(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
breakshugh
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
brookhouse
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwasher
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bushmaker
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
chalkcutter
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
cherubikon
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chubsucker
chubsucker
noun
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
chucker
chucker
noun
(cricket) A bowler who throws or chucks the ball rather than bowls it.
One who chucks; a thrower.
chuckler
chuckler
noun
(India, archaic) A shoemaker, a cobbler.
Someone who chuckles.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
chukker
chukker
noun
One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo.
chukkers
chukkers
noun
plural of chukker
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
churchlike
churchlike
adj
Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
couchmaker
couchmaker
noun
A manufacturer of couches.
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
crookshouldered
crutchlike
crutchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crutch.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deutschemark
deutschmark
doughmaker
duckhearted
durkheim
earthquake
earthquake
noun
(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies.
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
earthquaked
earthquaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of earthquake
earthquaken
earthquakes
earthquakes
noun
plural of earthquake
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
frankenmuth
frankhouse
funfkirchen
gebrauchsmusik
grieshuckle
gumpoldskirchner
hackbuteer
hackbuteer
noun
An arquebusier.
hackbutter
hackbutter
Noun
An arquebusier.
hackleburg
hakenkreuz
hakenkreuz
noun
(chiefly India, often capitalized) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
hakenkreuze
hakenkreuzler
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hauberk
hauberk
noun
(less common) A similar shirt of scale mail, plate, leather, or other armor material.
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
heartquake
heartquake
noun
Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
heureka
heureka
intj
Alternative form of eureka
hogsucker
hogsucker
noun
Hypentelium nigricans, a species of fish found throughout the Mississippi river basin, growing up to two feet in length.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
housebreak
housebreak
verb
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebreaker
housebreaker
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
housebreakers
housebreakers
noun
plural of housebreaker
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housebreaks
housebreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak
housebroke
housebroke
verb
simple past tense of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebrokenness
housekeeper
housekeeper
noun
(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.
(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
housekeepers
housekeepers
noun
plural of housekeeper
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
houseworks
housewrecker
hubmaker
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
huckster
huckster
noun
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
verb
(intransitive) To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
(transitive) To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner.
(transitive) To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstered
huckstered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of huckster
hucksterer
hucksterer
noun
huckster
hucksteress
hucksteress
noun
(archaic) A female huckster.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
hucksterize
hucksterize
verb
To hawk; to promote, especially in a pushy or deceptive manner.
hucksters
hucksters
noun
plural of huckster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of huckster
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
huckstress
huckstress
noun
A female huckster.
huffaker
hulkier
hulkier
adj
comparative form of hulky: more hulky
humperdinck
hundredwork
huneker
hunker
hunker
noun
(dated) A political conservative.
verb
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task
(intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down
hunkered
hunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hunker
hunkering
hunkering
verb
present participle of hunker
hunkerism
hunkerism
noun
(US, politics) Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress.
hunkerous
hunkerous
adj
(dated) politically conservative
hunkerousness
hunkerousness
noun
The quality of being hunkerous.
hunkers
hunkers
noun
The haunches
plural of hunker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hunker
hunterlike
hunterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hunter.
hureek
hurkle
hurkle
verb
(intransitive) to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold
(of the limbs) to contract, to pull in
to cower
hurleyhacket
husker
husker
noun
(US, slang) A fan or supporter of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the sports teams of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
One who husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears of corn).
huskers
huskers
noun
plural of husker
huskershredder
huskier
huskier
adj
comparative form of husky: more husky
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
junkerish
junkerish
adj
(historical) Characteristic of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
karlsruhe
karlsruhe
Proper noun
A city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
A city/village in North Dakota.
katharevusa
kechumaran
keithsburg
keraphyllous
keraulophon
keraulophone
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
keraunophone
keraunophone
noun
(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
keraunophonic
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.