(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhenotoky
arrhenotoky
noun
(biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
bokharan
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
brecknockshire
brecknockshire
Proper noun
An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
broomshank
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
chefornak
cherenkov
cherubikon
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chlorpikrin
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
chronodeik
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
cornhusks
cornhusks
noun
plural of cornhusk
countercheck
countercheck
noun
A restriction or limit.
A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
verb
To recheck.
To restrict or limit by counteracting.
countershock
countershock
noun
A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
disworkmanship
dneprodzerzhinsk
droschken
dyakisdodecahedron
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
fingerhook
fliegerabwehrkanone
forechecking
forechecking
verb
present participle of forecheck
foreshank
foreshank
noun
A cut of meat from this part.
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
forethink
forethink
verb
(transitive, rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
(transitive, rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.
forethinker
forethinker
noun
One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
frankhouse
frithsoken
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
gumpoldskirchner
hackathorn
hackthorn
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
handistroke
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
harpoonlike
headworking
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
hemikaryon
hendrickson
herakleion
herrenvolk
herrenvolk
noun
A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
herrenvolker
herrenvolks
herrenvolks
noun
plural of herrenvolk
heterokaryon
heterokaryon
noun
(biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei
heterokinesia
heterokinesis
heterokinetic
heterokontae
heterokontan
heterokontan
adj
Belonging to the heterokonts.
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.
hickscorner
hieromonk
hieromonk
noun
A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
hockingport
honaker
honecker
honeybrook
honeymoonstruck
honeystucker
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
honker
honker
noun
(informal) A large nose.
(informal) A wild goose.
(slang) A loud burst of flatulence.
(slang) Anything impressively large; a whopper.
(slang) The telephone.
One who honks.
honkers
honkers
noun
plural of honker
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hookaroon
hookerman
hookerton
hormonelike
hormonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
hornbeak
hornbeak
noun
The hornfish.
hornbeck
hornbook
hornbook
noun
(historical) A single page containing the alphabet, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, formerly used for teaching children to read.
(law) A legal textbook that gives a basic overview of a particular area of law.
hornbooks
hornbooks
noun
plural of hornbook
hornbrook
hornick
hornkeck
hornlike
hornlike
adj
Of a hard substance, similar to horn.
Projecting like a horn.
hornwork
hornwork
noun
A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
horsekeeping
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
housebrokenness
hundredwork
hunkerous
hunkerous
adj
(dated) politically conservative
hunkerousness
hunkerousness
noun
The quality of being hunkerous.
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
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
hydroxyketone
hydroxyketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.
hypokeimenometry
hypokoristikon
inkholder
inkholder
noun
A container for ink.
inkhorn
inkhorn
noun
(archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
(used attributively, derogatory, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
inkhornism
inkhornism
noun
(countable) An inkhorn term.
Pedantry.
inkhornist
inkhornist
noun
One who uses or favours inkhorn terms.
inkhornize
inkhornize
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To address (someone) using obscure words.