normally seen
rear.
- he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
- noun the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
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background
- noun a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- he is a lawyer with a sports background
- noun the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
ground.
- he posed her against a background of rolling hills
- noun a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
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attacking
- adjective satellite disposed to attack
assaultive.
- verb launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
assail; attack.
- Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II
- Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
- adjective satellite disposed to attack
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packing
- noun any material used especially to protect something
wadding; packing material.
- noun the enclosure of something in a package or box
boxing.
- noun any material used especially to protect something
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backing
- noun the act of providing approval and support
patronage; championship; backup.
- his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
- noun something forming a back that is added for strengthening
mount.
- noun the act of providing approval and support
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packaging
- noun the business of packing
- his business is packaging for transport
- noun a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
promotional material; promotion; publicity.
- the packaging of new ideas
- noun the business of packing
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cracked
- adjective satellite used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
roughened; chapped.
- chapped lips
- verb become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
break; check; crack.
- The glass cracked when it was heated
- adjective satellite used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- cracks4/5
crack
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; fissure.
- noun a narrow opening
gap.
- he opened the window a crack
- noun a long narrow opening
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backwards
- adverb at or to or toward the back or rear
rearward; rearwards; backward; back.
- he moved back
- tripped when he stepped backward
- she looked rearward out the window of the car
- adverb in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
backward.
- it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
- the child put her jersey on backward
- adverb at or to or toward the back or rear
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tackle
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- the right tackle is a straight A student
- noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
rigging.
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
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jackie
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barrack
- noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
- verb lodge in barracks
- noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
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cracking
- noun a sudden sharp noise
snap; crack.
- the crack of a whip
- he heard the cracking of the ice
- he can hear the snap of a twig
- noun the act of cracking something
fracture; crack.
- noun a sudden sharp noise
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backbone
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun fortitude and determination
grit; gumption; guts; sand; moxie.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
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bracket
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
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stacked
- adjective arranged in a stack
- verb load or cover with stacks
stack.
- stack a truck with boxes
- adjective arranged in a stack
- backdrop4/5
backdrop
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
background; backcloth.
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
- mackenzie4/5
mackenzie
- noun Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
- noun a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea
Mackenzie River.
- noun Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
- backyard4/5
backyard
- noun the grounds in back of a house
- noun the grounds in back of a house
- blackness4/5
blackness
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; black.
- noun total absence of light
black; lightlessness; pitch blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- packs4/5
pack
- noun a large indefinite number
plurality; battalion; multitude; large number.
- a battalion of ants
- a multitude of TV antennas
- a plurality of religions
- noun a complete collection of similar things
- noun a large indefinite number
- tracked4/5
tracked
- adjective having tracks
- new snow tracked by rabbits
- tracked vehicles
- verb carry on the feet and deposit
track.
- track mud into the house
- adjective having tracks
- packaged4/5
packaged
- adjective enclosed in a package or protective covering
- packaged cereals
- verb put into a box
box; package.
- box the gift, please
- adjective enclosed in a package or protective covering
- attacker4/5
attacker
- noun someone who attacks
assailant; aggressor; assaulter.
- noun someone who attacks
- sacks4/5
sack
- noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
carrier bag; poke; paper bag.
- noun an enclosed space
sac; pocket; pouch.
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
- noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
- bracket4/5
bracket
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- stacks4/5
stacks
- noun a large number or amount
heaps; rafts; wads; piles; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; oodles; loads; dozens; lashings.
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
- noun storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored
- noun a large number or amount
- drawbacks4/5
drawback
- noun the quality of being a hindrance
- he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan
- noun the quality of being a hindrance
- jackets4/5
jacket
- noun a short coat
- noun an outer wrapping or casing
- phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets
- noun a short coat
- snacks4/5
snack
- noun a light informal meal
collation; bite.
- verb eat a snack; eat lightly
nosh.
- She never loses weight because she snacks between meals
- noun a light informal meal
- packard4/5
packard
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backlash4/5
backlash
- noun a movement back from an impact
repercussion; rebound; recoil.
- noun an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
- there was a backlash of intolerance
- noun a movement back from an impact
- attackers4/5
attacker
- noun someone who attacks
assailant; aggressor; assaulter.
- noun someone who attacks
- crackers4/5
crackers
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
cracker.
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- unacknowledged3/5
unacknowledged
- adjective not recognized or admitted
- adjective satellite not openly acknowledged
- an unacknowledged emergency
- adjective not recognized or admitted
- tackled3/5
tackle
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- the right tackle is a straight A student
- noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
rigging.
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- tackling3/5
tackle
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- the right tackle is a straight A student
- noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
rigging.
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- blackened3/5
blackened
- adjective satellite darkened by smoke
- blackened rafters
- verb make or become black
melanize; black; blacken; melanise; nigrify.
- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
- adjective satellite darkened by smoke
- hacker3/5
hacker
- noun someone who plays golf poorly
- noun a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
cyber-terrorist; cyberpunk.
- noun someone who plays golf poorly
- blacksmith3/5
blacksmith
- noun a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
- noun a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
- stacking3/5
stack
- noun an orderly pile
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- noun an orderly pile
- hacking3/5
hack
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
hacker; drudge.
- noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
political hack; machine politician; ward-heeler.
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
- racks3/5
rack
- noun framework for holding objects
- noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- noun framework for holding objects
- backups3/5
backup
- noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- a traffic backup on the main street
- he discovered a backup in the toilet
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
stand-in; fill-in; substitute; relief; reliever; backup man.
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
- noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- setbacks3/5
setback
- noun an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
blow; reverse; reversal; black eye.
- noun an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- blackburn3/5
blackburn
- noun black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
Dendroica fusca; Blackburnian warbler.
- noun black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
- racket3/5
racket
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
illegitimate enterprise; fraudulent scheme.
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- blackboard3/5
blackboard
- noun sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
chalkboard.
- noun sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
- blackmail3/5
blackmail
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- verb exert pressure on someone through threats
pressure; blackjack.
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- slacks3/5
slacks
- noun (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
- noun dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
slack.
- noun (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
- hackers3/5
hacker
- noun someone who plays golf poorly
- noun a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
cyber-terrorist; cyberpunk.
- noun someone who plays golf poorly
- sacked3/5
sacked
- adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
despoiled; ravaged; pillaged; raped.
- the raped countryside
- verb plunder (a town) after capture
plunder; sack.
- the barbarians sacked Rome
- adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
- backseat3/5
backseat
- noun a secondary or inferior position or status
- tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding
- noun a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)
- noun a secondary or inferior position or status
- backstage3/5
backstage
- noun a stage area out of sight of the audience
wing; offstage.
- adjective satellite concealed from public view or attention
offstage.
- offstage political meetings
- noun a stage area out of sight of the audience
- jacksonville3/5
jacksonville
- noun Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
- noun Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
- jacks3/5
jacks
- noun a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jackstones; knucklebones.
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; jack; diddly; diddley; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- you don't know jack
- noun a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
- cracker3/5
cracker
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- noun a poor White person in the southern United States
redneck.
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- packer3/5
packer
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
boxer; bagger.
- noun a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
meat packer.
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
- blackstone3/5
blackstone
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backside3/5
backside
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
back end; rear.
- his room was toward the rear of the hotel
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
- crackling3/5
crackling
- noun the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
greaves.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crackle; crepitation.
- noun the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
- thackeray3/5
thackeray
- noun English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)
William Makepeace Thackeray.
- noun English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)
- smacked3/5
smack
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
slap.
- noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
nip; tang; flavour; savor; savour; sapidity; flavor; relish.
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- backwardness3/5
backwardness
- noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
retardation; subnormality; slowness; mental retardation.
- noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- blackwood3/5
blackwood
- noun very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
- noun any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
blackwood tree.
- noun very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
- tracker3/5
tracker
- noun someone who tracks down game
- noun someone who tracks down game
- blackberry3/5
blackberry
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- noun bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
blackberry bush.
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- shackles3/5
shackle
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
trammel; hamper; bond.
- noun a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- racked3/5
rack
- noun framework for holding objects
- noun rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- noun framework for holding objects
- cossacks3/5
cossack
- noun a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
- noun a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
- hacked3/5
hack
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
hacker; drudge.
- noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
political hack; machine politician; ward-heeler.
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
- tacked3/5
tack
- noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- noun a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- blackout3/5
blackout
- noun a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- noun darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
brownout; dimout.
- noun a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- unacknowledged3/5
unacknowledged
- adjective not recognized or admitted
- adjective satellite not openly acknowledged
- an unacknowledged emergency
- adjective not recognized or admitted
- packers3/5
packer
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
boxer; bagger.
- noun a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
meat packer.
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
- mackerel3/5
mackerel
- noun flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- noun any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
- noun flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- mackintosh3/5
mackintosh
- noun a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
macintosh.
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
mac; mack; macintosh.
- noun a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
- backcountry3/5
- unpacked3/5
unpack
- verb remove from its packing
take out.
- unpack the presents
- verb remove from its packing
- bracken3/5
bracken
- noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
Pteridium esculentum.
- noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
pasture brake; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.
- noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
- unpacking3/5
unpack
- verb remove from its packing
take out.
- unpack the presents
- verb remove from its packing
- crackled3/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- bracketed3/5
bracket
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- brackish3/5
brackish
- adjective satellite distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
- a thin brackish gruel
- adjective satellite slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
briny.
- a brackish lagoon
- the briny deep
- adjective satellite distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
- shackleton3/5
shackleton
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- shacks3/5
shack
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
hut; hutch; hovel; shanty.
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
reside; domiciliate; domicile.
- may parents reside in Florida
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- hijacked3/5
hijack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
highjack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
- backlog3/5
backlog
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- noun the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- backers3/5
backer
- noun invests in a theatrical production
angel.
- noun invests in a theatrical production
- flashbacks3/5
flashback
- noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
- noun an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
- noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
- blackie3/5
blackie
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- jackal3/5
jackal
- noun Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
Canis aureus.
- noun Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
- hijacking3/5
hijacking
- noun robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
highjacking.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
- hackney3/5
hackney
- noun a carriage for hire
hackney carriage; hackney coach.
- noun a compact breed of harness horse
- noun a carriage for hire
- paperbacks3/5
paperback
- noun a book with paper covers
paper-back book; paperback book; soft-cover book; softback book; soft-cover; softback.
- adjective satellite (of books) having a flexible binding
paperbacked.
- noun a book with paper covers
- crackdown3/5
crackdown
- noun severely repressive actions
- noun severely repressive actions
- blackbird3/5
blackbird
- noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
New World blackbird.
- noun common black European thrush
ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; ousel; European blackbird.
- noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
- crackle3/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- racking3/5
racking
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
wrenching.
- a wrenching pain
- verb go at a rack
single-foot; rack.
- the horses single-footed
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
- tackles3/5
tackle
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- the right tackle is a straight A student
- noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
rigging.
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- cutbacks3/5
cutback
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- backwater3/5
backwater
- noun a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
- the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos
- noun a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
- the country is an economic backwater
- noun a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
- smacking3/5
smacking
- noun the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
smack; slap.
- verb deliver a hard blow to
smack; thwack.
- The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
- noun the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- tacky3/5
tacky
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- tacky varnish
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- shackled3/5
shackled
- adjective satellite bound by chains fastened around the ankles
fettered.
- verb bind the arms of
shackle; pinion.
- adjective satellite bound by chains fastened around the ankles
- blacker3/5
black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- hijackers3/5
hijacker
- noun a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
road agent; highwayman; highjacker.
- noun someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
highjacker.
- noun a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
- ransacked3/5
ransacked
- adjective satellite wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
plundered; pillaged; looted.
- the robbers left the looted train
- people returned to the plundered village
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- adjective satellite wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
- sacking3/5
sacking
- noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
bagging.
- noun the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
dismissal; firing; sack; liberation; release; discharge; dismission.
- noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
- blackberries3/5
blackberry
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- noun bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
blackberry bush.
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- blackfeet3/5
blackfoot
- noun a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains
- noun any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot
- noun a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains
- hacks3/5
hack
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
hacker; drudge.
- noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
political hack; machine politician; ward-heeler.
- noun one who works hard at boring tasks
- backfire3/5
backfire
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
blowback.
- noun a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- blackfoot3/5
blackfoot
Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; --as, a .Blackfoot Indiann. A Blackfoot Indian.
- jacksonian3/5
jacksonian
- noun a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
- adjective of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy
- noun a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
- slackened3/5
slacken
- verb become slow or slower
slow down; slow; slack; slow up.
- Production slowed
- verb make less active or fast
slack up; slack; relax.
- He slackened his pace as he got tired
- Don't relax your efforts now
- verb become slow or slower
- ramshackle3/5
ramshackle
- adjective satellite in deplorable condition
dilapidated; broken-down; tumble-down; tatterdemalion; derelict; bedraggled.
- a street of bedraggled tenements
- a broken-down fence
- a ramshackle old pier
- a tumble-down shack
- adjective satellite in deplorable condition
- backwoods3/5
backwoods
- noun a remote and undeveloped area
boondocks; hinterland; back country.
- noun a remote and undeveloped area
- blacked2/5
black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- blacksmiths2/5
blacksmith
- noun a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
- noun a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
- blackman2/5
- backer2/5
backer
- noun invests in a theatrical production
angel.
- noun invests in a theatrical production
- smacks2/5
smack
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
slap.
- noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
nip; tang; flavour; savor; savour; sapidity; flavor; relish.
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- bracketing2/5
bracket
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- sackville2/5
- jackpot2/5
jackpot
- noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
pot; kitty.
- noun any outstanding award
- noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- tacks2/5
tack
- noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- noun a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- noun the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- linebacker2/5
linebacker
- noun a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
line backer.
- noun (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
line backer.
- noun a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
- whacked2/5
whacked
- adjective satellite (British informal) exhausted or worn out
- verb hit hard
wham; whop; whack; wallop.
- The teacher whacked the boy
- adjective satellite (British informal) exhausted or worn out
- backfired2/5
backfire
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
blowback.
- noun a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- blackface2/5
blackface
- noun the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
- noun the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
- backpacks2/5
backpack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; rucksack; knapsack.
- verb hike with a backpack
pack.
- Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- backtracking2/5
backtrack
- verb retrace one's course
turn back; double back.
- The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
- verb retrace one's course
- tacking2/5
tacking
- noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
basting stitch; baste; basting.
- noun (nautical) the act of changing tack
tack.
- noun a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
- wracked2/5
wrack
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- noun the destruction or collapse of something
rack.
- wrack and ruin
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- racketeering2/5
racketeering
- noun engaging in a racket
- verb carry on illegal business activities involving crime
racketeer.
- noun engaging in a racket
- blackest2/5
black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- wacky2/5
wacky
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; goofy; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- blackbirds2/5
blackbird
- noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
New World blackbird.
- noun common black European thrush
ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; ousel; European blackbird.
- noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
- jackals2/5
jackal
- noun Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
Canis aureus.
- noun Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
- lackey2/5
lackey
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
flunky; flunkey.
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
sycophant; toady; ass-kisser; crawler.
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
- backfill2/5
backfill
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backdoor2/5
backdoor
- noun an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
back door.
- noun an entrance at the rear of a building
back entrance; back door.
- noun an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- blackish2/5
blackish
- adjective satellite of something that is somewhat black
- blackish clouds
- adjective satellite of something that is somewhat black
- blackwater2/5
blackwater
- noun any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
- noun any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
- feedbacks2/5
feedback
- noun the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
- noun response to an inquiry or experiment
- noun the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
- rackets2/5
racket
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
illegitimate enterprise; fraudulent scheme.
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- backpacking2/5
backpacking
- noun carrying something in a pack on the back
packing.
- the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts
- verb hike with a backpack
backpack; pack.
- Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies
- noun carrying something in a pack on the back
- backpackers2/5
backpacker
- noun a hiker who wears a backpack
packer.
- noun a hiker who wears a backpack
- sidetracked2/5
sidetrack
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
siding; turnout; railroad siding.
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
straggle; digress; depart.
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- hackle2/5
hackle
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- verb comb with a heckle
heckle; hatchel.
- heckle hemp or flax
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- backscatter2/5
backscatter
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- hackneyed2/5
hackneyed
- adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
well-worn; commonplace; tired; old-hat; timeworn; trite; banal; threadbare; shopworn; stock.
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
- adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- hackman2/5
hackman
The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
- backyards2/5
backyard
- noun the grounds in back of a house
- noun the grounds in back of a house
- crackles2/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- jackman2/5
jackman
One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack , n.Christie . . . the laird's chief jackman. Sir W. Scott.
- blackouts2/5
blackout
- noun a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- noun darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
brownout; dimout.
- noun a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- shackle2/5
shackle
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
trammel; hamper; bond.
- noun a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- backache2/5
backache
- noun an ache localized in the back
- noun an ache localized in the back
- trackers2/5
tracker
- noun someone who tracks down game
- noun someone who tracks down game
- lackluster2/5
lackluster
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
lusterless; lacklustre; lustreless.
- a dull lackluster life
- a lusterless performance
- adjective satellite lacking luster or shine
lusterless; lacklustre; lustreless.
- staring with lackluster eyes
- lusterless hair
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
- sackcloth2/5
sackcloth
- noun a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse
- noun a coarse cloth resembling sacking
- noun a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse
- blackbody2/5
blackbody
- noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
full radiator; black body.
- a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium
- noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- jackass2/5
jackass
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; goofball.
- noun male donkey
jack.
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- blackpool2/5
blackpool
- noun a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower
- noun a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower
- jacky2/5
jacky
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- kickbacks2/5
kickback
- noun a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
- noun a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
- adirondacks2/5
adirondacks
- noun a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area
Adirondack Mountains.
- noun a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area
- backwash2/5
backwash
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
slipstream; wash; race; airstream.
- noun the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
aftermath; wake.
- the aftermath of war
- in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- firecrackers2/5
firecracker
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
cracker; banger.
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- mackinac2/5
mackinac
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backus2/5
backus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- prepackaged2/5
prepackaged
- adjective satellite prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
prepacked.
- prepackaged foods
- adjective satellite prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
- blacklist2/5
blacklist
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
black book; shitlist.
- verb put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
- many books were blacklisted by the Nazis
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
- backbones2/5
backbone
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun fortitude and determination
grit; gumption; guts; sand; moxie.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- blacken2/5
blacken
- verb make or become black
melanize; black; melanise; nigrify.
- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
- verb burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
char; sear; scorch.
- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling
- verb make or become black
- nutcracker2/5
nutcracker
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
nuthatch.
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- quacks2/5
quack
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- noun the harsh sound of a duck
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- straitjacket2/5
straitjacket
- noun anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
- they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket
- the government is operating in an economic straitjacket
- noun a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
straightjacket.
- noun anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
- backscattering2/5
backscatter
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- cackling2/5
cackle
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- noun noisy talk
yack; chatter; yak; yakety-yak.
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- blackening2/5
blackening
- noun changing to a darker color
darkening.
- verb make or become black
melanize; black; blacken; melanise; nigrify.
- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
- noun changing to a darker color
- backsliding2/5
backsliding
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; relapse; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse; backslide.
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- slacken2/5
slacken
- verb become slow or slower
slow down; slow; slack; slow up.
- Production slowed
- verb make less active or fast
slack up; slack; relax.
- He slackened his pace as he got tired
- Don't relax your efforts now
- verb become slow or slower
- hackles2/5
hackles
- noun a feeling of anger and animosity
dander.
- having one's hackles or dander up
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
hackle.
- noun a feeling of anger and animosity
- blacking2/5
blacking
- noun a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
shoe polish.
- verb make or become black
melanize; black; blacken; melanise; nigrify.
- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
- noun a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
- backslash2/5
backslash
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backspace2/5
backspace
- noun the typewriter key used for back spacing
backspace key; backspacer.
- verb hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
- To erase, you must backspace
- noun the typewriter key used for back spacing
- greenbacks2/5
greenback
- noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; bank note.
- he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes
- noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- switchbacks2/5
switchbacks
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backhand2/5
backhand
- noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
backhand shot; backhand stroke.
- verb hit a tennis ball backhand
- noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
- blacklisted2/5
blacklist
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
black book; shitlist.
- verb put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
- many books were blacklisted by the Nazis
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
- thacker2/5
thacker
See Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.Thatch ,Thatcher .
- cackled2/5
cackle
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- noun noisy talk
yack; chatter; yak; yakety-yak.
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- blackbeard2/5
blackbeard
- noun an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Thatch; Teach; Edward Teach; Edward Thatch.
- noun an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
- slackening2/5
slackening
- noun an occurrence of control or strength weakening
loosening; relaxation.
- the relaxation of requirements
- the loosening of his grip
- the slackening of the wind
- verb become slow or slower
slacken; slow down; slow; slack; slow up.
- Production slowed
- noun an occurrence of control or strength weakening
- wacker2/5
wacker
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cackle2/5
cackle
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- noun noisy talk
yack; chatter; yak; yakety-yak.
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- blacktop2/5
blacktop
- noun a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
blacktopping.
- verb coat with blacktop
- blacktop the driveway
- noun a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
- jacketed2/5
jacket
- noun a short coat
- noun an outer wrapping or casing
- phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets
- noun a short coat
- backgammon2/5
backgammon
- noun a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
- noun a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
- lackeys2/5
lackey
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
flunky; flunkey.
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
sycophant; toady; ass-kisser; crawler.
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
- blackmailing2/5
blackmail
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- verb exert pressure on someone through threats
pressure; blackjack.
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- blackguard2/5
blackguard
- noun someone who is morally reprehensible
bounder; dog; hound; heel; cad.
- you dirty dog
- verb subject to laughter or ridicule
laugh at; make fun; ridicule; poke fun; roast; guy; rib; jest at.
- The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
- The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
- His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
- noun someone who is morally reprehensible
- trackless2/5
trackless
- adjective having no tracks
- a trackless trolley
- the trackless snowy meadow
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
untrodden; untrod; roadless; pathless; untracked.
- trackless wilderness
- roadless areas
- adjective having no tracks
- callbacks2/5
callback
- noun a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
recall.
- noun a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- jacked2/5
jack
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; diddly; diddley; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- you don't know jack
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; seafarer; mariner.
- noun a small worthless amount
- counterattacks2/5
counterattack
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
countermove.
- noun (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
counterplay.
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
- blackett2/5
- quackery2/5
quackery
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
empiricism.
- noun the dishonesty of a charlatan
charlatanism.
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- backdrops2/5
backdrop
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
background; backcloth.
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
- blackmailed2/5
blackmail
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- verb exert pressure on someone through threats
pressure; blackjack.
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- snacking2/5
snack
- noun a light informal meal
collation; bite.
- verb eat a snack; eat lightly
nosh.
- She never loses weight because she snacks between meals
- noun a light informal meal
- backscattered2/5
backscatter
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- backroom2/5
backroom
- noun the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
- noun the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
- soundtracks2/5
soundtrack
- noun sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film
- noun sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film
- backbreaking2/5
backbreaking
- adjective satellite characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
heavy; toilsome; grueling; punishing; operose; hard; arduous; gruelling; laborious.
- worked their arduous way up the mining valley
- a grueling campaign
- hard labor
- heavy work
- heavy going
- spent many laborious hours on the project
- set a punishing pace
- adjective satellite characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- blackacre2/5
- backlit2/5
backlit
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backpacker2/5
backpacker
- noun a hiker who wears a backpack
packer.
- noun a hiker who wears a backpack
- backwaters2/5
backwater
- noun a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
- the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos
- noun a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
- the country is an economic backwater
- noun a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
- wracking2/5
wrack
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- noun the destruction or collapse of something
rack.
- wrack and ruin
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- meatpacking2/5
meatpacking
- noun wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers)
meat-packing business; meat packing.
- noun wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers)
- smokestacks2/5
smokestack
- noun a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
stack.
- noun a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- knapsacks2/5
knapsack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; backpack; rucksack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- slacker2/5
slacker
- noun a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
shirker.
- adjective satellite not tense or taut
loose; slack.
- the old man's skin hung loose and grey
- slack and wrinkled skin
- slack sails
- a slack rope
- noun a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
- slackness2/5
slackness
- noun weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
inanition; lethargy; lassitude.
- noun the quality of being loose (not taut)
slack.
- he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope
- noun weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
- clacking2/5
clack
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
clap.
- noun a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
clack valve; clapper valve.
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- jacking2/5
jack
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; diddly; diddley; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- you don't know jack
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; seafarer; mariner.
- noun a small worthless amount
- firecracker2/5
firecracker
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
cracker; banger.
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- whacking2/5
whacking
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
trouncing; drubbing; thrashing; licking; lacing; beating.
- verb hit hard
wham; whop; whack; wallop.
- The teacher whacked the boy
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
- backhanded2/5
backhanded
- adjective (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
backhand.
- verb hit a tennis ball backhand
backhand.
- adjective (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
- backboard2/5
backboard
- noun a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
basketball backboard.
- he banked the shot off the backboard
- noun a board used to support the back of someone or something
- noun a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
- jackknife2/5
jackknife
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
clasp knife.
- noun a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
- backhoe2/5
backhoe
- noun an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
- noun an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
- quarterbacks2/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- bivouacked2/5
bivouac
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
encampment; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
encampment; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- backoff2/5
backoff
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backflow2/5
backflow
- noun a flow that returns toward its source
backflowing.
- noun a flow that returns toward its source
- backhouse2/5
backhouse
A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
- packings2/5
packing
- noun any material used especially to protect something
wadding; packing material.
- noun the enclosure of something in a package or box
boxing.
- noun any material used especially to protect something
- repackaging2/5
repackaging
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- repackaged2/5
repackaged
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- knickknacks2/5
knickknack
- noun a small inexpensive mass-produced article
novelty.
- noun miscellaneous curios
bric-a-brac; knickknackery; nicknack; whatnot.
- noun a small inexpensive mass-produced article
- blacksburg2/5
blacksburg
- noun a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains
- noun a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains
- backswing2/5
- blackmailer2/5
blackmailer
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
extortionist; extortioner.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- lackadaisical2/5
lackadaisical
- adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
languorous; dreamy; languid.
- a lackadaisical attempt
- a languid mood
- a languid wave of the hand
- a hot languorous afternoon
- adjective satellite idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
- she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical
- a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse
- adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
- hijackings2/5
hijacking
- noun robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
highjacking.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
- mackinaw2/5
mackinaw
- noun a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
Mackinaw coat.
- noun a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
Mackinaw blanket.
- noun a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
- backstop2/5
backstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
catcher.
- noun (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- backtracked2/5
backtrack
- verb retrace one's course
turn back; double back.
- The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
- verb retrace one's course
- crackpot2/5
crackpot
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crank.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- blackboards2/5
blackboard
- noun sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
chalkboard.
- noun sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
- microcracks2/5
- ransacking2/5
ransacking
- noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
rummage.
- he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
- jacko2/5
jacko
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- hacksaw2/5
hacksaw
- noun saw used with one hand for cutting metal
hack saw; metal saw.
- noun saw used with one hand for cutting metal
- backlight2/5
backlight
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backbiting2/5
backbite
- verb say mean things
bitch.
- verb say mean things
- haystacks2/5
haystack
- noun a stack of hay
hayrick; rick.
- noun a stack of hay
- racketeer2/5
racketeer
- noun someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- verb carry on illegal business activities involving crime
- noun someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- backrest2/5
backrest
- noun a support that you can lean against while sitting
back.
- the back of the dental chair was adjustable
- noun a support that you can lean against while sitting
- counterattacked2/5
counterattack
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
countermove.
- noun (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
counterplay.
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
- rickenbacker2/5
rickenbacker
- noun the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
Eddie Rickenbacker; Edward Vernon Rickenbacker.
- noun the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
- jackrabbit2/5
jackrabbit
- noun large hare of western North America
- verb go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement
- noun large hare of western North America
- slackers2/5
slacker
- noun a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
shirker.
- adjective satellite not tense or taut
loose; slack.
- the old man's skin hung loose and grey
- slack and wrinkled skin
- slack sails
- a slack rope
- noun a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
- blacklisting2/5
blacklist
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
black book; shitlist.
- verb put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
- many books were blacklisted by the Nazis
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
- coxsackie2/5
coxsackie
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- blackthorn2/5
blackthorn
- noun a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
sloe; Prunus spinosa.
- noun erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
pear hawthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; pear haw; Crataegus tomentosa.
- noun a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
- backplane2/5
backplane
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- knacks2/5
knack
- noun a special way of doing something
hang; bent.
- he had a bent for it
- he had a special knack for getting into trouble
- he couldn't get the hang of it
- noun a special way of doing something
- backlogs2/5
backlog
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- noun the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- backbenchers2/5
backbencher
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- bracknell2/5
- slacking2/5
slacking
- noun the evasion of work or duty
shirking; goofing off; soldiering; goldbricking.
- verb avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
slack.
- noun the evasion of work or duty
- backstreet2/5
backstreet
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hijacker2/5
hijacker
- noun a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
road agent; highwayman; highjacker.
- noun someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
highjacker.
- noun a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
- backfires2/5
backfire
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
blowback.
- noun a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- backfilling2/5
- lumberjacks2/5
lumberjack
- noun a person who fells trees
faller; lumberman; logger; feller.
- noun a short warm outer jacket
lumber jacket.
- noun a person who fells trees
- backstory2/5
backstory
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- jackhammer2/5
jackhammer
- noun a hammer driven by compressed air
pneumatic hammer; air hammer.
- noun a hammer driven by compressed air
- backfield2/5
backfield
- noun the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- noun the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- trackball2/5
trackball
- noun an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen
- a trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse
- noun an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen
- crackdowns2/5
crackdown
- noun severely repressive actions
- noun severely repressive actions
- stacker2/5
stacker
- noun a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
- noun a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
- backsides2/5
backside
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
back end; rear.
- his room was toward the rear of the hotel
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
- racketeers2/5
racketeer
- noun someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- verb carry on illegal business activities involving crime
- noun someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
- backstroke2/5
backstroke
- noun a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
- verb swim on one's back
- noun a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
- backcross2/5
backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- racetracks2/5
racetrack
- noun a course over which races are run
track; racecourse; raceway.
- noun a course over which races are run
- backgrounder2/5
backgrounder
- noun a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
- the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
- noun a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
- jackdaw2/5
jackdaw
- noun common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
Corvus monedula; daw.
- noun common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
- linebackers2/5
linebacker
- noun a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
line backer.
- noun (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
line backer.
- noun a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
- unshackled2/5
unshackled
- adjective satellite not bound by shackles and chains
untied; unchained; unfettered.
- adjective satellite not bound by shackles and chains
- tracksuit2/5
tracksuit
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- wisecracks2/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- hackberry2/5
hackberry
- noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
nettle tree.
- noun small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
sugarberry.
- noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
- repacked2/5
repack
To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; torepack a trunk.
- blacksmithing2/5
- lacklustre2/5
lacklustre
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
lackluster; lusterless; lustreless.
- a dull lackluster life
- a lusterless performance
- adjective satellite lacking luster or shine
lackluster; lusterless; lustreless.
- staring with lackluster eyes
- lusterless hair
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
- wacko2/5
wacko
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
whacko; nutter.
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
- whacks2/5
whack
- noun the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- noun the act of hitting vigorously
knock; whang; rap; belt.
- he gave the table a whack
- noun the sound made by a sharp swift blow
- slacked2/5
slack
- noun dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
falling off; slump; falloff; drop-off.
- the team went into a slump
- a gradual slack in output
- a drop-off in attendance
- a falloff in quality
- noun dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- backlighting2/5
backlighting
- noun lighting from behind
- noun lighting from behind
- blacky2/5
- rucksacks2/5
rucksack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; backpack; knapsack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- packhorse2/5
packhorse
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- backfilled2/5
backfilled
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- blackguards2/5
blackguard
- noun someone who is morally reprehensible
bounder; dog; hound; heel; cad.
- you dirty dog
- verb subject to laughter or ridicule
laugh at; make fun; ridicule; poke fun; roast; guy; rib; jest at.
- The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
- The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
- His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
- noun someone who is morally reprehensible
- backbench2/5
backbench
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- bushwhackers2/5
bushwhacker
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
hillbilly.
- noun a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
- hunchbacked2/5
hunchbacked
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyphotic; humped; crookback; crookbacked; humpbacked; gibbous.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
- lackland2/5
lackland
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- coxsackievirus2/5
coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- jacksonians2/5
jacksonian
- noun a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
- adjective of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy
- noun a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
- repacking2/5
repack
To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; torepack a trunk.
- piggybacking2/5
piggyback
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- verb ride on someone's shoulders or back
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- repackage2/5
repackage
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- clacked2/5
clack
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
clap.
- noun a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
clack valve; clapper valve.
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- sticklebacks2/5
stickleback
- noun small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
prickleback.
- noun small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
- zacks2/5
- quacking2/5
quack
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- noun the harsh sound of a duck
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- comebacks2/5
comeback
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
rejoinder; return; counter; retort; replication; riposte.
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- noun return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
- noun a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- backfiring2/5
backfire
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
blowback.
- noun a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- jackfruit2/5
jackfruit
- noun East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
jackfruit tree; Artocarpus heterophyllus.
- noun immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
jak; jack.
- noun East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
- backaches2/5
backache
- noun an ache localized in the back
- noun an ache localized in the back
- backwoodsman2/5
backwoodsman
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
mountain man; frontiersman.
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
- packhorses2/5
packhorse
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- backless2/5
backless
- adjective lacking a back
- a stool is a backless and armless seat
- adjective lacking a back
- buybacks2/5
buyback
- noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold
repurchase; redemption.
- noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold
- packinghouse2/5
packinghouse
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
- they came from an apple packinghouse
- noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
packing plant.
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
- backstabbing2/5
backstabbing
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- backcloth2/5
backcloth
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
background; backdrop.
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
- straightjacket2/5
straightjacket
- noun a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
straitjacket.
- noun a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- carjacking2/5
carjacking
- noun the violent theft of an occupied car
- verb take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it
carjack.
- My car was carjacked last night!
- noun the violent theft of an occupied car
- jackdaws2/5
jackdaw
- noun common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
Corvus monedula; daw.
- noun common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
- unpacks2/5
unpack
- verb remove from its packing
take out.
- unpack the presents
- verb remove from its packing
- humpbacked2/5
humpbacked
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyphotic; humped; crookback; hunchbacked; crookbacked; gibbous.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
- haversacks2/5
haversack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; backpack; rucksack; knapsack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- jackrabbits1/5
jackrabbit
- noun large hare of western North America
- verb go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement
- noun large hare of western North America
- backbeat1/5
backbeat
- noun a loud steady beat
- noun a loud steady beat
- backwoodsmen1/5
backwoodsman
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
mountain man; frontiersman.
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
- backlist1/5
backlist
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- wisecracking1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- diamondbacks1/5
diamondback
- noun large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
diamondback rattlesnake; Crotalus adamanteus.
- noun large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
- packager1/5
package
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; bundle.
- noun a wrapped container
parcel.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- blackly1/5
black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- hydrocracking1/5
hydrocracking
- noun the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst
- noun the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst
- backgrounded1/5
background
- noun a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- he is a lawyer with a sports background
- noun the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
ground.
- he posed her against a background of rolling hills
- noun a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- blackheads1/5
blackhead
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
comedo.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
- flapjacks1/5
flapjack
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; pancake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- trackways1/5
- backdated1/5
backdate
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- The increase in tax was backdated to January
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- humpbacks1/5
humpback
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
hunchback; kyphosis.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
hunchback; crookback.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- backslide1/5
backslide
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- blackballed1/5
blackball
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
barring.
- verb expel from a community or group
ostracize; shun; cast out; ban; ostracise; banish.
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- slackens1/5
slacken
- verb become slow or slower
slow down; slow; slack; slow up.
- Production slowed
- verb make less active or fast
slack up; slack; relax.
- He slackened his pace as he got tired
- Don't relax your efforts now
- verb become slow or slower
- backstitch1/5
backstitch
- noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- verb do backstitches
- noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- blackwall1/5
blackwall
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backlogged1/5
backlog
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- noun the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- blackmailers1/5
blackmailer
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
extortionist; extortioner.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- blacklists1/5
blacklist
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
black book; shitlist.
- verb put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
- many books were blacklisted by the Nazis
- noun a list of people who are out of favor
- trackage1/5
trackage
The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
- shackling1/5
shackle
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
trammel; hamper; bond.
- noun a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- backhaul1/5
- blackcurrant1/5
blackcurrant
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- microcracking1/5
- trackway1/5
trackway
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- backstairs1/5
backstairs
- noun a second staircase at the rear of a building
- adjective satellite secret and sly or sordid
backstair; furtive.
- backstairs gossip
- his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
- backstairs intimacies
- furtive behavior
- noun a second staircase at the rear of a building
- blackfish1/5
blackfish
- noun large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
tautog; Tautoga onitis.
- noun female salmon that has recently spawned
- noun large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
- backstreets1/5
backstreets
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- uncracked1/5
- cackles1/5
cackle
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- noun noisy talk
yack; chatter; yak; yakety-yak.
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- packagers1/5
packagers
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- stackable1/5
- blackstrap1/5
blackstrap
A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses. No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop. Judd.
- blackshirts1/5
blackshirt
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- crackly1/5
crack
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; fissure.
- noun a narrow opening
gap.
- he opened the window a crack
- noun a long narrow opening
- blackleg1/5
blackleg
- noun someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
strikebreaker; scab; rat.
- verb take the place of work of someone on strike
fink; scab; rat.
- noun someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- piggybacked1/5
piggyback
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- verb ride on someone's shoulders or back
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- blackens1/5
blacken
- verb make or become black
melanize; black; melanise; nigrify.
- The smoke blackened the ceiling
- The ceiling blackened
- verb burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
char; sear; scorch.
- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling
- verb make or become black
- rollbacks1/5
rollback
- noun the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
push back.
- noun reducing prices back to some earlier level
- noun the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- throwbacks1/5
throwback
- noun an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
atavist.
- noun a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
atavism; reversion.
- noun an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
- crackpots1/5
crackpot
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crank.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- backslashes1/5
backslashes
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jackass
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; goofball.
- noun male donkey
jack.
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
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slackware
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backgrounding
- noun the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
background processing.
- verb understate the importance or quality of
play down; downplay; background.
- he played down his royal ancestry
- noun the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
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knackered
- adjective satellite very tired
drained.
- adjective satellite very tired
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backtrack
- verb retrace one's course
turn back; double back.
- The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
- verb retrace one's course
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backwash
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
slipstream; wash; race; airstream.
- noun the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
aftermath; wake.
- the aftermath of war
- in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
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flack
- noun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
flack catcher; flak; flak catcher.
- noun intense adverse criticism
fire; attack; blast; flak.
- Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
- the government has come under attack
- don't give me any flak
- noun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
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backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
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packman
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pitchman; peddler; hawker; pedlar.
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
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bluejacket
- noun a serviceman in the navy
navy man; sailor; sailor boy.
- noun a serviceman in the navy
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jackanapes
- noun someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
whippersnapper; lightweight.
- noun someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
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placket
- noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
- noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
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thumbtack
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
drawing pin; pushpin.
- verb fasten with thumbtacks
- The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
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backslider
- noun someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
recidivist; reversionist.
- noun someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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nutcracker
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
nuthatch.
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
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jackpot
- noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
pot; kitty.
- noun any outstanding award
- noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
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blackamoor
- noun a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
Negroid; Black; Negro; Black person.
- noun a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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grackle
- noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
hill myna; Indian grackle; Gracula religiosa.
- noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
crow blackbird.
- noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
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backstretch
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backslider
- noun someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
recidivist; reversionist.
- noun someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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backslap
- verb display excessive cordiality (towards)
- he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings
- verb display excessive cordiality (towards)
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payback
- noun financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
retribution; vengeance.
- Vengeance is mine
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- the swiftness of divine retribution
- noun financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
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grackle
- noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
hill myna; Indian grackle; Gracula religiosa.
- noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
crow blackbird.
- noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
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backdate
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- The increase in tax was backdated to January
- verb make effective from an earlier date
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backing
- noun the act of providing approval and support
patronage; championship; backup.
- his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
- noun something forming a back that is added for strengthening
mount.
- noun the act of providing approval and support
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sack
- noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
carrier bag; poke; paper bag.
- noun an enclosed space
sac; pocket; pouch.
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
- noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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backpedal
- verb pedal backwards on a bicycle
- verb step backwards, in boxing
- verb pedal backwards on a bicycle
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backbencher
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
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backpedal
- verb pedal backwards on a bicycle
- verb step backwards, in boxing
- verb pedal backwards on a bicycle
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jackboot
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
Hessian boot; Wellington boot; hessian; Wellington.
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
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backspin
- noun spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
- noun spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
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shack
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
hut; hutch; hovel; shanty.
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
reside; domiciliate; domicile.
- may parents reside in Florida
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
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shack
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
hut; hutch; hovel; shanty.
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
reside; domiciliate; domicile.
- may parents reside in Florida
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
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blackfly
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Aphis fabae; bean aphid.
- noun small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
buffalo gnat; black fly.
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
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blackball
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
barring.
- verb expel from a community or group
ostracize; shun; cast out; ban; ostracise; banish.
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
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blacktail
- noun mule deer of western Rocky Mountains
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; blacktail deer; black-tailed deer.
- noun mule deer of western Rocky Mountains
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jackknife
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
clasp knife.
- noun a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
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bushwhacking
- adjective satellite lying in ambush
- bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
- adjective satellite lying in ambush
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backorder
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wetback
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
greaser; taco.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent
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backlash
- noun a movement back from an impact
repercussion; rebound; recoil.
- noun an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
- there was a backlash of intolerance
- noun a movement back from an impact
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jacket
- noun a short coat
- noun an outer wrapping or casing
- phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets
- noun a short coat
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jackhammer
- noun a hammer driven by compressed air
pneumatic hammer; air hammer.
- noun a hammer driven by compressed air
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straitjacket
- noun anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
- they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket
- the government is operating in an economic straitjacket
- noun a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
straightjacket.
- noun anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
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backcourt
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packrat
- noun a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
- noun any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
Neotoma cinerea; bushytail woodrat; trade rat; pack rat.
- noun a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
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counterattack
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
countermove.
- noun (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board
counterplay.
- noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.
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backpedal
- verb pedal backwards on a bicycle
- verb step backwards, in boxing
- verb pedal backwards on a bicycle
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greywacke
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tackiness
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
gluiness; gumminess; cohesiveness; glueyness; viscidness; ropiness; viscidity.
- noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
tat; cheapness; sleaze.
- noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
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blacksnake
- noun large harmless shiny black North American snake
mountain blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; pilot blacksnake; black rat snake.
- noun blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
black racer; Coluber constrictor.
- noun large harmless shiny black North American snake
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crackhead
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backhoe
- noun an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
- noun an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
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bluejacket
- noun a serviceman in the navy
navy man; sailor; sailor boy.
- noun a serviceman in the navy
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untracked
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
untrodden; trackless; untrod; roadless; pathless.
- trackless wilderness
- roadless areas
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
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backplate
- noun plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
- noun plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
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racker
- noun an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
- noun an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
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knacker
- noun someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
- noun someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
- noun someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
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playback
- noun the act of reproducing recorded sound
- he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony
- noun electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
- noun the act of reproducing recorded sound
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sackful
- noun the quantity contained in a sack
sack.
- noun the quantity contained in a sack
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whacker
- noun something especially big or impressive of its kind
whopper.
- noun something especially big or impressive of its kind
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blackhead
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
comedo.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
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backcast
Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. Scot.
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bushwhacker
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
hillbilly.
- noun a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
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snack
- noun a light informal meal
collation; bite.
- verb eat a snack; eat lightly
nosh.
- She never loses weight because she snacks between meals
- noun a light informal meal
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shellac
- noun lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- noun a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
shellac varnish.
- noun lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
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hijack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
highjack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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backwardation
(Stock Exchange) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Biddle.Contango .
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cracklings
- noun the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered
- noun the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
greaves; crackling.
- noun the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered
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backboard
- noun a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
basketball backboard.
- he banked the shot off the backboard
- noun a board used to support the back of someone or something
- noun a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
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trackball
- noun an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen
- a trackball is essentially an upside-down mouse
- noun an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen
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backslide
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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blackshirt
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
- noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II
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unpackaged
- adjective not packaged or put into packets
- unpackaged nuts
- adjective not packaged or put into packets
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blackfly
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Aphis fabae; bean aphid.
- noun small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
buffalo gnat; black fly.
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
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tackler
- noun a football player who tackles the ball carrier
- noun a football player who tackles the ball carrier
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blackjack
- noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
jack oak; Quercus marilandica; blackjack oak.
- noun a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
sap; cosh.
- noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
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bivouacking
- noun the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
encampment; tenting; camping.
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; encamp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- noun the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
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backstay
- noun a stay that supports the back of something
- noun a stay that supports the back of something
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rackety
- adjective satellite uncontrollably noisy
rip-roaring; uproarious.
- adjective satellite uncontrollably noisy
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backsliding
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; relapse; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse; backslide.
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
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pullback
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
tieback.
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
- noun (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
- the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
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blackleg
- noun someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
strikebreaker; scab; rat.
- verb take the place of work of someone on strike
fink; scab; rat.
- noun someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
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razorback
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
razorbacked hog; razorback hog.
- noun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
rorqual.
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
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hunchback
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
kyphosis; humpback.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
humpback; crookback.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
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backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
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mack
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
mackintosh; mac; macintosh.
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
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prepacked
- adjective satellite prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
prepackaged.
- prepackaged foods
- adjective satellite prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
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blackcurrants
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mackintosh
- noun a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
macintosh.
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
mac; mack; macintosh.
- noun a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric
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hackamore
- noun rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
halter.
- noun rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
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blackwood
- noun very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
- noun any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
blackwood tree.
- noun very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
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blackcap
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
black raspberry; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry.
- noun small black-headed European gull
pewit; pewit gull; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
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packinghouse
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
- they came from an apple packinghouse
- noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
packing plant.
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
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bushwhack
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
- verb live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
- verb wait in hiding to attack
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quack
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- noun the harsh sound of a duck
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
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stacker
- noun a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
- noun a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
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wacko
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
whacko; nutter.
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
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carrack
- noun a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
carack.
- noun a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
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leatherback
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
Dermochelys coriacea; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle.
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
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tracksuits
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greenbacker
One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. Colloq. U. S.
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jacklyn
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slackly
- adverb in a relaxed manner; not rigid
loosely.
- his hands lay loosely
- adverb in a relaxed manner; not rigid
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hackle
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- verb comb with a heckle
heckle; hatchel.
- heckle hemp or flax
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
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trackable
- adjective capable of being traced or tracked
traceable.
- a traceable riverbed
- the traceable course of an ancient wall
- adjective capable of being traced or tracked
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tieback
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
pullback.
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
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backroom
- noun the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
- noun the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
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spackle
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
spackling compound.
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
- backcrossed1/5
backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
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sidetrack
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
siding; turnout; railroad siding.
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
straggle; digress; depart.
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
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sidetrack
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
siding; turnout; railroad siding.
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
straggle; digress; depart.
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
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quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
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packsaddle
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- bracker1/5
brack
An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.
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unshackle
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter. Addison.
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blackmoor
See Blackamoor .
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sacking
- noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
bagging.
- noun the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
dismissal; firing; sack; liberation; release; discharge; dismission.
- noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
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tacker
- noun a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
- noun a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
baster.
- noun a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
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tacky
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- tacky varnish
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
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blackfin
(Zoöl.) See Bluefin .
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hardback
- noun a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
hardcover.
- adjective satellite having a hard back or cover
hardbound; hardcover; hardbacked.
- hardback books
- noun a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
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backsheesh
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
baksheesh; pourboire; bakshis; bakshish; gratuity; tip.
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
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coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- blackbuck1/5
blackbuck
- noun common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
Antilope cervicapra; black buck.
- noun common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
- gobsmacked1/5
gobsmacked
- adjective satellite utterly astounded
- adjective satellite utterly astounded
- almanacks1/5
almanac
- noun an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
farmer's calendar.
- noun an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
- noun an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
- clacks1/5
clack
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
clap.
- noun a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
clack valve; clapper valve.
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- backtalk1/5
backtalk
- noun an impudent or insolent rejoinder
sass; back talk; sassing; lip; mouth.
- don't give me any of your sass
- noun an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- backgrounders1/5
backgrounder
- noun a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
- the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues
- noun a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
- backflip1/5
backflip
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- jackboot1/5
jackboot
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
Hessian boot; Wellington boot; hessian; Wellington.
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
- whacko1/5
whacko
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
wacko; nutter.
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
- backshore1/5
- nonblacks1/5
- bootblacks1/5
bootblack
- noun a person who polishes shoes and boots
shoeblack.
- noun a person who polishes shoes and boots
- tackler1/5
tackler
- noun a football player who tackles the ball carrier
- noun a football player who tackles the ball carrier
- sackbut1/5
sackbut
- noun a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
- noun a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
- wackers1/5
wackers
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- tacksmen1/5
tacksman
(Scots Law) One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. Sir W. Scott.The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.
- tackifier1/5
tackifier
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- racketing1/5
racket
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
illegitimate enterprise; fraudulent scheme.
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- backstays1/5
backstay
- noun a stay that supports the back of something
- noun a stay that supports the back of something
- blackmails1/5
blackmail
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- verb exert pressure on someone through threats
pressure; blackjack.
- noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- blackland1/5
blackland
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- backsight1/5
backsight
(Surv.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight , n., 3.
- thwacked1/5
thwack
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- verb deliver a hard blow to
smack.
- The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- blacktip1/5
blacktip
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- straitjacketed1/5
straitjacketed
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- cracksman1/5
cracksman
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
safecracker; safebreaker.
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
- hackled1/5
hackle
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- verb comb with a heckle
heckle; hatchel.
- heckle hemp or flax
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- blackamoors1/5
blackamoor
- noun a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
Negroid; Black; Negro; Black person.
- noun a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
- wacks1/5
wacks
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- crackheads1/5
crackheads
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- mackerels1/5
mackerel
- noun flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- noun any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
- noun flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- blacklight1/5
blacklight
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- leasebacks1/5
leasebacks
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- carjackings1/5
carjacking
- noun the violent theft of an occupied car
- verb take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it
carjack.
- My car was carjacked last night!
- noun the violent theft of an occupied car
- gunnysacks1/5
gunnysack
- noun a bag made of burlap
gunny sack; burlap bag.
- noun a bag made of burlap
- backbite1/5
backbite
- verb say mean things
bitch.
- verb say mean things
- backplanes1/5
- swaybacked1/5
swaybacked
- adjective satellite having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
lordotic; dipped; swayback.
- adjective satellite having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
- polacks1/5
- hackwork1/5
hackwork
- noun professional work done according to formula
- noun professional work done according to formula
- tacksman1/5
tacksman
(Scots Law) One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. Sir W. Scott.The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.
- canvasbacks1/5
canvasback
- noun North American wild duck valued for sport and food
Aythya valisineria; canvasback duck.
- noun North American wild duck valued for sport and food
- backwardly1/5
backward
- adjective directed or facing toward the back or rear
- a backward view
- adjective (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- a backward lover
- adjective directed or facing toward the back or rear
- piggybacks1/5
piggyback
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- verb ride on someone's shoulders or back
- noun the act of carrying something piggyback
- halfbacks1/5
halfback
- noun (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
- noun (American football) the position of a back on a football team
- noun (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position
- blackheart1/5
blackheart
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- noun heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry
blackheart cherry.
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- switchbacking1/5
- whacky1/5
whacky
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; goofy; sappy; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- bracks1/5
brack
An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.
- backseats1/5
backseat
- noun a secondary or inferior position or status
- tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding
- noun a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)
- noun a secondary or inferior position or status
- gimcracks1/5
gimcrack
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
gimcrackery; trumpery; falderol; frill; nonsense; folderal.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
- halftracks1/5
- backrests1/5
backrest
- noun a support that you can lean against while sitting
back.
- the back of the dental chair was adjustable
- noun a support that you can lean against while sitting
- graywacke1/5
graywacke
(Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. ✍ This term, derved from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.
- backhands1/5
backhand
- noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
backhand shot; backhand stroke.
- verb hit a tennis ball backhand
- noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
- safecracker1/5
safecracker
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
cracksman; safebreaker.
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
- thwacking1/5
thwack
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- verb deliver a hard blow to
smack.
- The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- backpacked1/5
backpack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; rucksack; knapsack.
- verb hike with a backpack
pack.
- Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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backbiter
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
traducer; libeler; defamer; maligner; slanderer; vilifier.
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
- backbenches1/5
backbench
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- jackknifing1/5
jackknife
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
clasp knife.
- noun a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
- hacky1/5
hacky
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- quackgrass1/5
quackgrass
- noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
dog grass; Agropyron repens; quack grass; witchgrass; witch grass; quick grass; couch grass.
- noun European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed
- sackman1/5
sackman
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- whackers1/5
whacker
- noun something especially big or impressive of its kind
whopper.
- noun something especially big or impressive of its kind
- unshackling1/5
unshackle
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter. Addison.
- blackbodies1/5
blackbody
- noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
full radiator; black body.
- a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium
- noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- wisecracked1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- spackling1/5
spackle
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
spackling compound.
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
- backslid1/5
backslide
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- unstacked1/5
unstack
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.
- jackey1/5
- backstopping1/5
backstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
catcher.
- noun (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- jampacked1/5
jampack
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
wad; ram; jam; chock up; cram.
- the theater was jampacked
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
- blackfellow1/5
blackfellow
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- unbacked1/5
unbacked
- adjective satellite unsupported by other people
unassisted; single-handed.
- adjective satellite unsupported by other people
- knackers1/5
knacker
- noun someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
- noun someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
- noun someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
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fullback
- noun (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
- noun (American football) the position of a back on a football team
- noun (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
- blackcock1/5
blackcock
- noun male black grouse
black cock.
- noun male black grouse
- repackages1/5
repackages
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- lackadaisically1/5
lackadaisically
- adverb in an idle and lackadaisical manner
- he was hanging around the house lackadaisically
- adverb in an idle and lackadaisical manner
- blackfaced1/5
blackface
- noun the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
- noun the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
- shellacking1/5
shellac
- noun lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- noun a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
shellac varnish.
- noun lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- packthread1/5
packthread
- noun a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
- noun a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
- backtrace1/5
- hacktivists1/5
hacktivists
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- blacktopped1/5
blacktop
- noun a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
blacktopping.
- verb coat with blacktop
- blacktop the driveway
- noun a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
- backflips1/5
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blackguardism
The conduct or language of a blackguard; rufflanism.
- cornerbacks1/5
cornerback
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- backordered1/5
- tamaracks1/5
tamarack
- noun medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
Larix laricina; black larch; American larch.
- noun medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
- clackmannan1/5
clackmannan
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- tacket1/5
tacket
A small, broad-headed nail. Scot. Jamieson.
- backdate1/5
backdate
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- The increase in tax was backdated to January
- verb make effective from an earlier date
- blackcaps1/5
blackcap
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
black raspberry; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry.
- noun small black-headed European gull
pewit; pewit gull; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
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backwash
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
slipstream; wash; race; airstream.
- noun the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
aftermath; wake.
- the aftermath of war
- in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
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- hackneys1/5
hackney
- noun a carriage for hire
hackney carriage; hackney coach.
- noun a compact breed of harness horse
- noun a carriage for hire
- skyjacking1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- backbend1/5
backbend
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
- backbiter1/5
backbiter
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
traducer; libeler; defamer; maligner; slanderer; vilifier.
- noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
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- packhouse1/5
packhouse
Warehouse for storing goods.
- clackety1/5
- thumbtacked1/5
thumbtack
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
drawing pin; pushpin.
- verb fasten with thumbtacks
- The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
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- snowpacks1/5
snowpacks
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- hacksaws1/5
hacksaw
- noun saw used with one hand for cutting metal
hack saw; metal saw.
- noun saw used with one hand for cutting metal
- blackbirding1/5
blackbird
- noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
New World blackbird.
- noun common black European thrush
ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; ousel; European blackbird.
- noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
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blackeye
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- blackballing1/5
blackball
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
barring.
- verb expel from a community or group
ostracize; shun; cast out; ban; ostracise; banish.
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- cracky1/5
cracky
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shacklock
A sort of shackle. Obs.
- barracking1/5
barracking
- noun shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
heckling.
- verb lodge in barracks
barrack.
- noun shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
- lacker1/5
lack
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
deficiency; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- verb be without
miss.
- This soup lacks salt
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- barracked1/5
barrack
- noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
- verb lodge in barracks
- noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
- blacklead1/5
blacklead
- verb cover with graphite
- verb cover with graphite
- packagings1/5
packaging
- noun the business of packing
- his business is packaging for transport
- noun a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
promotional material; promotion; publicity.
- the packaging of new ideas
- noun the business of packing
- wackiest1/5
wacky
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; goofy; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- carjacked1/5
carjack
- verb take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it
- My car was carjacked last night!
- verb take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it
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- highjacked1/5
highjack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
hijack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; commandeer; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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- mackle1/5
mackle
- noun a printed impression that is blurred or doubled
- noun a printed impression that is blurred or doubled
- wacke1/5
wacke
(Geol.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
- greywackes1/5
- backbends1/5
backbend
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
- backdown1/5
backdown
- noun a retraction of a previously held position
climb-down; withdrawal.
- noun a retraction of a previously held position
- ransacks1/5
ransack
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- verb search thoroughly
comb.
- They combed the area for the missing child
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
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- holdbacks1/5
holdback
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.
- backfills1/5
backfills
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- carjacker1/5
carjack
- verb take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it
- My car was carjacked last night!
- verb take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it
- blackheaded1/5
blackhead
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
comedo.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
- wracks1/5
wrack
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- noun the destruction or collapse of something
rack.
- wrack and ruin
- noun dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
- hackling1/5
hackle
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- verb comb with a heckle
heckle; hatchel.
- heckle hemp or flax
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- barebacked1/5
barebacked
- adjective satellite riding without a saddle
bareback.
- a bareback rider
- adverb without a saddle
bareback.
- she prefers to ride her horse bareback
- adjective satellite riding without a saddle
- wackiness1/5
wackiness
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- quarterbacked1/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- lackaday1/5
lackaday
Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.
- sacket1/5
sacket
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- blackwork1/5
blackwork
Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.
- jackfish1/5
jackfish
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- wacked1/5
wacked
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- snacker1/5
snacker
- noun someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
nosher.
- noun someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
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- jackbooted1/5
jackboot
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
Hessian boot; Wellington boot; hessian; Wellington.
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
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- smackers1/5
smacker
- noun a loud kiss
- noun a very powerful blow with the fist
- noun a loud kiss
- blackburnian1/5
blackburnian
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blackguardly
- adjective satellite lacking principles or scruples
roguish; scoundrelly; rascally.
- the rascally rabble
- the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray
- the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew
- adjective satellite lacking principles or scruples
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- backstops1/5
backstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
catcher.
- noun (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- spackled1/5
spackle
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
spackling compound.
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
- backspread1/5
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carjackers
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- rackman1/5
rackman
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- highjacking1/5
highjacking
- noun robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
hijacking.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- noun robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
- hogbacks1/5
hogback
- noun a narrow ridge of hills
horseback.
- noun a narrow ridge of hills
- slingbacks1/5
slingback
- noun a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
sling.
- noun a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
- subpackage1/5
subpackage
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- tackie1/5
tackie
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- restacked1/5
restacked
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- thwacks1/5
thwack
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
- verb deliver a hard blow to
smack.
- The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved
- noun a hard blow with a flat object
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hackman
The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.
- packsaddles1/5
packsaddle
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- backsaw1/5
backsaw
- noun a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge
back saw.
- noun a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge
- blackpoll1/5
blackpoll
- noun North American warbler having a black-and-white head
Dendroica striate.
- noun North American warbler having a black-and-white head
- backstabber1/5
backstabber
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- crackup1/5
crackup
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- blackey1/5
blackey
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- jackstraws1/5
jackstraws
- noun a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
spillikins.
- noun a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
spillikin; jackstraw.
- noun a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
- backloading1/5
- jackies1/5
jackies
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- jacker1/5
jack
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; diddly; diddley; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- you don't know jack
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; seafarer; mariner.
- noun a small worthless amount
- backstabbers1/5
backstabbers
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- blackstick1/5
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tarmacked
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- blackies1/5
- restacking1/5
restacking
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- backdropped1/5
backdrop
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
background; backcloth.
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
- hatchbacks1/5
hatchback
- noun a car having a hatchback door
- noun a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
hatchback door.
- noun a car having a hatchback door
- plackets1/5
placket
- noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
- noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
- silverbacks1/5
silverback
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- seatbacks1/5
- backhander1/5
backhander
- noun a backhanded blow
- adjective (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
backhanded; backhand.
- noun a backhanded blow
- trackwork1/5
- jackscrew1/5
jackscrew
- noun screw-operated jack
screw jack.
- noun screw-operated jack
- hackin1/5
hackin
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- meatpacker1/5
meatpacker
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- backland1/5
backland
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- hydrocracker1/5
- jackleg1/5
jackleg
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- multitracking1/5
- smacker1/5
smacker
- noun a loud kiss
- noun a very powerful blow with the fist
- noun a loud kiss
- brackens1/5
bracken
- noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
Pteridium esculentum.
- noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
pasture brake; brake; Pteridium aquilinum.
- noun fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
- blackberrying1/5
blackberry
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- noun bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
blackberry bush.
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- backlogging1/5
backlog
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- noun the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- noun an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- backstitching1/5
backstitch
- noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- verb do backstitches
- noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- packable1/5
packable
- adjective capable of being packed
- adjective capable of being packed
- straightjackets1/5
straightjacket
- noun a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
straitjacket.
- noun a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- givebacks1/5
givebacks
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- backset1/5
backset
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
- hackberries1/5
hackberry
- noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
nettle tree.
- noun small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
sugarberry.
- noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
- backchat1/5
backchat
- noun light teasing repartee
banter; give-and-take; raillery.
- noun light teasing repartee
- backstitches1/5
backstitch
- noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- verb do backstitches
- noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- backlighted1/5
- clacker1/5
clack
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
clap.
- noun a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
clack valve; clapper valve.
- noun a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- unstacking1/5
unstack
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.
- skipjacks1/5
skipjack
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack tuna; Euthynnus pelamis.
- noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda.
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
- jackers1/5
jackers
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- fallbacks1/5
fallback
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
disengagement; pullout.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
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- rackett1/5
racket
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
illegitimate enterprise; fraudulent scheme.
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- sackbuts1/5
sackbut
- noun a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
- noun a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
- trackman1/5
trackman
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- wackier1/5
wacky
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; goofy; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- tackiest1/5
tacky
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- tacky varnish
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- crackbrained1/5
crackbrained
- adjective satellite insanely irresponsible
idiotic.
- an idiotic idea
- adjective satellite insanely irresponsible
- sackers1/5
sacker
One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
- backstories1/5
backstories
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- trackmen1/5
trackmen
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- backslides1/5
backslide
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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- unhackneyed1/5
unhackneyed
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- racketed1/5
racket
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
- noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
illegitimate enterprise; fraudulent scheme.
- noun a loud and disturbing noise
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blackheart
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- noun heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry
blackheart cherry.
- noun any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken
- tackifying1/5
tackifying
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- backstopped1/5
backstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
catcher.
- noun (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
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- jackknives1/5
jackknife
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
clasp knife.
- noun a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
- noun a large knife with one or more folding blades
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- sackfuls1/5
sackful
- noun the quantity contained in a sack
sack.
- noun the quantity contained in a sack
- snackers1/5
snacker
- noun someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
nosher.
- noun someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
- mackinaws1/5
mackinaw
- noun a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
Mackinaw coat.
- noun a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
Mackinaw blanket.
- noun a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
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stackyard
A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. A. Smith.
- backhanders1/5
backhander
- noun a backhanded blow
- adjective (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
backhanded; backhand.
- noun a backhanded blow
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- graybacks1/5
grayback
- noun a dowitcher with a grey back
Limnodromus griseus; greyback.
- noun a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
greyback; knot; Calidris canutus.
- noun a dowitcher with a grey back
- quackeries1/5
quackery
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
empiricism.
- noun the dishonesty of a charlatan
charlatanism.
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- leatherjacket1/5
leatherjacket
- noun any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
leatherfish.
- noun any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
leatherjack.
- noun any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
- quackers1/5
quack
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- noun the harsh sound of a duck
- noun an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
- backen1/5
backen
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graywacke
(Geol.) A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. ✍ This term, derved from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.
- straitjacketing1/5
straitjacketing
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- blackfriar1/5
blackfriar
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
Black Friar; Dominican; friar preacher.
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
- backhanding1/5
backhand
- noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
backhand shot; backhand stroke.
- verb hit a tennis ball backhand
- noun a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
- stackman1/5
- blacklands1/5
- nicknacks1/5
nicknack
- noun miscellaneous curios
bric-a-brac; knickknack; knickknackery; whatnot.
- noun miscellaneous curios
- safecracking1/5
safecracking
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- skyjacker1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- hacktivist1/5
hacktivist
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- blackguarding1/5
blackguard
- noun someone who is morally reprehensible
bounder; dog; hound; heel; cad.
- you dirty dog
- verb subject to laughter or ridicule
laugh at; make fun; ridicule; poke fun; roast; guy; rib; jest at.
- The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
- The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
- His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
- noun someone who is morally reprehensible
- greenbacker1/5
greenback
- noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
bank bill; banknote; bill; banker's bill; note; Federal Reserve note; government note; bank note.
- he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes
- noun a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
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- hackery1/5
hackery
A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. Bengal Malcom.
- skyjackings1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
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