| LACK | • lack n. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. • lack n. (Obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. • lack v. (Transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require. |
| ALACK | • alack interj. An expression of sorrow or mourning. • ALACK interj. (archaic) an interjection expressing grief. |
| BLACK | • black adj. (Of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. • black adj. (Of a place, etc) Without light. • black adj. (Sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic… |
| CLACK | • clack n. An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway… • clack n. Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve. • clack n. Chatter; prattle. |
| FLACK | • flack v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate. • flack v. (Intransitive, UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag. • flack v. (Transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping. |
| PLACK | • plack n. (Obsolete) A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. • plack n. (Scotland, Northern England, historical) A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century… • plack n. Misspelling of plaque. |
| SLACK | • slack n. (Uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. • slack n. (Countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains. • slack n. (Uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient. |
| PELLACK | • pellack n. (Northern England, Scotland, archaic) A porpoise. • pellack n. , [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please… • PELLACK n. (Scots) a porpoise, also PELLOCK, PELLACH. |
| POLLACK | • pollack n. Alternative spelling of pollock. • pollack v. Alternative spelling of pollock. • Pollack n. Alternative spelling of Polack. |
| EYEBLACK | • eyeblack n. Alternative spelling of eye black. • eye␣black n. (US) a grease smeared under the eyes of sports players to reduce glare from sunlight or stadium lights. • EYEBLACK n. a dark pigment applied under the eyes. |
| FORSLACK | • forslack v. (Intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall. • forslack v. (Transitive, obsolete) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness. • FORSLACK v. to be slack, also FORESLACK. |
| NONBLACK | • nonblack adj. Not black in colour. • nonblack adj. Not of African descent; not racially black. • nonblack n. A nonblack person. |
| SHELLACK | • shellack n. Alternative form of shellac. • shellack v. Alternative form of shellac. • SHELLACK v. to cover with a thin varnish, also SHELLAC. |
| ANTIBLACK | • antiblack adj. Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans. • ANTIBLACK adj. against black people. |
| BONEBLACK | • boneblack n. Alternative form of bone black. • bone␣black n. A preparation containing carbonized bone, used as a pigment and a filtering medium. • BONEBLACK n. black residue from the destructive distillation of bones. |
| BOOTBLACK | • bootblack n. (Dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation. • bootblack v. (Transitive) To shine shoes. • boot-black n. Alternative spelling of bootblack. |
| FORESLACK | • foreslack v. Alternative form of forslack. • FORESLACK v. (obsolete) to become slack or neglectful, also FORSLACK. |
| LAMPBLACK | • lampblack n. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. • lampblack v. (Transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon. • LAMPBLACK n. a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds. |
| SHOEBLACK | • shoeblack n. One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation. • SHOEBLACK n. one who polishes shoes. |
| SUPERFLACK | • superflack n. (Informal) A highly successful publicity agent. • SUPERFLACK n. a superior press agent. |