| CHECKERED | • checkered adj. Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches. • checkered adj. (Figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures. • checkered v. Simple past tense and past participle of checker. |
| CHEEKBONE | • cheekbone n. The small prominent bone of the cheek. • cheek-bone n. Alternative spelling of cheekbone. • cheek␣bone n. Alternative spelling of cheekbone. |
| CHEEKIEST | • cheekiest adj. Superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky. • CHEEKY adj. impudent. |
| CHEEKLESS | • cheekless adj. Without cheeks. • CHEEKLESS adj. without cheeks. |
| HEARKENED | • hearkened v. Simple past tense and past participle of hearken. • HEARKEN v. to listen to, also HARK, HARKEN. |
| HEARKENER | • hearkener n. One who hearkens; a listener. • HEARKENER n. one who hearkens, also HARKENER. |
| HENPECKED | • henpecked adj. (Particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend. • hen-pecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of hen-peck. • hen␣pecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of hen peck. |
| HOUSEKEEP | • housekeep v. (Intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping. • housekeep v. (Transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping. • housekeep n. (Archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper. |
| HOUSELEEK | • houseleek n. Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves. • HOUSELEEK n. a plant of the leek family. |
| KEELHALED | • keelhaled v. Simple past tense and past participle of keelhale. • KEELHALE v. to punish by dragging under the keel of a ship, also KEELHAUL. |
| KEELHALES | • keelhales v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhale. • KEELHALE v. to punish by dragging under the keel of a ship, also KEELHAUL. |
| KNEEHOLES | • kneeholes n. Plural of kneehole. • KNEEHOLE n. the space beneath a desk or bureau for the knees. |
| LEECHLIKE | • leechlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a leech, especially in being clinging or parasitic. • LEECHLIKE adj. like a leech. |
| RECHECKED | • rechecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of recheck. • RECHECK v. to check again. |
| SHEEPLIKE | • sheeplike adj. Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly. • sheep-like adj. Alternative spelling of sheeplike. • SHEEPLIKE adj. like a sheep. |
| SHEETLIKE | • sheetlike adj. Alternative form of sheet-like. • sheet-like adj. Like or resembling a sheet. • SHEETLIKE adj. like a sheet. |
| SKREEGHED | • SKREEGH v. (Scots) to screech, shriek, also SCRAICH, SCRAIGH, SCREICH, SCREIGH, SCRIECH, SCRITCH, SKREIGH, SKRIECH, SKRIEGH. |