A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
bashibazouk
bashibazouk
noun
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk
bivouacks
bivouacks
noun
plural of bivouack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouack
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bloubiskop
blouselike
blouselike
adj
Resembling a blouse.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bousouki
bousoukia
bousoukis
bousoukis
noun
plural of bousouki
bouzoukis
bouzoukis
noun
plural of bouzouki
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
cocksureism
cokuloris
cokuloris
noun
Alternative form of cucoloris
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
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.
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
countersinks
countersinks
noun
plural of countersink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
coupstick
coupstick
noun
(historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cuckoopints
cuckoopints
noun
plural of cuckoopint
cupronickels
cupronickels
noun
plural of cupronickel
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
dikelocephalus
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
dominikus
doohickus
doohickus
noun
(informal) An unspecified or nameless thing; doohickey.
doohinkus
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
epikouros
equivokes
equivokes
noun
plural of equivoke
eurokies
flickermouse
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
fructokinase
fructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme of the liver, intestine, and kidney cortex.
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gorkiesque
groundskeeping
groundskeeping
noun
The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
groupthinks
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
gumpoldskirchner
gunstocking
hokusai
holluschick
holluschick
noun
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
housekeeperlike
housekeeping
housekeeping
noun
Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
huskisson
hyperleukocytosis
hyperleukocytosis
noun
The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
isokeraunographic
isokeraunophonic
isokurtic
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kamelaukions
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
kashoubish
katipuneros
katsuwonidae
keratinous
keratinous
adj
Consisting of, or made from keratin.
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
keraunoscopia
ketosuccinic
ketosuccinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ketosuccinic acid or its derivatives
khlustino
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilogausses
kilogausses
noun
plural of kilogauss
kinetonucleus
kinkajous
kinkajous
noun
plural of kinkajou
kinofluous
koeberliniaceous
konigshutte
koridethianus
kosciusko
kosciusko
Proper noun
a city in Mississippi, USA
kosiur
kotschubeite
kotschubeite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.
koumis
koumises
koumiss
koumiss
noun
A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes.
koumisses
koumisses
noun
plural of koumiss
kousin
koussevitzky
koussin
koussin
noun
An anthelmintic resin derived from kousso.
krameriaceous
kraurosis
kraurosis
noun
(medicine) A condition of the genitals characterized by atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membranes.
kumminost
kuniyoshi
kuroshio
kurtistown
kurtosis
kurtosis
noun
(statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.
(statistics) Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
kurtosises
kuskokwim
kuskwogmiut
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leptokurtosis
leptokurtosis
noun
(statistics) The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leukoblastic
leukoblastic
adj
Relating to leukoblasts.
leukocytosis
leukocytosis
noun
Alternative spelling of leucocytosis
leukopedesis
leukopenias
leukopenias
noun
plural of leukopenia
leukophoresis
leukophoresis
noun
Leukapheresis.
leukoplakias
leukoplakias
noun
plural of leukoplakia
leukopoieses
leukopoiesis
leukopoiesis
noun
A form of hematopoiesis in which white blood cells are formed in bone marrow located in bones in adults and hematopoietic organs in the fetus
leukosis
leukosis
noun
(pathology) An abnormally large number of leukocytes, or the tissue that produces them
leukotomies
leukotomies
noun
plural of leukotomy
leukotrienes
leukotrienes
noun
plural of leukotriene
lickerous
lickerous
adj
(archaic) lickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful.
likerous
likerous
adj
Obsolete form of lickerish.
locustlike
locustlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a locust.
lotuslike
lotuslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lotus.
loudspeaking
lutoslawski
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
miccosukee
miccosukee
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Florida.
Proper noun
Their language, closely related to Hitchiti.
microleukoblast
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
milkhouse
milkhouse
noun
A building (or portion thereof) on a dairy farm where milk is collected, cooled, and stored temporarily, pending sale and shipment.
A place where milk is processed into products such as butter or cheese; a dairy.
mistonusk
mollusklike
mollusklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mollusk.
moujiks
moujiks
noun
plural of moujik
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
mousekin
mousekin
noun
A baby mouse.
A little mouse.
mouselike
mouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.