(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).
auchinleck
bacchuslike
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bundelkhand
bushelbasket
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
chalkcutter
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekfuls
chelyuskin
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chuckle
chuckle
adj
(obsolete) Clumsy.
noun
A quiet laugh.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
(transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
chuckler
chuckler
noun
(India, archaic) A shoemaker, a cobbler.
Someone who chuckles.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
chuckles
chuckles
noun
plural of chuckle
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
churchlike
churchlike
adj
Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
clockhouse
clockhouse
noun
(architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
(architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.
crookshouldered
crutchlike
crutchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crutch.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
dikelocephalus
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
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
grieshuckle
gumpoldskirchner
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
hackleburg
hakenkreuzler
halucket
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hecklau
heiltsuk
heilungkiang
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
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
houndlike
houndlike
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
houseleek
houseleek
noun
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves
huckle
huckle
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A homosexual man.
(obsolete) The hip, the haunch.
A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
huckleback
hucklebacked
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.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
huckles
huckles
noun
plural of huckle
hulkage
hulked
hulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hulk
hulkier
hulkier
adj
comparative form of hulky: more hulky
hulkiest
hulkiest
adj
superlative form of hulky: most hulky
hulkiness
hulkingness
humanlike
humanlike
adj
Having characteristics of a human.
humuslike
humuslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of humus (compounds in soil).
hunlike
hunterlike
hunterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hunter.
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
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
husklike
husklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a husk.
hutlike
hutlike
adj
Resembling a hut.
huvelyk
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
karlsruhe
karlsruhe
Proper noun
A city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
A city/village in North Dakota.
keelhaul
keelhaul
verb
(transitive) To rebuke harshly.
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
keelhauled
keelhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keelhaul
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
keelhauls
keelhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhaul
keilhauite
keilhauite
noun
(mineralogy) yttrotitanite
keraphyllous
keraulophon
keraulophone
kieselguhr
kieselguhr
noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
kitchenful
kitchenful
noun
As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
knuckleheaded
knuckleheaded
adj
Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
knuckleheadedness
knuckleheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being knuckleheaded; foolishness or ineptitude.
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kuehnel
kuehneola
kugelhof
kulseth
kwethluk
lakehurst
lebkuchen
lebkuchen
noun
A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
leeuwenhoek
lehmbruck
lekythus
leukocythemia
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
leukophoresis
leukophoresis
noun
Leukapheresis.
leukorrhea
leukorrhea
noun
(pathology) Thick, whitish vaginal discharge.
leukorrheal
leukorrheal
adj
Relating to leukorrhea.
leukorrheas
leukorrheas
noun
plural of leukorrhea
leukorrhoea
leukorrhoea
noun
Alternative form of leukorrhea
leukorrhoeal
leukorrhoeal
adj
Alternative form of leukorrheal
leukothea
leukothea
Proper noun
A nymph or minor sea goddess of Greek mythology.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
lieberkuhn
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
lunkhead
lunkhead
noun
(derogatory, informal) A fool or idiot.
lunkheaded
lunkheaded
adj
obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
lunkheads
lunkheads
noun
plural of lunkhead
melkhout
melkhout
noun
(South Africa) The milkwood tree.
milkhouse
milkhouse
noun
A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
A place where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
muckhole
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
muschelkalk
mushroomlike
mushroomlike
adj
Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
outlandishlike
penthouselike
penthouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
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.