BLACKFACE | • blackface n. (Uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to… • blackface n. (Countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed. • Blackface n. Alternative letter-case form of blackface (form of racist vaudeville entertainment). |
CAMELBACK | • camelback n. (Uncountable) The backs of camels. • camelback n. (Countable) A flexible water container worn on the back. • camelback n. (Countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor. |
CHALKFACE | • chalkface n. (Geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover. • chalkface n. (Education) The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school. • CHALKFACE n. as in the phrase at the chalkface, i.e. in the classroom, as the centre of a teacher's activities. |
CHECKABLE | • checkable adj. Able to be checked or verified. • checkable adj. Able to be marked with a check mark, or tick. • checkable adj. (Finance, not comparable) Alternative form of chequable. |
CHECKRAIL | • checkrail n. Alternative spelling of check rail. • check-rail n. Alternative spelling of check rail. • check␣rail n. (Rail transport) A rail laid parallel to a running rail to guide wheels through points, rail crossings… |
CLICKABLE | • clickable adj. (Entertainment) That establishes rapport with an audience. • clickable adj. (Manufacturing, of a rigid plastic foam) That retains its shape after being cut by a blade or punched by a die. • clickable adj. (Computing) Causing some action to occur when clicked with a mouse or other pointing device. |
CLOCKFACE | • clockface n. Alternative spelling of clock face. • clock␣face n. The surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands. • Clock␣Face prop.n. A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5291). |
COCKATEEL | • cockateel n. Archaic form of cockatiel. • COCKATEEL n. (Dutch) a small crested parrot of Australia, also COCKATIEL. |
COCKATIEL | • cockatiel n. Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native… • COCKATIEL n. (Dutch) a small crested parrot of Australia, also COCKATEEL. |
COCKLEMAN | • cockleman n. A fisherman who catches cockles. • COCKLEMAN n. a cockle fisherman. |
CRACKLIER | • cracklier adj. Comparative form of crackly: more crackly. • CRACKLY adj. making a crackling noise. |
CRACKNELS | • cracknels n. Plural of cracknel. • CRACKNEL n. a hard, crisp biscuit. |
LANCEJACK | • lancejack n. Alternative form of lance-jack. • lance-jack n. (UK, military, slang) A lance-corporal or lance-bombadier. • LANCEJACK n. a lance corporal. |
NECKLACED | • necklaced v. Simple past tense and past participle of necklace. • NECKLACE v. to punish with a burning tyre around the neck. |
NECKLACES | • necklaces n. Plural of necklace. • NECKLACE v. to punish with a burning tyre around the neck. |
PLACEKICK | • placekick n. (In several forms of football) A kick of the ball from a stationary position. • placekick v. (In several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of… • place-kick v. Alternative form of placekick. |
TICKLACES | • TICKLACE n. (Canadian) in Newfoundland, a kittiwake, also TICKLEASS. |