ACHKANS | • achkans n. Plural of achkan. • ACHKAN n. (Hindi) in India, a knee-length coat with a high collar. |
ASKANCE | • askance adv. (Of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion. • askance adv. Sideways; obliquely. • askance adj. Turned to the side, especially of the eyes. |
CANAKIN | • canakin n. (Archaic) A little can or cup. • CANAKIN n. a small can or cup, also CANNIKIN, CANIKIN. |
CANBANK | • CANBANK n. the equivalent of a bottle bank for cans. |
HACKMAN | • hackman n. The driver of a hack. • Hackman prop.n. A surname. • HACKMAN n. the driver of a hack or carriage for public hire. |
JACKMAN | • jackman n. (Motor racing) A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack. • jackman n. (Obsolete) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. • jackman n. A six-pointed playing piece in the game of jacks; a jackstone. |
KACHINA | • kachina n. (Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or… • kachina n. (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being. • kachina n. (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony. |
KATCINA | • katcina n. Alternative form of kachina. • KATCINA n. (Native American) a doll representing rain-bringing Hopi ancestors, also KACHINA, KATCHINA, KATSINA. |
MANJACK | • manjack n. (Caribbean) A person; the average or common person; anybody. • manjack n. (Geology) A form of bitumen-rich asphalt found in Barbados and Trinidad. • manjack n. Various plants in the genus Cordia. |
MANPACK | • manpack n. (Usually attributive) An object meant to be carried by a single person. • MANPACK n. a pack designed to be carrier by one person. |
PACKMAN | • packman n. (Archaic) Someone who travels with a pack, especially a travelling salesman. • PACKMAN n. one who bears a pack; a peddler. |
PANCAKE | • pancake n. A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular… • pancake n. (Theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder. • pancake n. (Juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates… |
RANSACK | • ransack v. (Transitive) To loot or pillage. See also sack. • ransack v. (Transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something… • ransack v. (Archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate. |