BOBOLINK | • bobolink n. An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch. • BOBOLINK n. a North American songbird of the warbler family. |
BOOKLAND | • bookland n. (Anglo-Saxon) In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee… • Bookland prop.n. (Informal) The notional "country" associated with a numeric country prefix allocated in the 1980s for… • BOOKLAND n. (Old English) in Old English law, land taken from the folkland or common land and granted by written charter to a private owner. |
FOLKSONG | • folksong n. Alternative spelling of folk song. • folk␣song n. (Music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians… • folk␣song n. (Music, uncountable) folk music. |
KABLOONA | • kabloona n. (Canada, US) A non-Inuit person in Canada or Greenland, especially a European or someone of European descent. • KABLOONA n. (Inuit) a person who is not Inuit. |
KILOPOND | • kilopond n. A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass off one kilogram… • KILOPOND n. a unit of measurement equal to the gravitational force on a mass of one kilogram. |
KILOTONS | • kilotons n. Plural of kiloton. • KILOTON n. a measure of explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tons of TNT, also KILOTONNE. |
KNOTHOLE | • knothole n. In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering… • knothole n. (Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball. • KNOTHOLE n. a hole in a plank. |
LOCKDOWN | • lockdown n. The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their… • lockdown n. (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting. • lock-down n. Alternative form of lockdown. |
LOOKDOWN | • lookdown n. An oddly-shaped Atlantic marine fish, Selene vomer. • look␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, down. • look␣down v. (Intransitive) To lower one’s eyes; to direct one’s look downwards. |
MOONLIKE | • moonlike adj. Resembling the Moon, or a moon. • MOONLIKE adj. like a moon. |
MOONWALK | • moonwalk n. An exploration of the Moon’s surface on foot (by an astronaut). • moonwalk n. (Dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide. • moonwalk n. (Dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment. |
NOOKLIKE | • nooklike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a nook. • NOOKLIKE adj. like a nook. |
OERLIKON | • Oerlikon prop.n. A district of Zurich, Switzerland. • Oerlikon prop.n. A manufacturer of anti-aircraft weaponry based in this city. • Oerlikon n. A 20-millimeter anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Oerlikon company. |
ONLOOKER | • onlooker n. A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating. • on-looker n. Alternative spelling of onlooker. • ONLOOKER n. a spectator. |
OOLAKANS | • oolakans n. Plural of oolakan. • OOLAKAN n. (Native American) the North Pacific candlefish, also EULACHAN, EULACHON, OOLACHAN, OOLICHAN, OULACHON, OULAKAN, ULICON, ULIKON. |
TOWNFOLK | • townfolk n. Synonym of townsfolk. • TOWNFOLK n. the people of a town, also TOWNSFOLK. |
UNLOOKED | • unlooked adj. (Archaic) Unlooked for; unanticipated; unexpected. • UNLOOKED adj. not looked. |
WOOLSKIN | • woolskin n. A sheepskin with the wool still attached. • WOOLSKIN n. a sheepskin with the wool still on it. |