(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
ankylosing
ankylosing
verb
present participle of ankylose
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
backcrossing
backcrossing
noun
(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
bellowsmaking
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
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
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
bookbindings
bookbindings
noun
plural of bookbinding
bookings
bookings
noun
plural of booking
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brookings
brookings
Proper noun
A city in South Dakota, USA
A city in Oregon, USA.
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cockshying
cockshying
verb
present participle of cockshy
cookings
cookings
noun
plural of cooking
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
disyoking
disyoking
verb
present participle of disyoke
dogskin
dogskin
noun
Leather made from the skin of a dog, or from sheepskin in imitation of it.
downsinking
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
eskimologist
eskimologist
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of Eskimologist
eskimology
eskimology
Noun
The study of the Eskimo people.
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
folksingers
folksingers
noun
plural of folksinger
folksinging
folksinging
noun
The singing of folk songs.
folksingings
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
fossicking
fossicking
noun
The act of one who fossicks; a search for gold, gems, etc. or (figuratively) information.
verb
present participle of fossick
frogskin
frogskin
noun
(US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar.
The skin of a frog, or leather made from it.
frogskins
frogskins
noun
plural of frogskin
gadsbodikins
gadzookeries
gadzookeries
noun
plural of gadzookery
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
gastrodisk
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostlikeness
gingkoes
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
ginkgoales
ginkgoes
ginkgos
ginkgos
noun
plural of ginkgo
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
glossokinesthetic
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.
goatskin
goatskin
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.
A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
The skin of a goat.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
gobstick
godlikeness
godlikeness
noun
The quality of being godlike.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gooselike
gooselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
gooseskin
gooseskin
noun
A kind of thin soft leather.
The skin of a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on.
gorkiesque
gorski
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
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
highpockets
hodgkinson
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
hogskin
hogskin
noun
Leather tanned from a hog's skin.
homemakings
homemakings
noun
plural of homemaking
hookswinging
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
hopsackings
hopsackings
noun
plural of hopsacking
horsekeeping
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
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.
inglenooks
inglenooks
noun
plural of inglenook
isokeraunographic
jestingstock
jingkoes
kagoshima
kagoshima
Proper noun
A city in the south coast of the island of Kyushu in Japan
A prefecture in southwestern Japan
kainogenesis
kaligenous
kaligenous
adj
(chemistry) Forming alkalis with oxygen, as some metals do.
kalsomining
kalsomining
verb
present participle of kalsomine
kaohsiung
kaohsiung
Proper noun
The second largest city in Taiwan.
kaoliangs
kaoliangs
noun
plural of kaoliang
kaolinising
kaolinising
verb
present participle of kaolinise
karyogamies
karyogamies
noun
plural of karyogamy
karyologies
karyologies
noun
plural of karyology
kenogenesis
kenogenesis
noun
Alternative form of caenogenesis
kensington
kensington
noun
(dated, Midwestern US and Western US) A sewing circle for women.
keogenesis
ketogenesis
ketogenesis
noun
(physiology, biochemistry) The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.
keystroking
keystroking
verb
present participle of keystroke
kiboshing
kiboshing
verb
present participle of kibosh
kickboxings
kilogauss
kilogauss
noun
(physics) A unit of magnetic field equal to 1,000 gauss
kilogausses
kilogausses
noun
plural of kilogauss
kilograms
kilograms
noun
plural of kilogram
kinescoping
kinescoping
verb
present participle of kinescope
kinesiologic
kinesiologic
adj
Alternative form of kinesiological
kinesiological
kinesiological
adj
of, or related to kinesiology
kinesiologies
kinesiologies
noun
(rare) plural of kinesiology
kinesiology
kinesiology
noun
(medicine) The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance.
(medicine) The study of body movement.
kinetogenesis
kinetogenesis
noun
(biology, historical) The neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
kingdomless
kingdomless
adj
Without a kingdom.
kingdoms
kingdoms
noun
plural of kingdom
kingdomship
kinghoods
kinghoods
noun
plural of kinghood
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsdown
kingsford
kingsport
kingston
kingston
noun
monkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.