(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quacksalvers
quacksalvers
noun
plural of quacksalver
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
quicksilvering
quicksilvering
noun
An amalgam of mercury and tin formerly applied to the backs of mirrors.
verb
present participle of quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilverish
Adjective
Like quicksilver.
quicksilverishness
quicksilverishness
noun
The quality of being quicksilverish.
quicksilvers
quicksilvers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicksilver
quicksilvery
quicksilvery
adj
Like quicksilver.
ruckersville
saukville
shattuckville
souvlaki
souvlaki
noun
A Greek fast food consisting of pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer, variously also called kalamaki or kebab or, in sandwich form, gyro or shawarma.
A wrapped pancake dish filled with meat, salad and some kind of sauce or dressing, commonly called a kebab.
spurlockville
ulyanovsk
ulyanovsk
Proper noun
A city on the Volga river in Russia, birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov).
universitylike
universitylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a university.
unquicksilvered
unquicksilvered
adj
Not quicksilvered.
unservicelike
unservicelike
adj
Not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike.
untalkativeness
untalkativeness
noun
The quality of being untalkative.
ununiversitylike
virtuouslike
viruslike
viruslike
adj
Like a virus; inclined to spread through infection.