Words that rhyme with akc

  • aback
    adv 1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
  • almanac
    n 1: an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year [syn: almanac, farmer's calendar] 2: an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
  • amberjack
    n 1: any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes [syn: amberjack, amberfish]
  • ammoniac
    adj 1: pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia [syn: ammoniac, ammoniacal] n 1: the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant [syn: ammoniac, gum ammoniac]
  • amnesiac
    adj 1: suffering from a partial loss of memory [syn: amnesic, amnesiac] n 1: a person suffering from amnesia [syn: amnesic, amnesiac]
  • amphibrach
    n 1: a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
  • anorak
    n 1: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term) [syn: parka, windbreaker, windcheater, anorak]
  • aphrodisiac
    adj 1: exciting sexual desire [syn: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, sexy] [ant: anaphrodisiac] n 1: a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
  • applejack
    n 1: distilled from hard cider
  • attack
    n 1: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush] 2: an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" 3: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 4: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" [syn: approach, attack, plan of attack] 5: the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" [syn: attack, attempt] 6: a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase [syn: attack, tone-beginning] 7: a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" 8: the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements" 9: strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work" v 1: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" [syn: attack, assail] [ant: defend] 2: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault] 3: take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" [syn: attack, aggress] 4: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" [syn: assail, assault, set on, attack] 5: set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" 6: begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
  • back
    adv 1: in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" 2: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] 3: in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" 4: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward] 5: in reply; "he wrote back three days later" 6: in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher" adj 1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [ant: front(a)] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)] 3: of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" [syn: back, dorsum] 2: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: rear, back] [ant: front] 3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" [syn: back, rear] [ant: front] 4: (football) a person who plays in the backfield 5: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 6: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back] 7: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" 8: a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" [syn: back, backrest] 9: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage v 1: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" [syn: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support] 2: travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" 3: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" [syn: second, back, endorse, indorse] 4: cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" [ant: advance, bring forward] 5: support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" 6: be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" [ant: face, front, look] 7: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt] 8: shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" [ant: veer] 9: establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" [syn: back, back up] 10: strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  • backpack
    n 1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack] v 1: hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" [syn: backpack, pack]
  • backtrack
    v 1: retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" [syn: backtrack, turn back, double back]
  • bareback
    adv 1: without a saddle; "she prefers to ride her horse bareback" [syn: bareback, barebacked] adj 1: riding without a saddle; "a bareback rider" [syn: bareback, barebacked]
  • biofeedback
    n 1: a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
  • bivouac
    n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac] 2: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area] v 1: live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent]
  • black
    adj 1: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" [ant: white] 2: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. [ant: white] 3: marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words" 4: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" [syn: black, bleak, dim] 5: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 6: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful] 7: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" [syn: black, blackened] 8: extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch- black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar" [syn: black, pitch-black, pitch-dark] 9: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" [syn: black, grim, mordant] 10: (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda" 11: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled] 12: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful] 13: (of coffee) without cream or sugar 14: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" [syn: black, smutty] n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [syn: black, blackness, inkiness] [ant: white, whiteness] 2: total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black] 3: British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) [syn: Black, Joseph Black] 4: popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) [syn: Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple] 5: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid] 6: (board games) the darker pieces [ant: white] 7: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]
  • blackjack
    n 1: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club- shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica] 2: a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people [syn: blackjack, cosh, sap] 3: a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship [syn: black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack] 4: a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 [syn: blackjack, twenty-one, vingt- et-un] v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure]
  • bootblack
    n 1: a person who polishes shoes and boots [syn: bootblack, shoeblack]
  • bootjack
    n 1: has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots
  • bushwhack
    v 1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait] 2: live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla 3: cut one's way through the woods or bush
  • canvasback
    n 1: North American wild duck valued for sport and food [syn: canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria]
  • cardiac
    adj 1: of or relating to the heart; "cardiac arrest"
  • celeriac
    n 1: grown for its thickened edible aromatic root [syn: celeriac, celery root, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum] 2: thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant [syn: celeriac, celery root]
  • celiac
    adj 1: belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease; "a celiac diet" 2: of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen [syn: coeliac, celiac]
  • clack
    n 1: a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated [syn: clack, clap] 2: a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction [syn: clack valve, clack, clapper valve] v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle] 2: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, click, clack] 3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
  • claque
    n 1: a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
  • cognac
    n 1: high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France
  • comeback
    n 1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 2: return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
  • crack
    adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure] 2: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap, crack] 3: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 4: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking, snap] 5: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion" [syn: shot, crack] 6: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] 7: a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror" 8: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack cocaine, tornado] 9: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 10: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] v 1: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break] 2: make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked" 3: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: snap, crack] 4: hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler" 5: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: break through, crack] 6: break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" 7: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" [syn: snap, crack] 8: gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" 9: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse] 10: tell spontaneously; "crack a joke" 11: cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" 12: reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking 13: break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
  • crackerjack
    n 1: someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" [syn: jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack] 2: something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy" [syn: jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack]
  • crookback
    adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic] n 1: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]
  • crossjack
    n 1: the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast [syn: crossjack, mizzen course]
  • cutback
    n 1: a reduction in quantity or rate
  • demoniac
    adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)] n 1: someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
  • diamondback
    n 1: large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings [syn: diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus]
  • dieback
    n 1: a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
  • dipsomaniac
    n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]
  • drawback
    n 1: the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
  • egomaniac
    n 1: an abnormally egotistical person
  • fallback
    n 1: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: disengagement, fallback, pullout]
  • fatback
    n 1: salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
  • feedback
    n 1: the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output 2: response to an inquiry or experiment
  • finback
    n 1: large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus]
  • flack
    n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack] 2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]
  • flak
    n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack] 2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]
  • flapjack
    n 1: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle [syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel- cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake]
  • flashback
    n 1: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story [ant: flash- forward] 2: an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
  • fullback
    n 1: (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team v 1: play the fullback
  • gimcrack
    adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] n 1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]
  • greenback
    n 1: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]
  • gunnysack
    n 1: a bag made of burlap [syn: gunnysack, gunny sack, burlap bag]
  • hack
    n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, drudge, hacker] 2: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends [syn: machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack, hack] 3: a mediocre and disdained writer [syn: hack, hack writer, literary hack] 4: a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil 5: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab, hack, taxi, taxicab] 6: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag, plug] 7: a horse kept for hire 8: a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. v 1: cut with a hacking tool [syn: chop, hack] 2: be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" [syn: hack, cut] 3: cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest" 4: kick on the arms 5: kick on the shins 6: fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best" [syn: hack, hack on] 7: significantly cut up a manuscript [syn: hack, cut up] 8: cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" [syn: hack, whoop]
  • hackmatack
    n 1: poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart- shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera]
  • haemophiliac
    n 1: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding [syn: hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder, hemophile, haemophile]
  • halfback
    n 1: (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team
  • hardback
    adj 1: having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover] n 1: a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers [syn: hardback, hardcover]
  • hardtack
    n 1: very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple [syn: hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit] 2: a mountain mahogany
  • hatchback
    n 1: a car having a hatchback door 2: a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open [syn: hatchback, hatchback door]
  • haversack
    n 1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack]
  • hayrack
    n 1: a rack that holds hay for feeding livestock 2: a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry [syn: hayrack, hayrig]
  • haystack
    n 1: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]
  • highjack
    n 1: seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination [syn: hijack, highjack] v 1: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate]
  • hijack
    n 1: seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination [syn: hijack, highjack] v 1: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate] 2: seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process"
  • hogback
    n 1: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]
  • horseback
    adv 1: on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback" [syn: horseback, ahorse, ahorseback] n 1: the back of a horse 2: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]
  • huckaback
    n 1: toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric [syn: huck, huckaback]
  • humpback
    n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback] 3: large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives [syn: humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae]
  • hunchback
    n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]
  • iliac
    adj 1: of or relating to the ilium
  • insomniac
    adj 1: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare [syn: insomniac, sleepless, watchful] n 1: someone who cannot sleep [syn: insomniac, sleepless person]
  • ipecac
    n 1: a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
  • jack
    n 1: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit] 2: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog] 3: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack] 4: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted [syn: jackfruit, jak, jack] 5: a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling 6: an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug 7: game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks [syn: jack, jackstones] 8: small flag indicating a ship's nationality 9: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince [syn: jack, knave] 10: tool for exerting pressure or lifting 11: any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas 12: male donkey [syn: jack, jackass] v 1: lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" [syn: jack, jack up] 2: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack]
  • kayak
    n 1: a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos v 1: travel in a small canoe; "we kayaked down the river"
  • kickback
    n 1: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
  • kleptomaniac
    n 1: someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
  • knack
    n 1: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]
  • knapsack
    n 1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack]
  • knickknack
    n 1: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: knickknack, novelty] 2: miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]
  • lack
    n 1: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want] v 1: be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" [syn: miss, lack] [ant: feature, have]
  • lampblack
    n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock]
  • leatherback
    n 1: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle [syn: leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]
  • lilac
    adj 1: of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, lilac- colored] n 1: any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
  • lumberjack
    n 1: a person who fells trees [syn: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller] 2: a short warm outer jacket [syn: lumberjack, lumber jacket]
  • maniac
    adj 1: wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy" [syn: maniacal, maniac(p)] n 1: an insane person [syn: lunatic, madman, maniac] 2: a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something
  • megalomaniac
    n 1: a pathological egotist
  • mossback
    n 1: an extremely old-fashioned conservative
  • natterjack
    n 1: common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops [syn: natterjack, Bufo calamita]
  • nymphomaniac
    adj 1: (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire [syn: nymphomaniacal, nymphomaniac] n 1: a woman with abnormal sexual desires [syn: nymphomaniac, nympho]
  • outback
    adj 1: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a), remote] n 1: the bush country of the interior of Australia
  • pack
    n 1: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack] 2: a complete collection of similar things 3: a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) 4: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob] 5: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp] 6: a group of hunting animals 7: a cream that cleanses and tones the skin [syn: pack, face pack] 8: a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect 9: a bundle (especially one carried on the back) v 1: arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" [ant: take out, unpack] 2: fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" 3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack, bundle, wad, compact] 4: carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" 5: set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury" 6: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take] 7: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam] 8: hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" [syn: backpack, pack] 9: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" [syn: tamp down, tamp, pack] 10: seal with packing; "pack the faucet" 11: have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" [syn: compact, pack] 12: load with a pack [syn: pack, load down] 13: treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"
  • paperback
    adj 1: (of books) having a flexible binding [syn: paperback, paperbacked] n 1: a book with paper covers [syn: paperback book, paper- back book, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover]
  • paranoiac
    n 1: a person afflicted with paranoia [syn: paranoid, paranoiac]
  • piggyback
    adv 1: on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country" [syn: piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back] 2: on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback" [syn: piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back] n 1: the act of carrying something piggyback v 1: ride on someone's shoulders or back 2: haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars 3: haul by railroad car 4: support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show" 5: bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law"
  • plaque
    n 1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body 2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]
  • playback
    n 1: the act of reproducing recorded sound; "he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony" 2: electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
  • pullback
    n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback] 2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
  • quack
    adj 1: medically unqualified; "a quack doctor" n 1: an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice 2: the harsh sound of a duck v 1: utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked" 2: act as a medical quack or a charlatan
  • quarterback
    n 1: (football) the person who plays quarterback [syn: quarterback, signal caller, field general] 2: (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team" [syn: quarterback, signal caller, field general] v 1: play the quarterback
  • racetrack
    n 1: a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track]