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.
downpatrick
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
drakonite
dreikanter
dreikanter
noun
(petrology) A type of pebble that has three curved faces formed by wind-blown sand.
dreikanters
dreikanters
noun
plural of dreikanter
drillstock
drillstock
noun
The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
drinkability
drinkability
noun
The extent to which something is drinkable.
The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
dripstick
dripstick
noun
(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
droukit
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
duckhunting
duckiest
duckiest
adj
superlative form of ducky: most ducky
ducktail
ducktail
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
ducktails
ducktails
noun
plural of ducktail
dumbstricken
dunziekte
duskiest
duskiest
adj
superlative form of dusky: most dusky
duskingtide
dustlike
dustlike
adj
Resembling dust.
dyskeratosis
dyskeratosis
noun
(medicine) Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.
dyskinetic
dyskinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to dyskinesia
ekaterinodar
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
ferntickled
ficklehearted
fiddlestick
fiddlestick
intj
Dated form of fiddlesticks.
noun
A bow used to play the fiddle.
One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
fiddlesticks
fiddlesticks
intj
(euphemistic) Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
(euphemistic) Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
noun
plural of fiddlestick
foldskirt
franklandite
fredericktown
frederiksted
fredrikstad
gastrodisk
geckotid
geckotidae
geckotoid
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
giantkind
giantkind
noun
All giants, considered as a group.
gladkaite
handistroke
headstick
headstick
noun
(printing, historical) A straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.
A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
heterakid
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.
hitchhiked
hitchhiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hitchhike
hocktide
hocktide
Proper noun
A mediaeval English festival celebrated on the second Tuesday after Easter Sunday.
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.
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
iceskated
iceskated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of iceskate
identikit
identikit
adj
(informal, chiefly derogatory) Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass-marketed.
noun
A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
ideokinetic
inkstand
inkstand
noun
A small tray containing pens and an inkwell; (by extension) a pot for holding ink, inkpot, inkwell.
inkstandish
inkstandish
noun
(obsolete) An inkstand.
inkstands
inkstands
noun
plural of inkstand
interchoked
interdrink
interdrink
adj
Between drinks.
interknitted
interknitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interknit
interknotted
interknotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interknot
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interlinked
interlinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlink
interlocked
interlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlock
intersprinkled
intersprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intersprinkle
intertrafficked
interworked
interworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwork
jacklighted
kadarite
kakatoidae
karyatid
karyatid
noun
Alternative form of caryatid
katahdin
katahdin
Noun
A sheep of a particular breed developed in Maine.
kathodic
kathodic
adj
Dated form of cathodic.
kathopanishad
katsuwonidae
katydid
katydid
noun
A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.
katydids
katydids
noun
plural of katydid
kedarite
kefiatoid
kendoist
keratinized
keratinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keratinize
keratinoid
keratinoid
adj
Resembling, or composed of keratin
keratitides
keratocricoid
keratodermia
keratoid
keratoid
adj
(biology) Resembling horn; horny.
Of a cusp, having its two branches curving in opposite directions.
keratoidea
ketimid
ketimide
ketimide
noun
(organic chemistry) An ion, group or ligand containing a carbon atom with a double bond to a nitrogen atom
ketonimid
ketonimide
ketoside
ketoside
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoside of a ketose
ketosteroid
ketosteroid
noun
(organic chemistry) Any steroid having a ketone functional group.
ketosteroids
ketosteroids
noun
plural of ketosteroid
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
khandait
khedivate
khedivate
noun
The region ruled by a khedive.
khediviate
khidmatgar
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
kibitzed
kibitzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibitz
kickstand
kickstand
noun
A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
kickstands
kickstands
noun
plural of kickstand
kickstarted
kickstarted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kickstart
kidcote
kidcote
noun
(obsolete) A local lockup / prison
kidderminster
kidderminster
noun
A type of two-ply carpet.
kidlet
kidlet
noun
(colloquial) child
kidneyroot
kidneywort
kidneywort
noun
hepatica (Hepatica spp.)
navelwort
kilooersted
kilted
kilted
adj
Having on a kilt.
Plaited after the manner of kilting.
Tucked or fastened up; said of petticoats, etc.
kindergarten
kindergarten
noun
(Canada, US, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
(Canada, US, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.
(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.
kindergartener
kindergartener
noun
(less common) Alternative form of kindergartner
kindergartening
kindergartening
noun
(archaic) The skill or practice of caring for children in a kindergarten.
kindergartens
kindergartens
noun
plural of kindergarten
kindergartner
kindergartner
noun
(rare) A person who teaches at a kindergarten.
A child who attends a kindergarten.
kindergartners
kindergartners
noun
plural of kindergartner
kindertotenlieder
kindest
kindest
adj
superlative form of kind: most kind
kindheart
kindhearted
kindhearted
adj
Having an innately kind disposition or character.
kindheartedly
kindheartedly
adv
In a kindhearted manner.
kindheartedness
kindheartedness
noun
The quality of being kindhearted.
kindliest
kindliest
adj
superlative form of kindly: most kindly
kinosternidae
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kirtland
kirtled
kirtled
adj
Clothed or covered with, or as if with, a kirtle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kirtle
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kited
kited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kite
kithed
kithed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kithe
kitmudgar
kitschified
kitschified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kitschify