(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttermaking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duskingtide
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
gitanemuck
gitanemuk
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
verb
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gutbucket
gutbucket
noun
Synonym of washtub bass
gutlike
gutlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gut.
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
junggrammatiker
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
junketing
junketing
noun
A celebratory feast or banquet.
verb
present participle of junket
keithsburg
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
kerugmata
kerugmata
noun
plural of kerugma
kigensetsu
kinghunter
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kithogue
klagenfurt
konigshutte
krisuvigite
krisuvigite
noun
(mineralogy) brochantite
krugerite
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
oaktongue
oligotokeus
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
outseeking
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
picturemaking
preundertaking
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
skeletogenous
skeletogenous
adj
Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
superacknowledgment
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
telukbetung
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
tonguelike
tonguelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tongue.
toughkenamon
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
troughlike
troughlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
trucebreaking
trucemaking
truckage
truckage
noun
(obsolete) exchange; bartering; truck
a charge for this
the carrying of goods by truck
truckages
truckages
noun
plural of truckage
tubemaking
tubemaking
noun
The manufacture of tubes.
tuckasegee
tuckering
tuckering
verb
present participle of tucker
tuglike
tuglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tug (type of boat).
tunemaking
tunnelmaking
tuskegee
tuskegee
Proper noun
A city in southwestern Alabama in the United States
The notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
An unethical experiment on humans. (A reference to the former)
tzekung
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
unbluestockingish
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
understriking
undertaking
undertaking
noun
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
verb
present participle of undertake
undertakingly
undertakings
undertakings
noun
plural of undertaking
ungentlemanlike
ungentlemanlike
adj
Not gentlemanlike.
ungentlemanlikeness
ungentlemanlikeness
noun
The quality of being ungentlemanlike.
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
unghostlike
unghostlike
adj
Not ghostlike.
ungoatlike
ungoatlike
adj
Not goatlike.
unknighted
unknighted
adj
Not knighted.
unknightlike
unknightlike
adj
Not knightlike.
unknightliness
unknightliness
noun
The quality of being unknightly.
unmagistratelike
unstickingness
unstockinged
unstockinged
adj
not wearing stockings
unthinkingness
unthinkingness
noun
Quality of being unthinking.
unthoughtlike
yekaterinburg
yekaterinburg
Proper noun
A city in the Sverdlovsk oblast of Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.