(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).
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antikathode
antikathode
noun
Dated form of anticathode.
antikythera
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
beothukan
bethank
bethank
verb
(transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethanking
bethanking
verb
present participle of bethank
bethankit
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank
bethink
bethink
verb
(intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
(obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
(reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
To determine, resolve.
bethinking
bethinking
noun
The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
verb
present participle of bethink
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
breathtaking
breathtaking
adj
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
stunningly beautiful; amazing
breathtakingly
breathtakingly
adv
In a breathtaking manner.
To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
chalkstone
chalkstone
noun
(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
changepocket
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
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
checkstone
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chetnik
chetnik
noun
(now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band.
An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.
chickenbreasted
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chickenheartedness
chickenheartedness
noun
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness
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
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickstone
chimkent
chinkiest
chockstone
chockstone
noun
(climbing) A metal wedge or nut, threaded on a wire, used in rock climbing for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock.
A stone, ranging in size from a boulder to a pebble, which has become wedged in a vertical fissure or cleft.
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choukoutien
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
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
darkheartedness
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
deathlikeness
deknight
diadochokinetic
diadochokinetic
adj
Relating to diadochokinesis.
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketone
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
earthkin
earthmaking
earthquaken
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
earthshaking
earthshaking
adj
Of global consequence or importance.
Very loud.
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
elephantlike
elephantlike
adj
(figuratively) (Of memory) which is very good
Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
evtushenko
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
folkething
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
frankenmuth
frankhearted
frankheartedly
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
frankheartness
freethink
freethinker
freethinker
noun
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
freethinkers
freethinkers
noun
plural of freethinker
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
frithsoken
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
hackettstown
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
hancockite
hancockite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral of the epidote group, with lead and strontium replacing some of the calcium.
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
handistroke
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
hanksite
hanksite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
heartikin
heartikin
noun
(obsolete, diminutive) A little heart.
heartsickening
heartsickness
heartsickness
noun
The condition of being heartsick
heartsicknesses
heartsicknesses
noun
plural of heartsickness
heatmaking
hekataean
hekatean
helmetmaking
helsingkite
helterskelteriness
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hemiplankton
heterokaryon
heterokaryon
noun
(biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei
heterokinesia
heterokinesis
heterokinetic
heterokontae
heterokontan
heterokontan
adj
Belonging to the heterokonts.
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hexakistetrahedron
hexakistetrahedron
noun
A polyhedron with 24 faces.
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
hokaltecan
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
hookerton
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hunterlike
hunterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hunter.
hydrofranklinite
hydrokineter
hydrokinetic
hydrokinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrokinetics
Of or pertaining to the kinetic energy of moving fluids
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
hydroxyketone
hydroxyketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.
hyperalkalinity
hyperalkalinity
noun
The property of being hyperalkaline.
hyperkinetic
hyperkinetic
adj
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.
noun
A person exhibiting hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.