Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 27 compound words that contain dyke. The most common are listed below. Open dyke in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- Jost van DykeAn island of the British Virgin Islands.
- Little Jost van DykeAn island of the British Virgin Islands.
- Devil's DykeA deep V-shaped valley and area of the South Downs in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2611).
- Offa's DykeA manmade dyke designed to delineate the border between Mercia and Powys, roughly equivalent to the modern-day border between England and Wales
- fill-dykeAlternative form of February fill-dike: A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water.
- Van DykeAlternative form of vandyke: An edge with ornamental triangular points.
- dyke swarmA large geological structure consisting of a major group of parallel, linear, or radially oriented magmatic dykes intruded within continental crust or central volcanoes in rift zones.
- dry-stone dykeA drystone wall used as a field boundary, particularly in Scotland.
- finger in the dykeAn attempt to delay a worse consequence from occurring.
- dyke bottomThe bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)
- dyke phaseThe period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.
- dyke upTo build a dyke along (a body of water or a piece of land).
- dyke-rockA type of igneous rock that fills a dyke (a rock filling a fissure that is now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away).
- February fill-dykeAlternative form of February fill-dike: A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water.
- King's DykeA hamlet in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2496).
- dyke outTo engage in homoerotic activity with another woman.
- dyke roadA road that runs along the top of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)
- designer dykeSynonym of lipstick lesbian: A lesbian who has glamorously feminine characteristics; specifically, one attracted to other such lesbians.
- dyke bottomsplural of dyke bottom: The bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)
- dyke phasesplural of dyke phase: The period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.
- dyke roadsplural of dyke road: A road that runs along the top of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)
- dyke-backThe back of a stonewall or a hedgebank.
- dyke-backsplural of dyke-back: The back of a stonewall or a hedgebank.
- dyke-rocksplural of dyke-rock: A type of igneous rock that fills a dyke (a rock filling a fissure that is now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away).
- fail dykeA wall of turf.
Compound words 27
- dykonA celebrity, especially a woman (often a lesbian), who is much admired by lesbians.
- dykedarThe ability to detect whether or not a person is lesbian by observing that person.
- leatherdykeA female homosexual involved in BDSM practices.
- babydykeA young or newly-out lesbian.
- dykedomThe state or sphere of dykes, or lesbians.
- dykehoodThe state or sphere of dykes, or lesbians.
- dykeletAlternative form of dikelet: A small dike.
- morphodykeMorphodite, hermaphrodite.
- dykelingA young or immature lesbian.
- vandykeAn edge with ornamental triangular points.