(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
alkahestical
alkahestical
adj
Alternative form of alkahestic
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
bachelorlike
bachelorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
backbenchers
backbenchers
noun
plural of backbencher
backchecking
backchecking
verb
present participle of backcheck
backhandedly
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backstitches
backstitches
noun
plural of backstitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blackshirted
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackishness
brackishness
noun
distastefulness; unpleasantness
bushwhackers
bushwhackers
noun
plural of bushwhacker
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
chakravartin
chakravartin
noun
(India, religion) An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world.
chalkography
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chandrakanta
changchiakow
changepocket
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chaunoprockt
checkerboard
checkerboard
noun
(film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
verb
(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chickahominy
choleokinase
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
czechoslovak
czechoslovak
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people
deutschemark
fishybacking
hackettstown
handkerchief
handkerchief
noun
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
headkerchief
headkerchief
noun
A kerchief worn on the head
hemikaryotic
hucklebacked
hurleyhacket
hydraulicked
hydraulicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic
hydrocracked
hydrocracked
adj
That has been subjected to hydrocracking
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrocrack
hydrocracker
hydrocracker
noun
(organic chemistry) A chemical engineering plant in which hydrocracking takes place.
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
jackhammered
jackhammered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackhammer
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
kanchenjunga
karyochylema
karyoschisis
kataphoretic
kataphoretic
adj
Alternative form of cataphoretic
khachaturian
kinaesthetic
kinaesthetic
adj
Alternative form of kinesthetic
kinchinjunga
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kittikachorn
knuckleheads
knuckleheads
noun
plural of knucklehead
kurchatovium
kurchatovium
noun
(physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
leatherbacks
leatherbacks
noun
plural of leatherback
leathernecks
leathernecks
noun
plural of leatherneck
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
matchmarking
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
nackenheimer
nonhackneyed
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
packthreaded
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
peacockishly
peacockishly
adv
In a peacockish manner.
quackishness
quackishness
noun
The state or condition of being quackish.
quickhearted
saskatchewan
saskatchewan
Proper noun
A river in Canada.
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.
schaapsteker
schaapsteker
noun
Alternative form of skaapsteker
schaghticoke
schaghticoke
Proper noun
An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.
A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.
Noun
A member of this tribe.
schmalkaldic
schomburgkia
scrimshanker
scrimshanker
noun
(UK, military, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.
searcherlike
shacklebones
shacklefords
shellackings
shellackings
noun
plural of shellacking
shellcracker
shellcracker
noun
redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus.
shockability
shockability
noun
The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked.
shostakovich
speechmaking
speechmaking
noun
The delivery of speeches
starchmaking
stickhandled
stickhandled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stickhandle
stickhandler
stickhandler
noun
(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.
stickhandles
stickhandles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stickhandle
svarabhaktic
svarabhaktic
adj
Of or relating to svarabhakti.
swashbuckled
swashbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckler
noun
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
swashbuckles
swashbuckles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swashbuckle
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
switchbacker
tappahannock
tappahannock
Proper noun
a town in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of
thackerayana
thackerville
thickbrained
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
thundercrack
thundercrack
noun
A peal of thunder; thunderclap.
trackmanship
trackmanship
noun
The role or work of a trackman.
trackshifter
tschaikovsky
uncheckmated
unsketchable
unsketchable
adj
Not sketchable.
warwickshire
warwickshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.