(organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.
asphaltlike
asphaltlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.
aspidiske
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backpointer
backpointers
backspacefile
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
barkpeeling
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beekeepings
berrypicker
berrypicking
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
bibliokelpt
biblioklept
biblioklept
noun
A person who steals books
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
blankenship
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bumpkinet
capeneddick
capeskin
capeskin
noun
A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
capeskins
capeskins
noun
plural of capeskin
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
caterpillarlike
caterpillarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
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
cheekpiece
cheekpiece
noun
A piece of armour, or the bridle of a horse, that protects the cheek.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chickpea
chickpea
noun
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
chickpeas
chickpeas
noun
plural of chickpea
chopsockies
chopsockies
noun
plural of chopsocky
chuipek
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
clumplike
clumplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
cockneyship
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
copperskin
corpselike
corpselike
adj
Resembling a corpse.
corpselikeness
counterprick
crapelike
crapelike
Adjective
Resembling crape.
cropsickness
cropsickness
noun
The quality of being cropsick.
cuckoopintle
cuplike
cuplike
adj
Resembling a cup.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
deckpipe
demipike
depickle
desmopyknosis
dikaryophase
dikaryophase
noun
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dikelocephalid
dikelocephalid
noun
(zoology) Any trilobite of the family Dikelocephalidae.
dikelocephalus
dikephobia
disciplelike
disciplelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a disciple.
diskophile
disparkle
disparkle
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To scatter around.
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
divekeeper
divekeeper
noun
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
dneprodzerzhinsk
dolphinlike
dolphinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
dressmakership
dropkicker
dropkicker
noun
One who dropkicks.
dropkickers
dropkickers
noun
plural of dropkicker
droplike
droplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
dukeship
dukeship
noun
The quality or condition of being a duke.
dukkeripen
dunpickle
dunpickle
noun
(obsolete) marsh harrier (a bird)
earpick
earpick
noun
An instrument for removing earwax from the ear.
ekphoria
ekphorias
ekphorias
noun
plural of ekphoria
ekphorize
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
elephantlike
elephantlike
adj
(figuratively) (Of memory) which is very good
Resembling or characteristic of an elephant.
elkslip
enkephalins
enkephalins
noun
plural of enkephalin
enkolpia
enkolpion
epiclike
epiclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an epic.
epikeia
epikeia
noun
(philosophy, theology) The principle in ethics that a law can be broken to achieve a greater good.
epikia
epikleses
epiklesis
epikouros
epiky
epimanikia
epimanikia
noun
plural of epimanikion
epimanikion
epimanikion
noun
A cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches.
epinikia
epinikia
noun
plural of epinikion
epinikian
epinikian
adj
epinicial
epinikion
epinikion
noun
Alternative form of epinicion
epiplankton
epiplankton
noun
Plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).
epiplanktonic
epiplanktonic
adj
Relating to epiplankton
episarkine
episkeletal
episkeletal
adj
(anatomy) Above or outside the endoskeleton; epaxial.
episkotister
episkotister
noun
Alternative form of episcotister
epitoke
epitoke
noun
(zoology) A pelagic morph capable of sexual reproduction.
evilspeaker
evilspeaking
fairkeeper
figpecker
figpecker
noun
A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fingerpicks
fingerpicks
noun
plural of fingerpick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fingerpick
firepink
firepink
noun
Silene virginica, a brilliant red wildflower of eastern North America in the family Caryophyllaceae.
firepinks
firepinks
noun
plural of firepink
flickerproof
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.