| ANTIKNOCK | • antiknock adj. Of an additive added to petroleum/gasoline to reduce the occurrence of engine knock. • antiknock n. Such a substance, usually tetraethyl lead (also MMT, MTBE and ethanol). • anti-knock adj. Alternative form of antiknock. |
| BACKBLOCK | • backblock n. (Australia, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking… • BACKBLOCK adj. (Australian) of the backblocks, remote, sparsely populated country. |
| BACKWORKS | • BACKWORK n. work done underground but not at the coalface. |
| BLACKCOCK | • blackcock n. The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). • black␣cock n. (Scotland, Wales, Northern England) The black grouse. • black␣cock n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cock. |
| BOOKRACKS | • bookracks n. Plural of bookrack. • BOOKRACK n. a support for an open book. |
| COOKSHACK | • cookshack n. A simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement. • COOKSHACK n. a shack used for cooking. |
| CROOKBACK | • crookback n. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
| HACKWORKS | • hackworks n. Plural of hackwork. • HACKWORK n. artistic work done according to formula. |
| KAZACHOKS | • kazachoks n. Plural of kazachok. • KAZACHOK n. (Russian) a Russian folk dance, also KAZACHOC, KAZATSKI, KAZATSKY, KAZATZKA. |
| KICKABOUT | • kickabout n. An informal amateur game of football/soccer. • KICKABOUT n. an informal game of football, also KICKAROUND. |
| KICKBOARD | • kickboard n. A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer’s upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements. • kickboard n. On pianos and organs, a vertical panel located above the pedals. • kickboard n. Synonym of kickplate (“strip at base of door to prevent scuffing”). |
| KNOCKBACK | • knockback n. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. • knockback n. Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. • knockback n. (UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal. |
| KOLACKIES | • kolackies n. Plural of kolacky. • KOLACKY n. a kind of pastry, a rich, sweet bun with fruit or poppy-seed filling. |
| KRAUTROCK | • krautrock n. (Music, sometimes capitalized) A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s. • Krautrock n. Alternative letter-case form of krautrock. • KRAUTROCK n. a name applied to experimental German rock music of the late 1960s and 1970s, characterized by repetitive rhythms and the use of electronic instruments. |
| LOCKMAKER | • lockmaker n. A manufacturer of locks. • LOCKMAKER n. one who makes locks. |
| POCKMANKY | • POCKMANKY n. (Scots) a corrupt form of portmanteau, also POCKMANTIE. |
| POCKMARKS | • pockmarks n. Plural of pockmark. • POCKMARK v. to mark with scars caused by an eruptive disease. |
| RACKWORKS | • rackworks n. Plural of rackwork. • RACKWORK n. any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion. |
| SMOKEJACK | • smokejack n. A device for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney. • smoke␣jack n. A roasting jack powered by hot gas rising from a fire. • SMOKEJACK n. a contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney. |
| STOCKTAKE | • stocktake n. The process of making an inventory of stock in a store or other location. • stocktake n. (Britain) The act or process of taking stock of something, or the result of that assessment. • stock-take n. Alternative spelling of stocktake. |