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
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockholer
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
brahmaloka
breechblock
breechblock
noun
(firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.
breechblocks
breechblocks
noun
plural of breechblock
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
chalkboard
chalkboard
noun
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
verb
To write or draw on a chalkboard.
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
chalkography
chalkosideric
chalkworker
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charlock
charlock
noun
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis).
charlocks
charlocks
noun
plural of charlock
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
chlorpikrin
chockler
choirlike
choirlike
adj
Resembling a choir or its sound.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
corkhill
crookshouldered
crosshackle
electroshock
electroshock
noun
(An) electric shock.
(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
verb
(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fliegerabwehrkanone
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
gerlachovka
gorkhali
gumpoldskirchner
hairlock
hairlock
noun
A lock of hair.
hairlocks
hairlocks
noun
plural of hairlock
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
hammarskjold
hammerlock
hammerlock
noun
A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back; an armlock
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
hammerskjold
harlock
harpoonlike
heartblock
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heelwork
heelwork
noun
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
hektoliter
hemoalkalimeter
herakleion
herblock
herolike
herolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
herrenvolk
herrenvolk
noun
A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
herrenvolker
herrenvolks
herrenvolks
noun
plural of herrenvolk
hokerly
holbrook
holbrook
Proper noun
a city in Arizona, USA
holbrooke
holidaymaker
holidaymaker
noun
(Britain) someone who is on holiday
hormonelike
hormonelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
hornlike
hornlike
adj
Of a hard substance, similar to horn.
Projecting like a horn.
horselike
horselike
adj
Similar to a horse, or to a characteristic of a horse
horselock
hotelkeeper
hotelkeeper
noun
A hotelier; a hotel owner.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
hurlock
hurlock
Proper noun
A town in Maryland.
hydrofranklinite
hydrokinetical
hydrokinetical
adj
Synonym of hydrokinetic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
hypermakroskelic
inkholder
inkholder
noun
A container for ink.
kameelthorn
karyochylema
karyolymph
karyolymph
noun
The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
karyolymphs
karyolymphs
noun
plural of karyolymph
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
keraphyllocele
keraphyllocele
noun
A horny tumor which forms on the internal surface of the wall of a horse's foot, at the expense of the keraphyllous tissue, which becomes hypertrophied.
keraphyllous
keratinophilic
keratinophilic
adj
Capable of thriving on keratin.
keratohelcosis
keratohyal
keraulophon
keraulophone
kerslosh
kerslosh
intj
The sound of something moving noisily through water; slosh.
kilohertz
kilohertz
noun
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
kilohertzes
kilohertzes
noun
plural of kilohertz
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
klaproth
klaprotholite
klaprotholite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of klaprothite
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koehler
kohler
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
noun
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
kolhapur
kolhapur
Proper noun
A city in Maharashtra province, western India.
krummholz
krummholz
noun
Dense low matted bushes at the tree-line.
kryolith
kryoliths
lakeshore
lakeshore
noun
(sometimes attributive) The shore of a lake.
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
leatherworker
leatherworker
noun
A person who makes things from leather.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
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
loanshark
loanshark
noun
Alternative spelling of loan shark.
verb
To commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.
loansharking
loansharking
verb
present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
lockhart
lockhart
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
marshlocks
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
motherlike
motherlike
adj
Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
mushroomlike
mushroomlike
adj
Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom
neighborlike
neighborlike
adj
US standard spelling of neighbourlike.
neighborlikeness
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
nonshrinkingly
ostrichlike
ostrichlike
adj
Ignoring an imminent threat or unpleasant reality; head-in-the-sand
Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
overbookishly
overthickly
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.
philbrook
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.