(sciences) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
kathemoglobin
kathenotheism
kathenotheism
noun
Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
kathodal
kathodal
adj
Dated form of cathodal.
kathode
kathode
noun
Dated form of cathode.
kathodes
kathodes
noun
plural of kathode
kathodic
kathodic
adj
Dated form of cathodic.
katholikoi
katholikos
katholikos
noun
Alternative form of catholicos
katholikoses
katholikoses
noun
plural of katholikos
kathopanishad
katonah
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keratohelcosis
keratohyal
keratophyr
keratophyre
keratophyre
noun
(petrography) A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
keratorrhexis
keratorrhexis
noun
rupture of the cornea
kharoshthi
khartoum
khartoum
Proper noun
Capital of the Sudan.
khartoumer
khotan
khotana
khotanese
khotanese
Proper noun
An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophobia
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kittikachorn
kjeldahlization
klaproth
klaprotholite
klaprotholite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of klaprothite
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
knothead
knothead
noun
(informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
kochetovka
kohathite
kohathite
Noun
A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the vessels and objects within the sanctuary.
kohistan
kohistan
Proper noun
a political district in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Tajikistan
kohistani
kohistani
Noun
A person from Kohistan.
Adjective
From or relating to Kohistan or Kohistani people.
kooletah
kooletah
noun
An Inuit caribou-skin coat.
kootcha
kootchar
kootchar
noun
A stingless Australian bee Trigona australis
korahite
korahitic
koreshanity
koridethianus
kotchian
kowatch
kshatriyahood
kshatriyahood
noun
The quality of being a kshatriya.
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
kyathoi
kyathoi
noun
plural of kyathos
kyathos
kyathos
noun
(historical) A style of painted Greek vase with a single long flat looping handle resembling a ladle.
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
leatherworker
leatherworker
noun
A person who makes things from leather.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
leukocythemia
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
lockhart
lockhart
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
mannoketoheptose
markgenossenschaft
markshot
markworthy
markworthy
adj
Worthy of note or remark.
massekhoth
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchbooks
matchbooks
noun
plural of matchbook
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
matchlocks
matchlocks
noun
plural of matchlock
meathook
meathook
noun
Alternative spelling of meat hook
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
mookhtar
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
notchback
notchback
noun
A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
novoshakhtinsk
oakhurst
octakishexahedron
octakishexahedron
noun
(geometry, rare) A polyhedron with 48 faces.
oistrakh
oktaha
oktaha
Proper noun
A small town in Oklahoma, United States
okthabah
othake
outlandishlike
outshake
outshake
verb
(transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
outthank
outthank
verb
(transitive) To surpass in thanking; to give more thanks than.
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outthanks
outthanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthank
outthwack
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
patchworky
patchworky
adj
Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
petrouchka
phantomlike
phantomlike
adj
Like a phantom; ghostly.
pharmacokinetic
pharmacokinetic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics.
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
pharyngokeratosis
phenakistoscope
phenakistoscope
noun
An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phitsanulok
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
phytoplankton
phytoplankton
noun
Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.
phytoplanktonic
phytoplanktonic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, phytoplankton
pinakotheke
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens around Christmastime.
poikilocythemia
poikilothermal
poikilothermal
adj
poikilothermic
rhatikon
rheoplankton
rockhampton
rockhampton
Proper noun
A village in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Proper noun
A regional city of Queensland, Australia.
rockhearted
rockshaft
sabathikos
sackcloth
sackcloth
adj
Made of sackcloth.
noun
(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance.
A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
sackclothed
sackclothed
adj
Dressed in sackcloth.
sackcloths
sackcloths
noun
plural of sackcloth
samothrake
satyashodak
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
schoolmasterlike
scratchwork
scratchwork
noun
The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
shackatory
shackbolt
shackleton
shakeout
shakeout
noun
(engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
shakeouts
shakeouts
noun
plural of shakeout
shakespearolater
shakespearolatry
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shockstall
shoptalk
shoptalk
noun
Discussion of business in a social setting, especially using jargon.
shoptalks
shoptalks
noun
plural of shoptalk
shortcake
shortcake
noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.