A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
aktiengesellschaft
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
aniakchak
ankylocheilia
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antihijack
archidiskodon
archikaryon
archipenko
archking
archking
noun
(rare) A chief king.
ashkenazic
ashkenazic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews.
auchinleck
backaching
backchain
backchain
verb
(computing, artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
backchecking
backchecking
verb
present participle of backcheck
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bankalachi
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blockheadishness
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckwashing
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
chackling
chackling
verb
present participle of chackle
chaiken
chainbreak
chainlike
chainlike
adj
Having the form of a chain
chainmaker
chainmaker
noun
A tool use to add a link to a chain
One who makes chains.
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
chakravartin
chakravartin
noun
(India, religion) An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world.
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
chalking
chalking
noun
(painting) The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.
Something chalked on a surface.
verb
present participle of chalk
chalkline
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
chamkanni
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chandrakhi
changchiakow
chankings
chankings
noun
plural of chanking
chapnick
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
checkline
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
cheekinesses
cheekinesses
noun
plural of cheekiness
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
chekhovian
chekhovian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) or his writings.
chekiang
chelyabinsk
chelyuskin
chemicking
chemicking
verb
present participle of chemic
chemokinesis
chemokinesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
cherubikon
chetnik
chetnik
noun
(now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band.
An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chickahominy
chicken
chicken
adj
(informal) Cowardly.
noun
(UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick
(archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.
(countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
(countable, slang) A coward.
(countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
The game of dare.
verb
(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
chickenberry
chickenbill
chickenbreasted
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
chickenhood
chickenhood
noun
The state or period of being a chicken.
chickening
chickening
verb
present participle of chicken
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickens
chickens
noun
plural of chicken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chicken
chickenshit
chickenshit
adj
(slang, vulgar) petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
(vulgar, slang) cowardly
noun
(slang, vulgar) (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
(slang, vulgar) coward
(vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
chickenshits
chickenshits
noun
plural of chickenshit
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickling
chickling
noun
A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.
The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.
chickstone
chignik
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
chimakuan
chimarikan
chimkent
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
chinalike
chinalike
adj
Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
chinbeak
chinik
chiniks
chink
chink
noun
(countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
(uncountable, colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
A chip or dent in something metallic.
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)
Alternative letter-case form of Chink
verb
(intransitive) To crack; to open.
(intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
chinkapin
chinkapin
noun
Alternative form of chinquapin.
chinkara
chinkara
noun
Gazella bennettii, a species of gazelle found in India, Pakistan and Iran
chinked
chinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chink
chinker
chinker
noun
Any material that is used to fill chinks
chinkerinchee
chinkerinchee
noun
Ornithogalum thyrsoides, a flowering plant endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa.
chinkers
chinkiang
chinkier
chinkiest
chinking
chinking
noun
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
The sound of something that chinks.
verb
present participle of chink
chinkle
chinkle
noun
(nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To chink or jingle.
(transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
chinks
chinks
noun
A type of chaps.
plural of chink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chink
chinky
chinky
adj
(derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
noun
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food.
(India, slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India.
(slang, offensive) A Chinese person.
chinook
chinook
noun
(Canada, US, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
chinookan
chinookan
Adjective
Of or relating to a small language family spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
chinooks
chinooks
noun
plural of chinook
chinovnik
chinovnik
noun
A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
chipmunks
chipmunks
noun
plural of chipmunk
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chlorpikrin
chocking
chocking
verb
present participle of chock
choking
choking
noun
The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
verb
present participle of choke
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.