(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkylarylsulfonate
allokurtic
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
blockaderunning
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
blocksburg
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bloodsuckers
bloodsuckers
noun
plural of bloodsucker
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bullocker
bullwork
bullyrock
bullyrook
cantankerously
cantankerously
adv
In a cantankerous manner.
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cocklebur
cocklebur
noun
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
coldturkey
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterlocking
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
courtlike
courtlike
adj
Courteous; polite.
Resembling or characteristic of a court.
crookshouldered
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cuckoldry
cuckoldry
noun
(zoology) Among certain male fish, the practice of interrupting a mating pair to release sperm in an attempt to fertilize the female.
An act of adultery committed by a married woman against her husband.
The state of being a cuckold.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
curlylocks
flickermouse
flourlike
flourlike
Adjective
Resembling flour.
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
forkful
forkful
noun
The amount that a fork will hold.
forkfuls
forkfuls
noun
plural of forkful
forksful
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
gumpoldskirchner
gurolinick
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
hurlock
hurlock
Proper noun
A town in Maryland.
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
karyolysus
keraphyllous
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
keratoleukoma
keratoleukoma
noun
(pathology) A white opacity of the cornea
keraulophon
keraulophone
kerflummox
kerflummox
verb
(transitive, informal) To flummox; to perplex or baffle.
kilbourne
kilocurie
kilocurie
noun
A unit equal to 1,000 curies.
knobular
knobular
adj
knobby; knob-shaped
koeberliniaceous
koelreuteria
kolhapur
kolhapur
Proper noun
A city in Maharashtra province, western India.
koltunnor
kordula
krummholz
krummholz
noun
Dense low matted bushes at the tree-line.
kullervo
lacklustrous
lacklustrous
adj
Synonym of lackluster
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leptokurtosis
leptokurtosis
noun
(statistics) The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leukoderma
leukoderma
noun
An acquired cutaneous condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin.
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
leukotriene
leukotriene
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
liakoura
lickerous
lickerous
adj
(archaic) lickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful.
likerous
likerous
adj
Obsolete form of lickerish.
likoura
lockbourne
lockesburg
lockrum
loudspeaker
loudspeaker
noun
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
loudspeakers
loudspeakers
noun
plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
louverwork
lubbercock
malbrouck
malbrouck
noun
An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
microleukoblast
mullocker
mullocker
noun
(New Zealand, mining) A worker who clears waste material from a mine.
murlock
mushroomlike
mushroomlike
adj
Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom
muskflower
muskflower
noun
The monkeyflower Erythranthe moschata.
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
neuromalakia
neuroskeletal
neuroskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton.
neuroskeleton
neuroskeleton
noun
(anatomy) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton related to the nervous axis and locomotion.
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
outclerk
outflanker
outflanker
noun
(military) One who is positioned so as to outflank the enemy in combat.
outlooker
outsparkle
outsparkle
verb
To exceed in sparkling.
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
overbulk
overbulk
verb
To oppress by bulk; to tower over.
overbulkily
overbulkiness
overbulky
overbulky
adj
Excessively bulky.
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
pervouralsk
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.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
platykurtosis
platykurtosis
noun
(statistics) The property of having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
plumrock
pollakiuria
pollakiuria
noun
(urology) Abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine.
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
pricklouse
pricklouse
noun
(derogatory, archaic) A lousy person.
proklausis
proletkult
proleukocyte
prologuelike
prologuelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prologue.
protoleukocyte
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
quillwork
quillwork
noun
Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
rougelike
rougelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of rouge.
rubblework
rubblework
noun
A form of masonry made of large stones loosely thrown together and then optionally grouted.