| BACKHANDED | • backhanded adj. With the back of the hand. • backhanded adj. Involving a backward flip of the hand. • backhanded adj. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory. |
| BACKHANDER | • backhander n. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. • backhander n. A blow with the back of the hand. • backhander n. (Informal) A bribe, a secret payment. |
| HANDBASKET | • handbasket n. A basket with a handle. • hand-basket n. Alternative spelling of handbasket. • HANDBASKET n. a basket carried in the hand. |
| HANDBRAKES | • handbrakes n. Plural of handbrake. • hand␣brakes n. Plural of hand brake. • HANDBRAKE n. a brake applied by a hand-operated lever. |
| HANDPICKED | • handpicked adj. Picked by hand rather than by machinery. • handpicked adj. (Figurative) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual. • handpicked v. Simple past tense and past participle of handpick. |
| HANDSHAKES | • handshakes n. Plural of handshake. • HANDSHAKE n. a shaking of hands in greeting. |
| HANDSPIKES | • handspikes n. Plural of handspike. • hand-spikes n. Plural of hand-spike. • HANDSPIKE n. a bar used as a lever. |
| HANDSTROKE | • handstroke n. (Bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle. • HANDSTROKE n. the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it. |
| HANDWORKED | • handworked adj. Worked by hand. • hand-worked adj. Alternative form of handworked. • hand-worked adj. Operated by hand. |
| HANDWORKER | • handworker n. One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine. • HANDWORKER n. one who does handwork. |
| JERKINHEAD | • jerkinhead n. (Architecture) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable. • JERKINHEAD n. a truncated gable with a lipped roof. |
| KNIGHTHEAD | • knighthead n. A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support… • knighthead n. A bollard or bitt. • knighthead n. Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit. |
| KNOTHEADED | Sorry, definition not available. |
| LUNKHEADED | • lunkheaded adj. Obtuse; foolish; idiotic. • LUNKHEADED adj. stupid, like a lunkhead. |
| OUTTHANKED | • outthanked v. Simple past tense and past participle of outthank. • OUTTHANK v. to surpass in thanking. |
| RANSHAKLED | • RANSHAKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHACKLE. |
| SHAKEDOWNS | • shakedowns n. Plural of shakedown. • shake-downs n. Plural of shake-down. • SHAKEDOWN n. any makeshift bed, esp. one made up on the floor. |
| SNAKEHEADS | • snakeheads n. Plural of snakehead. • SNAKEHEAD n. a Chinese criminal involving the transport of criminals to other parts of the world. |
| UNSHACKLED | • unshackled v. Simple past tense and past participle of unshackle. • unshackled adj. Not shackled. • UNSHACKLE v. to release from shackles. |
| WINDSHAKES | • windshakes n. Plural of windshake. • WINDSHAKE n. a flaw in wood said to be due to the bending of the tree in the wind. |