(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
arkhangelsk
arkhangelsk
Proper noun
A city in northwestern Russia on the White Sea.
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
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
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
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
blagoveshchensk
blankenship
blankish
blankish
adj
Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bolshevikian
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chalkiness
chalkiness
noun
The state of being chalky.
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.
chalkstony
chalkstony
adj
Having or resembling chalkstones.
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
chelyabinsk
chelyuskin
childlikeness
childlikeness
noun
The state or quality of being childlike.
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
choleokinase
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
christianlike
christianlike
Adjective
Befitting a Christian.
christlikeness
christlikeness
Noun
The quality of being Christlike.
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
cockneyishly
cockneyishly
adv
In a Cockneyish manner.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
czechoslovakian
czechoslovakian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the former nation of Czechoslovakia.
Noun
A person from Czechoslovakia.
czechoslovakians
deathlikeness
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
ducklingship
earthshakingly
earthshakingly
adv
In an earthshaking manner.
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
folkishness
folkishness
noun
The quality of being folkish.
gelsenkirchen
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
gumpoldskirchner
hallanshaker
hallanshaker
noun
(obsolete) A sturdy beggar.
hanksville
hanselka
harnesslike
harnesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a harness.
hawkinsville
helsingkite
helsinki
helterskelteriness
herrenvolks
herrenvolks
noun
plural of herrenvolk
homelikeness
homelikeness
noun
The quality of being homelike.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
hopkinsville
hopkinsville
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Ohio, USA.
hounskull
hounskull
noun
A type of visor, drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or beak which improved ventilation and deflected blows, or a helmet having such a visor.
hulkiness
hulkingness
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
jeewhillikens
kephalins
kephalins
noun
plural of kephalin
khlustino
kinaesthetically
kinaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of kinesthetically
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
kithlessness
kithlessness
noun
(rare) Absence of friends or acquaintances.
kittenishly
kittenishly
adv
In a kittenish manner.
klagshamn
knappishly
knavishly
knavishly
adv
In a knavish manner.
kneeholes
kneeholes
noun
plural of kneehole
knightless
knightless
adj
(not comparable) Without a knight.
(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
knightliness
knightliness
noun
knightly behaviour; chivalry
knightsville
knotholes
knotholes
noun
plural of knothole
knuckleheadedness
knuckleheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being knuckleheaded; foolishness or ineptitude.
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kolkhozniks
koluschan
koluschan
Noun
Tlingit
Proper noun
Tlingit
Adjective
Tlingit
lakemanship
lakemanship
noun
Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.
lakishness
lakishness
noun
The quality of being lakish.
lanarkshire
lanarkshire
Proper noun
A former county in Scotland.
landshark
landshark
noun
(derogatory) A landgrabber.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
landsknecht
lankish
lankish
adj
Somewhat lank.
lansknecht
lansknecht
noun
Alternative form of lansquenet
larkishness
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherlikeness
leathernecks
leathernecks
noun
plural of leatherneck
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
lickerishness
lickerishness
noun
Quality of being lickerish.
linksmith
loanshark
loanshark
noun
Alternative spelling of loan shark.
verb
To commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.
loansharking
loansharking
verb
present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
lokshen
lokshen
noun
Flat egg noodles in Yiddish cuisine.
longshanks
longshanks
noun
A bird, the stilt.
longshucks
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
lymphokines
lymphokines
noun
plural of lymphokine
milksoppishness
monkeyishly
monkeyishly
adv
In a monkeyish manner.
monkishly
monkishly
adv
In a monkish way.
neighborlikeness
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nonbookishly
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
nonshrinkingly
oklahomans
outlandishlike
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
phitsanulok
planksheer
prankishly
prankishly
adv
In a prankish way.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
ramshackleness
ramshackleness
noun
Quality of being ramshackle.
recklinghausen
rhinoceroslike
rhinoceroslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a rhinoceros.
sakhalin
sakhalin
Proper noun
The largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast, a Russian oblast located on the island.
schnabelkanne
schnecksville
schnorkel
schnorkel
noun
Alternative form of snorkel
schnorkeled
schnorkeling
schnorkle
schoolkeeping
schwenkfelder
schwenkfelder
Noun
A member of the a small American Christian group rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scutcheonlike
shackland
shackland
noun
(South Africa) An unofficial urban settlement composed of shacks.
shacklebone
shacklebones
shackleton
shackling
shackling
verb
present participle of shackle
shakenly
shakenly
adv
In a shaken or nervous manner.
shakespeareanly
shakingly
shakingly
adv
In a shaking manner; shakily
shakuntala
shanksville
shantylike
shantylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shanty.
shellacking
shellacking
noun
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.