| BALLHAWK | • ballhawk n. (Sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully. • ballhawk n. (Baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls. • ball␣hawk n. (Baseball) an outfielder who is particularly good at defense, especially one who is particularly good… |
| BILLHOOK | • billhook n. (Weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding… • billhook n. An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting… • billhook n. Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery). |
| FISHKILL | • fishkill n. An environmental event in which fish are killed. • Fishkill prop.n. A town in New York, and a village within it. • fish␣kill n. (Marine biology) An underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populations. |
| HALLMARK | • hallmark n. A distinguishing characteristic. • hallmark n. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals. • hallmark v. To provide or stamp with a hallmark. |
| HALOLIKE | • halolike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a halo. • HALOLIKE adj. resembling a halo. |
| HAWKBELL | • hawkbell n. A small round metal bell used in falconry, attached to the leg of the bird. • HAWKBELL n. a small bell attached to a hawk's leg. |
| HAWKBILL | • hawkbill n. Alternative spelling of hawksbill. • HAWKBILL n. a kind of sea turtle, also HAWKSBILL. |
| HELLKITE | • hellkite n. A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil. • HELLKITE n. an extremely cruel person. |
| HICKWALL | • hickwall n. (UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor. • hickwall n. (UK, regional) A European green woodpecker, Picus viridis. • hickwall n. (UK, regional, archaic) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus. |
| HILLFOLK | • hillfolk n. Hillspeople. • HILLFOLK n. people living among the hills. |
| HILLOCKS | • hillocks n. Plural of hillock. • Hillocks prop.n. Plural of Hillock. • HILLOCK n. a small hill. |
| HILLOCKY | • hillocky adj. Resembling a hillock. • hillocky adj. Having hillocks. • HILLOCKY adj. full of hillocks. |
| KEELHALE | • keelhale v. Obsolete form of keelhaul. • KEELHALE v. to punish by dragging under the keel of a ship, also KEELHAUL. |
| KEELHAUL | • keelhaul v. (Transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship. • keelhaul v. (Transitive) To rebuke harshly. • keel␣haul v. Alternative spelling of keelhaul. |
| LATHLIKE | • lathlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a lath. • LATHLIKE adj. like a lath, long and slender. |
| RAKEHELL | • rakehell adj. (Archaic) Immoral; dissolute. • rakehell n. (Archaic) A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. • rake-hell adj. Alternative form of rakehell. |
| SHELLACK | • shellack n. Alternative form of shellac. • shellack v. Alternative form of shellac. • SHELLACK v. to cover with a thin varnish, also SHELLAC. |
| SKELLOCH | • skelloch v. (Scotland, intransitive) To cry out with a shrill voice. • skelloch n. (Scotland) A squeal. • SKELLOCH v. (Scots) to yell. |