(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chimkent
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
deutschemark
deutschmark
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketol
dimethylketone
earthmaker
earthmaking
earthsmoke
ektachrome
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
frankenmuth
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
hatmaker
hatmaker
noun
Someone who makes hats.
hatmakers
hatmakers
noun
plural of hatmaker
haymarket
haymarket
Proper noun
Any of various placenames, particularly a street in Westminster, London and the in that street
A town in Virginia State.
heatmaker
heatmaking
hektogram
hektometer
helmetlike
helmetlike
adj
Resembling a helmet.
helmetmaker
helmetmaking
hemiekton
hemiekton
noun
An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hemikaryotic
hemiplankton
hemoalkalimeter
hermitlike
hermitlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hermit
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
honeymoonstruck
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hypermarket
hypermarket
noun
A combination of department store and supermarket.
hypermarkets
hypermarkets
noun
plural of hypermarket
hypokeimenometry
jokesmith
jokesmith
noun
(humorous) A person who devises jokes.
kameelthorn
katathermometer
katathermometer
noun
Alternative spelling of kata thermometer
katharometer
katharometer
noun
(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.
kentishman
kentishmen
ketchum
keysmith
keysmith
noun
A person who cuts keys.
khartoumer
kilhamite
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
knifesmith
knifesmith
noun
A cutler who makes knives.
kyschtymite
leathermaker
leathermaker
noun
A manufacturer of leather.
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
leukocythemia
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
makeshift
makeshift
adj
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
noun
(obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
makeshiftiness
makeshiftiness
noun
The quality of being makeshifty.
makeshiftness
makeshiftness
noun
The quality of being makeshift.
makeshifts
makeshifts
noun
plural of makeshift
makeshifty
makeshifty
adj
Somewhat makeshift.
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
mannoketoheptose
marketech
markgenossenschaft
massekhoth
matchmake
matchmake
verb
To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
matchmaker
matchmaker
noun
(by extension) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.
Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
Someone who makes matchsticks.
matchmakers
matchmakers
noun
plural of matchmaker
matchmarked
mathematik
meathook
meathook
noun
Alternative spelling of meat hook
meathooks
meathooks
noun
plural of meathook
meekhearted
meekheartedness
mekhitarist
melkhout
melkhout
noun
(South Africa) The milkwood tree.
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
merkhet
merkhet
noun
(historical) An ancient surveying and timekeeping instrument, consisting of a bar with a plumb line, attached to a handle.
metchnikoff
methinks
methinks
abbrev
(archaic or humorous) It seems to me.
mishikhwutmetunne
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.
motherfucker
motherfucker
intj
(vulgar) A semi-voluntary vocalization in place of a gasp.
(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.
(vulgar) Synonym of ouch.
(vulgar) Synonym of wow.
noun
(vulgar) A good very close friend or relative.
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative.
(vulgar) Any person, often but not always with the connotation that the person is disliked or is threatening.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother.
(vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.
(vulgar, offensive) An extremely contemptible or mean person.
(with as or like, forming a compound unit adverbial intensifier) To an extreme degree.
motherkin
motherkin
Noun
definition
motherkins
motherkins
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's mother.
motherlike
motherlike
adj
Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
mothlike
mothlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a moth.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mouthlike
mouthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouth.
mythmaker
mythmaker
noun
A person who originates a myth.
nikethamide
nikethamide
noun
A stimulant which mainly affects the respiratory cycle.
outskirmisher
parchmentlike
parchmentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
peckhamite
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.
poikilocythemia
poikilotherm
poikilotherm
adj
cold-blooded
noun
A cold-blooded animal
poikilothermal
poikilothermal
adj
poikilothermic
poikilothermic
poikilothermic
adj
(of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
poikilothermism
poikilothermism
noun
poikilothermy
poikilothermy
poikilothermy
noun
(biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.
puckermouth
rheumaticky
rheumaticky
adj
(colloquial) Of, pertaining to or having rheumatism.
rothermuck
samothrake
schoolmasterlike
sekhmet
sekhmet
Proper noun
The goddess of death, war, violence, plague, and medicine; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah; depicted as having the head of a lioness.
shirtmake
shirtmaker
shirtmaker
noun
A person who makes shirts.
shirtmakers
shirtmakers
noun
plural of shirtmaker
shotmaker
shotmaker
noun
(sports) A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense.
smethwick
smethwick
Proper noun
a town in the metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England
smokefarthings
smokeshaft
smoketight
smoketight
adj
impervious to smoke
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
snakemouths
snakemouths
noun
plural of snakemouth
starchmaker
tamachek
tamashek
taskmastership
taskmastership
noun
The role or status of taskmaster.
tekamah
telekinematography
thermokinematics
thermotank
thermotank
noun
A tank containing pipes for the circulation of steam, water, air, etc. for heating or cooling or as part of a ventilation system.